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Folder, "Walt Rostow, Vol. 59: Feb. 1‑6, 1968 [1 of 3]," Memos to the President, NSF, Box 28 (Item)
  • /;. ~Im ar'li,-113 -Read-to.-Rostow 2/1/68 ~4/9t, . . ~ f-/6__-f7 -Q-----21rp~(~Of .la ,310,, /tJSrte.fi #+9 ffl8ffi0' RESTRICT ION ~I ,...,_9- f A _-,;,_p._7i._..,L.1,1Q-.J._ _ _,.._ V#./OJ R:ostow to Piestt1ent S 1p D~11/~r/~1 Alo
Folder, "Walt Rostow, Vol. 41, September 11-14, 1967 [2 of 2]," Memos to the President, NSF, Box 22 [2 of 2] (Item)
Folder, "McGeorge Bundy, Vol. 21, March, 1966 [3 of 3]," Memos to the President, NSF, Box 6 [2 of 2] (Item)
  • shop a:n essential so long as the Deparbnent was- ao week? I told him that l'd read all this in his last article and simply disagreed with his char­ acterization ol State . :'"'or·e ove:r, it seeme-d to me that the so-called nadver.suy" relation between
Folder, "Walt Rostow, Vol. 11, August 12-31, 1966," Memos to the President, NSF, Box 10 (Item)
  • of course be quite willing). It will be interesting for you to read Lodge•s weekly telegram in the light of Bob's comments. The first part wholly concerns pacification. They are drifting towards a recognition that the critical problem is how better
Folder, "Walt Rostow, Vol. 95: Sept. 19‑25, 1968 [2 of 2]," Memos to the President, NSF, Box 39 (Item)
  • THE PRESIDENT SEPT. 21 , 1968 FOLLOWING ARE FOURCABLESON THE OSLOCHANNEL. CABLE1. THE NORWEGIANS DEBRIEFTHE MENWESENT TO OSLO ONTHEIR FIRST DISCUSSIONSWITHTHE NORTHVIETNAMESE. CABLE2. OURBRIEF INSTRUCTION,SENT DURINGTHE NIGHT, TO DAVIDSON IN OSLO. CABLE3
Folder, "Walt Rostow, Vol. 60: Feb. 7‑9, 1968 [3 of 3]," Memos to the President, NSF, Box 28 (Item)
  • ,but no report of its effectiveness has been received. The intensity of the fighting began to diminish at 10:00 PM EST last night (11:00 AM on 7 February, South Vietnam time). US tactical aircraft continued to strike enemy -concentrations throughout the Khe Sanh
Folder, "Walt Rostow, Vol. 65: Mar. 1‑6, 1968 [1 of 2]," Memos to the President, NSF, Box 30 (Item)
Folder, "Walt Rostow, Vol. 110: Dec. 10‑17, 1968," Memos to the President, NSF, Box 43 (Item)
Folder, "Walt Rostow, Vol. 64: Feb. 22‑29, 1968 [2 of 2]," Memos to the President, NSF, Box 30 (Item)
  • ' s question ·, ·t he Ambassaclor said he had no instructions to add any connents to thi& communication. Tho Secretary after reading the communication said ha wondered if the ·statement "tho Suez Canal would be opened and the unr~solved questions would
Folder, "Walt Rostow, Vol. 94: Sept. 12‑18, 1968 [2 of 2]," Memos to the President, NSF, Box 39 (Item)
Folder, "Walt Rostow, Vol. 14, October 1 - 31, 1966 [1 of 2]," Memos to the President, NSF, Box 11 [1 of 2] (Item)
  • markets; this reverses predictions of a poor crop after the big Soviet --Canadian deal in June; --Canada, Australia and Argentina expect good crops; - -The US er.o p will come in l. 8 million tons higher than we estimated back in June when speculators read
Folder, "Walt Rostow, Vol. 92: Aug. 22‑31, 1968 [2 of 2]," Memos to the President, NSF, Box 39 (Item)
