Memorandum Notifying President Johnson of Attack on the U.S.S. Maddox
This is a memorandum conveying news of the August 2, 1964 attack on the U.S.S. Maddox from the White House Staff to the White House.
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OCR Page 1 of 2THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
2 August 1964
Mr. President:
1. Early this morning the USS Maddox was
attacked by three DRV PT boats while on patrol
approximately 30 miles off the North Vietnamese
coast in the Gulf of Tonkin.
2. The Captain of the Maddox returned the fire
with 5-inch guns and requested air support from the
carrier Ticonderoga on station nearby in connection
with reconnaissance flights in that area.
3. Ticonderga jets arrived shortly and made
strafing attacks on the PT boats resulting in one enemy
boat dead in the water, two others damaged and turned
tail for home.
4. The Maddox reports no personnel or material
damages.
5. Messrs Rusk and McNamara have bem informed
of the incident and present plans are to release a
press statement later today either from Washington or
Saigon.
6. Additional details on the Maddox encounter will
be available later today.
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