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...retrospect, Johnson thinks his greatest mistake was waiting too long?18 months in office?before putting more men in, for by then Viet Nam was almost lost. Another mistake, he feels, was failing to institute censorship???not to cover up mistakes, but to prevent the enemy from knowing what the U.S. was going to do next. As for trying to hide the troop buildup, L.B.J.'s rationale is that he was trying to avoid inflaming hawk sentiment in the U.S. and to avoid goading Hanoi into calling on the Communist Chinese for help...
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