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Folder, "Walt Rostow, Vol. 67: Mar. 14‑18, 1968 [1 of 2]," Memos to the President, NSF, Box 31 (Item)
  • to strike wherever 30th. they want. _It puts them within rocket range of many If the Americans can bring either of these things off they American airfields and supply dumps. It lets them press 10 new recmits into service from the parts of the countryside
Folder, "Walt Rostow, Vol. 58: Jan. 25‑31, 1968 [3 of 3]," Memos to the President, NSF, Box 28 (Item)
Folder, "Walt Rostow, Vol. 34, July 11-15, 1967 [1 of 2]," Memos to the President, NSF, Box 19 (Item)
  • A) fQr their n ..getlatlng a $15 n.uUion program loan -- an a.mount equivalent to the fir t t-raneh~ et tbe $40 million package, wUh the balai:ice to come l ter il he delivetta oii the Ol'iglaal conditions . This would! -- , ncourag bin-i to press
Folder, "Walt Rostow, Vol. 45, October 10-15, 1967 [2 of 2]," Memos to the President, NSF, Box 23 (Item)
Folder, "McGeorge Bundy, Vol. 2, March 1-31, 1964 [3 of 3]," Memos to the President, NSF, Box 1 (Item)
  • last week that in my talk to the Overseas Press Writers I never said anything like what Eli Abel said I said, but a review of the transcript shows that I remembered one of my comments and not the other. If you are still interested, you will find what I
Folder, "Walt Rostow, Vol. 31, June 13-20, 1967 [2 of 2]," Memos to the President, NSF, Box 17 (Item)
  • and that Ge11.era.l Vien, the Minister of Defense and Chie{ of Staff, . is determined Lo keep the Armed Forces aloof from politics and the Presidential campaign, I do not accept these statements at face value. I s~all press Ky to talk with Thieu promptly to see
Folder, "Walt Rostow, Vol. 51, November 16-25, 1967 [1 of 2]," Memos to the President, NSF, Box 25 (Item)
  • Washington by the U.S. of these to succeed documents George within it may leak out of other capitals Woods. the U.S. government. soon -- or from Embassies. You may wish to prepare George for press handling if and when it ; iI j_ ! breaks
Folder, "Walt Rostow, Vol. 51, November 16-25, 1967 [1 of 2]," Memos to the President, NSF, Box 25 (Item)
  • it may leak out of other capitals Woods. the U.S. government. soon -- or from Embassies. You may wish to prepare George for press handling if and when it ; iI j_ ! breaks. I SANITIZE E.O. 12958, Sec. 3.6 N LJ 'f'l~ :2 1l, By -~ ,N ate 4-JJ
Folder, "Walt Rostow, Vol. 20, February 1- 11, 1967 [2 of 2]," Memos to the President, NSF, Box 13 (Item)
  • military who extend for a second tour (26 months). I might be wrong, but I think this issu_e would be a two day wonder in the press when announced. So I. respectfully urge that you reopen this matter at Tuesday • lunch. ~ ltO. 12356, Sec. 3.4 ~ By ,91
Folder, "McGeorge Bundy, Vol. 5, June 1-30, 1964," Memos to the President, NSF, Box 2 [1 of 2] (Item)
  • to tbe · b.tte Hou. e press , the kinds of thh11• you ml bt say are •folio. s: !f you . lah to pr sent Lod Amba. sador Lodge bas Jue made ht final repott to me and now heeomea .p rivate citl· en a1 .la. Am]) . sado~ Lodge ccepted ppointment to Saison . y
Folder, "McGeorge Bundy, Vol. 20, February 5 - 28, 1966 [1 of 2]," Memos to the President, NSF, Box 6 [2 of 2] (Item)
  • • t rougly antl• Ame r lcaa mood a .l tho, preaeat time.• McQ, B .. (P• S. ) _ Stadelhofer has standing instructions from us to press very hard in such cases, and we have made it clear to him that they operate in this case. But it seems best to go
Folder, "McGeorge Bundy, Vol. 2, March 1-31, 1964 [1 of 3]," Memos to the President, NSF, Box 1 (Item)
  • of press attacks on our Latin American .,_, policy. This is an important memorandum, and to me a somewhat disturbing one. -\ Y '? Tom seems to assume that all our trouble comes from a few far-leftwingers. A lot of it does. A lot comes also from honest
Folder, "Walt Rostow, Vol. 52: Nov. 26‑30, 1967 [1 of 2]," Memos to the President, NSF, Box 26 (Item)
  • •• aot alrelMly. w. w. WWRoatow:rla lleetow MEMORANDUM THE WHITE HOUSE WASHINGTON November 30, 1967 Memo to Walt Rostow Press Contact David Breasted, New York News. called to ask me about rumors that Goldberg was resigning the first
Folder, "McGeorge Bundy, Vol. 3, April 1-30, 1964 [3 of 3]," Memos to the President, NSF, Box 1 (Item)
