Oral history interview with Dean Rusk and William P. Bundy, 1984-1989?.

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Oral history interview with Dean Rusk and William P. Bundy, 1984-1989?.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/45830929

In this interview, Dean Rusk and William P. Bundy describe the U.S. policy of gradualism in Vietnam during the Kennedy and Johnson administrations. They speak of Lyndon Johnson's visit to Vietnam in 1961; the 1963 Coup in South Vietnam; and the Tonkin Gulf Crisis as well as the Senate's knowledge of the affair. They discuss U.S. policy following the Berlin Crisis of 1961 and the Cuban Missile Crisis. They touch upon President Diem's policy alienating Buddhists and students in South Vietnam and the effect of the 1964 infiltration of North Vietnam into South Vietnam on U.S. military policy in Vietnam.

Sound recording: 1 sound cassette (58 min.)Transcript: 31 leaves.

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SNAC Resource ID: 7559249

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