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Folder, "Walt Rostow, Vol. 83: June 20‑25, 1968 [1 of 2]," Memos to the President, NSF, Box 36 (Item)
  • , I believe the approach most likely to be effective with the Israelis will of the Phantoms they be to go forward promptly with delivery are pressing for and the equipment Israel seeks for its proposed anti-infiltration line. I foresee three ppsitive
Folder, "Walt Rostow, Vol. 3, May 16 - 26, 1966 [1 of 2]," Memos to the President, NSF, Box 7 (Item)
  • spectacular. It is difficult to judge the effect on voter con­ fidence of Bosch's refusal to campaign in person, or his statements that he does not want the presidency, but it could hardly be encouraging to hard­ pressed local leaders. Much of his radio time
Folder, "McGeorge Bundy, Vol. 6, July 1 - September 30, 1964 [2 of 2]," Memos to the President, NSF, Box 2 [1 of 2] (Item)
Folder, "Walt Rostow, Vol. 6, June 11-20, 1966 [1 of 2]," Memos to the President, NSF, Box 8 (Item)
  • · . .- ,, : 3. Martin repeated several tilne·s that the Ronning channel to Hanoi definitely is still open and Canadians hoped the U.S. would _· · take no move which would close it. ' · ~ :· ·; : · . ~. I · L 4. Martin expressed concern at press stories
Folder, "Walt Rostow, Vol. 65: Mar. 1‑6, 1968 [2 of 2]," Memos to the President, NSF, Box 30 (Item)
  • before announcing a new ~abinet. Arias has tbreataned to press for a he~~ing on ~e charge.a if Robles fails t.P come across. s. ~bles was last reoorted to bo· a~ the Gua~d headquarters, along with representatives of both factiot\S. His moves ovc.r
Folder, "Walt Rostow, Vol. 65: Mar. 1‑6, 1968 [1 of 2]," Memos to the President, NSF, Box 30 (Item)
  • be pressed. Thieu himself proposes to chair the committee on the reform of the civil service. He proposes to streamline the service, weed out incompetents, substantially reduce the number of employees, adequately compensate the remainder, thereby increasing
Folder, "Walt Rostow, Vol. 106: Nov. 15‑18, 1968 [1 of 2]," Memos to the President, NSF, Box 42 (Item)
Folder, "Walt Rostow, Vol. 92: Aug. 22‑31, 1968 [1 of 2]," Memos to the President, NSF, Box 39 (Item)
  • is m~re complex. launchers and as·sociat~d The U.S. also of mobile ABMlaunchers number of proposes and associated prohibited. TOP SECRE'.t-NODIS • ' . iissil~s that missiles the be .. • - ...• , . • 'I' .7.0lLSEC-REf-NOD IS , I
Folder, "Walt Rostow, Vol. 30, June 1-12, 1967 [2 of 2]," Memos to the President, NSF, Box 17 (Item)
  • to make: this morning -- and passed ·t o Sect. Rusk -- is this: if we are pressed by Israel for spare parts, etc•• we should go hard to the Russians on. their equivalent supply to the Arabs. The reason is not merely to give us a bit of flexibility
Folder, "Walt Rostow, Vol. 95: Sept. 19‑25, 1968 [1 of 2]," Memos to the President, NSF, Box 39 (Item)
  • to appear before the White House press corps, should you whh to have hlm do so. I recommend you approve lZ:00 noon on October meeting with Prime Minister Holyoake. w. Approve --- Dl ■ approve --- Call me --- MWright:wpt 10 for your second W. Roatow
