Interesting to read the speech Nixon had drawn up to justify nuking Hanoi (if it came to that): http://nsarchive.gwu.edu/NSAEBB/NSAEBB195/VN-2h.pdf …
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@HeerJeet Kissinger had been an advocate of nuclear weapons in Indochina since the Eisenhower administration. Ike allowed talk but vetoed itThanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@HeerJeet I don't think the documents support your claim about "detailed plans" to use nukes, it's more that they vaguely considered it -
@supra_dig@HeerJeet That's the beauty of nukes. Not a lot of detail needed.
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@HeerJeet Unlike Wallace/LeMay, had the good sense not to Goldwater themselves with those plansThanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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