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178. ClI) Moise, 78.
179. (SI/SI) DIRc'l"SA File, Gulf of Tonkin, Both
Incidents, CCH Series VI.24.6.
180. (TS//SI) Lt. Col. Delmar Lang USAF,
"Chronology of Events of 2-5 August 1964 in the Gulf of
Tonkin," 14 October 1964, CCH Series VI.HH.24.1O.
181. (TS//SI) Ibid., paragraph 8.
182. ('fS//Sf) They are, in order: 2/G11jVHN/R07­
64, 030956Z August 1964; USN-414T Critic, 041115Z
August 1964; 2/G11jVHN/R11-64, 041140Z August
1964; USN-414T Translation, unnumbered (time of
intercept 040927Z August 1964); 2/0/VHN/TlO-64,
041955Z August 1964; and 2/Gll/VHN/R18-64,
050435Z August 1964.
183. (TS//SI) Memorandum for the Secretary of
Defense, "Release of COMINT Pertaining to Gulf of
Tonkin Incidents of 2 and 4 August 1964," SI-TS-61/PL­
4, 13 December 1967, CCH Series VIII, Box 13, Gulf of
Tonkin Incident.
184. (TS//SI) Blake Oral History, 12. CU)
Washington Post, 25 February 1968, "McNamara
Describes Gulf of Tonkin Incident." At separate times
Secretary McNamara refers to four, then nine COMINT
Reports in his testimony.
185. CU) Note, Bill Gerhard to Mr. Lowman, et al.,
Subject: "Following for information concerning
request/response," 3 September 1975, CCH Series VIII,
Box 13, Gulf of Tonkin Incident.
186. (S//SI) 2/Q1jVHN/RlO-64, 170515Z September
1964. NCAACC# 45349Z.
187. (S//SI) 2/Q1/VHN/R18-64, 180920Z
September 1964.
188.~JCS, 190309Z September 1964.
189. ~ JCS, 190536Z September 1964.
190. (TS//S!) B205, "Chronology of Events of 18-20
September 1964 in the Gulf of Tonkin," 14January 1965,
4. After the second incident in September, the difference
in the NSA reporting, that is, the lack of evidence for an
attack, was noted quickly by the PFIAB. This led the
Board to order an investigation, which, in turn, led to the
development of the chronologies of the two attacks.
Blake Oral History, 10-12, 14.
191. ('fSl/S!) Ibid., 5.
192. CU) Marolda and Fitzgerald, 462.
193. CU) Olson and Roberts, 117; Schulzinger, 148.
194. CU) Karnow, 376.
195. CU) Olson and Roberts, 120.
196. CU) The Gulf of Tonkin Resolution was repealed
in May 1970. Ironically, the initiative for the repeal originated
with Senator Robert Dole of Kansas.
197. CU) Congressional Record, Volume 118, Part 3,
92nd Congress, 2nd Session, 3-14 February 1972,3313.
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