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  • will be discussing this matter further this morning. The matter is urgent. I was puzzled, Mr. Chairman, by what has been said by the Soviet Press and Radio since our exchange of messages yesterday morning. It does not help to charge the United States as a participant
  • of those officers who are auth~rized to discuss these problems with the press, and that other officers should be instructed to refrain from such discusEii
  • to the press except upon the explicit instructions of the Secretary of State • ... co~ii'lO..ENTit\L ... , ­
  • 3 Tuesday, MEMORANDUM June 6, 1967 - 11:15 p.m FOR THE PRESIDENT Regarding the press reports that our Embassy in Cairo has been set afire, State Department has just talked to the Ambassador and he has assured them that the Embassy
  • to the contrary, I do not wish any American official in any forum to press for a binding agreement at this time. I wish to maintain the position established in our talks with Prime Minister Wilson -- namely, that the U.S. is not seeking to force its own
  • had made clear in his press conference this morning, we were committed to certain principles in this situation but did not have a program. He said that he understood this and; without ip.structions, he only say this: It is important that the Arabs find
  • for the press. ) At 7:57 AM, LBJ, who has now been awake for nearly 4 hours, gets a call from Secretary of Defense Robert McNamara that the Soviet Premier, Alexi Kosygin, wants to speak to him on the hotline. LBJ tells McNamara that he and his advisors
  • few hours LBJ speaks to his advisors to find out as much as he can about what happened, and to review a statement for the press.  At 7:57 AM, LBJ, who has now been awake for nearly 4 hours, gets a call from Secretary of Defense Robert