National Security Adviser McGeorge “Mac” Bundy discussed with President Johnson the possibility of having Vice President Hubert H. Humphrey Jr. ask the President of the Philippines, Diosdado P. Macapagal Sr., to send troops to Vietnam. President Johnson objected strongly to this suggestion, arguing that “I don’t think it’s wise to have [Humphrey] go out [and] make any proposition to anybody about anything.”