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Gulf of Tonkin Resolution

Joint resolution of Congress of 7 August 1964 approving "all necessary measures" by the President in Southeast Asia (Public Law 88-408).

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7 Aug 1964
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According to Robert Byrd

According to Robert J. Hanyok

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Timeline 2 dates
  1. 7 Aug 1964 Gulf of Tonkin Resolution
  2. 10 Aug 1964 Lyndon B. Johnson signed into law Gulf of Tonkin Resolution
Proof 3 sources
  1. Chairman J. William Fulbright and the 1964 Tonkin Gulf Resolution, U.S. Senate Historical Office, 2023. Primary record
    The House had already unanimously approved the joint resolution, and the president signed it into law on August 10, 1964.
    After a brief debate, the Senate approved the Tonkin Gulf Resolution 88-2, and it was signed into law on August 10, 1964.
  2. Congressional Record, Senate, 10 October 2002 (debate on the Iraq resolution, H.J. Res. 114), U.S. Government Publishing Office, 10 Oct 2002. Primary record
    It was this resolution that provided the basis for American involvement in the war in Vietnam.
  3. Skunks, Bogies, Silent Hounds, and the Flying Fish: The Gulf of Tonkin Mystery, 2-4 August 1964 (Robert J. Hanyok, Cryptologic Quarterly, Winter 2000/Spring 2001; approved for release 3 Nov 2005), National Security Agency, 2001. Primary record
    which handed President Johnson the carte blanche charter he had wanted for future intervention in Southeast Asia.
    The incidents, principally the second one of 4 August, led to the approval of the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution by the U.S. Congress
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