and we looked. We asked, “How could we help our friends deal with this situation? What is it they really want?” In five short days, we were able to come up with a resolution that both executives signed and a joint statement wishing each other well, and the conflict was all ...
commitment to South Vietnam, some of Johnson’s advisers urged him to seek a congressional resolution granting him broad authority to take action to safeguard U.S. interests inSoutheast Asia. Johnson, however, preferred to shelve the controversial issue of Vietnam until after the November election...