Folder, "Walt Rostow, Vol. 5, May 27 - June 10, 1966 [3 of 3]," Memos to the President, NSF, Box 8 (Item)
  • with the Communists" Militarily more difficult and costly than Alternative I .. 4. Throw probably unbearable burden on ARVN. 5. Rather than trigger negotiations, it might lead Hanoi to decide to press its advantage with all-out "Dien Bien Phu" efforts against
Folder, "Walt Rostow, Vol. 8, July 1-15 1966 [1 of 2]," Memos to the President, NSF, Box 9 (Item)
  • . MOTHER PREV IOUSLY HAD COLLECTED $171 FRIM CITI ZENS OF SANTIAGO AND WAS GIVEN · ADDITIONAL $216 FIR EXPENSES !Y OFFICERS AND- ENLISTED MEN OF U.S. ARMY'S 16TH GENERAL SUPP8RT GROUP IN SANTI DOMINGO. BGSTIN NEWSPAPERS AND ASSOCI•TF.» PRESS PICKED UP STORY
Folder, "Walt Rostow, Vol. 90: Aug. 1‑10, 1968 [1 of 2]," Memos to the President, NSF, Box 38 (Item)
  • press leaks .,w,tti:tjl was sent to you earlier ,(Cap 81904) ~ , Rusk 1 s today •. DECLP. !FIED WhiteHousoGui el na , F , ~ ~ y 4! • , NARA. Cate a-,1- 1 FJlOM BllOMLff SMITH TO THE PltESIDDff Oar •earcll up to aow llu aaco .. red •ly
Folder, "Walt Rostow, Vol. 111: Dec. 18‑25, 1968 [1 of 2]," Memos to the President, NSF, Box 43 (Item)
  • . They responded enthusiastically and asked us to keep them posted, Deriving our information i'rom networlc television and press re­ leases, we informally 1"elayed info1•mation in regard to the rnost 1mpo1•tant aspects of' the flight. tous about; the welfare
Folder, "Walt Rostow, Vol. 54: Dec. 11‑19, 1967 [2 of 4]," Memos to the President, NSF, Box 26 (Item)
Folder, "Walt Rostow, Vol. 107: Nov. 19‑22, 1968 [1 of 2]," Memos to the President, NSF, Box 42 (Item)
  • --- PARISTODEL 1. ·- FORHARRIMAN AD VANCE. I You will note the reports fro f of Le's special press Paris conference of today. highlighting Hanoi's demand that we talk with them and the NLF, leaving a eat for Saigon. I . ' It seems obvious from all
Folder, "Walt Rostow, Vol. 77: May 15‑19, 1968 [1 of 2]," Memos to the President, NSF, Box 34 (Item)
  • about 60o/o greater than in March, not two or three times as suggested in press reports from Saigon. An updated and slightly revised version of the PSAC report will be available in about a week's time. I would then like an opportunity to discuss
Folder, "Walt Rostow, Vol. 33, July 1-10, 1967 [1 of 2]," Memos to the President, NSF, Box 18 (Item)
Folder, "McGeorge Bundy, Vol. 7, October 1 - December 31, 1964 [1 of 3]," Memos to the President, NSF, Box 2 [2 of 2] (Item)
Folder, "Walt Rostow, Vol. 91: Aug. 11‑21, 1968 [1 of 2]," Memos to the President, NSF, Box 38 (Item)
  • , a communique in the narne of the saying that those meetings were entire polithuro a good piece of work.· The Soviet leaders seem fQr their shortly thereafter to have scattered usual summer holidays. The.Soviet press stood down its att·acks on Czechoslovakia
Folder, "McGeorge Bundy, Vol. 2, March 1-31, 1964 [2 of 3]," Memos to the President, NSF, Box 1 (Item)
  • into the southern tip of the Delta in order to give impetus and support to the hard-pressed ARVN effort in that area. ·(4) Implement immediately "retaliatory" item (a) on · page 6 above (i.e •• overt u.s. air reconnaissance over North Vietnam), He recanmends
