For instance, an Oct. 23, 1968, report presumably based on NSA’s electronic eavesdropping quotes Thieu as saying that the Johnson administration might halt the U.S. bombing of North Vietnam as part of a peace maneuver that would help Humphrey’s campaign but that South Vietnam might not g...
Although foreign affairs had not been a central issue in much of the campaign, American military involvement inVietnamdid weigh heavily on Johnson. During the primary campaign in California, Rockefeller cast theconservativeGoldwater as a risky choice, asking in a mailing, “Who do you want in th...