11/20/63 Honolulu Briefing Book "In short this is going to be a circus"

[David Boylan]

Briefing book on the Vietnam War

Part 1

https://www.maryferrell.org/showDoc.html?docId=146534#relPageId=1

Part 2

https://www.maryferrell.org/showDoc.html?docId=146535#relPageId=4

 

[Ron Bulman]

That's really deep David, I skimmed through much of it.  AID involved?  The same AID that employed Ruth's dad among others?

[W. Niederhut]

      Interesting material, and, certainly, consistent with Prouty's account of the failure of the strategic hamlet ops, and the lack of popular support for the CIA-created South Vietnamese government.

[Ron Bulman]

Re skimmed, a lot slower, the first part.  Very deep pre reading for a one-day eight-hour conference, at only half of it yet!  Forrestall didn't seem impressed with McNamara.  Still several redactions.  It did say everyone out by the end of 1965, 1000 by the end of 1963.

[David Boylan]

Hey Ron,

I'm glad somebody reads this (long) stuff!

[W. Niederhut]

4 hours ago, David Boylan said:

Hey Ron,

I'm glad somebody reads this (long) stuff!

David,

    Is there a short version of how McGeorge Bundy ended up with the November 21st draft of NSAM 273?

[David Boylan]

1 hour ago, W. Niederhut said:

NSAM 273

Hi W. 

Here's some reading on the implementation of 273 - https://www.maryferrell.org/showDoc.html?docId=101#relPageId=2

https://www.maryferrell.org/showDoc.html?docId=118#relPageId=10

I haven't found the rough drafts of 273. Seems to be missing? - https://www.maryferrell.org/showDoc.html?docId=945#relPageId=653