  • to press him, the best subject is probably the General's position on the neutralization of South Vietnam. I attach at Tab B Bohlen's account of his conversation with de Gaulle together with the telegram of instruction he was working from, and at Tab C
Folder, "Walt Rostow, Vol. 95: Sept. 19‑25, 1968 [2 of 2]," Memos to the President, NSF, Box 39 (Item)
  • SECRECY HE IS NOTALLOWED TO USE A SAID TH"AT TO NORTH SECRETARY ANDTHIS PLUS HIS DUTIESAS SHEPHERD VIETNAMESE DELEGATION SLOWSPROCESSDOWN CONSIDERABLY. 17. WEHAVEPROMISED TO ADVISEALGARD OF US VIEWS ON DESIRABILITYOF PRESS RELEASEMONDAY MORNING. WOULD
Folder, "Walt Rostow, Vol. 56: Jan. 1‑15, 1968 [2 of 2]," Memos to the President, NSF, Box 27 (Item)
  • unable to fulfill. Those who began to press for legal rights after 1954 came principally from segregated colleges. Their tactic was civil disobedience and they welcomed the aid ·of white activists who went south for a summer, or longer, and witnessed
Folder, "Walt Rostow, Vol. 75: May 6‑8, 1968 [2 of 2]," Memos to the President, NSF, Box 33 (Item)
  • the National has no represen~ation in Paris. The French had responded favorably to the 1966 request of the NLF to open a press office in Paris and two minor NLF officials are expected there soon to make arrangements for opening a bureau~ The press bureau
Folder, "Walt Rostow, Vol. 47, October 21-24, 1967 [1 of 2]," Memos to the President, NSF, Box 24 (Item)
  • press release on his call. When turned down, he made some remarks about the Governor's office in Massachusetts wanting to make a statement about his trip to Washington. I doubt if the Governor's office is as anxious to do this as he thinks
Folder, "Walt Rostow, Vol. 57: Jan. 16‑24, 1968 [1 of 2]," Memos to the President, NSF, Box 27 (Item)
  • Europe,. an area of great importance. It has been successful to a remarkable degree in provi'ding its millions of listeners with a substitute for the free press they lack. In so doing, Radio Free Europe ~erves both the national interest and the cause
Folder, "Walt Rostow, Vol. 16, December 1 - 13, 1966 [3 of 3]," Memos to the President, NSF, Box 11 [2 of 2] (Item)
  • early return. He found a widespread feeling, reaching beyond political circles, that the U. S. had pressed Erhard too hard. .. The general view is that he would have gone in any case in a little while, but our toughness on the current of£set
Folder, "McGeorge Bundy, Vol. 3, April 1-30, 1964 [1 of 3]," Memos to the President, NSF, Box 1 (Item)
  • on your behalf to preach our Cuban gospel, we can expect violent feedback from the British politicians and the British press, which will pin the British Government] and, to a lesser degree, we would get the same trouble in Paris. So \unless you have
Folder, "McGeorge Bundy, Vol. 8, January 1 - February 28, 1965 [1 of 2]," Memos to the President, NSF, Box 2 [2 of 2] (Item)
  • . I said that I fully agreed, as long as it was understood that one of the major tools of diplomacy was the 7th Fleet. He said he not only agreed but had repeatedly made this point. He pressed me on the situation inside South Vietnam, which he clearly
Folder, "Walt Rostow, Vol. 105: Nov. 9‑14, 1968 [1 of 2]," Memos to the President, NSF, Box 42 (Item)
  • . . . WITH TJ
Folder, "Walt Rostow, Vol. 55: Dec. 20‑31, 1967 [2 of 2]," Memos to the President, NSF, Box 27 (Item)
  • , that the NVA is very much alive in SYN. When we engage the enemy near the borders, we often preempt his plans and force him to fight before he is fully organized and before he can do his damage. Although such fighting gets high visibility in the press, it has
Folder, "Walt Rostow, Vol. 31, June 13-20, 1967 [1 of 2]," Memos to the President, NSF, Box 17 (Item)
  • .:. nwithout condition" (sans ~oncHtion). But he never said, even when pressed and given opportunity, that it must end "for good" (pour jamais). ' .. __He. state~ flatly that, if bombing ended .witb-Qut __c ot1dition, North , · · · •' J, ·, ·Vietnam would
Folder, "Walt Rostow, Vol. 74: May 1‑5, 1968 [2 of 2]," Memos to the President, NSF, Box 33 (Item)
  • the ages of 18 and 29 may be called up to serve in the fields of education, health, and social welfare if there are 'not enough yolunteers. , SJ;;CRE,-,lNODIS SFCR.E~ ODIS -5- The Lower House has been debating a press law while waiting for the Defense
