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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. 10, August 1-11 1966 [2 of 2]," Memos to the President, NSF, Box 9 (Item)
  • NO JURISDICTION. I POINTED OUT THAT OUR GOVT•S SEftIOUS CONCERN OVER VIOLA• NVN WAS BASIS FOR OUR. CONVEYING THE NOTE TO HIM. - HE SAID THAT · HE HA'S ·NOTED OUR CONCERN ANO WILL BftING~T TO HIS GOVT•S ATTENTION BUT ASKED THAT I NOT REPEAT NOT PRESS HIM · TO TAKE
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, "McGeorge Bundy, Vol. 19, January 19 - February 4, 1966 [2 of 2]," Memos to the President, NSF, Box 6 [1 of 2] (Item)
  • in this hemisphere. We are working to get editorials and articles published in our press, as well as the Spanish editions of Life and Reader 1 s Digest. Through State and USIA,materials on the~ting will be reaching friendly editors, columnists and writers
Folder, "Walt Rostow, Vol. 56: Jan. 1‑15, 1968 [2 of 2]," Memos to the President, NSF, Box 27 (Item)
  • unable to fulfill. Those who began to press for legal rights after 1954 came principally from segregated colleges. Their tactic was civil disobedience and they welcomed the aid ·of white activists who went south for a summer, or longer, and witnessed
Folder, "Walt Rostow, Vol. 75: May 6‑8, 1968 [2 of 2]," Memos to the President, NSF, Box 33 (Item)
  • the National has no represen~ation in Paris. The French had responded favorably to the 1966 request of the NLF to open a press office in Paris and two minor NLF officials are expected there soon to make arrangements for opening a bureau~ The press bureau
Folder, "Walt Rostow, Vol. 44, October 1-9, 1967 [2 of 2]," Memos to the President, NSF, Box 23 (Item)
  • and we have pressed Paks toward a major move in this direction when they announce their new import policy next January. If they can suffi­ ciently ease import licensing controls, market forces can work freely and pick up slack in economy. Under
Folder, "Walt Rostow, Vol. 26, April 16-30, 1967 [2 of 2]," Memos to the President, NSF, Box 15 (Item)
  • civilian candidate emerged. That way it would be much better to have a civilian President if he had the ability. When I pressed him, he, in effect, said that no civilian with the required qualities had emerged and probably this would not_happen until
Folder, "Walt Rostow, Vol. 34, July 11-15, 1967 [2 of 2]," Memos to the President, NSF, Box 19 (Item)
  • peace settlement. The immediate task is to ease the suffering of those who fled from the area of hostilities and are now separated from their homes and sources of livelihood. The United States Government responded immediately to these pressing
Folder, "Walt Rostow, Vol. 45, October 10-15, 1967 [1 of 2]," Memos to the President, NSF, Box 23 (Item)
  • IS VERY ILL. MAURER WAS RECEIVED BY PHAM VAN DONG ONLY. · 4. 1.3(a}(4 UNITED NATIONS SECRETARY U THANT'S PRESS RELEASE THAT HANOI IS WILLING TO NEGOTIATE HAS NEVER BEEN EITHER CONFIRMED OR DENIED BY THE HANOI GOVERNMENT. 5. - COM\1ENT :_ 1-3(a)(4
Folder, "Walt Rostow, Vol. 54: Dec. 11‑19, 1967 [4 of 4]," Memos to the President, NSF, Box 26 (Item)
  • explalaad to h1m what C:O.., Ollwr aad Toar Freeman have do­ aad &B1ured him tbeJ woald coatlnu clhcnet press•r• 011the Me1dca11•. Bill has reported to Conr aad aebcl him to 1et a nadla1 from oar Coaeub alOIII the 'border oa what 1s 1olaa 011 aad to make
Folder, "McGeorge Bundy, Vol. 8, January 1 - February 28, 1965 [2 of 2]," Memos to the President, NSF, Box 2 [2 of 2] (Item)
  • at all that if a visit to London should have to be paid for by another visit to the hospital, it is not worth it in terms of what the world and your own countrymen ask of you. But I will admit if pressed that I do not see why this particular visit should
Folder, "McGeorge Bundy, Vol. 17, November 20 - December 31, 1965 [2 of 2]," Memos to the President, NSF, Box 5 (Item)
  • to consider this? Parenthetically, he noted that a twelve hour suspension of fight1nq had been o.ffered and that our press spokesman had said neither yes nor no. The Secretary asked that if the Ambassador were in Viet-Nam, would he put his arms dov.rn
