Lyndon Johnson actually said...

Ambassador Lodge and I are fully agreed on the underlying principle that in Viet-Nam we are there to help the people and their Government to help themselves.

Context

Remarks at the Swearing In of Henry Cabot Lodge as Ambassador to South Viet-Nam.

08/11/1965

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