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  • authority runs out in June. We are encouraged that the Europeans seem to be moving ahead, but we need to wrap things up soon with a balanced bargain. Money talks also reaching a critical stage. Must press forward toward a more adequate and dependable
  • their world to change its character, moderate its aims, become more realistic and less impacable, and recede from the cold war they began ••• provided that the free world retains the confidence and the determination to 11 outmatch the best our adversary can
  • . 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
  • 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
  • JJW'.l.'HER. SEVERALMUG SHOTSWERETAKEN. I WAS ACCUSEDOF BEING A MEMBEROF THE CIA. I HAD MY FIRST PRESS CONFERENCE I THINK THE SECONDOR THIRD DAY WE WERE 1'.HERE. THIS WAS A SCREAMI_NG. PRESS CONFERENCE ~nIICH THE GOVERNHENT OF THE l I UNITED STAIES
  • the purpose is meritorious, these flights are in effect commercial and if continued will create pressure for other free-world airlines to do likewise -- thereby . weakening our Cuban air isolation policy The State Department has instructed our Embassy
  • other Free World sources as well. In confidential conversations and public statements during his State Visit President Bourguiba expressed appreciation for past u.s. assistance to Tunisia ·and hope that it would continue . .. - .. ·. §fSBEre
  • exports to North Vietnam in 1966 amounted to only $104,000 or less. th~n one percent of the total . \·. •... cat ib!i
  • 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
  • , 1967 IN IEPLY UFU •f0: 18403 MEMORANDUM FOR MR. WALTW. ROSTOW THE WHITE HOUSE Senator Mansfield and 36 other Senators (press reports indicate as many as 55 co-sponsors) of both parties introduced today a resolution requesting the President to take
  • New Developments There have been press reports that the Vietnamese Govern­ ment announced yesterday that censorship of Vietnamese news­ papers would cease today. Ambassador Bui Diem has confirmed to the Embassy that these reports were correct
  • Copper Corp. Chairman, Trustee, American Institute for Free· Labor Development National Board of Trustees, National Committee on Christians and Jews Chairman, Board of Lay Trustees, Notre Dame Member, Council Yale Institute of International.Studies
  • called up, a third of which would be going to Vietnam. Can you tell us how many of that something over l,000 figure are pilots or rated air crews? SECRETARY CLIFFORD: I do not know that. Let me say in that regard that after the press conference, for those
  • : THINGS ARE'GOING .IN SAIGON. ·VE MAY.·.WISH Ar-·soME POINT TO FACE, UP· TO TH£ CONVENING OY -~A. t'..EETING, AT WHICH. HANOI WAS FREE TO. BR.IH8 THE NL~· AND· A- SEAT ·VAS LEFT:: AVAILABLE FOR. THE -GVN~-, Uf-:_OUR DEMONSTRATIN6 __ . : •• INDEED-~ VE SEE
  • tile PreaW.at food predutloa W9rk on popalatloll ceatrol. ID tbe world TH eca■omlc aacl aGC:lal momeatmn of Free Aala and tile of Aalaa coeperatloa la tbe wake el tbe Vie~ decl•lea •f 1965. 4. A• fer dla .... latm•at•• tile peateat are: Tu
  • AGREED THAT A~ AIR. STRIK:: ON NORTH . VIETNAMESE". TARG::rs. SHOULD - 9E ~LAm1CHED. · THE PREss· Am~OUNCEM£Nt~M'ADE T!iE . FOLLOWING . DAY .STATED THAT TH£. ?RESID£NT'.S ACTION VAS BASED O~-- ~ UNANIMOUS R[CO~HENDATION . OF THE NATIONAL S£CURITY COUNCIL
  • , but would say nothing about it. Thailand: Would feel very hurt if omitted from an extended · schedule. Malaysia: Will not appear to press, but has been omitted from all high-level trips this year and would therefore greatly welcome: a visit. Australia
  • the ages of 18 and 29 may be called up to serve in the fields of education, health, and social welfare if there are 'not enough yolunteers. , SJ;;CRE,-,lNODIS SFCR.E~ ODIS -5- The Lower House has been debating a press law while waiting for the Defense
  • plac e in Puebla tomorrow. a ~ orlablally plaued, but t oday 111 Mmdco City at 1:00 p. m. • oar time. INFORMATION Monday February 5, 1968 -- 11:40 a.m. SITUATION ROOM MEMORANDUM SUBJECT: Fighting in Saigon The press is reporting that a police
  • THE BRITISH ANDFRENCH,ARECONSULTING ON THIS LATEST.TOTALLY UNPROVOKED ANOUNJUSTIFIEDAGGRAVATION OF THE SlTU~TION. I WANT TO EXPRESS TO YOU ON THIS· Q'fE DAY OF GERMAN UNITY UNQTE· tHAT OUR SUPPORT OF FREE BERLIN ANI:f THE GOAL OF A GERMAN PEOPLE UNITED
