Increase in U.S. ground forces in Vietnam and consideration by the U.S. Government of a bombing pause, March 8–May 8
279. Letter From Director of Central Intelligence McCone to President Johnson
Source: Johnson Library, National Security File, Country File, Vietnam, Vol. XXXIV. Top Secret.
280. Telegram From the Department of Defense to the Embassy in Vietnam
Source: Department of State, Central Files, POL 27 VIET S. Top Secret; Limdis. Drafted by McNaughton and concurred in by McNamara and Wheeler. Repeated to CINCPAC and COMUSMACV.
281. Memorandum From the President’s Special Assistant for National Security Affairs (Bundy) to President Johnson
Source: Johnson Library, National Security File, Memos to the President, McGeorge Bundy, Vol. X. No classification marking.
282. Telegram From the Department of State to the Embassy in Canada
Source: Department of State, Central Files, POL 27 VIET S. Top Secret; Immediate; Exdis. Drafted by Unger and cleared in substance by Rusk. Also sent to London, Paris and New Delhi.
284. Telegram From the Embassy in Vietnam to the Department of State
Source: Department of State, Central Files, POL 27 VIET S. Secret; Priority; Nodis. No time of transmission is indicated on the source text, but it was received in the Department of State on May 4 at 10:51 p.m. and passed to the White House.
285. Memorandum From James C. Thomson, Jr., of the National Security Council Staff to the President’s Special Assistant for National Security Affairs (Bundy)
Source: Johnson Library, National Security File, Country File, Vietnam, Vol. XXXIV, Memos (B). Secret.
286. Letter From Director of Central Intelligence Raborn to President Johnson
Source: Johnson Library, National Security File, Country File, Vietnam, 2E 1965 Troop Decision. Top Secret; Sensitive.