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Bunch Of Commies Running New York times
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Former President Lyndon Johnson talks of Vietnam War on newly released tapes
AUSTIN, Texas: As American involvement in Vietnam deepened, President Lyndon Johnson criticized the "bunch of commies" running The New York Times and complained about the newspapers criticism of the war, according to newly released recordings of phone conversations.
The recordings, released Friday by the LBJ Library, covered August to December 1966. Johnson had many of his calls from the Oval Office and his Texas ranch recorded.
In a discussion about the war with former President Dwight Eisenhower, Johnson said he was "trying to win it just as fast as I can in every way that I know how." He added: "I need all the help I can get."
In another conversation, Johnson blasted the "commies" he said ran the Times.
"They want to get out of Vietnam and yield it to them, and I dont think I can quite do that," he said.
At the time, as Defense Secretary Robert McNamara reported, there were 400,000 U.S. troops in Vietnam.
In another conversation, McNamara suggested waiting until after the midterm elections to announce a cap on the U.S. troop commitment in Vietnam. Johnson said little.
Johnson asked McNamara about the defense budget and supply shortages. McNamara said there were plenty of bombs ? 265,000 tons (241,000 metric tons) of them, either in Southeast Asia or on the way.
"Frankly, were going to just snow the place under with bombs," McNamara said. "And Im doing it purposely to make them cry, Stop."
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