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The papers, more than 140 of them classified top secret, include phone transcripts, oral-history interviews, signals intelligence (SIGINT) messages, and chronologies of the Tonkin events developed by Department of Defense and NSA officials.
calls from White House officials involved with the events and previously uncovered facts about Tonkin, these documents provide compelling evidence about the subsequent decisions that led to the full commitment of U.S. armed forces to the Vietnam War. Raids and Patrols in the Tonkin Gulf
1 maj 2014 · While it may have been difficult for the US Navy to find the enemy in the Tonkin Gulf that night, finding the truth about what happened has proven to be just as elusive. It wasn’t long after that questions arose about the incident and how it catapulted the United States into the Vietnam War.
5 sie 2014 · While many believe that the Tonkin Gulf incident was a deception by Lyndon Johnson, the US bombing of North Vietnam was not a maneuver by LBJ.
What really happened on August 4, 1964? Did President Johnson report the truth to Congress? The answer: No, it was a lie. There was no August 4 attack, and in fact, Defense Department planning for war had begun weeks, even months, earlier. I know it was a false-flag operation from personal experience. My Place in the Puzzle.
The Truth About Tonkin On 2 August 1964, North Vietnamese patrol torpedo boats attacked the USS Maddox (DD-731) while the destroyer was in international waters in the Gulf of Tonkin. There is no doubting that fact.
What really happened in the Gulf of Tonkin on the night of 4 August 1964? Documents released over the past several years have cleared up the picture. NH Article