Folder, "McGeorge Bundy, Vol. 10, April 15 - May 31, 1965 [2 of 2]," Memos to the President, NSF, Box 3 (Item)
  • much from this and suggested a desperate effort by John Martin to re-establish contact in the city and press for observance of the cease-fire. Earlier in the day we sent Martin a flash message to this purpose. Tom Mann is now sending him another
Folder, "Walt Rostow, Vol. 63: Feb. 17‑21, 1968 [2 of 2]," Memos to the President, NSF, Box 29 (Item)
  • by an air demonstration well inside Korea, so handled as to have high press visibility. 9. At this point we would assess the North Korean reaction, if any, and decide in light of intelligence gathered through other sources whether to resume private meetings
Folder, "Walt Rostow, Vol. 62: Feb. 14‑16, 1968 [2 of 2]," Memos to the President, NSF, Box 29 (Item)
  • TO THE PRESIDENT SUBJECT: Relations between the President and the Joint Chiefs of Staff Press critics who are trying to drive a wedge between the Joint Chiefs of Staff and the Commander-in-Chief by overstating and oversimplifying differences should be reminded
Folder, "Walt Rostow, Vol. 60: Feb. 7‑9, 1968 [2 of 3]," Memos to the President, NSF, Box 28 (Item)
  • ALLIANCE AND PEACE -AT HUE THE APPEALS OF WHICH HAD BEEN REPRODUCED IN THE VIETNAMESE PRESS. WHEN I ASKED HIM IF TH.ESE 'Two ORGANIZATIONS WOULD ' EVENTUALLY BE ASSOCIATED IN A COALITION GOVERNMENT, HE TOOK A RESERVED POSOTION. FOR THE MOMENT, HE TOLD ME
Folder, "Walt Rostow, Vol. 104: Nov. 5‑8, 1968 [2 of 2]," Memos to the President, NSF, Box 42 (Item)
  • CEASE-FIRE ANDCOALITION ANDTHIS REINFORCED HIS ANXIETY ANDFEARS. THE'LAOSSETTLEMENT, ANDHARRlMAN•S ASSOCIATION WITH IT WAS ALSO' IN HIS l'JlND. CERTAINAS KE WAS OF A NIXON VICTORY,HE SAWIN THATVICTORY THEREPLACE~ENT OF HARRIMANIN THE f~iGOTIATIONS. TH
Folder, "Walt Rostow, Vol. 112: Dec. 26‑31, 1968 [1 of 2]," Memos to the President, NSF, Box 44 (Item)
Folder, "Walt Rostow, Vol. 59: Feb. 1‑6, 1968 [1 of 3]," Memos to the President, NSF, Box 28 (Item)
  • he raues· in hi• year-end report. 1..S(,~)(c) 3.4(b)(i )(~) Ben also sent along some mementos o! your visit to Karachi: a collection of all the ~overage of your visit by the (government-controlled) press; a copy 0£ Ayub'~ official 1968 calendar
Folder, "Walt Rostow, Vol. 112: Dec. 26‑31, 1968 [2 of 2]," Memos to the President, NSF, Box 44 (Item)
  • JJW'.l.'HER. SEVERALMUG SHOTSWERETAKEN. I WAS ACCUSEDOF BEING A MEMBEROF THE CIA. I HAD MY FIRST PRESS CONFERENCE I THINK THE SECONDOR THIRD DAY WE WERE 1'.HERE. THIS WAS A SCREAMI_NG. PRESS CONFERENCE ~nIICH THE GOVERNHENT OF THE l I UNITED STAIES
Folder, "Walt Rostow, Vol. 86: July 1‑4, 1968," Memos to the President, NSF, Box 37 (Item)
Folder, "Walt Rostow, Vol. 60: Feb. 7‑9, 1968 [3 of 3]," Memos to the President, NSF, Box 28 (Item)
  • in the wind on a key subject -negotiations with the allies. It is a Cabanes piece ·from Hanoi (reporter from Paris AFP transmitted in English, February 5) which analyzes a February 5 Nhan Dan article on President Johnson's February 2 .press conference
