He told James Reston of The New York Times immediately after his Vienna meeting with Khrushchev, "Now we have a problem making our power credible and Vietnam looks like the place."
Odmah nakon sastanka sa Hruščevom u Beču, Kennedy je Jamesu Restonu iz New York Timesa izjavio: "Sada imamo problem učiniti našu moć vjerodostojnom, a Vijetnam izgleda kao pravo mjesto za to."