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Vietnam Pessimism Letter to Johnson

United States of America · Government / Democratic Party Government. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.

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1963

John A. McCone23 December 1963

Washington · Government / Democratic Party Government

McCone told President Johnson that there were more reasons for pessimism than optimism in South Vietnam and that the new military government had not demonstrated effective leadership.

Names involved

John A. McCone

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