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- will be discussing this matter further this morning. The matter
is urgent.
I was puzzled, Mr. Chairman, by what has been said by
the Soviet Press and Radio since our exchange of messages yesterday
morning. It does not help to charge the United States as a participant
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At 7:57 AM, LBJ, who has now been awake for nearly 4 hours, gets a call from Secretary of Defense Robert McNamara that the Soviet Premier, Alexi Kosygin, wants to speak to him on the hotline. LBJ tells McNamara that he and his advisors
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spokesmen told the press
this morning that Egyptian
troops had
launched an attack
on Israeli
troops
near the Canal, thus violating
the
ceasefire.
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- TO US. I F V/E ARE TO BUiLD A V IA BLE INDEPENDENT
n a tio n H ER E j UE must CONTINUE TO PRESS AND FRO VIETNAMESE ON ALL
FRONTS BUT R E A LIZ E THAT IN FINAL ANALYSIS IT IS VIETNAMESE UHO
MUST RUN T H E IR 0';JN A FFA IR S, COU^JCIL FORESEES MANY
- , AND THAT THE CONGRESS
SHOULD BE B;.SED ON DIRECT UNIVERSAL SUFFRAGE ORGANIZED IN
SECURE ZONES,
B) THE OPENING OF A PRESS CONGRESS TO DEVELOP A STATUTE
GOVERNING THE CONDUCT OF THE LOCAL PRESS.
C) INDICATIONS FROM THE GOVERNMENT THAT IT UOULD HOLD ELECTIONS
ISARLY NEXT
- GAULLE A^JOULD WISH AT T H I S
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•CONCERN THAT 'PR O -G A U LLIST PRESS HAS DISPLAYED LARGELY
a t t i t u d e to w a rd "US -OVER 'AFFAIR..:.;
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lACCORDING TO R'ICHER 'SEYDOUX* S'•INSTRUCTIONS PERM IT H IS AGREEING
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- sc a le ,” and warned o f the danger of an enlarged
war.
Soviet press commentators have attempted to
paint a picture of widespread consternation and
dissension in the US against the A d m in istra tio n 's
policy toward Vietnam.
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