Connections 2
head of
- U.S. Department of Defense 1964 Secretary of Defense Primary record 1
intervened in
- Gulf of Tonkin incidents 4 Aug 1964 briefed congressional leaders on 4 August 1964 Primary record 1
Timeline 2 dates
- 1964 Robert McNamara head of U.S. Department of Defense
- 4 Aug 1964 Robert McNamara intervened in Gulf of Tonkin incidents
Proof 1 source
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Foreign Relations of the United States, 1964-1968, Volume I, Vietnam, 1964 (documents 255-308: U.S. reaction to events in the Gulf of Tonkin), Office of the Historian, U.S. Department of State, 1992.
Primary record
At 9:25 a.m., August 4, Secretary of Defense McNamara , Deputy Secretary of Defense Vance , and Lieutenant General David A. Burchinal, Director of the Joint Staff of the JCS , met at the Pentagon.
I have asked Secretary McNamara to brief you and it would be unjustifiable to refer to it at all.
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