27-05-2013, 11:17 AM
Albert Doyle Wrote:Tracy Riddle Wrote:IMO, Johnson spent the hours and days after the assassination trying to shut down the plotters' attempt to blame Castro and the KGB and start World War III. They had spent a lot of time setting up a pro-Castro patsy, staging the Mexico City incident, etc. Who knows what kind of frantic phone calls were being made to get the Joint Chiefs and the CIA to stand down from their Operation Northwoods plan?
But he had to give them a consolation prize. So LBJ told the Joint Chiefs at a Christmas party in December, "Just let me get elected, and then you can have your war." (Vietnam: A History p326, Stanley Karnow)
IMO, the alteration of NSAM 273 the day before the assassination shows VietNam was in the plans prior to the assassination.
Who wrote NSAM 273? It is dated Novemebr 21, 1963. John Kennedy didn't write it; he was on an early Air Force I plane headed for San Antonio, Texas. LBJ didn't write it; he wasn't in Washington because he was at his ranch near San Antonio, Texas, getting ready to go the San Antonio Intenational Airport with Ladybird Johnson to greet and welcome the President and his official party to Texas.
Well, it was written by MacGeorge Bundy, Security Adviser to Prsident Kennedy. Appaarently, he had done this all by himself without much input from JFK. He's one of the Bundy boys, William Bundy was his brother, and both had very strong ties to Wall Street. MacGeorge Bundy was the more hawkish one.
After the assassination, Lyndon Johnson had to sign this document. I believe he did it on Tuesday, November 26, 1963. It was a document in opposition to the one Kennedy had written in October, NSAM 263. Yeah, they got their war.
Greg Burnham, you're our NSAM expert. Want to say something here? Hope you're getting better and better. Hugs to you and Julie.
Adele