  • AMO1AJE AVAlLABLl TO ME LA~ NIGHT• • . T:-ti: FI~ST, . ~ SECRETARYRUSK URGEJ "1£ TO SEND DOWN. ·:. i£ .3:\I!l IT w~S NOT COVE.REDI~ HIS SUGGESTIONS. THE ·:._:;: • • .• . _.,., ·. ..: ~~~: .-:.;;.:;:,.":· . ....... ,~, .:·:·.. P.:-:JPl)S£J PASSAGES
Folder, "Walt Rostow, Vol. 98: Oct. 5‑9, 1968 [2 of 2]," Memos to the President, NSF, Box 40 (Item)
  • . PASS HAS BEEN a.osto TO THROUGHTRAFFIC· APFROXIMATELY 85 PERCENTOF THE TI}1E. NIGHT RECOmJAIS_SAN~A~D SIG INT HAW CLEA.~LYREFLECI'EO THE SERIOUS ..m~cr MARK-36 DESTRUCTOR~EDINGS Am NIGHI'· CBU ATTACKS HAVE AC?OSS THE SONGGIANG : .• IM. IN DELAYING THE E
Folder, "Walt Rostow, Vol. 104: Nov. 5‑8, 1968 [2 of 2]," Memos to the President, NSF, Box 42 (Item)
  • THEGVN•s INTEREST. THUS, IF KE COULD PREVENT OURDECISIONTO CEASE THE . BOMBING UNTILAFTERTHEELECTION,PRESSURE FROMTHEUNITEDSTATES. OOVERNPlENT NIGHT £AS£. HE WOULD THEN HAVE A HEV "BALL GAME"• • THIEUHAYEVENEXPECT THATNlXON'VOULD FOLLOW A "HAWKISH9 POLICY
Folder, "Walt Rostow, Vol. 37, August 1-10, 1967 [2 of 2]," Memos to the President, NSF, Box 20 (Item)
  • today that Andreazu. bad in fact done hi ■ duty. A• •ooa u all of the butc point. ol the talking paper had been covered and after Coat&• Sliva had read Prest.dent Johuon'• letter, he said explicitly that be would a1re• to tau ao acttoa until after
Folder, "Walt Rostow, Vol. 82: June 13‑19, 1968 [1 of 2]," Memos to the President, NSF, Box 36 (Item)
  • . lloatow --- Jaaa-P. DECLASSIFIED E.O. 12958,S~,.30 5 1130/95, stat{~.f;~
Folder, "Walt Rostow, Vol. 58: Jan. 25‑31, 1968 [2 of 3]," Memos to the President, NSF, Box 28 (Item)
  • to have this background against which to read today• s stories of firing on the Canal. W. W. Rostow ., SEGRE'¼ MNU., with the Preddeat TMN&Y• J-uy 30, 19'8, 8:30 a. m. PreHldadoa to Coacr••aloaal Le_..nldp: the PUEBLO cue JJ I ./ Apllda 1. T1aie facu
Folder, "Walt Rostow, Vol. 59: Feb. 1‑6, 1968 [3 of 3]," Memos to the President, NSF, Box 28 (Item)
  • in hosttlit:ies. never uncovered its guns. ~ L"fflERQTE The PUEBLO reported,it It neve.r offered any threat to anyone. Your statement appeared to refer also to paragraph 15 of the Armistice Agreement> 'Which reads as follows: IN ..:r&~TE This Armistice Agre
Folder, "Walt Rostow, Vol. 106: Nov. 15‑18, 1968 [2 of 2]," Memos to the President, NSF, Box 42 (Item)
  • . CONTINUATION SHEET FIVE ACTION: ACTIONSAIGON, INFO PARIS TODEL ...; 7 NODIS/H~RVAN/DOUBLE PLUS the Republic L. of Viet-Nam's delegation. (NOTE: We wish to omit the SVN's proposed Ref B which reads: "Any ruses of the Hanoi's will side be a cause
Folder, "Walt Rostow, Vol. 27, May 1-15, 1967 [2 of 2]," Memos to the President, NSF, Box 16 (Item)
  • the Hano1-Halphoag area will lead to pressure ou Berlin or a general war· with the Soviet Union. Xu £act. carefully read. what the Soviets have been trying to elgnal la: Keep away from oui- ship•; we may counter-escalate to some degree; but we do not waat
Folder, "Walt Rostow, Vol. 60: Feb. 7‑9, 1968 [2 of 3]," Memos to the President, NSF, Box 28 (Item)
  • of Vietnam and with the spirit and pride of combatants of the Llberation Army. The final victory will be with us. - DcLy - Month 1968 1 Instruction: This enclosure B wili be read to every cadre c!,Ild combatant" prior to departure for attack. · Comment
