Ladies and gentlemen, the president of the United States. It was just a year ago that you ordered stepped up aid to vietnam. This seems to be a good deal of discouragement about the progress. Can you give us your assessment. We have 10 or 11 time the advisors we have in there as a year ago. I dont think it is darker, in some ways lighter. Early on, kennedy made a command decision, we will not allow South Vietnam to fall to the communists. In southeast asia, communists inspired subversion was unrelenting. South vietnam looked to others for assistance and stemming North Vietnamese aggression. Going back to the eisenhower administration, the late 50s, the country split into south and North Vietnam. You had the communists and the north and so the United States is very eager to preserve the south from a communist takeover. The communist North Vietnamese believed if nationalism, uniting their country under their own control. They thought the domino was fall one after another. There is no dou
Ladies and gentlemen, the president of the United States. It was just a year ago you stepped up for vietnam. There seems to be discouragement about the progress. Can you give us your assessment . No, we are putting in a major effort in vietnam. As you know, we have 10 or 11 times as many advisors in there as we had a year ago. So we dont see the end of the tunnel, but i must say i dont think its darker than a year ago, in someways lighter. Early on, kennedy made a command decision, we will not allow South Vietnam to fall to the communists. In southeast, asia, communists inspired submersion was unrelenting. South vietnam looked to others for stemming vietnamese aggression. Going back to the Eisenhower Administration in the late 50s, the country split into south and North Vietnam. You have communists in the north so the United States is very eager to preserve the south from a communist takeover. The communist North Vietnamese believed in nationalism, uniting their country under their own
Ladies and gentlemen, the president of the United States. Mr. President , it was just a year ago you ordered stepped up aid to vietnam. There seems to be a good deal of discouragement about the progress. Can you give us your assessment . We are putting in a major effort in vietnam. As you know we have 10 or 11 times as many advisers in there as we had a year ago. So we dont see the end of the tunnel, but i must say i dont think its darker than a year ago, in someways lighter. Early on, kennedy made a command decision, we will not allow South Vietnam to fall to the communists. In southeast, asia, communistinspired subversion was unrelenting. South vietnam looked to others for assistance in stemming North Vietnamese aggression. Going back to the Eisenhower Administration in the 50s, the country split into south and North Vietnam. You have communists in the north and so the United States is very eager to preserve the south from a communist takeover. The communist North Vietnamese believed
Goddamn it, were in the middle. Ladies and gentlemen, the president of the United States. Mr. President , it was just a year ago you ordered stepped up aid to vietnam. There seems to be a good deal of discouragement about the progress. Can you give us your assessment . We are putting in a major effort in vietnam. As you know we have 10 or 11 times as many advisers in there as we had a year ago. So we dont see the end of the tunnel, but i must say i dont think its darker than a year ago, in someways lighter. Early on, kennedy made a command decision, we will not allow South Vietnam to fall to the communists. In southeast, asia, communistinspired subversion was unrelenting. South vietnam looked to others for assistance in stemming North Vietnamese aggression. Going back to the Eisenhower Administration in the 50s, the country split into south and North Vietnam. You have communists in the north and so the United States is very eager to preserve the south from a communist takeover. The com
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