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  • - THE WHITE HOUSE WASHINGTON Mr'. President: ~ · 1:·:,* '. Herewith, as requested via Marvin Watson, Al Jenkins good notes on the meeting with the China experts on Friday. .f -• ~· MEMORANDUM THE WHITE HOUSE WASHINGTON February 4, 1968
  • Jenkins, Alfred Lesesne, 1916-2000
  • is on Indonesia; but, because the heart of our Indonesian aid program for the remainder of this year is 100, 000 tons of rice, I am submitting to you the attached actiop.,.,d
  • Foreign aid
  • as selling arms to block Soviet military aid, because the issue is now much broader. We have reached the point in Jordan where the question is whether they think they have a better chance of achieving their objectives with US or Soviet help. If we are ending
  • Foreign aid
  • would know where each stood. R ep. Ullman - The S peaker -- S aid h e would g ive ev e ry s u p port h e coul d. Made following points: 1. No tax bill is popular. ~ GONFIDEMTL"..L C OWFIDENTiAL -6­ 2. We are faced with desperate
  • ,,. ;, - 7 ­ W.tlie::coilference table;' they 'Wtttiitrthe sarne ·tlnhT"fHey ant1?f .the ·K-ana'6 War by·a-emaffdfnff"'tnat:, we:-gefOUEbero.re:a:.ny- o ~ne-r-po11its~hegotlation a.1 ~ t:_taken ·u.p-~-· f · 4-fenry- cabot L"odg' ~aid he had ~ttff"eesuggesti
  • it is cible to rraintain itsGlf (any econanic aid \\·ould require a hich-level political c1ete:rnd.natior~)7"'- --· "' Adoption of a blunter line in ..iro, and ceveloprrent of intcrn~­ tional sup[XJrt for the "fx:>sition, to ~las~?:.~ .. sane~!!: . tJ
  • . The cuts should include programs which he considers among his best programs, e.g., Federal Aid to Education. Mahon would then try to get his Committee to endorse those specific cuts. He recognized the risk -- that the President would make cuts on his own
  • , AND . I~ THE INTENSITY OF' CCMBAT; w.t WOULD HAVE ·to EXPEct A · SEVERAL~FOLD IN~EA~ IN U.S. AID ALLIED CASUAL.TIES IN I CORPS. ' ·-· i1 ITH Tt-ra: BOMBING AUTHORITY ·How- IN EFFECT·; · l AM ~ ABLE WITH FORCES AVAILABLE TO LIMIT THE · ENEMY- S