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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, "September 26, 1967 - 1:15 p.m. Weekly luncheon - McNamara, Katzenbach, Helms, Rostow, Christian," Papers of Tom Johnson, Box 1 (Item)
  • overseeing group thought the Thieu-Ky election was a fraud. The President asked Director Helms to check this and if it is not true, get the information to the Senator. Secretary Katzenbach: Reported on tre Rusk-Gromyko talks which were underway in New York
Folder, "October 4, 1967 - 7:02 p.m. McNamara, Rusk, Rostow," Papers of Tom Johnson, Box 1 (Item)
  • COPVRIGA I ED Pwi:tlieetioR Req• •iras • Pet mbsaon of COpyright Holder. W. Thomas Jolt11son SECRET EYJJB OrILY We need an imaginative new man out there for the psychological warfare end of it. We need a good _h ard reporter to put out the news. In_any
Folder, "August 16, 1967 - 2:10 p.m. Rusk, McNamara, Helms, Rostow, Christian," Papers of Tom Johnson, Box 1 (Item)
  • McNamara said he proposed nothing new until next Tuesday. 1 would like to have a week go by to check the accuracy of what we are doing. 11 Secretary Rusk: There appears to be no ascertainable connection between some of these targets and winning the war. We
Folder, "October 18, 1967 - 7:30 p.m. Rusk, McNamara, Katzenbach, Rostow, Kissinger, Fortas, Taylor, Clifford," Papers of Tom Johnson, Box 1 (Item)
  • should tell them that we have seen nothing new out of this exchange and that we are prepared to terminate the dialogue. If they have a different idea about it, of course they are free to let us know what those ideas may be. We should say that we assume
Folder, "August 17, 1967 - 6:20 p.m. Meeting with Freshmen Republican Congressmen," Papers of Tom Johnson, Box 1 (Item)
  • think they are the best we can find. My staff has been going into the cities. on the conditions in the cities. Most are new proposals. They have been reporting to me I do not see why we should spend all our time fighting each other. When I was Senate
Folder, "October 23, 1967 - 5:36 p.m. Democratic Leadership," Papers of Tom Johnson, Box 1 (Item)
  • from Hanoi is a hard one and this may be because they feel they can get a significant psychological or military victory south of the DMZ at some point. Or they may think that the political structure in the south will come apart under the new
Folder, "September 26, 1967 - 5:46 p.m. Educators from Cambridge, Mass. small colleges and Universities," Papers of Tom Johnson, Box 1 (Item)
  • to be informed and I am going to try to do what is right. It's knowing what is right that is important. We have got to find new ways, but I ask you what would you do if you were President tonight? Would you do the following: (1) Would you pull out of Vietnam
Folder, "November 21, 1967 - 8:30 a.m. VP, Rusk, McNamara, Bunker, Komer, Wheeler, Westmoreland, Helms, Rostow," Papers of Tom Johnson, Box 1 (Item)
  • are worth the loss in planes . " TOP SECRE'F- [5 of 10] ...X.0-P-SECRE-'F­ - 6 - General Wheeler explained that the North Vietnamese have changed their tactics. They are firing Sams in a barrage pattern. In addition the MlGS have developed new tactics