Source A is valuable as it comes as a private conversation from US President Johnson in May 1964
during his presidential race going to place in November 1964. The source is valuable due to both its
origin and purpose being that it is a private conversation suggesting its honest assessment of
Vietnam in which LBJ emphasises the domestic impact of Vietnam and how not doing the right thing
may damage his vote in upcoming elections. The source is somewhat limited due to its content as
the LBJ seems that he doesn’t want to intervene in fighting ‘ten thousand miles’ but in that same
year further intervention could be seen through covert operation (OPLAN 34A) and 23k advisors by
1964. However, the source is valuable as LBJ says ‘If they will just quit raiding their neighbours … All
the senators … Impeach the president’ and ‘of course, if you run away from the communist. they may
cause into your own kitchen’ This is partially true with the problem facing LBJ in which he is forced
intervene in Vietnam, or seem weak on the communist like his predecessor of Truman in the loss
ofChina and face pressure from congress to do more , but he also acknowledges the morally thing in
not wanting to intervene in Vietnam clearly showing he is tormented in what to do .The source is
during his presidential race going to place in November 1964. The source is valuable due to both its
origin and purpose being that it is a private conversation suggesting its honest assessment of
Vietnam in which LBJ emphasises the domestic impact of Vietnam and how not doing the right thing
may damage his vote in upcoming elections. The source is somewhat limited due to its content as
the LBJ seems that he doesn’t want to intervene in fighting ‘ten thousand miles’ but in that same
year further intervention could be seen through covert operation (OPLAN 34A) and 23k advisors by
1964. However, the source is valuable as LBJ says ‘If they will just quit raiding their neighbours … All
the senators … Impeach the president’ and ‘of course, if you run away from the communist. they may
cause into your own kitchen’ This is partially true with the problem facing LBJ in which he is forced
intervene in Vietnam, or seem weak on the communist like his predecessor of Truman in the loss
ofChina and face pressure from congress to do more , but he also acknowledges the morally thing in
not wanting to intervene in Vietnam clearly showing he is tormented in what to do .The source is
