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Folder, "Walt Rostow, Vol. 57: Jan. 16‑24, 1968 [2 of 2]," Memos to the President, NSF, Box 27 (Item)
  • for esclwllaa the Khe Saab area .from the tnace. It la relatmly 1111pop11lated. Glven tbe evidence that the North Vlet.aameae are aaaembllng force• for a maaalve attack. I Nlleve lt would be m1wl■e for •• to give them •••a 36 hova of free momeat of force• a.ad
Folder, "Walt Rostow, Vol. 12, September 1-14, 1966 [2 of 2]," Memos to the President, NSF, Box 10 (Item)
  • of September 9, I sensed that the moment was ripe and took advantage of it to give him a piece of my mind, which I had long been contemplating, about the disastrous nature of his press relations. I began by asking him whether it would not be possible for him
Folder, "Walt Rostow, Vol. 58: Jan. 25‑31, 1968 [3 of 3]," Memos to the President, NSF, Box 28 (Item)
Folder, "Walt Rostow, Vol. 72: Apr. 12‑23, 1968 [1 of 2]," Memos to the President, NSF, Box 32 (Item)
  • has ousted· the Stalinst Novotny and many of his followers. The press hc!,s been extraordinarily unrestrained and public discussion virtually free. I Czechoslovakia s New Action Program calls for greater personal freedom (including travel abroad
Folder, "McGeorge Bundy, Vol. 17, November 20 - December 31, 1965 [2 of 2]," Memos to the President, NSF, Box 5 (Item)
  • to that faced by the Free World when Hitler started his aggression. If South Vietnam goes, the rest of Asia will collapse like dominoes before an aggressive China. d. Whatever additional bombing is necessary he would initiate. e. Without turther thought, he
Folder, "McGeorge Bundy, Vol. 21, March, 1966 [3 of 3]," Memos to the President, NSF, Box 6 [2 of 2] (Item)
  • as a sort of trial balloon? To withdraw from what was rather grossly overplayed by the press would only start another debate with our VN critics, and also force us to eat crow later if, as Secretary Rusk has twice indicated, we may yet be forced to make
Folder, "Walt Rostow, Vol. 114: Jan. 16‑20, 1969," Memos to the President, NSF, Box 44 (Item)
  • ~ Public Law 90-365 -- 11 aa Act for bnplameatb11 CoJWeetiona for Free aad for Admi••iof Profeaaioaal Eqm,mallt &ad Coatalaera, AT A, ECS, and TlR. C&rneta. " Thta la routi .. ; it goea with the proclamation of the ft'ft euatoma conve■tiona which went
Folder, "McGeorge Bundy, Vol. 11, June, 1965 [1 of 2]," Memos to the President, NSF, Box 3 (Item)
  • and economic confidence has caused the free rate of exchange to depreciate from 10 pesos ~o the dollar in October 1964 to 19 pesos to the dollar now. The official import rate is over-valued at 9 pesos to the dollar and is increasingly under pressure. Liquid
Folder, "Walt Rostow, Vol. 46, October 16-20, 1967 [2 of 2]," Memos to the President, NSF, Box 24 (Item)
  • .COP.tFIDE~lTIAL ~ MEMORANDUM FOR THE PRESIDENT SUBJECT: Increase WedJ'lesda.y - 5:30 pm October 18, 1967 in Liquor Exemption for Returning Tourists Since the Congress in 1965 lowered the duty free allowance for re­ turning tourists
Folder, "Walt Rostow, Vol. 39, August 18-31, 1967 [1 of 5]," Memos to the President, NSF, Box 21 (Item)
  • of messages ·: · _·, ,- · · :.. '. t from the aircraft carrier Constellation
Folder, "Walt Rostow, Vol. 14, October 1 - 31, 1966 [1 of 2]," Memos to the President, NSF, Box 11 [1 of 2] (Item)
  • to their scientific instruments, to fish and wildlife., and have questioned (but not claimed) possible infringement ~n their jurisdiction over the continental shelf. Some unfavorable Soviet press attention is li1\e ly. Our lawyers say t h e experiment is clearly
