The Pentagon Papers: The Defense Department History of United States Decisionmaking on Vietnam, Volume 3

action against North Administration aggression air strikes aircraft Ambassador Lodge Ambassador Taylor approved April areas ARVN battalions bombing CINCPAC combat commitment Communist COMUSMACV conference continued coup courses of action Da Nang decision Defense deployment DESOTO Patrol discussions effect effort escalation ground forces Group Hanoi Honolulu Honolulu Conference improve included increased infiltration initial insurgency Johnson Khanh Laos Laotian MACV major Marines McGeorge Bundy measures meeting memo memorandum military actions military pressures mission Nang negotiations NSAM officials operations Option overt pacification Phase planning political possible President President's Principals problem proposed provinces Qui Nhon reaction recommended reprisal response ROLLING THUNDER RVNAF Saigon scenario SecDef Secretary McNamara Secretary Rusk South Vietnam Southeast Asia Soviet targets tion Tonkin Gulf troops U.S. actions U.S. forces U.S. ground U.S. military U.S. policy United Viet Cong Vietnamese VNAF Washington Westmoreland William Bundy