Conversation with ROBERT MCNAMARA and OFFICE NOISE, September 13, 1966

MCNAMARA DISCUSSES WILLIAM WESTMORELAND'S REQUEST FOR B-52 STRIKES NORTH OF DMZ, NAVAL GUNFIRE ON COASTAL AREAS NEAR DMZ; LBJ ASKS FOR PROS AND CONS OF ACTION; POSSIBLE INTERNATIONAL CRITICISM AND ATTACKS ON US SHIPS, B-52S; LBJ ASKS MCNAMARA TO CALL RUSK