Folder, "Walt Rostow, Vol. 37, August 1-10, 1967 [2 of 2]," Memos to the President, NSF, Box 20 (Item)
  • ATTACHMENT ____fi:Y 3HE 1 1 Situation Report in Viet-Nam August 4, 1967 Opening of Campaign The presidential campaign officially began yesterday. In their opening campaign statements and press conferences, leading candidates said the following about
Folder, "Walt Rostow, Vol. 19, January 15 - 31, 1967 [1 of 3]," Memos to the President, NSF, Box 12 [2 of 2] (Item)
  • . Sisco' s view is the key to keeping him at his post for a while is his trip to Saigon. He has been pressing to make ~ speech to the Constituent Assembly. He does not want a trip in which he "simply reviews the troops." Bill Bundy and others find some
Folder, "Walt Rostow, Vol. 29, May 25-31, 1967 [2 of 2]," Memos to the President, NSF, Box 16 (Item)
  • . .CREATED ~ ~lEW S-!TUAT ION. FREE . ?ASSAGE .THROUGH . THE:.STRAIT IS ·ONE OF TY.E QUESTIONS t.lHICH -THE GOVERNMENT OF . ISRAEL . CONSIDERS · .­ MOST VITAL TO HE Fr · INTERESTS'• .TH~ POSitION - OF THE GCVF.RNMENT CF THE ml!TI:D AR~.B REPUBLIC
Folder, "Walt Rostow, Vol. 89: July 21‑31, 1968 [2 of 2]," Memos to the President, NSF, Box 38 (Item)
  • of some reservists and the diversion of some civilian transport. (The press has speculated that the harvest may be interferred with -- but our experts say this is unlikely.) Evidence is lacking of any .Som·e-Sovtettrcmps app-a;reb~in Polish or East German
Folder, "Walt Rostow, Vol. 13, September 15-30, 1966 [2 of 2]," Memos to the President, NSF, Box 10 (Item)
  • . . -}~:·..) -:.._:·,._· , pr~vincial reporters say that people say that this did not_happen and . : that elections were truly free.. This was revolutionary f_o r the ,- · ;··\~:' :·-. ·: ., :·,: .; \ · ·' . . .-.'.,c _,;, , · •.,',· ~·. •. ·· V1etnamese. . -1
Folder, "Walt Rostow, Vol. 9, July 16-31 1966 [2 of 3]," Memos to the President, NSF, Box 9 (Item)
  • and circumstances of presen­ tation, including any press releases, since this will be the first time that other than American citizens will have been recipients of the Fermi Award • .~ i:;Jmt~~~ j'Executive Secretary LIMITED OFFICIAL USE UNITED STATES ATOMIC
Folder, "Walt Rostow, Vol. 55: Dec. 20‑31, 1967 [1 of 2]," Memos to the President, NSF, Box 27 (Item)
  • and political setting. It i s clear taat from ~ ! ~ f / SENSITIVE EYES ONLY -6- 12/29/67 ·rJf./J: conversations with Joe Califanol\you have the considerations more clearly in mind than anyone else. 14. Briefing of Press, 15. Diplomatic scenario. A draft
Folder, "Walt Rostow, Vol. 19, January 15 - 31, 1967 [3 of 3]," Memos to the President, NSF, Box 12 [2 of 2] (Item)
  • of this Hemisphere has taken on a major new dimension. Without weakening the long- standing tradition of common action in matters of international policy and mutual security, our nations have moved together to accelerate economic and social progress under free
Folder, "Walt Rostow, Vol. 113: Jan. 1‑15, 1969 [3 of 3]," Memos to the President, NSF, Box 44 (Item)
  • achieves the goal of system. steps have been taken in the Central the new Andean group American and the Latin American Free Association. There is clearly of Latin America have proved -- and to the world has been enough progress • to its own
Folder, "Walt Rostow, Vol. 8, July 1-15 1966 [2 of 2]," Memos to the President, NSF, Box 9 (Item)
