Vietnam Revisited: McNamara and Lodge Start New Study
Vietnam Revisited: McNamara and Lodge Start New Study
Secretary of Defense Robert McNamara & Henry Cabot Lodge, Jr. reappointed Ambassador to Vietnam, return to Saigon to begin a new study of the war situation in South Vietnam. Their observations will determine further build-up of U.S. military strength in Southeast Asia. Increased draft calls, extended tours of duty & reserve call--ups hang in the balance of the decisions. LS United States Air Force transport plane taxiing. TLS U.S. & South Vietnam military leaders & politicians (including General WILLIAM WESTMORELAND) walking along tarmac. TLS Secretary of Defense ROBERT MCNAMARA alighting plane. MS Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff General EARLE G. WHEELER. Shaky MS U.S. Ambassador to South Vietnam HENRY CABOT LODGE JR. Shaky MS Robert McNamara. MS Henry Cabot Lodge Jr. walking along tarmac with entourage, General William C. Westmoreland in BG. MS South Vietnamese guard wearing dark berets & white uniforms, standing at attention with rifles on tarmac. MS press corps; MS Secretary McNamara sitting on couch with General Earle G. Wheeler; MS Lodge, McNamara, General Wheeler walking through crowd. Tilting TLS South Vietnamese government building. Panning MS Secretary McNamara & Ambassador Lodge sitting on couch with Maj. General NGUYEN VAN THIEU and Air Marshal NGUYEN CAO KY. MSs McNamara, Lodge exiting building.