91. Telegram From the Embassy in Vietnam to the Department of State

Source: Department of State, Central Files, POL 27 VIET S. Top Secret; Flash; Exdis. Received at 9:45 a.m.

92. Memorandum From the President’s Special Assistant for National Security Affairs (Bundy) to President Johnson

Source: Johnson Library, National Security File, Memos to the President, McGeorge Bundy, Vol. XII. Top Secret.

93. Summary Notes of the 553d Meeting of the National Security Council

Source: Johnson Library, National Security File, NSC Meetings File, Vol. 3. Top Secret; Sensitive; For the President Only. Drafted by Bromley Smith. According to an attached list, the following attended the meeting: President Johnson, McNamara, Wheeler, McNaughton, Raborn, Helms, Rusk, Ball, Thompson, William Bundy, Lodge, Fowler, Rowan, Marks, McGeorge Bundy, Valenti, Busby, Goodwin, Moyers, Cater, Smith, and Katzenbach. Valenti and McGeorge Bundy also prepared notes of the meeting. (Ibid., Meeting Notes File, Box 1)

94. Memorandum of Meeting With the Joint Congressional Leadership

Source: Johnson Library, Meeting Notes File, Box 1. No classification marking. Prepared by McGeorge Bundy in December 1968 based on handwritten notes he took on July 27, 1965. According to a note by Bundy at the top of the source text: “Nothing not clearly stated in the notes is included.” The parenthetical observations in the memorandum are Bundy’s, added in 1968 when he transcribed the notes. The original handwritten notes are ibid., Papers of McGeorge Bundy. Valenti also prepared notes of the meeting. (Ibid., Meeting Notes File)

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

Source: Johnson Library, National Security File, NSC History, Deployment of Major U.S. Forces to Vietnam, July 1965. Secret.

96. Memorandum From Senator Mike Mansfield to President Johnson

Source: Washington National Records Center, RG 330, OSD/ISA Files: FRC 70 A 1266, #14. No classification marking.

97. Editorial Note