10/25/1966: Manila Summit Results in Ignored Declaration of Peace
As part of his 1966 tour of Asian & Pacific countries, President Johnson met with other leaders from Australia, South Korea, New Zealand, Philippines, Thailand and South Vietnam for a two-day summit in Manila. The product of the summit was a 3,000 word document declaring “our unity, our resolve, and our purpose in seeking together the [...]
10/20-23/1966: Thousands Protest President Johnson in Australia
While in Australia on 20th-23rd October 1966, President Lyndon B. Johnson was met by thousands of anti-Vietnam war protesters in Sydney, Melbourne and Brisbane. In Sydney, Johnson’s cavalcade was blocked by hundreds of protestors lying in the road. In Melbourne, after attempting to dodge the protestors by changing route, the cavalcade was met with chants [...]
10/17/1966: President Johnson Tours Asia & Pacific
President Lyndon B. Johnson leaves for a 17-day tour of Pacific and South-East Asian countries including New Zealand, Australia , Philippines, South Vietnam, Thailand, Malaysia and Korea. The tour included attendance at a conference in Manila (Philippines), where a “Declaration of Peace” was drafted, together with pledge to withdraw troops within 6 months if North [...]
10/13/1966: McNamara: War “progressed very satisfactorily”
1966: Defense Secretary Robert McNamara states military operations have “progressed very satisfactorily since 1965” during a news conference in Saigon. Secretary McNamara was visiting South Vietnam on a fact-finding mission, his eighth so far. While he publicly portrayed that he was pleased with the progress of the war, he later confided with President Johnson that [...]