  • have been in negotiation. characterized more by ita heat than its light. The new propoa·a l does not carry the Secretary'• signature fit is also signed by Vance)~ and it is my recommendation. as well as Keeny••• that we should not at this time press
Folder, "Walt Rostow, Vol. 56: Jan. 1‑15, 1968 [2 of 2]," Memos to the President, NSF, Box 27 (Item)
  • Estate, The LA Free Press, and The Washington F~ee P~eaa. The New RepubZio on 2 December called.them "the seedier media." They are sold on street corners and mailed to subscribers. The underground press is ,like a photographic negative of the more
Folder, "Walt Rostow, Vol. 21, February 12- 28, 1967 [3 of 3]," Memos to the President, NSF, Box 13 (Item)
  • Saturday, February 18, 1967 12:35 p. m. Mr. President: Herewith Kaiser reports that the British press la holding up pretty well. The Guardian I s shift is quite remarkable. W. W. Rostow LIMITED OFFICIAL USE London 6692, February 17, 1967
Folder, "Walt Rostow, Vol. 25, April 1-15, 1967 [1 of 2]," Memos to the President, NSF, Box 15 (Item)
  • . KIESINGER DEPif f MR.. CHAN CELL.OR: MRS JOHNSON AND I WERE DEEPLY SADDENED AT NEWS OF THE DE~H . OF Cl\ANC€1.l.OR ADEN AUER • . HE WAS, FOR -ALL . AMERICANS AND FOR FREE !1EN EVERf~Ell£, ,A SYMBOL OF THE VITALITY AND COURAGE OF THE GERMAN · P~OPLE. 1\-\E
Folder, "Walt Rostow, Vol. 18, January 1 - 14, 1967 [1 of 3]," Memos to the President, NSF, Box 12 [1 of 2] (Item)
  • -,.~ ~~~1f~~~~~!!J~iN@HMa 1 to4 ~1~~;gmmcUttu~~~~~&n~~-Mar~J•M'~ t h • C e n ~ ~ ~ .~ ~ - - ~ It would have to be substantially restored later to meet pressing need in the South. However, this is only a partial answer to your real~question. The movement
Folder, "McGeorge Bundy, Vol. 11, June, 1965 [2 of 2]," Memos to the President, NSF, Box 3 (Item)
  • Control & Disarmament Agency. DECLASSIFIED -," ~4r.:~~ E.O. 12356, Sec. 3.4 NL) ' -17/ . NARA, Date b -1 ?-J>1 k=e , 2 - 2 2. The second proposal, the concept of nuclear free zones, is also fundamental to the problem and was emphasized
Folder, "Walt Rostow, Vol. 42, September 15-20, 1967 [1 of 3]," Memos to the President, NSF, Box 22 [2 of 2] (Item)
  • in one place, it could help elsewhere. None of these local quarrels in small distant countries, he said, were worth a confrontation between the United States and the Soviet Union, but such episodes kept recurring. (Rostow decided not to press for greater
Folder, "Walt Rostow, Vol. 44, October 1-9, 1967 [1 of 2]," Memos to the President, NSF, Box 23 (Item)
  • . Bo_professed surpr;i.se that K or M and .A saw an.ythiq.g M pointed out_to B6 tha~ ~qr new in the October 8 messag~and the ~irst time in the October 8 message the US was offerin~ to provide a specific date for the cessation of bombing. M pressed Bo
Folder, "Walt Rostow, Vol. 87: July 5‑12, 1968," Memos to the President, NSF, Box 37 (Item)
  • , i.e., ou:i;> troops will witq.draw to NVN and US troops. withdr.~w to the United States an
Folder, "Walt Rostow, Vol. 1, April 1 - 30, 1966 [3 of 3]," Memos to the President, NSF, Box 7 (Item)
  • his chief concern, and he will be watching sharply for signs that we are favoring India. The attached letter assures him that you p:i:essed Mrs. Gandhi on this subject as hard as you pressed him. While we cannot report any specific progress
Folder, "McGeorge Bundy, Vol. 14, September 1 - 22, 1965 [1 of 2]," Memos to the President, NSF, Box 4 (Item)
