329. Editorial Note
At the National Security Council meeting on December 19, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff General Lyman Lemnitzer briefly reported on the Secretary of Defense Conference at Honolulu. [Page 747] According to minutes of the meeting, apparently prepared by the Vice President’s military aide Howard Burris:
“Lemnitzer reported certain details of the meeting which he and Secretary McNamara had at Honolulu with Nolting, McGarr and Felt. He termed the meeting very successful. (He did not mention Secretary McNamara’s principal statement at the meeting to the effect that the United States had made the decision to pursue the Viet Nam affair with vigor and that all reasonable amounts of resources could be placed at the disposal of the commanders in the area.)” (Johnson Library, Vice Presidential Security File, National Security Council II)
The President’s log indicates that the National Security Council met from 4:10 to 5:10 p.m. (Kennedy Library, JFK Logs)