Person
J. William Fulbright
U.S. senator from Arkansas; chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, 1959 to 1974.
- chair of Senate Foreign Relations Committee (Chairman) 1964–1968
Connections 2
chair of
- Senate Foreign Relations Committee 1964–1968 Chairman Primary record 1
involved in
- Vote on the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution steered the resolution through the Senate Primary record 2
Timeline 1 date
- 1964–1968 J. William Fulbright chair of Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Proof 2 sources
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The Gulf of Tonkin, the 1964 Incidents: Hearing before the Committee on Foreign Relations, U.S. Senate, 90th Congress, 2nd session, with Robert S. McNamara, 20 February 1968, U.S. Senate Committee on Foreign Relations, 20 Feb 1968.
Primary record
J. W. FULBRIGHT, Arkansas, Chairman
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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
The first investigation came in early 1968 when the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, under the chairmanship of Senator William Fulbright, who had steered the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution through the Senate, opened hearings on the incident.
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