  • zone disappears. This task at the moment is stymied. What effect Bos ch' s intended return on Saturday, September 25 will have ( if indeed he does come back) ,remains to be seen. I think the posture we should continue to take with the press
Folder, "Walt Rostow, Vol. 22, March 1 - 9, 1967 [2 of 2]," Memos to the President, NSF, Box 14 [1 of 2] (Item)
  • -~.:- _;~•-//~.~:·/\..{,:. ·-~'·/··Y~ ·:~. •.: :.~ :': r-iccLOY _: rw ICE ~:t~lPH/;SIZED .'r·o~.,- DUCKW'ITi': THAT' THE ' PRESENCE ·_ OF- BR IT ISH TROOPS - HAD :A DIRECT RELATIONSHIP :to -·US· LE.VELSor DUCK\iJ 1rz THEN REFERRED TO PRESS REPORTS -. HE>-HAD ·- SEEN · ABOUT 'IHE us
Folder, "McGeorge Bundy, Vol. 14, September 1 - 22, 1965 [2 of 2]," Memos to the President, NSF, Box 4 (Item)
  • the reality of 127 meetings over the past decade -- meetings at which we have repeatedly and unsuccessfully pressed for exchanges of newsmen, the freeing of four imprisoned U.S. citizens, and a reduc­ tion of tensions. Our present head-count on the Chinese
Folder, "Walt Rostow, Vol. 26, April 16-30, 1967 [1 of 2]," Memos to the President, NSF, Box 15 (Item)
  • will not wish to press this proposal because Hanoi has made clear that it does not wish the United Nations to get in a peace-making role in Southeast Asia. 3 - With respect to visit to Communist China, the Secretary of State is strongly opposed. It would
Folder, "Walt Rostow, Vol. 24, March 16 - 31, 1967 [1 of 3]," Memos to the President, NSF, Box 14 [2 of 2] (Item)
  • safeguards agreed upcn a future fu.el s\\pply can be ens-u red. -• It might be possible to include something in preamble te the Treaty that would guax--antee free access to nuclear techn.o lo.gy £or peaceful uses. Brandt: Hoped the Ge-r mans cio not appear
Folder, "McGeorge Bundy, Vol. 12, July, 1965 [1 of 2]," Memos to the President, NSF, Box 4 (Item)
  • main object was to be protected against surprise decis·i ons before bis Wednesday colamn, and I was able to comfort him with no resulting damage. On July 28 I talked to Tom Wicker after he had filed bis very good story on your press conf~rence statement
Folder, "McGeorge Bundy, Vol. 9, March - April 14, 1965 [2 of 2]," Memos to the President, NSF, Box 3 (Item)
  • . Although Quat has told me that no decisions have been taken, the press and our informants have it that the Council confirmed General "Little" Minh as Commander-in-Chief (he holds this post now on an "Acting" basis), selected General Huynh Van Cao as Chief
Folder, "Walt Rostow, Vol. 9, July 16-31 1966 [3 of 3]," Memos to the President, NSF, Box 9 (Item)
  • in your office at noon today. He will deliver a letter from Prime Minister Thanom fully supporting your decision to strike POL targ~ts. This answers your message to Thanom of June Z3. Key sentence in Thanem' a letter: "The free people of Asia have had
Folder, "McGeorge Bundy, Vol. 2, March 1-31, 1964 [1 of 3]," Memos to the President, NSF, Box 1 (Item)
  • of press attacks on our Latin American .,_, policy. This is an important memorandum, and to me a somewhat disturbing one. -\ Y '? Tom seems to assume that all our trouble comes from a few far-leftwingers. A lot of it does. A lot comes also from honest
Folder, "Walt Rostow, Vol. 68: Mar. 19‑24, 1968 [1 of 2]," Memos to the President, NSF, Box 31 (Item)
  • 3 MAR 1968 MEMORANDUM TO THE PRESIDENT I urge reconsideration of your decision to defer our seeking a $5. 5 million supplemental appropriation for aid to the Ryukyu Islands for FY 1968. Free and efficient use of our bases in the Ryukyus demands