Secret White House Tapes

Conversation with ROBERT MCNAMARA, September 18, 1964

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  • ROBERT MCNAMARA
September 18, 1964
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UPDATE ON LATEST ALLEGED ATTACK IN TONKIN GULF; LBJ COMPLAINS ABOUT INTERFERENCE ON TELEPHONE LINES, EXPRESSES SKEPTICISM ABOUT ATTACK; MELVIN LAIRD'S CHARGE THAT FEDERAL WORKERS ARE USED FOR POLITICAL TASKS; TOM GATES' CRITICISM OF MCNAMARA'S STATEMENT