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Folder, "[September 1967 Meetings with Correspondents]," Meeting Notes Files, Box 3 (Item)

not be anticipated. lb traced development of the democratic process in Vietnam, said when Geno Ky took second-place on the Thieu 1

Folder, "[December 17, 1965 - 9:41 a.m. Meeting with Foreign Policy Advisors on Vietnam]," Meeting Notes Files, Box 1 (Item)

hangover Kennedy columnist is sniping about Johnson cutting off Great Society programs. The only man that helps me survive is Jim Webb. He is trying to reduce funds in his agency. Orville Freeman is a soldier - -he's trying. Meeting ended at 11 a. m
Valenti, Jack J. (Jack Joseph), 1921-2007

Folder, "[May 16, 1965 - 6:45 p.m. Meeting with Foreign Policy Advisors on Vietnam]," Meeting Notes Files, Box 1 (Item)

yoa all want, we'll 10 on Tueaday evea.ina ow: time, but 1would10 Moaday. McNAMARA What do w• ••Y to the preaa? THE PllESIDENT We doa•t need to dlaclo•• every piece o1 •trat•&Y to th• pr•••· I would aay to Maaafield. Kennedy, Tul• briaht that we
Valenti, Jack J. (Jack Joseph), 1921-2007

Folder, "[December 5, 1967 - 11:28 a.m. Meeting with Former Governor Frank Morrison of Nebraska)," Meeting Notes Files, Box 2 (Item)

both McCarthy and Bobby Kennedy on the ballot. I have asked Bailey and Criswe ll at DNC to talk to the State Chairman and National Committeeman and our friends and get their recommendations on these Primaries. I do not want to say I am or I am
Kennedy, Robert F. (Robert Francis), 1925-1968

Folder, "[April-May 1968 Meetings with Correspondents]," Meeting Notes Files, Box 3 (Item)

know in either party that I thought in 1964 was best equipped to be President. 11 He said his recommendation of Humphrey had cost him dearly from Robert Kennedy and Eugene McCarthy, both of w horn wanted the nomination. Other comments
Kennedy, Robert F. (Robert Francis), 1925-1968

Folder, "[February-April 1967 Meetings with Correspondents]," Meeting Notes Files, Box 3 (Item)

~· MEETING OF THE PRESIDENT WITH HUGH SIDEY OF TIME MAGAZINE FEBRUARY 8, 1967 This was a general discussion on American involvement in Vietnam. The President said that President Eisenhower, Kennedy and Johnson had done everything possible

Folder, "[March 22, 1968 - Luncheon Meeting with Advisors]," Meeting Notes Files, Box 2 (Item)

had seen Leon Keyserling on television, and it was the the meanest thing he had ever seen directed against Bobby Kennedy. The President said he feels there has been a dramatic shift in public opinion on the war, that a lot of people are really

Folder, "[June 7, 1968 - Meeting with Prime Minister Shearer of Jamaica]," Meeting Notes Files, Box 3 (Item)

'to a meating in London on October 7. Thf! President 2....'"ld the Prime J',1inister discussed briefly the great tragedy suffered by the Kennedy family in the U.S. The President said that amidst this tragedy the American people must be mindful cf foe strong

Folder, "[July-August 1967 Meetings with Correspondents]," Meeting Notes Files, Box 3 (Item)

recalled the situation when FDR closed the banks, and when President Kennedy faced the Bay of Pigs and the Vienna Conference. "We don't spend enough time remembering back, and not enough time looking ahead." He said he recalled that in 1948 only two members

Folder, "January 31, 1968 - 8:40 a.m. Pueblo 13 - Breakfast with Congressional Leaders & Advisors," Papers of Tom Johnson, Box 2 (Item)

~ '. .. .. ... , ·Nrr1~ Q;~1·uc. "t ·. 1 ~... .Jv--1-~;. ....~- • . i·1 . ·J . · · ;BY~-,t·LA.R.·~LDm:i:J:C.'iQt " .>j . .\ ·: ·! · .. ~ . .... . i ;.A•. GENERAL . } . ·.·' i .... ~-1. I DISCUSSED THE KENNEDY S?EECH THIS MORNING WITH SENIOR
Kennedy, Edward M. (Edward Moore), 1932-2009

