 Records from the Lyndon Johnson Library have perhaps indicated that McNamara misled Johnson on the attack on a U.S. Navy destroyer by allegedly withholding calls against executing airstrikes from US Pacific Commanders.McNamara was also instrumental in presenting the event to Congress and the public as justification for escalation of the war against the communists.In 1995, McNamara met with former North Vietnam Defense Minister who told his American counterpart that the August 4 attack never happened, a conclusion McNamara eventually came to accept.