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Mike Mansfield
The Vice President
Senator Russell Long
Congressman Albert
Mike Manatos
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MEMORANDUM
THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
CQ~TFIDEU'fIAL
January 23, 196 8
4:30 p. m.
FOR THE PRESIDENT
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FROM:
Tom Johnson
Attached
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DEMOCRATIC CONGRESSIONAL LEADERSHIP
BREAKFAST
Vice President
Speaker McCormack
Senator Mansfield
Senator Byrd
Senator Long
Congressm..an Albert
Congressman Boggs
Mike Manatos
Post:Inaster General
O'Brien
Joe Califano
Barefoot Sanders
Tom Johnson
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Senator Mike Mansfield
Senator Russell Long
Senator J. W. Fulbright
Senator John Sparkman
Senator Robert Byrd
Congressman Thomas Morgan
Secretary Rusk
Secretary McNamara
General Earle Wheeler
General George Brown
Honorable Lawrence O'Brien
Walt Rostow
- : That depends on the President's attitude toward
the recommendations.
THE PRESIDENT: I am ready to sign on except for how we
handle the announcement- - -what we say and the timing of it.
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I would be guided by Senator Russell, Mansfield, Rivers
and Dirksen
- they were not advised of the
call up action yesterday.
Secretary McNamara:
The President:
Mendel Rivers is mad.
Mansfield is also bellyaching about it.
Secretary McNamara: I called Mansfield.
M!ETlt
- be said by Senators Fulbright, Mansfield
and others.
Secretary McNamara: The President has the authority to call
the reserves. It would be valuable to ask for legislation extending
the tours of duty of those now serving.
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The President
- to prove we provoked
the incident. Senator McCarthy was .nasty personally. Senator
Cooper was decent. Senator ·Mundt did not find the opening he
wanted. Sparkman was marginally helpful. So was Senator Mansfield
and Senator Hickenhooper on one occasion