Folder, "January 23, 1968 - 9:46 a.m. House and Senate Committee Chairmen," Papers of Tom Johnson, Box 2 (Item)

Smith Rep. W. R. Hull Rep. Bob Casey Senator Ralph Yarborough Senator Jennings Randolph Senator Harrison Williams Senator Claiborne Pell Senator Edward Kennedy Senator Alan Bible Senator Lister Hill Senator John Stennis .mno; MEMORANDUM

Folder, "[November 24, 1963 - 3:00 p.m. Meeting with Ambassador Lodge and Advisors on Vietnam - McCone Memo]," Meeting Notes Files, Box 1 (Item)

" for action a• contraated with the "Kennedy tone". Johnson definitely feel• that we place too much emphaeie on aocial re!orrna; he ha• very little tolerance with our 1pending ao much time being "do-gooders": and he baa no tolerance whatsoever with bickering

Folder, "[January-March 1968 Meetings with Correspondents]," Meeting Notes Files, Box 3 (Item)

spent $9. 5 billion on poverty in his last year, Kennedy $12. 5 billion, and Johnson $28 billion. Manpower training cost from 3 to 4 to 12 billion in the same period. ) The President: It is not right to say that we are not moving fast enough because

Folder, "March 26, 1968 - 10:30 a.m. Meeting with Gen. Wheeler, JCS and Gen. Creighton Abrams," Papers of Tom Johnson, Box 2 (Item)

. I will be happy just to keep doing what is right and lose the election. There has been a panic in the last three weeks. It was caused by Ted Kennedy's report on corruption and the ARVN and the GVN being no good. And now a release that Westmoreland

Folder, "[October 1967 Meetings with Correspondents]," Meeting Notes Files, Box 3 (Item)

. It is unfortunate we are there, but throughout history we have had to face this situation where aggressors try to capture their enemies. Eisenhower told Kennedy this would be his biggest problem. Kennedy attempted to solve the South east Asian situation

Folder, "January 30, 1968 - 1 p.m. Pueblo 11 - Foreign Affairs Luncheon Rusk, McNamara, Clifford, Helms, etc.," Papers of Tom Johnson, Box 2 (Item)

unattractive they are. Senator Edward Kennedy says the Vietnamese goverrunent steals about 50% of each dollar. He is about to release a report outlining corruption in Vietnam. To what do you attribute the confession by Captain Bucher, General Wheeler? General

Folder, "[March 19, 1968 - Meeting with Congressional Democratic Leadership]," Meeting Notes Files, Box 2 (Item)

views, on a sub stantial expenditure reduction. What will it mean politically that is, will it drive our normal liberal supporters away from the Administration and toward Kennedy and McCarthy? In this connection you may wish to mention whether

Folder, "[June 26, 1968 Meeting with Equity Managers)," Meeting Notes Files, Box 3 (Item)

they told Kennedy where to go with that proposal in 1962.

Folder, "March 19, 1968 - 1:01 p.m. Tuesday lunch with Foreign Advisors," Papers of Tom Johnson, Box 2 (Item)

Vietnam frc es. The President: There are ..two or three dangers in this: (1) We comply with the Senator Kennedy demand. (2) We create doubt about the fact we are doubtful. (3) We were charged with handpicking. (4) It might harden public position

Folder, "[March 20, 1968 - 5:08 p.m. VP, Rusk, Clifford, Fortas, Bundy, Bundy, Jorden, Rostow, Christian, McPherson, Goldberg]," Papers of Tom Johnson, Box 2 (Item)

proposition • .Kennedy and McCarthy.aren't coming up with much. "Let's try so:::lething like this." Ma Bu.."'1.d.y: That's OK. RuskY Whether or not this is a step toward peace is up to Hanoi. M. Bundy: President is not about to escalate like you say

