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  • The New York Times. of the kind you suggested. W. WWRostow:rln w. Rostow November 15, 1967 ~ To the Editor : Your editorial on. The Patriotism calle for some sharp dissent. of Dissent (TII4-4ES,Nove111ber 15) I find lt totally misleading
  • the time lag in obtaining planes once the decision SECRf!T-NODIS DECLASSIFIED Authority'7J (. (J /f-/ ✓~ > By~. NARA,Dae. t()--:(/·?v SEOR£TNODIS 0 2 . .;- -/ ·'is made. B"all said the President_is very. mindful of what: he had told Eshkol about
  • •• of 19 November. He appueally eariaapd at that time to coaler wltb Banker o6 io NOYember aad 1•t oat tu Jalat atatemeat wlWa "2 or J daJ•• " W. W. Ro.tow HG:HT/SliNSft'l?/Saattachmeat Oot 3508) ,.. ' DECLASSIFIED E.O. 13292, Sec. 3.5 NLJ By~, S ..J
  • possible time" if feasible, or to be conducted as a "protracted" war lasting 10-15 or 20 years if necessary.· The ultimate objective remains the forcible takeover of South Vietnam by VC/NVN forces, leading finally to communization of the South
  • Nam. As ycu know, I share this sentiment and mysei~ many times •. Because of t.hc extent of the interest in the Senate, . to el.a.borate on the question of a l have thc-ught it advisable U ~ N. initiative, a~ I understand. it. In this connection
  • :__f?:..,.~.e..~~~~-~!.._other__ap_pearances_in 28 cities a~ Boston, New York, Chicago, Milwaukee, Los Angeles, To!fows: ___,____ ,. Palm Springs, Anaheim, Dallas, Pittsburgh, Cleveland, Philadelphia, Detroit, Salt Lake City, Las Vegas, San Diego, San
  • Noftlllber 25 with the attached cule wh1cb opus 11p the poealbWty of a moat latereatlq ud apacloa.• •1a1..­ wlth the Stwlet Ualoa lf tbey are latereat.41. J. would ID bl• re ■poue of NoYemHr 27, Tanmy •"ll• ■t• tllat be the matter the next time Ile baa aa
  • after the first of the year. are consiciering it If we were to participate at th~.t time, as I stated yesterday over there to take part in the exercises. we would send some 10 or 12. 000 troops Th.:a.t woulci give us a total of some 30 to 40,000 troops
  • Rcceaeor. Telle• ear• the Medcaa S.ctioa of CODAF ebow• alpa of "marldaa time" la lt• work beca1ue of 1111Certabtr al>oat tu Comml••lo1a•• fllt•r•• He aader•talld• from a cloM aaaodate of Forelp S.creta.rr Carrillo Flore■ that a letter from ro• reafflnnlq
  • our Embae•y. The funeral la at 8: 00 a. m. tom.or row (10:00 a. m. Montevideo Waal'lin1ton time time). W. W. Rostow ApproYe ---- See me ---- to Mra. Mrs. Elba Elisa Propoaed Pre ■ idential Meaaa1e of Condolence de lo• Campo ■ de O. ■ tido
  • ~on, which,;~•~o~d..,9,oy~~~.P.:P9:W-~??1~"'~~ and which would be supplemented· fran time to time.by additional finance relative to increased pro.curement in the future. At the same time, an offer of cooperation from Australia taking the form of providing
  • in allied troop co~mitrnents at this time would have un unfortunate psychological e.fiect. There would also be adverse reaction frorn members of U.S. Cong~•er,s1 as Emba.scy 1s undoubtedly aware :from reports of ald hearings (Passman SubCommittee
  • TO HIM ALL ALONG THE WAY,GAVINCONSISTENTLY HELD THE POSITION THAT HE HAD NO STATEMEMTS TO MAKE UNTIL HE HAD TIME TO THINKABOUTWHAT· HE HADSEENAND HEARD. FRA[ 1KLY, HE WASVERY GOODIN AVOIDING PUBLIC STATE~~-' TS. HE DID, HOv!EVER, DINE WITHDEANBRELIS, PE1
