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  • RUSSELL COMPLAINS ABOUT SERVING ON WARREN COMMISSION; DISCUSSION OF MOVING MILITARY ASSISTANCE PROGRAM FROM SENATE FOREIGN RELATIONS COMMITTEE TO ARMED SERVICES; RUSSELL'S OPPOSITION TO POLICY ON VIETNAM, LAOS; LBJ INVITES RUSSELL TO WH TO DISCUSS
  • LBJ SAYS HE ASKED RICHARD RUSSELL TO INVITE FULBRIGHT AND BOURKE HICKENLOOPER TO SIT IN ON RUSSELL'S CIA COMMITTEE BRIEFINGS; FULBRIGHT, MRS. FULBRIGHT PRAISE LBJ'S RECENT SPEECH; MRS. FULBRIGHT OFFERS HER SERVICES TO LADY BIRD JOHNSON
  • HICKENLOOPER CAUTIONS LBJ THAT HE IS TALKING ON A PARTY TELEPHONE LINE; LBJ TELLS HICKENLOOPER THAT RICHARD RUSSELL WILL INVITE HICKENLOOPER AND WILLIAM FULBRIGHT TO ATTEND CIA COMMITTEE BRIEFINGS, BUT NO OTHER SENATORS
  • LBJ SAYS HE IS ABOUT TO MEET WITH MEMBERS OF JOINT ATOMIC ENERGY COMMITTEE, ASKS NITZE TO MEET WITH JOHN PASTORE ABOUT NAVY PROMOTION POLICY FOR THOSE ASSIGNED TO ATOMIC FIELDS AND ABOUT HYMAN RICKOVER'S RETIREMENT; NITZE SAYS HE WILL CONTACT
  • REVOCATION OF INSTRUCTIONS TO ANDREW O'MEARA IN PANAMA; VIETNAM; CYPRUS; COMMUNICATIONS DIFFICULTIES IN PANAMA, TURKEY; MCNAMARA'S TESTIMONY BEFORE CARL VINSON, HOUSE ARMED SERVICES COMMITTEE; GEORGE BALL
  • EUGENE ZUCKERT; AIR FORCE LEAKS TO PRESS ABOUT UNIDENTIFIED PERSON (DON REYNOLDS?) UNDER INVESTIGATION BY CONGRESSIONAL COMMITTEE; DREW PEARSON; ARTHUR SYLVESTER; BOBBY BAKER INVESTIGATION
  • PANAMA NEGOTIATIONS, CONGRESSIONAL LEADERSHIP MEETING ON PANAMA; PANAMA TREATY; OAS PEACE COMMITTEE; CYPRUS; UK; NATO; LYMAN LEMNITZER; CARL VINSON AND MILITARY APPROPRIATIONS BILL; BOBBY BAKER INVESTIGATION; WALTER JENKINS; EVERETT DIRKSEN
  • CUBA, GUANTANAMO WATER CRISIS; BOBBY BAKER INVESTIGATION, SOURCE OF LEAK TO PRESS, TESTIMONY BEFORE SENATE RULES COMMITTEE; EUGENE ZUCKERT; BOBBY BAKER INVESTIGATION; DON REYNOLDS; DREW PEARSON
  • GORDON REPORTS ON CUTS IN APPROPRIATIONS BILLS; FEDERAL BUDGET; DEFENSE SPENDING; EFFECTS OF COTTON-WHEAT FARM BILL; JOHN FOGARTY; HOUSE APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEE REPORT ON HEW APPROPRIATIONS; CLARENCE CANNON
  • MCNAMARA SUGGESTS CREIGHTON ABRAMS, HAROLD JOHNSON AS POSSIBLE ARMY CHIEF OF STAFF; RECOMMENDATIONS BY EARLE WHEELER; VIETNAM; MCNAMARA RECOMMENDS RECONNAISSANCE MISSION OVER LAOS; LBJ MENTIONS FIGHT ON FOREIGN AID BILL IN APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEE
  • IDA VOTE; POVERTY BILL; AID TO PAROCHIAL SCHOOLS ISSUE; LBJ'S NYA WORK WITH CATHOLICS; LBJ WANTS COMPROMISE LANGUAGE IN REPORT, NOT BILL; CLOSING DEFENSE FACILITIES; HOUSE RULES COMMITTEE ACTION ON FEDERAL PAY BILL; RESIGNATIONS OF FEDERAL
  • LBJ'S MEETING LAST NIGHT WITH HOUSE FOREIGN AFFAIRS COMMITTEE; NEED FOR ECONOMIC, MILITARY BUDGET SUPPLEMENTALS FOR VIETNAM; MEDICINE FOR CUBA; POSSIBLE LBJ RECORDING FOR JFK LIBRARY; RAID OF CUBA; AID TO LAOS, BURMA, CAMBODIA, INDONESIA; LBJ'S
  • MCNAMARA REPORTS ON SST COMMITTEE MEETING; SST PLAN OF ACTION; NAJEEB HALABY ON SST, CONGRESSIONAL TESTIMONY
  • TRANSPORTATION BILL DEFEATED IN HOUSE RULES COMMITTEE; TIP O'NEILL OPPOSED BILL; MASSACHUSETTS NAVY YARD CLOSING, UNEMPLOYMENT; MEETING WITH RFK, HHH, MIKE MANSFIELD ON CIVIL RIGHTS BILL, JURY TRIAL AMENDMENT, SENATE CLOTURE, EVERETT DIRKSEN
  • DEFEAT OF TRANSPORTATION BILL IN HOUSE RULES COMMITTEE; TIP O'NEILL; CLOSURE OF MASSACHUSETTS NAVY YARD; IMPACT ON RAILROADS; PRESS STORIES ON DEFEAT OF BILL
  • DEFEAT OF TRANSPORTATION BILL IN HOUSE RULES COMMITTEE; JOHN YOUNG; TIP O'NEILL, HALE BOGGS; RAILROAD, TRUCKING VERSUS PORT INTERESTS; POSSIBILITY OF PASSING NEW BILL; CLOSING OF WATERTOWN, SPRINGFIELD MASSACHUSETTS DEFENSE FACILITIES; ROBERT
  • LBJ ASKS MCNAMARA TO INVESTIGATE DECISION TO REFIT USS ALBEMARLE AS HELICOPTER ESCORT FOR VIETNAM USING PRIVATE YARD INSTEAD OF CHARLESTON NAVY YARD; POSSIBILITY THAT FUTURE HOUSE ARMED SERVICES COMMITTEE CHAIRMAN MENDEL RIVERS WILL VOTE FOR POVERTY
  • RIVERS INVITES LBJ TO DEDICATION OF THE CARL VINSON ARMED SERVICES COMMITTEE ROOM TOMORROW DURING CARL VINSON'S VISIT TO WASHINGTON, DC; VINSON'S SCHEDULE; RIVERS' MEETING WITH ROBERT MCNAMARA YESTERDAY; LBJ EXPRESSES SUPPORT FOR MCNAMARA
  • DISCUSSION OF ADVISORY COMMITTEE REPORT RECOMMENDING AGAINST CLOSING SOME VETERANS' HOSPITALS, OLD SOLDIERS' HOMES, VA REGIONAL OFFICES; OLIN TEAGUE'S ACTION IN HOUSE TODAY TO RESTORE APPROPRIATION; ALLEGED LEAK BY RICHARD GOODWIN ON DOMINICAN
  • LBJ QUESTIONS VAUGHN ABOUT OAS COUNCIL AND OAS PEACE COMMITTEE MEETINGS ON CRISIS IN DOMINICAN REPUBLIC, ASKS VAUGHN TO MAKE WRITTEN REPORT OF SITUATION FROM BEGINNING TO PRESENT AS SOON AS POSSIBLE
  • LBJ TELLS O'BRIEN TO CALL MIKE MANSFIELD, JOHN MCCORMACK TO SET UP WH MEETINGS TOMORROW ON DOMINICAN REPUBLIC AND VIETNAM WITH CONGRESSIONAL LEADERSHIP AND WITH HOUSE AND SENATE ARMED SERVICES, FOREIGN RELATIONS, AND APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEES
