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"unity that dismays our enemies".

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The Vietnam War was growing in intensity through the end of 1965, and in January 1966 U.S. forces launched Operation Crimp, the largest American operation of the war to date. The goal of the campaign was to capture the Vietcong’s headquarters for the Saigon area, which was believed to be located in...

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sold Johnson Maneuvers With the Nation’s Governors to Gain Their Support For the Vietnam War

"unity that dismays our enemies".

The Vietnam War was growing in intensity through the end of 1965, and in January 1966 U.S. forces launched Operation Crimp, the largest American operation of the war to date. The goal of the campaign was to capture the Vietcong’s headquarters for the Saigon area, which was believed to be located in the district of Chu Chi. Though the area in Chu Chi is razed and repeatedly patrolled, American forces failed to locate any significant Vietcong base. In February, hoping for head-on clashes with the enemy, U.S. forces launched four search and destroy missions. Then on March 5 an entire regiment of the Vietcong 9th Division attacked a battalion of the American 3rd Brigade at Lo Ke. U.S. air support succeeded in bombing the attackers into retreat. Two days later, the American 1st Brigade and a battalion of the 173rd Airborne are attacked by another Vietcong regiment.

In this atmosphere, on March 12, a meeting of the National Governor’s Conference was held. The ostensible reason was to promote Federal/state cooperation, but LBJ sought, and obtained, a show of support for his escalating war.

Typed Letter Signed, on green White House letterhead, Washington, March 13, 1966. "The show of support among the Governors was an inspiration to all of us. The fact that the Resolution supporting the Administration’s actions in Vietnam had not one dissenting vote is the kind of visible evidence of unity that dismays our enemies. I hope that you will go before radio and television in your State and report on what you learned. Those families who have loved ones in Viet-Nam win be pleased and heartened, I am convinced, by the kind of report that you can give them. There win be difficult days ahead. The road we win travel will not be an easy one. But valuable prizes are never won cheaply. Our commitment to justice and freedom is too deeply ingrained to be rotted out. With your help and the leadership and support of all the other Governors, I have absolutely no doubt that we will surmount this challenge."   

The most important Johnson letter on Vietnam we have had.   

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