Folder, "[December 21, 1967 - Meeting with Australian Cabinet]," Meeting Notes Files, Box 2 (Item)

Prealdent Kennedy was kllled. Permit me to say thle: Now 11 the tlme for you to live together and work together by the Golden Rule. Don't ahoot from the hlp. Don't dlvlde up the famlly firm. 1 kept the Kennedy cabinet. None has been fired. .-r;d.,.c

Folder, "January 29, 1968 - 1:04 p.m. Pueblo 8 - Joint Chiefs of Staff and Christian, T. Johnson, McNamara, Nitze, Rostow," Papers of Tom Johnson, Box 2 (Item)

time to question you on them. I thought Senator Stennis handled himself very we1l yesterday. Did anyone talk with him before he went on the air? General Wheeler: General Brown talked with Senator Stennis. The President: A senator (Senator Ted Kennedy

Folder, "[September 15, 1967 - 7:27 p.m. Meeting with Foreign Policy Advisors]," Meeting Notes Files, Box 2 (Item)

Club in Detroit on Monday. Rusk said he "is going to remind them that 1967 was a helluva year for international agreements and he is going to point out the progress in the Kennedy Round, the Latin solidarity, the Asian Development Bank beginning

Folder, "[February 2, 1968 - Meeting with China Experts]," Meeting Notes Files, Box 2 (Item)

in discussing nothing except Taiwan. The President said he had tried hard to bring about communication but he had failed. He said that he was, of course, ultimately responsible for such a failure, just as President Kennedy took the responsibility for failure

Folder, "May 25, 1968 - 1:54 p.m. President's meeting with Foreign Policy Advisers," Meeting Notes Files, Box 3 (Item)

some military disaster - that'll be it. They'd rather negotiate with Kennedy, McCarthy or Humphrey. General Taylor: I 1 d go back to the 20th right now. The President: Let 1 s set predicate - we can't pop it all at once. Secretary Clifford: The bombing

Folder, "[July 1967 - May 1968 Meetings with Correspondents]," Papers of Tom Johnson, Box 1 (Item)

Presidents. He has been better to me than to them. I gather from all this that other Presidents go through it as well. As for the polls, sure we would like to see them higher. But look at Jack Kennedy -- his poll went up 10 points after the Bay of Pigs

Folder, "October 5, 1967 - 6:55 p.m. McNamara, Rusk, Rostow," Papers of Tom Johnson, Box 1 (Item)

Dirksen, at 72, from Chicago, can stand up and be my defender the way he has been. SECRETARY RUSK: He has a little stronger chemical than others. in his system THE PRESIDENT: Quoted parts of the James McGregor Burns book on Kennedy's quotes about

Folder, "October 11, 1967 - 1:05 p.m. Rusk, McNamara, Rostow, Helms, Christian," Papers of Tom Johnson, Box 1 (Item)

past meetings produced more than we expected. 3.~ Lb) l5')lt,) ,, A discussion of trade hearings followed. Secretary Rusk: There have been several assaults on. the Hill concerning the Kennedy Round. We need to see all of these proposed changes

Folder, "January 23, 1968 - 12:58 p.m. Pueblo I - Tuesday Luncheon meeting," Papers of Tom Johnson, Box 2 (Item)

prominent in the news. The President asked if anybody had heard from Senator Ted Kennedy on the refugee study. Walt Ro stow said he had not. Secretary McNamara said he saw a preliminary report from the field. Based on the questions asked, it appears

Folder, "March 5, 1968 - 1:14 p.m. Tuesday luncheon meeting - Rusk, Clifford, Wheeler, Helms, Taylor, Rostow," Papers of Tom Johnson, Box 2 (Item)

it not been for this policy of gradualism. SECRETARY RUSK: There may be a point to that. If back under President Kennedy we had recommended and approved putting in 100, 000 men it might have saved things. THE PRESIDENT: What is the situation on the Pueblo

