1. President Johnson's Message to =
Congress=20
August 5, 1964=20
Last night I announced to the American people that the North =
Vietnamese=20
regime had conducted further deliberate attacks against U.S. naval =
vessels=20
operating in international waters, and I had therefore directed air =
action=20
against gunboats and supporting facilities used in these hostile =
operations.=20
This air action has now been carried out with substantial damage to the =
boats=20
and facilities. Two U.S. aircraft were lost in the action.=20
After consultation with the leaders of both parties in the Congress, =
I=20
further announced a decision to ask the Congress for a resolution =
expressing the=20
unity and determination of the United States in supporting freedom and =
in=20
protecting peace in southeast Asia.=20
These latest actions of the North Vietnamese regime has given a new =
and grave=20
turn to the already serious situation in southeast Asia. Our commitments =
in that=20
area are well known to the Congress. They were first made in 1954 by =
President=20
Eisenhower. They were further defined in the Sou=
theast=20
Asia Collective Defense Treaty approved by the Senate in February =
1955.=20
Thi=
s=20
treaty with its accompanying pro=
tocol=20
obligates the United States and other members to act in accordance with =
their=20
constitutional processes to meet Communist aggression against any of the =
parties=20
or protocol states.=20
Our policy in southeast Asia has been consistent and unchanged since =
1954. I=20
summarized it on June 2 in four simple propositions:=20
America keeps her word. Here as elsewhere, we must and shall =
honor=20
our commitments.
The issue is the future of southeast Asia as a whole. A =
threat to=20
any nation in that region is a threat to all, and a threat to us. =
Our purpose is peace. We have no military, political, or=20
territorial ambitions in the area.
This is not just a jungle war, but a struggle for freedom on =
every=20
front of human activity. Our military and economic assistance to South =
Vietnam=20
and Laos in particular has the purpose of helping these countries to =
repel=20
aggression and strengthen their independence.
The threat to the free nations of southeast Asia has long been clear. =
The=20
North Vietnamese regime has constantly sought to take over South Vietnam =
and=20
Laos. This Communist regime has violated the Geneva accords for Vietnam. =
It has=20
systematically conducted a campaign of subversion, which includes the =
direction,=20
training, and supply of personnel and arms for the conduct of guerrilla =
warfare=20
in South Vietnamese territory. In Laos, the North Vietnamese regime has=20
maintained military forces, used Laotian territory for infiltration into =
South=20
Vietnam, and most recently carried out combat operations - all in direct =
violation of the Geneva Agreements of 1962.=20
In recent months, the actions of the North Vietnamese regime have =
become=20
steadily more threatening...=20
As President of the United States I have concluded that I should now =
ask the=20
Congress, on its part, to join in affirming the national determination =
that all=20
such attacks will be met, and that the United States will continue in =
its basic=20
policy of assisting the free nations of the area to defend their =
freedom.=20
As I have repeatedly made clear, the United States intends no =
rashness, and=20
seeks no wider war. We must make it clear to all that the United States =
is=20
united in its determination to bring about the end of Communist =
subversion and=20
aggression in the area. We seek the full and effective restoration of =
the inter=
national=20
agreements signed in Geneva in 1954, with respect to South Vietnam, =
and=20
again in Geneva in 1962, with respect to Laos...
2. Joint Resolution of Congress H.J. RES 1145 =
August 7,=20
1964=20
Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives =
of the=20
United States of America in Congress assembled,=20
That the Congress approves and supports the determination of the =
President,=20
as Commander in Chief, to take all necessary measures to repel any armed =
attack=20
against the forces of the United States and to prevent further =
aggression.=20
Section 2. The United States regards as vital to its national =
interest and to=20
world peace the maintenance of international peace and security in =
southeast=20
Asia. Consonant with the Constitution of =
the United=20
States and the Charter of the =
United=20
Nations and in accordance with its obligations under the Sou=
theast=20
Asia Collective Defense Treaty, the United States is, therefore, =
prepared,=20
as the President determines, to take all necessary steps, including the =
use of=20
armed force, to assist any member or protocol state of the Sou=
theast=20
Asia Collective Defense Treaty requesting assistance in defense of =
its=20
freedom.=20
Section 3. This resolution shall expire when the President shall =
determine=20
that the peace and security of the area is reasonably assured by =
international=20
conditions created by action of the United Nations or otherwise, except =
that it=20
may be terminated earlier by concurrent resolution of the Congress.=20
Source:
Department of State Bulletin, August 24, 1964=20
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