 I just wanted to tell you, I think I can leave here today with all of us in agreement as to what we will wish to recommend to you. I think we can avoid any recommendations for substantial acceleration or expansion of the bombing program in the north. I think we can all be in agreement that we've got to do more to win in the south. I think the introduction of US troops that will be involved will be agreed upon by the various parties. And I think Max will go back feeling in good humor. I'll tell you all this tomorrow, but I just thought you'd be in today. I sure am, that's wonderful. New York Times got a story that we out there to plan new strategy and a lot of extra commitments and sound like Hanson Bowen wrote it. And Mac Bundy said he just knocked it down, but you know what, they believed it not. Max Frankel called him about it. But I'm glad to hear that. What is their appraisal of the situation there? What do they think about all these statements about the Chinese coming in and so forth? Well, they don't believe that that's likely. They want to protect themselves against it as it develops, but they think it is unlikely to develop in the near future to play the next three to six months. Are they carrying on kind of a propaganda campaign now? The Fulbright company all of them trying to lower their boom tone with propaganda-wise? Well, I'm not entirely sure, but none of us feel that the Chinese are likely to come in in the near term. It's reasonably optimistic that over the next three to six months with additional U.S. combat troops in there, and there's still a little disagreement as to how many there should be ultimately, but no disagreement as to how many there should be in the next night here, 120 days, they feel that they can sufficiently stiffen the South Vietnamese and strengthen their forces to show Hanoi that Hanoi cannot win in the South. It won't be that the South Vietnamese can win, but it'll be clear to Hanoi that Hanoi can't win. And this is one of the objectives we're striving for. There is general agreement we reached this morning that it would be unwise anytime in the near future, as they agreed in six months, unwise, to bomb Hanoi, Haibong, or any of that area. Do they think, are they pretty encouraged about what's happening in the last few weeks out there in South Vietnam? We encourage, but it's a change from a sharp downward trend to a bottoming out or a leveling off with the potential for some slight upward movement. Looks like they kill them a good many, they claim they killed a couple hundred today. Yes, last week's relatively low, however, although the previous two weeks have been very high. So the signs are favorable, but despite some of these favorable signs there is in the background this very large Viet Cong buildup over the last several months and the concentration of Viet Cong strength in the center of the country which could break out at any time and cause serious trouble to it. And they're very much afraid of some catastrophic loss that's been why or denying or one of these areas. And it protects against that that they now agree there should be some U.S. combat troop center different what we last discussed with you. In short line, when I say short line, beyond that there is some disagreement as to how much eventual U.S. troop involvement would be required in South Vietnam. I feel pretty good about the stability of the government. They feel much better about it, yes. They feel that Quatt hasn't been fully tested as yet but that he's behaving himself very well and gradually gathering more support. The generals still are a rather unruly group, south Vietnamese generals but they haven't united enough to cause quite any trouble and Quatt's very much aware of the potential for trouble there and seeking to hold them down. We are taking every precaution we ought to take against any unforeseen catastrophic. I think so. This is one of the subjects we discussed at great length today and to avoid possible catastrophe at Zinh Hoa where we have a huge concentration of equipment and U.S. forces and also at Zinh Aang I think we would all recommend to you and I will bring this back with me tomorrow. Introduction of a brigade at Zinh Hoa and several additional battalions that unclaved along the coast. This vote to protect us against catastrophe and also to relieve some of the South Vietnamese and in addition allow some of our units to participate in counter-insurgency operations and as a result of all this show the North Vietnamese that they can't win in the south. It was Max's exercise these cables indicated. Okay Bob, it's wonderful glad to talk to you.