August 30, 1964 - Slipping Slowly Into Darkness - Dean Rusk On Meet The Press.
Meet The Press with Secretary of State Dean Rusk and the heightening of tensions in South Vietnam over the Gulf of Tonkin incident earlier in the month. Interview from August 30, 1964.
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