  • to the US. At various times in the past several years France has taken a relatively active role regarding Vietnam, sometimes in public and sometimes in private. France sent high-level emissaries to Peking and Hanoi to sound out the leaders; has acted
  • AGENCY OR &'IT COm>ONENT. OFFICIAL JUDGMENT BY . IT REPRESENTS THE OBSERVATIONS A.~D INTERP:.U:TATIONS OF A STAFF OFFICER BASED ON INFORltATION ' AVAILABLE TO HIM AT THE TIME OF PREP!JtATION. ~U~~A.RY. THOUGH "GENERAL,.. IN REGARD TO ATTACKS
  • at the release of tbe Am.ericaD aoldiera in time to apelld Chriatmaa with their familiea and your tbank9 for tbe eood treatment of the mea, illcludillg excellent medical care accorded die wounded. man. I recommend tb&t yoll aip the letter. ·w. W. Attachments
  • . State 110781 (not sent Tokyo) authorized US representative to sign unacceptable North Korean docur."lent at time of release of Pueblo ts .. above signature, crew after first writing iP:1 /any one of several specified inscriptions . . Variaut
  • : FOUR WORDS) I WAS ABLE TO TELL HIM HOWMANY PEOPLE THERE WERE IN THE CREW Ai'JD THE FACT £1LJ,TWE NEEDED MEDICAL ATTENTION. THEY COMPLETELY CHOSE TO IGNORE THE REQUEST WE HAD FOR MEDICAL ATI'ENTION. AT THIS TIME HODGESWAS STILL BARELY ALIVE AND WE
  • CONVERSATION I MENTIONED THAT AGREEMENT COtJTINIJED TO BE HELD UP ON ~ATTERS I HM) ~ffNTIONED EARLIER BUT THAT THESE MIGHT BE RESOLVED AT ANY TIME AND IF so -I"WOULD TAKE THE . LIBERTY OF MAKING DIRECT CO~TACT WITH THE PRIM~ MINISTER IF THERE SHOULD
  • the Pentagon; that is, all the members of the JCS and the service Secretaries, as well as Clifford and Nitze; -- the Strategic Rese rve call-up (par a. 3) would be announced at the same time as the call-up to support the thirty thousand deployment, but it would
  • : progress is being made. don•t strain. publicly to convince people Douglas Dillon: -- spend time not on how we got into Viet Nam, but on po_sition we're in and real choices we face; -- clarify what we are doiug on the ground and in bombing; D ~~!:-1!:.0
  • , lnjurie• and material damage. I am also prof011Ddly arateful for the very important and timely help received from the United State• through your active Embaaey, which has contributed ao much to alleviating the depr•••ing aituatlon in the affected region
  • succeed. This conviction will not be created unless and until they come to the conclusion that the US is prepared to remain in. Vietnam for whatever period of time is necessary to assure the independent choice of the South Vietnamese people. The enemy
  • mar alM attead. No fermal r ... rb are eapecle4 after ,- recelYe tile 111eUl. Yo. llan approwed a&atemell& wblcll will " 1..... ~ the Pi'••• Office at tbe time of tlae ceremo-, (Ta• B). YCMI mlpt waat te to.cb oa oae or two Qftlle poiat• la tat
  • to Chamizal. The film ill in the Theater ready for you to see when you wish. Bill Bowdler has viewed it and says it ia a first-class job. thinks it could be useful with many different audiences: Bill the Latin American ambassadors, the next time you have
  • available to you at 11 o'clock 2 In accordance with our policy, the units earmarked for deployment in Southeast Asia will not be identified until they arrive there at their location. No decision has been made at this time as to whether forces
