Richard Nixon actually said...

I am very delighted to be here in this Department, one of the oldest, if not the oldest, in terms of its service to the Nation, to this whol...

As far as meeting with the South Vietnamese leaders is concerned, we have no present plans to do so.

I favor intimate and frank consultations, and I am delighted that it has proved possible to make this journey so early in my administration.

I do not want an American boy to be in Vietnam for one day longer than is necessary for our national interest.