State Department cable instructed him to “categorically, and in [a] manner most likely to convince them, say to the generals that the U.S. government in no way favors neutral solution for South Vietnam.” The cable noted that “powerful voices” such as Lippmann and the New York Times had been pressing for such a solution, but emphasized that the U.S. government, “from the top down,” was committed to a “win-the-war policy.”