Folder, "May 14, 1968 - 1:10 p.m. Tuesday lunch with Foreign Policy Advisors," Papers of Tom Johnson, Box 3 (Item)

Vietnamese statement in Paris. It says again that the United States is the aggressor. "U Thant, DeGaulle, Senator Kennedy and Fulbright say you should stop bombing." They want world opinion to sway us. The sooner we show we will do what is right, the better

Folder, "October 29, 1968 - 1 p.m. Tuesday luncheon with Foreign Policy Advisors," Papers of Tom Johnson, Box 4 (Item)

. The President: Summarize it. Secretary Rusk: Recommend you wait to hear from Bunker. I take the long view. President Kennedy said we would make a battle there to save South Vietnam. That set us on course. After the Tonkin Gulf, you put in troops to keep South

Folder, "[April 2, 1968 - 8:42 a.m. Congressional Leadership Breakfast]," Meeting Notes Files, Box 2 (Item)

it and our Members (the Democrats) don't want to take this away from him. The group asked if they could discuss politics briefly. The President replied that he · is tired of begging anyone for anything. I had a partnership with Jack Kennedy and when he died I

Folder, "February 7, 1968 - 12:29 p.m. National Security Council Meeting," Papers of Tom Johnson, Box 2 (Item)

with the members of Congress today. I pointed out that there had been 11 aircraft incidents under President Truman; 33 under President Eisenhower; 7 under President Kennedy; and 11 under President Johnsono I told them not to get panicky about the Pueblo situation

Folder, "[Briefing Papers for] September 4, 1968 National Security Council Mtg," Meeting Notes Files, Box 3 (Item)

•uTHE SECURITY AND FREEDOM OF BERLIN, A COMMITMENT WHICH WAS DEMONSTRATED IN 19481 WHICH · ~AS BEEN REITERATED BY PRESIDENTS EISENHOWER AND KENNEDY AND WHICH ' IS AS ' FIRM AND EXPLICIT TODAY AS rr WAS WHEN IT " WAS MADE· . TH SHOULD BE KNOWN IN BERLIN

Folder, "October 3, 1967 - 6:10 p.m. Rusk, McNamara, Rostow, Helms, Christian Robin Olds and Col. Cross," Papers of Tom Johnson, Box 1 (Item)

The President said he was astounded to find that there were several groups of people who were working to get Congressmen who are in agreement with our policies to make a reassessment. In this case, Senator Teddy Kennedy had approached Congressman O'Neal

Folder, "February 9, 1968 - 11:02 a.m. Joint Chiefs of Staff," Papers of Tom Johnson, Box 2 (Item)

: I saw where Senator Kennedy pointed out that the South Vietnamese voted not to call up 18 year olds. General Wheeler: I met last night with this unnamed group chaired by Nick Katzenbach and Paul Nitze. We are pressing for the South Vietnamese

Folder, "[January 31, 1968 - Meeting with Congressional Leaders]," Meeting Notes Files, Box 2 (Item)

to::owi~g ~he . Bay o= ?ig3 ?re~id~nt Kennedy s-~ ~D a Foreign I~~ellige~~a THE .__..,-4C..,.,~ --·~-\,,,.4-·· c~rcu:""r1stances --~ c.••'"-' Page ? ') _..; 14 :..cvis~::-:_,• Boa.re. and D.::. Ki2.l.:.z..n ·.1as the head of it . =~=. ci

Folder, "[Papers for] November 14, 1968 Special Cabinet Room Meeting," Meeting Notes Files, Box 3 (Item)

in our national policy. In the seven years prior to the Kennedy-Johnson Administra • tions, the United States suffered three recessions. A large proportion o! our industrial plant went unused, and our national production grew ..... at a rate o! only

Folder, "January 24, 1968 - 1 p.m. Pueblo II - National Security Council," Papers of Tom Johnson, Box 2 (Item)

to move in if the situation gets h ot. The President: I spent some of this morning with Senator Ted Kennedy discus sing bis trip to Vietnam and the report he plans to submit. There are tWo points he made: . 1. He is distressed about the degree