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Declassified per Executive Order 13526, Section 3.3
NND Project Number: NND 63316. By: NWD Date: 2011 TOP SECRET – Sensitive
NND Project Number: NND 63316. By: NWD Date: 2011 TOP SECRET – Sensitive
| DATE | EVENT OR DOCUMENT | DESCRIPTION |
| 7 Apr 1965 (Cont'd) | with the DRV plus help in rebuilding after the war if they will cease aggression. | |
| 8 Apr 1965 | Pham Van Dong Announces 4 Points | DRV Foreign Minister, Pham Van Dong, announces his four points for a Vietnam settlement. They are a defiant, unyielding repudiation of Johnson's offer. |
| 15 Apr 1965 | State Department Msg 2332 | McGeorge Bundy informs Taylor that further increments of troops are being considered, plus use of US Army civil affairs personnel. |
| 17 Apr 1965 | Embassy Saigon Msg 3419 | Taylor takes angry exception to the proposal to increase troops and to introduce military civil affairs personnel into the provinces. He did not think he had agreed on 1 April to a land war in Asia. |
| 20 Apr 1965 | Honolulu Conference | In a hastily called conference, McNamara informs Taylor in detail of the new policy directions and "brings him along." An attempt is made to mollify him. |
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