obsolescence built into the lies of the Johnson administration shows how hard it is to beat American technique and know-how. A good example was provided by Under Secretary of State George W. Ball on a nationwide televised program June 26.
Said Ball: "There is no decision on the part of the United States Government to bomb. Haiphong” or to bomb the installations in... Haiphong-Hanoi.'
Johnson's Lieutenant said that similar statements had been made before but he was repeating it "because of the amount of discussion ‘there has been in the press on this subject. " Hanoi and Haiphong were bombed just/three days later. :
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