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1966 supplemental active additional Admiral McDONALD Admiral SEMMES Air Force aircraft airlift amount ANDREWS appropriation Army National Guard base believe bomber bombs budget capability carrier Chairman civil defense civilian clothing combat Command committee Communist continue cost Department of Defense deployment division effective effort enlisted equipment estimate fallout shelter fiscal year 1967 FLOOD funds going improved included increase JOHNSON June 30 LAIRD LIPSCOMB MAHON Marine Corps McCONNELL ment military assistance Military construction military personnel million MINSHALL missile mobilization Navy NIKE X nuclear obligational authority officers Operation and maintenance percent problem procurement proposed record reduced requested requirements ROTC Secretary BROWN Secretary MCNAMARA Secretary NITZE Secretary of Defense Secretary RESOR Selected Reserve Force ships SIKES South Vietnam southeast Asia Soviet strategic strength supply tactical tion units Vietcong Vietnamese weapons WHITTEN WOOLNOUGH
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Page 113 - Force, the Chief of Naval Operations and the Commandant of the Marine Corps in overseas areas on attache or mission aircraft.
Page 17 - Asia: 1. The Geneva Agreements of 1954 and 1962 are an adequate basis for peace in Southeast Asia; 2. We would welcome a conference on Southeast Asia or on any part thereof; 3. We would welcome "negotiations without preconditions
Page 36 - They are determined to safeguard the freedom, common heritage and civilization of their peoples, founded on the principles of democracy, individual liberty and the rule of law.
Page 290 - I think our view is fully shared by the Secretary of the Air Force and the Chief of Staff of the Air Force. It had not...
Page 236 - Everything is divisible. And so is this colossus of US imperialism. It can be split up and defeated. The peoples of Asia, Africa, Latin America and other regions can destroy it piece by piece, some striking at its head and others at its feet.
Page 235 - The seizure of power by armed force, the settlement of the issue by war, is the central task and the highest form of revolution.
Page 152 - Very minor modifications were required on this vessel to permit it to operate light attack aircraft and it can be quickly reassigned to Its ASW role. What is involved is mainly a change in the aircraft complement. The ASW air group is being retained in the active fleet, thus giving us the capability to operate the carrier as a CVS on short notice. The ASW carrier forces will continue to be equipped with both fixedwing aircraft and helicopters. The older SH-34 helicopters have already been replaced...
Page 52 - Although a deliberate nuclear attack upon the United States may seem a highly unlikely contingency in view of our unmistakable assured destruction capability, it must receive our urgent attention because of the enormous consequences it would have.
Page 235 - It was on the basis of the lessons derived from the people's wars in China that Comrade Mao Tse-tung, using the simplest and the most vivid language, advanced the famous thesis that "political power grows out of the barrel of a gun".
Page 188 - In various parts of the country for long range, "in depth" research in the behavioral sciences. 6. The Nuclear Weapons Effects Research program Is managed by the Defense Atomic Support Agency (DASA) under the general direction of the Joint Chiefs of Staff and the Office of the Secretary of Defense. The...