Washington, February 16, 1965.

¹Source: Johnson Library, National Security File, Country File, Vietnam, Vol. XXVIII. Secret. No drafting information appears on the source text.

Per your request this afternoon,² Ambassador Thompson and I have done the attached summary of reactions by key countries to our actions in Viet-Nam.³

²Presumably a reference to the meeting recorded in Document 128.

³A 13-page memorandum, also dated February 16; attached but not printed.

To summarize briefly, the score card reads:

With us pretty strongly

Thailand                Philippines

Australia                New Zealand

Taiwan   South Korea

Laos       Germany

With us, but wobbly on negotiations

UK          Canada

India        

With us tepidly

Japan      Malaysia

Italy and otherNATO allies                 

Latin America        

Skeptical or opposed

France    Pakistan

Mixed

Africa

We have left out the neutralist Afro-Asian countries, such as Indonesia, most of which are opposed--some vehemently, but some also with an underlying appreciation of what we are doing.

William P. Bundy⁴

⁴Printed from a copy that indicates Bundy signed the original.