Folder, "Walt Rostow, Vol. 84: June 26‑28, 1968 [1 of 2]," Memos to the President, NSF, Box 36 (Item)
Folder, "Walt Rostow, Vol. 17, December 14 - 31, 1966 [2 of 2]," Memos to the President, NSF, Box 12 [1 of 2] (Item)
  • personality. In fact, he gives the impression of a man who has been picked as a figurehead, and used by activists in the backgroundo However, he firmly states the Alg~rian Government position, but without fervor. I pressed him hard I. 1 • DECLASSIFIED
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. 19, January 15 - 31, 1967 [2 of 3]," Memos to the President, NSF, Box 12 [2 of 2] (Item)
  • will participate regularly in meetings with the foreign press, which he will host. W. W. Rostow WWRostow:rln DICLAsslFIED E.O. 12356, Sec. 3.4 NlJ I 'ii- ti) s {, By la:-@ , NARA, Date / .).-;,-e, 3 ,SECttET January ZS, 1"967 MEMORANDUlv1
Folder, "Walt Rostow, Vol. 33, July 1-10, 1967 [2 of 2]," Memos to the President, NSF, Box 18 (Item)
  • . FROM THE MOMENT OF THE ISRAELI VICTORY, THE RUSSIANS AGREED TO THE CEASE-FIRE. THEY SAID SO IN THEIR OWN WAY, TO BE SURE, BUT THEY ARE Nor PRESSING FOR TOO MANY COMPLICATIONS. THEY WANT TO KEEP THEIR POSITION AND THEIR REPUTATION OF BEING FRIENDS
Folder, "McGeorge Bundy, Vol. 18, January 1-18, 1966," Memos to the President, NSF, Box 6 [1 of 2] (Item)
  • nuclear problem. and he seemed satisfied with my a -c count of our careful policy of working £or real agreement, not by press-u re but by patient work to determine the ways of reconciling the real interests and needs of the pa-rties. 2. Kraft probed gently
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, "Walt Rostow, Vol. 79: May 25‑31, 1968 [1 of 2]," Memos to the President, NSF, Box 35 (Item)
  • to ~~elude them, but if any othar nation did so we do not believe we could eficcUvely press for continued Philippine pirticil,'8.lion. In such case it ~culd ~e difilc1:lltfor us to continue any sup~rl for PlllLCAG units 1n South Viel-Nam, and ni
Folder, "Walt Rostow, Vol. 93: Sept. 1-11, 1968 [1 of 2]," Memos to the President, NSF, Box 39 (Item)
  • and sometimes free-swinging support from National Assembly and ·press in his anti-corruption drive. -- Three newspapers were suspended for citing AP report that Huong was preparing to make "a public scandal" . if Thieu was unwilling to move rapidly against
Folder, "Walt Rostow, Vol. 46, October 16-20, 1967 [2 of 2]," Memos to the President, NSF, Box 24 (Item)
  • 28, 1965, prose conference. of Ciov. Romney's w. W. Rostow MEMORANDUM THE WHITE HOUSE WAIHIICOTOW October MEMORANDUM SUBJECT: 17, 1967 FOR MR. ROSTOW Romney's Appearance on "Meet the Press" Romney referred to the President's press
Folder, "Walt Rostow, Vol. 47, October 21-24, 1967 [1 of 2]," Memos to the President, NSF, Box 24 (Item)
  • press release on his call. When turned down, he made some remarks about the Governor's office in Massachusetts wanting to make a statement about his trip to Washington. I doubt if the Governor's office is as anxious to do this as he thinks
Folder, "Walt Rostow, Vol. 113: Jan. 1‑15, 1969 [1 of 3]," Memos to the President, NSF, Box 44 (Item)
  • pressing for a halt in the bombing, no pause would be long enough. No one has said to me that his view would be changed if we had a prolonged pause in the bombing and there were no response from Hanoi. I do think we should take the drama out of our bombing
Folder, "Walt Rostow, Vol. 13, September 15-30, 1966 [2 of 2]," Memos to the President, NSF, Box 10 (Item)
  • put the finishing touches on the Convention Hall, the local press is advising the successful candidates on what to do, a~d·the newly-elected delegates are trying to form alliances. There is much discussion on what should go into the Constitution
Folder, "Walt Rostow, Vol. 72: Apr. 12‑23, 1968 [1 of 2]," Memos to the President, NSF, Box 32 (Item)
  • . INTRAUSlGEt~CE. I\ POVtHF'UL VOJC~· \!ILL BE TH£ co:111u·rsr ILL SU~PORT OAlLY P~nrv, SOLIDLY BEHlfD·HANQI POSITIO 'WHICH IT I~ n·:; PRESS AUD, fl.S APPP.OPRIATE, BY D.tNOUSTRATIONSAUD ACTIVITIES Or F?.Otri ORGAtHZATtOtlS. ABOVE ALL TlfERE \HLL REIG~ THI
