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Taylor and Khanh have “heated” discussions in Saigon - Jul 23, 1964 - HISTORY.com
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Ambassador Maxwell Taylor meets twice with South Vietnamese Premier General Nguyen Khanh to register U.S. disapproval of the recent calls by Khanh and Prime Minister Nguyen Cao Ky to extend the war into North Vietnam.
Both meetings were reportedly “heated.” It was also said that Khanh stood firmly against Taylor’s reprimands, arguing that the war had changed because of the presence of North Vietnamese forces in South Vietnam. Khanh offered to resign at the second meeting, but Taylor, who had become convinced that Khanh was partly right about taking the war to the North Vietnamese, not only dissuaded him but also ended up cabling Washington that the United States should undertake covert planning with the South Vietnamese for bombing the North. In a news conference in Washington on July 24, President Lyndon B. Johnson insisted that relations were good between the U.S. and South Vietnam.
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Both meetings were reportedly “heated.” It was also said that Khanh stood firmly against Taylor’s reprimands, arguing that the war had changed because of the presence of North Vietnamese forces in South Vietnam. Khanh offered to resign at the second meeting, but Taylor, who had become convinced that Khanh was partly right about taking the war to the North Vietnamese, not only dissuaded him but also ended up cabling Washington that the United States should undertake covert planning with the South Vietnamese for bombing the North. In a news conference in Washington on July 24, President Lyndon B. Johnson insisted that relations were good between the U.S. and South Vietnam.
@ SMSgt Minister Gerald A. Thomas Capt Christopher MuellerCOL Mikel J. Burroughs Cynthia Croft SSgt (Join to see)Capt Seid WaddellSrA Christopher Wright LTC Stephen F. SFC(P) Hercules Lobo MSG Tom EarleyPVT James Strait Alan K. PO1 William "Chip" NagelSGT John " Mac " McConnell SFC William Farrell LTC (Join to see) SSgt Robert Marx PO1 Tony Holland Maj Marty Hogan SCPO Morris Ramsey
Taylor and Khanh have “heated” discussions in Saigon - Jul 23, 1964 - HISTORY.com
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Thanks for reminding us SP5 Mark Kuzinski that by July 23, 1964 U.S. Ambassador Maxwell Taylor had twice met with South Vietnamese Premier General Nguyen Khanh to register U.S. disapproval of the recent calls by Khanh and Prime Minister Nguyen Cao Ky to extend the war into North Vietnam.
It would have been better for all if we had remembered the lessons of WWII and ever our own Civil War, that engaging in total war is the only way to win and in actually since the war is fought to an end with unconditional surrender which results in lower turmoil and most likely less bloodshed that allowing wars to fester as happened in Vietnam and is happening in Korea even now.
If North Vietnam had understood that the South Vietnamese with our advisors and air capability would have intended to bring the war to the north instead of succumbing to have it fought in the south, things would most likely have turned out much differently.
Of course Ho Chi Mihn being the dedicated communists he was, following through with strikes deep into the nerve centers of North Vietnam would have been required,
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It would have been better for all if we had remembered the lessons of WWII and ever our own Civil War, that engaging in total war is the only way to win and in actually since the war is fought to an end with unconditional surrender which results in lower turmoil and most likely less bloodshed that allowing wars to fester as happened in Vietnam and is happening in Korea even now.
If North Vietnam had understood that the South Vietnamese with our advisors and air capability would have intended to bring the war to the north instead of succumbing to have it fought in the south, things would most likely have turned out much differently.
Of course Ho Chi Mihn being the dedicated communists he was, following through with strikes deep into the nerve centers of North Vietnam would have been required,
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The South Vietnamese were smarter than Taylor if he resisted taking the war to the north. Wars can never be won by defending one's 50 yard line and never attacking into the enemy's territory.
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