In his first formal statement of Vietnam policy, National Security Council Action Memorandum (NSAM) 273, Lyndon Johnson
A. continued American support for the Saigon government, but ordered preparations for American attacks on North Vietnam if necessary.
B. maintained that South Vietnam was the victim of an externally directed Communist conspiracy which the United States simply had to defeat.
C. candidly acknowledged that the situation in South Vietnam was a civil war, but still called on the U.S. to assist the South Vietnamese government.
D. ordered a total reevaluation of American involvement in South Vietnam.
E. All of these.
Answer: B
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