Folder, "Walt Rostow, Vol. 75: May 6‑8, 1968 [1 of 2]," Memos to the President, NSF, Box 33 (Item)
  • ," and prior to his appointment as Ambassador in August, 1967 Mantilla served as Executive Director of that newspaper. He has been active in Ecuadorean and inter-American press organizations and was President of the inter-American Press Association from 1949
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. 93: Sept. 1-11, 1968 [2 of 2]," Memos to the President, NSF, Box 39 (Item)
  • . THOUGH MANESCU' S FIRST MEET ING WITH BALL HAD BEEN NOTED IN ROMANIAN PRESS, LAST ONE HAO NOT NOR HAD PRESIDENT• S ST AT EM ENT ALL FOR "OBVIOUS REASONS." NEVERTHELESS HE COULD ASSIEE ME THAT ALL ROMANIANS NOT JUST GOVERNMENT WERE AWARE OF THIS Sl'ATEMENT
Folder, "Walt Rostow, Vol. 97: Oct. 1‑4, 1968 [1 of 2]," Memos to the President, NSF, Box 40 (Item)
  • Reaton told him in great confide.nee last .night that on Su.nday The New York Tlme• will come out in support of Vi• President Humphrey. Scotty •al d a leak would be "upaetting" - - somehow amusing, from the press. W. W. Ro•tow T r r -= .3 ANO AF,C~:i
Folder, "Walt Rostow, Vol. 57: Jan. 16‑24, 1968 [2 of 2]," Memos to the President, NSF, Box 27 (Item)
  • institutions, and the menacing erosion caused by Communism in political parties, in the press, in a part of society, and in the eovern~ent itself. In this corner of Europe, as you well knc~, Co~mu~ism has thrice tried to seize power by revolutions wnich
Folder, "Walt Rostow, Vol. 57: Jan. 16‑24, 1968 [1 of 2]," Memos to the President, NSF, Box 27 (Item)
  • Europe,. an area of great importance. It has been successful to a remarkable degree in provi'ding its millions of listeners with a substitute for the free press they lack. In so doing, Radio Free Europe ~erves both the national interest and the cause
Folder, "Walt Rostow, Vol. 28, May 16-24, 1967 [2 of 2]," Memos to the President, NSF, Box 16 (Item)
  • ,; ,· ~ ¢ dli$l3tdaee fl'O~ 111 ~ p,:o.~~ .AAd to d~lo, p~~. ~ ----- ) () aa:4 •\Sda t.taa DRAFT PRESS RELEASE President Johnson today issued an Executive Order providing for the administration of new food aid legislation enacted late last year
Folder, "Walt Rostow, Vol. 3, May 16 - 26, 1966 [2 of 2]," Memos to the President, NSF, Box 7 (Item)
  • occasion to see the President who, as Moyers stated to press, would be delighted to see de Gaulle if he should come to UN. In accordance with this suggestion of the Secretary, I informally communicated this thought without attribution other than my own
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. 23, March 10 - 15, 1967 [2 of 2]," Memos to the President, NSF, Box 14 [1 of 2] (Item)
  • for information -- beyond what George Christian gave ln his press briefing -­ on the trip to Guam. I told Mr. Reed I h-ad nothing more to add. He sald he had indication something big was to come out of the meeting. I repeated that I had nothing to add beyond what
Folder, "Walt Rostow, Vol. 70: Apr. 1‑5, 1968 [1 of 2]," Memos to the President, NSF, Box 32 (Item)
  • of the executive branch's review of the report of the President's Commission on Civil Disorders (which the President said, in his March 22 press conference, was underway and would be completed shortly). This review has led not only to acceptance of some of the 47
Folder, "Walt Rostow, Vol. 83: June 20‑25, 1968 [2 of 2]," Memos to the President, NSF, Box 36 (Item)
  • ~OA ANO AUSTRIA, lN PARTICULAR, PRESSED US ON ABSENCE.OF ANY STATEMENT'REGAROlNG .• ,PEACEFUL USES IN DRArT'OECLARATlON o; PRINCIP.LES, CONStNSUs . SEMKEO TO BE THAT IT' WAS: lMPERAT'lVE rOR WEST' TO HAVE ITS OWN FORMULAON QUESTION OF. PEACEF'UL USES
Folder, "Walt Rostow, Vol. 94: Sept. 12‑18, 1968 [1 of 2]," Memos to the President, NSF, Box 39 (Item)
  • Prealdent: Herewith Clark ClWord'• pre•• lnterYiew today followln1 hla appearance before the Subcommittee on Defenae appropri atlon•. W. W. Ro•tow rln Secretary of Defense Clark M. Clifford Interviewed by Press Following appearance before Subcommittee