Operation Desoto operation
also: DeSoto patrol, DeSoto patrols, De Soto patrol, DeSoto
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Operation Desoto spied_on
China documented
“a quote-unquote DeSoto patrol, into the Gulf of Tonkin. DeSoto patrols were made by U.S. Navy ships and were intended to collect comms via interception. Ships carrying out those operations had enhanced equipment for radio intercepts, direct…”
▶ The Colonel's Corner Book Club Presidents_ Secret Wars Chap 13 @ 36:51
John F. Kennedy funded
Operation Desoto documented
“President Kennedy had approved a similar program for North Vietnam in 1962. When the first of those patrols was carried out, there was a second DeSoto mission in 63, and the destroyer Craig made an intercept cruise in the Gulf of Tonkin in …”
▶ The Colonel's Corner Book Club Presidents_ Secret Wars Chap 13 @ 37:21
Lyndon B. Johnson funded
Operation Desoto documented
“Thus, operations like DeSoto and 34-A, which could be considered provocative, were suddenly approved not on the merits, but on alternatives to even greater provocation. President Johnson specifically approved resumption of the naval patrols…”
▶ The Colonel's Corner Book Club Presidents_ Secret Wars Chap 13 @ 42:56
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▶ 36:51
a quote-unquote DeSoto patrol, into the Gulf of Tonkin. DeSoto patrols were made by U.S. Navy ships and were intended to collect comms via interception. Ships carrying out those operations had enhanced equipment for radio intercepts, direct…
▶ 37:21
President Kennedy had approved a similar program for North Vietnam in 1962. When the first of those patrols was carried out, there was a second DeSoto mission in 63, and the destroyer Craig made an intercept cruise in the Gulf of Tonkin in …
▶ 37:50
when it arrived in the North Vietnamese coast to find four swift boats passing her on a southerly heading. The 34A Raiders returning to base. That evening, the Maddox was offshore of the islands that were recently shelled. In response, the …
▶ 41:12
or 10 torpedoes, impelled Johnson to go to Congress and ask for the congressional action approved called the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution, August 7th, 1964. This resolution was then used to declare war in South Vietnam. McGeorge Bundy's immedi…
▶ 42:02
Both DeSoto patrols and the 34-A operations were temporarily halted while Washington debated the policy. The Joint Chiefs of Staff argued for open military action bombing North Vietnam and relaxing the rules of engagement of actual combat m…
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He favored action, but only after waiting until December to see if the Vietnamese political situation stabilized. Like Kennedy before him, LBJ accepted other recommendations involving less than maximum options. To resume the DeSoto patrols …
▶ 42:56
Thus, operations like DeSoto and 34-A, which could be considered provocative, were suddenly approved not on the merits, but on alternatives to even greater provocation. President Johnson specifically approved resumption of the naval patrols…
▶ 43:21
McGeorge Bundy was in his office on 9.15 a.m. on Friday morning, September 18th, when DeSoto had another false alarm. The new patrol in the Tonkin Gulf consisted of the U.S. destroyer Morton and Parsons, which reported they had opened fire …
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and their air bases and all of their oil facilities in the Hanoi Haiphong area. Cooler heads prevailed for a moment. Information that afternoon and the next day made it perfectly clear that there had been no premeditated attack, though Nort…
▶ 44:19
photographic and sound recording equipment to provide records. These ships were also sent on an exercise in friendly waters and underwent mock attacks by day and night using the nasty boats from Da Nang. Had the original De Soto patrol made…
▶ 44:41
As such precautions were in the purview of the 303 committee, one wonders just how much attention was being given to them by the special group, not only for DeSoto, but also for all kinds of covert operations. The CIA at least felt itself t…