Folder, "Walt Rostow, Vol. 63: Feb. 17‑21, 1968 [2 of 2]," Memos to the President, NSF, Box 29 (Item)
  • dld aot i.aclwle la: Waat are GVN aad u. a. plau fer •••aria& tllat we re1ala pGp91atloa coatrol la tile .. aad reaame momeatmn la .....tatlellary 4eYelep- .....,..w. meat.? A• I read tae latelllseac•• lt aeem• more aad more llkalJ that taeJ
Folder, "McGeorge Bundy, Vol. 2, March 1-31, 1964 [2 of 3]," Memos to the President, NSF, Box 1 (Item)
  • -BRNT!AL ?AV:ff , NAIE', DC1t~ $#t'. '?~ THE WHITE HOUSE ASH I NGTON March 13, 1964 MEMORANDUM FOR THE PRESIDENT You may or may not want these for night reading, but you should have them available: At Tab A is McNamara's full draft report of which
Folder, "McGeorge Bundy, Vol. 7, October 1 - December 31, 1964 [3 of 3]," Memos to the President, NSF, Box 2 [2 of 2] (Item)
  • to time. (The Bradlees have had a tough year, and Mary has seen to it that we tried to help.) When I heard from a couple of press people last night that the FBI was putting it about that the source of the story that J. Edgar Hoover was leaving was Bob
Folder, "Walt Rostow, Vol. 84: June 26‑28, 1968 [2 of 2]," Memos to the President, NSF, Box 36 (Item)
Folder, "Walt Rostow, Vol. 62: Feb. 14‑16, 1968 [1 of 2]," Memos to the President, NSF, Box 29 (Item)
  • WILSON IN LO NDON bF MESSAGE THROUGH NORTH VIETNAMESE ~O~~EgP6~DENT IN LO~DON THAT HAN6I'S ANSWERS WOUL~ BE AVAIL~~LE IN PARIS. HE DELAYED DEPARTURE FROM LONDON OVER NIGHT TO pgRMIT CONSULT i\·trON WITH F'RENC ►l" GOVT AND SEEK AP?O!t.r!MENTS WITH D
Folder, "Walt Rostow, Vol. 12, September 1-14, 1966 [2 of 2]," Memos to the President, NSF, Box 10 (Item)
  • . DECLASSIFIED E~O. 12356, Sec. 3.4 MEMORANDUM FOR THE PRESIDENT SUBJECT : +fffl'l'"'~i.ati- nd~ uckw:.a.Sli~ .-. ··.·. :•··., _A, NARA, gg - IDate .S(f, 1 -.,)l7- a ~ "l' . . . A By~ , After a lazy week on the Massachusetts shore, I just read Walt's
Folder, "Walt Rostow, Vol. 44, October 1-9, 1967 [2 of 2]," Memos to the President, NSF, Box 23 (Item)
  • with Percy, whlch I summarized earlier thl• evening. W. W. Rostow WWRostow:rln .. · I '1 ) J/ ~ Late No~e for the President's Evening Reading l tr I I During the- day, we le~.rned that: Senator Percy plans I . i11t1:oduce a 1>sense of the Senate
Folder, "Walt Rostow, Vol. 94: Sept. 12‑18, 1968 [1 of 2]," Memos to the President, NSF, Box 39 (Item)
  • units that were called up at the time of the start of the Pueb~o crisis are going to be. released and returned to civilian life. Can we read anything into this--are we perhaps 1·c111ponseto the Pueblo? not considering a military Secretary Clifford
Folder, "Walt Rostow, Vol. 58: Jan. 25‑31, 1968 [1 of 3]," Memos to the President, NSF, Box 28 (Item)
  • Government con•trucUve which the that you have no thou1ht that you have pledged youraelf of gover~nt prior the dilemma ln your country on Aprll 21, 196 7, baa be at variance wlth the fundamental problems 1 have read it with much countries
Folder, "Walt Rostow, Vol. 18, January 1 - 14, 1967 [1 of 3]," Memos to the President, NSF, Box 12 [1 of 2] (Item)