  • ; and will not regard a Security Council resolution--even if "accepted" by the UAR--to be a _guarantee of free passage through the Strait of Tiran and the Canal. In addition, Israel will, at the very minimum, insist upon some territorial adjustments for security reasons
  • and the economic arrangements affecting the Viet Cong. 'However, the discussion of such topics should be in the presence of the GVN representatives. Do you see any possibility of our picking up Tho's statement and pressing for a discussion of such topics
  • THIS IS AN INFORMATION REPORT,~ CRS USIA , FINALLY ~---- EVAL 1112142 - . • 4,c1 ... ,~. CITE 012951UIIIH1J>25Yn L-DI_ST_.-_ll-J-~-E-1-96-8--.l'CJ CHINA •• COUNTRY: DOI: .GRAVE ROBBING IN HUNAN, PROSTITUTION IN SUBJECT: KWANGT UNG AND FREE ENTEFfPRISE
  • , to thG press tmd to the Latin governments. In thesa circumstances, this multilateral financial . institution could be only a completely trans~ p.rent shield for u.s. interest in this loan. Wo ·r un into much the same problem -with a Bank loan as we would
  • mark. He might even resign on the issue and free himself for the next German election. Our people are working for an intelligent re­ adjustment which would avoid any further devaluation of the pound and, if possible, any devaluation of the franc
  • of aon:e thing the press already has :from your press conference. ""the language will not be head­ lined. He feels that in his most difficult negotiation. with Arthur, this i& pretty near the best he can do. W.W.R. ---Disa_p proved ---See me ----Approved
  • to inquire -------- Don 1t press this round -------- GOPiPH>EM'fI:AL . cee· 7 ~ I /, r/ ' ~ ~fb 'f O,P QJ$C;tl'.;':F llECWRJC!J:!J:;p _.PA T!'x ~ MEMORANDUM FOR THE PRESIDENT l. Defense and AEC lu\ve submitted £:or y-0ur. app~oval the .VY__ J9
  • Members t'hat the Joint Com­ er. Three weeks ago the Dominican peo­ Almighty Father, the creator of the mittee on Printing is ready to go to ple had an opportunity to choose their world, the sustainer of life and the press with the eulogies expressed
  • But Rejected; and VII. Recommendations. I. u.s. Objectives in South Vietnam We seek an independent non-Commun j st South Vietnam. We do not require that it serve as a Western ba c. ~ r as ~ me~ bcr of a Western Alliance. South Vietnam must be free, h ow'2 v
  • ~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
  • ,; ,· ~ ¢ 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
  • NO, 2 IN, HIERARCHY• AP· CALLED MF'APRESS SECTJON FOR COMMENTAND MET' WITH FIRM DENiAL• IC) BELG1AN MA, LOTHAR LOWE OF FRG· PRESS, AND ANDERSONOF NYT REPORT RUMORSTHAT BREZHNEVAND MARSHALGRECHKOSOON WILL BE F~RED• SHELEPIN WILL, BE DISMISSED AFTER
  • · . .- ,, : 3. Martin repeated several tilne·s that the Ronning channel to Hanoi definitely is still open and Canadians hoped the U.S. would _· · take no move which would close it. ' · ~ :· ·; : · . ~. I · L 4. Martin expressed concern at press stories
  • AT 'l'HE Sf..:...,~E 1:X"!'El~N,~L i,-onc:::s ASS! S'fIN(i £011{ SI .DES COULD P.~D SHOuLD LEA'\iE lHE SP1-a; 'l"lt-lE., J-._"JJ)SHOULD NOT f:JE HEPLAOED• A'f THl:: ULTIMATE l
  • NOT HEARD OF IT BEFORE YOUR-· CABLE ARRIVED, ALTHOUG~ I UNDERSTAND THERE IS A SMALL ITEM IN 7HIS MORNING'S PRESS. LIKE THE MOSCOW CC},'MUNIQUE OF LAST JU-LY, IT WAS SILLY, STUPID AND MISGUIDED. 2t MY FIRST THOUGHT WAS .TO GO DIRECTLY TO MRS. GANDHI. H
  • 01853 EYES ONT.. Y FlNAL°SECTION OF T'-fREE 9 •. NF:EDLr.~SS 'l'O Sf:iY, I HOULD 1vl~LCOHE RlUNFORCEMENTS AT A.NY TIME T'·'.l~Y CAN BE l1/)m: /.iVAlLABL}:: \ A•. [. l ro fU'f tlr: IN A STRONGr:R Posrurn: TO ·coN!A!_N THE ENEMY'S MAJOR CAMPAIGN
  • promise to a world free in which the atom will be used b'Many of us recall when the Nuclear recalled must the words Test the ancient begin with a single Since that time towards longer; forward, only for the benefit Kennedy States will do
  • BE A QIJESTION OF GETTING TO HIM ON SHORT NOTICE TO- DISCUSS AN I'.'1MINENT ANNOUNCEMENT ON BOr13ING CESSATIO~. I ADDEO THAT WE .Y,~B-X MUCH . APPRECIATF.n HIS DECLINING. TO DI?CU?.?. .,._MATTER WITH TH E"'""PRESS AND MENTIOtJEI) THAT IF tiT·- ANY TIME ··lfE
  • on your behalf to preach our Cuban gospel, we can expect violent feedback from the British politicians and the British press, which will pin the British Government] and, to a lesser degree, we would get the same trouble in Paris. So \unless you have