Pierre Asselin
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Yeah.
So from the moment Johnson enters the Senate, he's supportive of American policy in Southeast Asia.
He's in favor of supporting France.
In 1954, the two Vietnams are established.
At one point, Eisenhower was considering sending American forces to help the French.
Johnson was opposed to that.
Johnson supported containment.
He supported the domino theory, firmly believed in the domino theory.
At the same time, though, he was concerned about direct American intervention in Vietnam, again, on the basis of what had happened in Korea.
He's supportive of JFK's approach to Vietnam, generally speaking, even though he's kind of left out of all the major decisions.
This is really important.
When Johnson assumes the presidency, for all that JFK has been doing around the world, Johnson has been privy to really none of these conversations.
He was never part of the so-called EXCOMM that addressed the Cuban Missile Crisis.
He was never consulted about Berlin, much less about Vietnam.
But still, from what we understand, overall, Johnson supported JFK's approach to Vietnam.
The one decision, and this is a big one, the one decision that Johnson was against was the removal of the South Vietnamese leader Ngo Dinh Diem or Ngo Dinh Diem in 1963.
When Johnson learned of the regime change, he immediately acknowledged that this was a mistake and that it was likely to haunt the United States.
And it really did, because then South Vietnam became even more unstable in 64 and 65.
But when he assumes the presidency...
Essentially, Johnson believes in containment, believes in the domino theory, believes that JFK has made some mistakes, but generally speaking, he's supportive of the American line vis-a-vis Vietnam.
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