Folder, "Walt Rostow, Vol. 43, September 21-30, 1967 [1 of 2]," Memos to the President, NSF, Box 23 (Item)
  • Jones Herewith comments on Har:ry McPherson's suggested revisions of last night. 1. The first passage was cut down by Busby, etc., for two reasons: - - it sounded an initial uncertain note; - - to cut length of speech as instructed. The .essence
Folder, "Walt Rostow, Vol. 76: May 9‑14, 1968 [2 of 2]," Memos to the President, NSF, Box 34 (Item)
  • paper reads citing a State Rockefeller. . Department cen~ for each prov- "I under.s~d t~t ~ocky has ince of North Vietnam "the popu- told the President m P,nvate that lation living below th; 20th ,P8l'al· he supports him down "the line on lei is at least
Folder, "Walt Rostow, Vol. 17, December 14 - 31, 1966 [2 of 2]," Memos to the President, NSF, Box 12 [1 of 2] (Item)
  • negotiations on education and agriculture. .; We underlined last night and by telephone today to Santiago that Frei should make no reference to figures or details of our loan negotiations. (Negotiating instructions were very tight as you .' directed. ) Our
Folder, "Walt Rostow, Vol. 19, January 15 - 31, 1967 [2 of 3]," Memos to the President, NSF, Box 12 [2 of 2] (Item)
  • have read of the inner politic• o( mainland China ln this crt.ts. .! !II It is written by liiiliiiiii.cholarly. an old CIA man w. w. R. -COH!"t15!:%111At:' attachment ED 12958 3A(b)l11>25Yrs (CJ ,✓ Mr U,ostow COMFIDEHTL:\L January 24, 1967
Folder, "Walt Rostow, Vol. 66: Mar. 7‑13, 1968 [2 of 2]," Memos to the President, NSF, Box 30 (Item)
  • that it was impossible to back it without both sides, at least, being informed. Therefore, Rev. Raimondi was willing to have me read the memo; make any remarks I cared to make; but not keep and circulate the memo. · I read it and told him that he should ask for a session
Folder, "Walt Rostow, Vol. 77: May 15‑19, 1968 [1 of 2]," Memos to the President, NSF, Box 34 (Item)
  • of such an inscription a2plicable to possible course of action discussed in para. 4 below might read: to r..e
Folder, "Walt Rostow, Vol. 93: Sept. 1-11, 1968 [1 of 2]," Memos to the President, NSF, Box 39 (Item)
  • successful response to the enemy effort, he has resorted to sharply increased use of terror. In the First Corps, undefended hamlets have been a~: acked, civilians killed and wounded and houses burnec:. While Saigon has not been rocketed since .t he night
Folder, "Walt Rostow, Vol. 35, July 16-24, 1967 [2 of 2]," Memos to the President, NSF, Box 19 (Item)
  • • would like to fi.ad an a.1reed fonmala on the M lddle Eut t.a1lt Ibey cmot nrlng around the extreme Arab•. Arthar Cioldher1 part1c:u1arly wanted JCRI to read thla cable. He added that the Aic•rlan• at the UN 10 about openly maktn1 contemptm,ua remark
Folder, "Walt Rostow, Vol. 31, June 13-20, 1967 [1 of 2]," Memos to the President, NSF, Box 17 (Item)
  • to deliver his message. He said that he was "disappointed" in the interview. He had flown over on Sunday night and returned on Monday night from Paris. Despite his disap­ pointment, i.t should be noted: -- Bots formula is exactly like Kosygin's.. They have