  • CLIFFORD: Yes. The understanding, which of course, was of a general nature, in Paris, was that the DMZ would not be violated because we felt we could not go on with the talks which we hoped at that time would start promptly, if the DMZ were violated. Now
  • SETTLEMENT AND - SUPERVISION.OF PEACEARRANGEMENTS. HE HADESTABLISHED A tlORKING GROUP 'IHICH 2. DO SAlD'-THAT WAS MEC:TING SEVERAL TIMES A •,EEK WITH HIM TO DISCUSS 'poss18LE POSITIONS FOR GVN to TAK! It~ SUBSTA~tTIVE TALKS. HE SHOVED POLITICALCOUNSELOROUTLIN
  • . 'I'he-appear.;ance given was that Moscow was willing at last· ... to give the-Czechs-•preslll)1ably chastened by. the~ nearness of their approach to the brink--a .. , respite. ~fuai;_went on i1\ Czechoslovakia duri~g the short span of time since Cierna
  • Ambassador Dobrynin of this fact and said that now we were prepared to compromise on one and a ha,lf of the three points. It was time for them to clear this underbrush away. At this point Dobrynin volunteered the following. He had been privileged to get
  • patrol boats. We have made· quite · clear that ·t he· PUEBLO was on an intelligence collection mission in· the Sea of Japan at the time of its seizure by North Korea. Intellig~--ice collec.tion .by vessels of this type is a standard and accepted
  • David LJ.U.atlaal'• reactl• to the yoaa1 ecoaoml.t• aad cabl-t mlaletera be met. T'My are al ao put of the new poap; aad I aupect you. caa flad men like them la every prmace. 6. Tbarefore. I wauld aot accept at tlli• time, 011 preHat e.S.dltace
  • ; but we shall consult closely and regularly. a psyw~r If n:egotiations--start, the GVN ,--wi.th-~-help,~~- ~h:
  • and to provide the items and dollar amounts of thle asehtance. The Department ha• concluded that release at thh time of certain of the information of the kind reque ■ted would be prejudicial to the defen ■ e lntere ■h of the United States and that the non-dleclo
  • . . .. . . . . . . ADDITIONAL BAT'l'Al~lONS OF 1·1-m HHST AN]) HILT.. BE PREPARED TO DEPLOY A 'l'~!!RD BA'f'l'AL!ON H:C1'!i A BRJ:GADE HEI\DQ.UAR'£Er{s A'£ A L/(rER . TIME. IN HY O?IN!ON, rus IS '£HE MlNlMUM l'ORCE "fBi\'f I t{tLL Nr:ED TO INSURE
  • conflicts~ corners of of the 11 that and wonderful Unit~d wars, and quarrels conferences for eartho century international the and 11 States curing From good kept of time aloof from It Europeo correcting uLrest faith
  • revolution. During this time, the country has experienced many difficulties and changes, which ~ have consumed a great deal of energy. Nevertheless, these four long years full of challenges in fighting and building, have been useful to us in choosing a path
  • the matter oa theae 1rounda: 1. Suffldent time ha• elapaed lldnce premature diacloaure of the propoaal before yea bad a chance te couider lt. l. The appropriation for our partidpatioa ta the OAS apecUlcally cover ■ co■ta of the ml ■■loa ao tut what la
  • • of fial ■ hed weapoaa, aad at ladla and Paki ■ taa to d~lop their own the ■ame time -coura1• w•poaa-mekt•1 facillti••• He wW al■ o ar111e that we ahould pall om all the •top■ oa the Hill to 1•t ladla excepted from the Come Arn•ndmeat (wlaldl reqalr•• ua
  • America'• aympathy for CncboalovaJda in a D.Clll-political and American ■ ettiag. W. W. Roatow ---- Speak to Jim Jones tentati•ely about a time No ---- Speak to me _ _ __ -· ·•:i~" . ·· • ,. • , ~ T0 B~ :'\}.! f..Dt