Foreign Relations of the United States, 1964–1968, Volume II, Vietnam, January–June 1965

129. Memorandum From the Assistant Secretary of State for Far Eastern Affairs (Bundy) to President Johnson¹

Washington, February 16, 1965.

Per your request this afternoon,² Ambassador Thompson and I have done the attached summary of reactions by key countries to our actions in Viet-Nam.³

To summarize briefly, the score card reads:

• With us pretty strongly
  • Thailand
  • Philippines
  • Australia
  • New Zealand
  • Taiwan
  • South Korea
  • Laos
  • Germany
• With us, but wobbly on negotiations
  • UK
  • Canada
  • India
• With us tepidly
  • Japan
  • Malaysia
  • Italy and other NATO allies
  • Latin America
• Skeptical or opposed
  • France
  • Pakistan
• Mixed
  • Africa

We have left out the neutralist Afro-Asian countries, such as Indonesia, most of which are opposed—some vehemently, but some also with an underlying appreciation of what we are doing.

William P. Bundy⁴

1. Source: Johnson Library, National Security File, Country File, Vietnam, Vol. XXVIII. Secret. No drafting information appears on the source text.
2. Presumably a reference to the meeting recorded in Document 128.
3. A 13-page memorandum, also dated February 16; attached but not printed.
4. Printed from a copy that indicates Bundy signed the original.