  • MCNAMARA REPORTS ON HEARINGS IN HOUSE COMMITTEES ON SUPPLEMENTAL APPROPRIATIONS BILL FOR VIETNAM MILITARY NEEDS; SENATE ACTION; OAS COMMISSION'S REQUEST FOR EXPANSION OF INTERNATIONAL SECURITY ZONE IN DOMINICAN REPUBLIC; PRESS COVERAGE OF HEARINGS
  • FORTAS DICTATES MESSAGE FOR LBJ ON SITUATION IN DOMINICAN REPUBLIC, SUGGESTING APPOINTMENT OF INTERIM COMMITTEE CONSISTING OF ROMULO BETANCOURT, JOSE FIGUERES FERRER, AND JOHN B. MARTIN IF OAS DOES NOT ACT
  • TRANSFER OF SST FROM FAA TO DOD OR NASA; MCNAMARA'S TESTIMONY BEFORE HOUSE ARMED SERVICES, APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEES; CONCERNS ABOUT COSTS OF VIETNAM WAR; STENNIS' CRITICISM OF EQUIPMENT SHORTAGES; LBJ ASKS MCNAMARA TO REPORT HOURS HE SPENDS
  • RUSK TELLS LBJ HE WILL TESTIFY AT SENATE APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEE ON FOREIGN AID TODAY, ASKS ABOUT LBJ'S MEETING WITH CONGRESSIONAL LEADERSHIP ON AID, KASHMIR CRISIS; US AID TO PAKISTAN, INDIA; HARLAN CLEVELAND'S SWEARING-IN AS NATO REPRESENTATIVE
  • LBJ ASKS SMATHERS TO ANSWER FULBRIGHT'S SPEECH ON DOMINICAN REPUBLIC, DISCUSSES INACCURACIES IN SPEECH, COMMUNIST ROLE IN REVOLT; OBJECTIONS OF VANCE HARTKE, PAUL DOUGLAS, ALBERT GORE TO CANADIAN AUTO PARTS AGREEMENT IN SENATE FINANCE COMMITTEE
  • LBJ DISCUSSES WILLIAM FULBRIGHT'S HEARINGS ON US INTERVENTION IN DOMINICAN REPUBLIC, ASKS TALMADGE TO DEFEND W. TAPLEY BENNETT TO SENATE COMMITTEE; NYT, WASHINGTON POST COVERAGE OF DOMINICAN REPUBLIC; THOMAS DODD'S SPEECH; COMMUNIST ROLE IN REVOLT
  • LBJ'S RECOVERY FROM GALL BLADDER SURGERY; MANSFIELD'S UPCOMING TRIP TO VIETNAM; PRESS LEAKS BY SENATE FOREIGN RELATIONS COMMITTEE STAFF ABOUT ALLOCATION OF WH PLANE FOR MANSFIELD'S TRIP BUT NOT FOR FULBRIGHT'S OR WAYNE MORSE'S TRIPS; EAST-WEST TRADE
  • ALMOST INAUDIBLE DISCUSSION OF VOTE LAST NIGHT ON POVERTY BILL?, COMMITTEE VOTE ON IMMIGRATION BILL?; LBJ'S CALL TO SAM GIBBONS?; LBJ INVITES MCCORMACK TO LBJ RANCH; GEORGE FELDMAN'S APPOINTMENT AS AMBASSADOR TO MALTA; HIGHER EDUCATION, TAFT-HARTLEY
  • GOLDBERG PRAISES LBJ'S NATO SPEECH; PRESS COVERAGE OF SPEECH AND GOLDBERG'S MEETING WITH SENATE FOREIGN RELATIONS COMMITTEE; DOD POLICY ON SPOUSES' TRAVEL IN GOVT PLANES; LBJ'S TRIP TO MRS. EMMANUEL CELLER'S FUNERAL; GOLDBERG'S VIETNAM SPEECH; UK