Folder, "Walt Rostow, Vol. 77: May 15‑19, 1968 [2 of 2]," Memos to the President, NSF, Box 34 (Item)
  • EXAMPLE OF PRIVATE CITIZENS WHO HAVE NOTIFIED THE POLICE OF SUSPICIOUS ACTIOHS. HO! AN !HE h'ZAD Or THE UNIFIED BUDDHIST ASSOCIATION, WHO FRE- IN ( . IN 11789 . PAGE 10 Of 10 PAGES . \ • -C-0- >f#,,. !- SIDED AT THE BLOOP.AEIRTJJDAY
Folder, "Walt Rostow, Vol. 78: May 20‑24, 1968 [2 of 2]," Memos to the President, NSF, Box 34 (Item)
  • told Kuznetsov that the US was not in agreement with the Brazilians on their proposed amendment regarding peaceful nuclear explosive devices (Pineds). He said that the Brazilian Foreign Minister had told him that the Brazilians would not press
Folder, "Walt Rostow, Vol. 60: Feb. 7‑9, 1968 [1 of 3]," Memos to the President, NSF, Box 28 (Item)
  • ' coui·ses of act1011. 4. To ask Park publicly and privately to associate himself with our view that he too seeks a peaceful solution. 5. To obtain a reaffirmation that the authority of General Bonesteel and the chain of con1mand will be absoiutelr_ observed
Folder, "Walt Rostow, Vol. 70: Apr. 1‑5, 1968 [2 of 2]," Memos to the President, NSF, Box 32 (Item)
  • at least in part with record speed. It appears from captured documents that at least some of the personnel associated with the nE;wlyidentified North Vietnamese 209th Regiment in the central highlands moved over 500 miles from North to South Vietnam
Folder, "Walt Rostow, Vol. 28, May 16-24, 1967 [1 of 2]," Memos to the President, NSF, Box 16 (Item)
  • NOT HEARD OF IT BEFORE YOUR-· CABLE ARRIVED, ALTHOUG~ I UNDERSTAND THERE IS A SMALL ITEM IN 7HIS MORNING'S PRESS. LIKE THE MOSCOW CC},'MUNIQUE OF LAST JU-LY, IT WAS SILLY, STUPID AND MISGUIDED. 2t MY FIRST THOUGHT WAS .TO GO DIRECTLY TO MRS. GANDHI. H
Folder, "Walt Rostow, Vol. 29, May 25-31, 1967 [1 of 2]," Memos to the President, NSF, Box 16 (Item)
  • to inquire -------- Don 1t press this round -------- GOPiPH>EM'fI:AL . cee· 7 ~ I /, r/ ' ~ ~fb 'f O,P QJ$C;tl'.;':F llECWRJC!J:!J:;p _.PA T!'x ~ MEMORANDUM FOR THE PRESIDENT l. Defense and AEC lu\ve submitted £:or y-0ur. app~oval the .VY__ J9
Folder, "Walt Rostow, Vol. 81: June 7‑12, 1968 [2 of 2]," Memos to the President, NSF, Box 35 (Item)
  • VIEW, I REMAINEDA BIT' SKEPTICAL BUT DID NOT PRESS. THE POINT' WITH THE· PR~SIOENTo t BUNKER ll!CR[T NOT TO BE REPRODUCED WiTHOUT THE AUTHORIZATION OF THE EXECUTIVE SECRETARY Department of State y..l ~GRAM 'ZP. 1b!i&1, PAGE 01 SAIGON 29,.68 ·03
Folder, "Walt Rostow, Vol. 101: Oct. 23‑28, 1968 [2 of 2]," Memos to the President, NSF, Box 41 (Item)
  • the position he first outlined in his Johns Hopkins speech; namely, a position in which an independent North Vietnam associated itself not with China but with the other countries of Southeast Asia in constructive efforts at develop1nent. Only in this way
Folder, "Walt Rostow, Vol. 18, January 1 - 14, 1967 [3 of 3]," Memos to the President, NSF, Box 12 [1 of 2] (Item)
  • of the Act and are continuing to press t he matter. As a first step., we proposed transferring to the Bank fu nds for specific projects which we have been working on in nine, i10n-maj or African countries. The initial indication from the Bank i s