Folder, "Walt Rostow, Vol. 82: June 13‑19, 1968 [2 of 2]," Memos to the President, NSF, Box 36 (Item)
Folder, "Walt Rostow, Vol. 105: Nov. 9‑14, 1968 [2 of 2]," Memos to the President, NSF, Box 42 (Item)
  • ? Is there a transc~ipt get hold of? SECRETARYCLIFFORD: Not that a transcript available of available that we could I know of. THE PRESS: Thank you. END (12:13 P.M. EST) INJ'OJlM.ATION n:mT- Mr. Pre•W.at: Y.. may wlall e. Mte till• awmcN al a co••••••tlea
Folder, "McGeorge Bundy, Vol. 1, Nov. 1963 - Feb. 1964 [2 of 2]," Memos to the President, NSF, Box 1 (Item)
Folder, "McGeorge Bundy, Vol. 11, June, 1965 [1 of 2]," Memos to the President, NSF, Box 3 (Item)
  • political dominance, with the result that each can check but~not cancel the power of the other. The same is true of the myriad of other political factions pressing their own interests. While frequent changes in governments have had a debilitating effect
Folder, "McGeorge Bundy, Vol. 6, July 1 - September 30, 1964 [1 of 2]," Memos to the President, NSF, Box 2 [1 of 2] (Item)
  • will be safely hidden. But because of this hidden c onviction, it may b e unwise to press too hard for · Power's estimates of Sovie t strength. 7. I have had all these remarks put on cards, but if you don't like them, they can be revised on request. 'h~~. McG. B
Folder, "Walt Rostow, Vol. 99: Oct. 10‑15, 1968 [2 of 2]," Memos to the President, NSF, Box 40 (Item)
  • AGREED THAT A~ AIR. STRIK:: ON NORTH . VIETNAMESE". TARG::rs. SHOULD - 9E ~LAm1CHED. · THE PREss· Am~OUNCEM£Nt~M'ADE T!iE . FOLLOWING . DAY .STATED THAT TH£. ?RESID£NT'.S ACTION VAS BASED O~-- ~ UNANIMOUS R[CO~HENDATION . OF THE NATIONAL S£CURITY COUNCIL
Folder, "Walt Rostow, Vol. 71: Apr. 6‑11, 1968 [2 of 2]," Memos to the President, NSF, Box 32 (Item)
  • MEETINGNEXTTUESDAY. 2. IN DELIVERINGMESSAGEI EMPHASIZED ABSOLUTE NECESSITYFOR COMPLETE SECRECYANDREQUESTED THAT. P.A-RTY NOWIN HONOL,ULU RETURNTO KOREANADVANCE KOREATODAYAS PLANNED.POlNTtD our THEIR CONTINUED STAYTHEREWOULD GIVE RISE TO PRESS SPECULATION WHICH
Folder, "Walt Rostow, Vol. 82: June 13‑19, 1968 [1 of 2]," Memos to the President, NSF, Box 36 (Item)
  • and the economic arrangements affecting the Viet Cong. 'However, the discussion of such topics should be in the presence of the GVN representatives. Do you see any possibility of our picking up Tho's statement and pressing for a discussion of such topics
Folder, "McGeorge Bundy, Vol. 4, May 1-27, 1964 [2 of 3]," Memos to the President, NSF, Box 1 (Item)
  • Seere,ta11y I - USIA Carl T. ltowan, Director WHITEHOUSE McQ,o:rge· Bundy,. Spe·c ial Assistant to the Preatdent George Reedy. Press Secretary to the Pl"esldent Law~ence o•·Brien, Special Assistant to the President B:rornley Smith, -~ecutive
Folder, "Walt Rostow, Vol. 106: Nov. 15‑18, 1968 [2 of 2]," Memos to the President, NSF, Box 42 (Item)
  • the November 22, 1967 Security Council Resolution based on agreement among the parties. We have urged the UAR to accept this concept and are pressing the Soviets and other Governments to weigh in with the UAR to this end. We have also made clear to the UAR
Folder, "Walt Rostow, Vol. 61: Feb. 10‑13, 1968 [2 of 2]," Memos to the President, NSF, Box 29 (Item)
Folder, "Walt Rostow, Vol. 67: Mar. 14‑18, 1968 [2 of 2]," Memos to the President, NSF, Box 31 (Item)
  • Military Region, coordinating regular mili. tary functions, intelligence and security. Fulbright Hearings -- Bunker told Thieu not to conclude from press accounts about the hearings and Secretary Rusk's testimony, that there was any change in our position
Folder, "Walt Rostow, Vol. 18, January 1 - 14, 1967 [2 of 3]," Memos to the President, NSF, Box 12 [1 of 2] (Item)
  • closing this retrospection, I feel I should emphasize two· A) Kouprasith may be currently somewhat down, but his cernbit;.c:,n~ are by no means out, and he can still be expected to press for ~eat~r le~rage. B)The new Assembly, girded as it is by the army
Folder, "Walt Rostow, Vol. 98: Oct. 5‑9, 1968 [1 of 2]," Memos to the President, NSF, Box 40 (Item)
  • ~, THE OPPOSITION PRESS WOULD PROaA3LY CHARGE INTERFERENCE AND CLAIM THIS WA~ PRQQ_f.. OF US SUPPORT OF ARIAS.~IN THE RECENT-.: ElECT·IONS·. - • '~ ' If_A COUPOCCURS ANDURRUTIA SHOULD CLAIM HE ASKED-FOR AN APPOIITT1'1ENT BEFOREHAND··WITH THE- US-AMBASSADOR