Gilpatrick Committee organization
also: the group
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▶ 13:34
Kennedy formed a committee to canvas the alternatives and present him with a list of options. Given the Pentagon's status as the biggest player in Vietnam, it was not surprising that McNamara's deputy, Roswell Gilpatrick, chaired the group.…
▶ 14:04
Many of the members had entered the new administration and were just finding out about all of this. Gilpatrick's own recollection is that none of us who were charged with the responsibility for this area had any preparation for this problem…
▶ 14:35
Nevertheless, Gilpatrick's group came back to Kennedy with a menu of 40 options, which is ridiculous on the surface. Kennedy's decision in this initial case conditioned much of the subsequent U.S. experience in Vietnam. Between doing nothin…
▶ 15:01
beginning a cycle that would be repeated many times. In the case of Gilpatrick's recommendation, Kennedy approved some of them in National Security Action Memorandum 52, which was a directive which he signed on May 11th. The U.S. would expa…