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...substantially greater than the Senator's statement implies"). He repeated his charge that "one good American life was lost" and another "delivered into Communist captivity" because President Johnson needlessly tipped off the enemy when he announced on television that U.S. planes were en route to targets during the Tonkin Gulf crisis. (The Administration argued that the President was deliberately warning Red China against intervening and that the first U.S. planes were already within enemy radar range.) Retorted Barry: "The Administration has shown little skill when negotiating with the Communists. Now it appears they have as little skill when fighting...
Torpedoes in Tonkin...
...President Johnson's quick and decisive performance in the Tonkin Gulf situation [Aug. 14] was in the correct tradition of American firmness to aggressive acts. To bomb North Viet Nam oil dumps and boat bases was an extreme action in the best sense of the word...
...Good for you. Yanks! Your swift reflexes over Cuba warned Khrushchev with appalling clarity that if he tweaked the "paper tiger's" tail it could, and would if necessary, hook him instantly with nuclear claws. The Gulf of Tonkin action and reaction should serve as a similar warning to the impetuous Mao dynasty. Let's hope so, anyway. If it doesn't, then we Aussies are right in there with...
...called the "orders gap." In Hershey last week, Barry, in responding to accusations that he is "trigger-happy," told newsmen that Lyndon Johnson had killed that issue himself with an "impulsive action that nobody has condemned, by telling subordinate commanders to use any weapons necessary" in the Gulf of Tonkin fortnight ago. "Do you mean that the President has given field commanders the right to use any weapons, including atomic weapons?" asked a reporter. "I would suggest you read his admonition to the commander of the Seventh Fleet in which he said to use any weapons," replied Barry...