 General Taylor and thank you General I'm sitting there talking to Bob McNamara. Here's what we're confronted with a defense budget probably 65 to 70 billion Compared to 49 last year earning Their previous expression or some new one feels that we have not done enough on the political side and that our diplomatic Moves have been totally inadequate President Polk this week Gallup shows me three percent Believe that our diplomatic Have been inadequate Now we're going to walk into the lines then with our own people and I would not say this to many men But I can say it to you in confidence that I I Feel a good deal the eyes cracking under me and slipping election coming up Every man going up to his congressman saying what's gonna happen to my bitch you get us out of there Why haven't you tried to do this? So on so on situation we in we've had four days beginning five o'clock in the morning I'm bombing North Vietnam as far as we can tell from the targets that we have lined up we could stand for more without to Without any great might have a couple more bridges in operation or we might We might have some targets we didn't hit but we believe that we could go New Year's Eve and New Year's Day We think that it would be a good time say to the Soviet that you've been talking about Can't do anything when you're bombing North Vietnam now. We've told you we haven't bombed in four days And unless there's some Catastrophe or something unusual happens We won't vomit for at least another four and if we could get anybody really interested in doing anything And they had any influence on the Chinese or on the North Vietnamese while we we could extend it longer than that But if there's anything you can do or want to do or will do now's time to do it And we're listening and we just wonder if you're listening and if you're listening what you hear Now we thank you the odds are 95 to 5. I do that nothing would happen But we would be able to say to the doubting Thomas's and there could many of them in the Senate and The 43% of the American people We paused for five or six days last year and they didn't mean didn't do anything about it and we pause for 11 to 12 days this year and do it and we have gone the last mile we've searched every way we know And we think that we can do it now With less danger and less trouble and and we can later and we think that we need it now To get the support in the unity back home that we could get Now I'm gonna ask Bob to go in the office get on this other phone. I want to get your Right here Bob this door right here Pick up the long get your unvarnished judgment with the bar call just tell me exactly what What your reaction is? I know you haven't been one. I mean you felt as I felt that pause was not dictated this time Essentially, but in the light of this what give it to me with a bar call. What do you think? I? Would be required to fight this wall recommended be approved I think that's right. I think they know that we were there And I don't think it would be showing too much weakness if we if we were four or five days during this period Do Christmas holidays and the other thank you be a little better there and you know expect to be It works here Thank You general you've been a great comfort all through this thing. I appreciate very much your advice. Thank you very Christmas Max