  • RUSK'S TALK WITH BOURKE HICKENLOOPER ABOUT SENATE EFFORTS TO RESCIND TONKIN GULF RESOLUTION; LBJ MIMICS FULBRIGHT, ASKS RUSK TO TALK TO DIRKSEN ABOUT FOREIGN AID BILL; POSSIBLE HOUSE FOREIGN AFFAIRS COMMITTEE VOTE ON RESCINDING TONKIN GULF
  • LBJ THANKS MORTON FOR HIS WIRE PRAISING TESTIMONY OF UNNAMED ADMINISTRATION MEMBER (DEAN RUSK?) IN SENATE FOREIGN RELATIONS COMMITTEE HEARINGS ON VIETNAM; MORTON EXPRESSES SUPPORT FOR LBJ; LBJ REMINISCES ABOUT HIS NON-PARTISAN WORK WITH MORTON
  • MCNAMARA CONGRATULATES LBJ ON VOTES IN HOUSE AND SENATE TODAY ON VIETNAM MILITARY AUTHORIZATION BILL; WILLIAM FULBRIGHT'S VOTE; MCNAMARA DISCUSSES HIS MEETING WITH HOUSE ARMED SERVICES COMMITTEE MEMBERS TODAY ON US MATERIEL POSITION IN VIETNAM
  • LBJ DISCUSSES POSSIBLE RESPONSE TO WILLIAM FULBRIGHT'S REMARKS ABOUT VIETNAM POLICY AT HIS PRESS CONFERENCE, EXPRESSES CONCERN ABOUT POSSIBLE ACTION ON SENSE-OF-CONGRESS RESOLUTION IN SENATE FOREIGN RELATIONS COMMITTEE
  • NEED TO IMPROVE LOBBYING EFFORTS FOR COMMUNITY RELATIONS, SMALL BUSINESS LEGISLATION; MANSFIELD'S REPORT ON VIETNAM; WILLIAM FULBRIGHT, SENATE FOREIGN RELATIONS COMMITTEE HEARINGS ON VIETNAM POLICY; LBJ COMPARES SAM RAYBURN, CURRENT CONGRESSIONAL
  • APPOINTMENT OF WILLIAM PORTER AS HEAD OF PACIFICATION IN VIETNAM; NEED TO PROVIDE LEGAL RESPONSE TO CRITICAL REPORTS BY MIKE MANSFIELD, JAMES GAVIN, GEORGE KENNAN; TELEVISED SENATE FOREIGN RELATIONS COMMITTEE HEARINGS; SENATE CRITICISM OF VIETNAM
  • LONG'S REMARKS IN SENATE FOREIGN RELATIONS COMMITTEE HEARINGS ANSWERING SENATE CRITICS OF VIETNAM POLICY; WAYNE MORSE; WILLIAM FULBRIGHT; ALBERT GORE'S RESPONSE TO LONG'S SPEECH; SENATE DEBATE ON TONKIN GULF RESOLUTION; JAMES GAVIN; GEORGE KENNAN
  • REYNOLDS' MEETING WITH JOSEPH CURRAN, LANE KIRKLAND, PAUL HALL ON OPPOSITION TO BILL CREATING TRANSPORTATION DEPT, SUPPORT FOR BILL MAKING MARITIME ADMINISTRATION AN INDEPENDENT AGENCY; MARITIME ADVISORY COMMITTEE REPORT; MERCHANT MARINE CASUALTIES
  • LEGAL BASIS FOR COMMUNICATIONS, TRANSPORTATION, MEDICAL, SECRET SERVICE PROTECTION, OTHER FEDERAL SERVICES FOR FORMER PRESIDENTS; CLIFFORD'S CONCERNS ABOUT GETTING LEGISLATION ON THE MATTER; ABE FORTAS' ADVICE; DILLON COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATIONS
  • MCNAMARA REPORTS THAT HE HAS RECEIVED REQUEST FROM JOHN MOSS' COMMITTEE FOR RECONNAISSANCE PHOTOS OF AREAS OF ALLEGED CIVILIAN CASUALTIES IN NORTH VIETNAM; MCNAMARA SAYS HE WILL NOT SEND PHOTOS BECAUSE THEY ARE SECURITY CLASSIFIED