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Press Release Following the First Tonkin Gulf Incident

  • 8/3/1964

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Description

This is a press release informing the public of actions taken following the August 2 attack on the USS Maddox in the Tonkin Gulf.

Citation

This primary source comes from the Collection LBJ-WHPRSO: White House Press Office Files.

National Archives Identifier: 2803400

Full Citation: Press Release Following the First Tonkin Gulf Incident; 8/3/1964; White House Press Releases, 11/22/1963 – 1/20/1969; Collection LBJ-WHPRSO: White House Press Office Files,; Lyndon Baines Johnson Library, Austin, TX. [Online Version, https://docsteach.org/document/first-tonkin-gulf-incident/, December 11, 2025]

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