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Folder, "August 5, 1967 - 1:49 p.m. Clifford, Taylor, Rusk, Nitze, Ball, Rostow, McPherson, Christian," Papers of Tom Johnson, Box 1 (Item)

said it is important for these nations to have consultations with us. Mr. Clifford said the head of each government used the trip because of elections in their countries. They arranged press briefings on arrival, before each meeting, and after each

Folder, "February 10, 1968 - 3:17 p.m. Senior Foreign Affairs Advisors - Rusk, McNamara, Clifford, Rostow, etc.," Papers of Tom Johnson, Box 2 (Item)

. . .Jee .SECRET - - - . ... , ............. iL.l MHTINO NOi ES COPYRIGHT!!) P\.i~liEQfiOA - 3 aequices.. Per.ffli9!iou of Copy1 ignf Holder· 'A' T~oAlCil& Joboson face press questioning. If Cy Vance goes to Vietnam, he doesn't have to say

Folder, "February 28, 1968 - 8:35 a.m. Gen. Wheeler"s trip to Vietnam discussion with Foreign Policy Advisors," Papers of Tom Johnson, Box 2 (Item)

uprising and many defections. Our press had led the North Vietnamese to think the ARYN army was a pushover. That proved to be untrue. The enemy has laid land lines down the Laotian panhandle. This will permit them to operate on radio silence and give

Folder, "March 5, 1968 - 1:14 p.m. Tuesday luncheon meeting - Rusk, Clifford, Wheeler, Helms, Taylor, Rostow," Papers of Tom Johnson, Box 2 (Item)

not want to stap up the military side of this. CLARK CLIFFORD: How about the impartial tribunal? SECRETARY RUSK: They were outraged by the idea. The Pueblo problem seems to have dropped out of the press. I would not hurry this. THE PRESIDENT: last night? O

Folder, "April 4, 1968 - 3:47 p.m. President's meeting with U Thant at the United Nations in New York City," Papers of Tom Johnson, Box 3 (Item)

: :' ' •. . .. FOR. THE PRESS FROM TOM JOHNSON ~ ~ ~ The President does plan to attend the dinner tonight. After the dinner. he will depart for March AFB in California. ~ .~ 0 0 ~ ~ N ." " "'" The President will have breakfast aboard Air Force One tomorrow morning

Folder, "July 30, 1968 - 1 p.m. Foreign Policy Advisors Luncheon," Papers of Tom Johnson, Box 3 (Item)

reports of re sults of today' s m ~e tin g in Slovakia.. Z. Viet am Public Info r mation Problems -- Secretary Rusk ~ 3. F o ..'low - up action s on Secre tary Rue·· -~a press conference including the question 0£ H anoi' a "re straintu and intelligence

Folder, "October 22, 1968 - 12:50 p.m. [Notes of Meeting with Rusk, Clifford, Wheeler, Rostow, Christian, Johnson]," Papers of Tom Johnson, Box 4 (Item)

CLIFFORD: Neither do I. Prime Minister Gorton had a press conference. SECRETARY RUSK: What is your reaction? SECRETARY CLIFFORD: The agreement must be solid and firm. THE PRESIDENT: I agree. M~"T~r ,...__··- ··~-~GHTcO P~ ~ 1 ~filtreA

Folder, "December 5, 1968 - 5:31 p.m. Foreign Policy Meeting," Papers of Tom Johnson, Box 4 (Item)

not change directives in the DMZ now. We should get Cy to press the DMZ issue. General Wheeler: General Abrams and I talked Tuesday. He said he needs to continue patrols in the DMZ. He wants to keep the enemy north of PMBL. This would give friendly forces

Folder, "[February 28, 1968 - 1:30 p.m. Meeting on Copper Strike]," Meeting Notes Files, Box 2 (Item)

go either way on whether they would continue to press for complete victory. The President asked whether there were any politics behind the situation. Secretary Trowbridge said that he thought there was, that the Republican Governors of the western

Folder, "[April-May 1968 Meetings with Correspondents]," Meeting Notes Files, Box 3 (Item)

. He said he had reported this in a Press Conference on March 31, 1966. "In 1967 we got a little help. " The President was asked if he derived any pleasure from DeGaulle 1 s situation. He replied: "I am sorry for him. I hope some of the advice he has

Folder, "May 14, 1968 - 3:04 p.m. President's meeting with his Cabinet," Papers of Tom Johnson, Box 3 (Item)

in the budget if that was the price of a tax bill. The bill is a $10 - $8 - $6 formula. Please do not discuss this. position was reflected in a press conference last week. I do not think Congress will pass the $6 billion. $6 billion, I do not know what I would

Folder, "January 26, 1968 - 11 a.m. Pueblo 7 - Senior advisors - McNamara, Katzenbach, Wheeler, Helms, Nitze, etc.," Papers of Tom Johnson, Box 2 (Item)

a better product. The President: the equipment. Do you have anything more to report on the men and Secretary McNamara: We have nothing more on this. Director Helms: There is nothing either way. General Wheeler: There was a North Korean press message which

Folder, "January 30, 1968 - 6:04 p.m. Pueblo 12 - Senator Dirksen and Congressman Ford ," Papers of Tom Johnson, Box 2 (Item)

..riits up to strength. President Eise:i.::.ower said we should press for C.iplor.1atic action in t.l-i.e United Nations, and intensify the bombing in North Korea. I want to ask Secretary McNamara to review exactly what happened. We will ask Secretary

Folder, "February 12, 1968 - 1:45 p.m. Senior Foreign Policy Advisors meeting," Papers of Tom Johnson, Box 2 (Item)

requests in the past. Now he finds that his campain plan has been pre-empted by enemy action. Secretary Rusk: Can it only be done by additional U.S. forces? press them to brigade U.S. troops with Vietnamese? Can't we General Wheeler: Before I answer

Folder, "February 15, 1968 - 6:06 p.m. Cyrus Vance meeting on his return from Korea - and other foreign advisors," Papers of Tom Johnson, Box 2 (Item)

, the mission was a success. This was in evidence even with the press at the air port when I left. In t he long run, however, the picture is very dangerous. The President: Before we get any further, what did we do to provoke the anger and hostility? Mr. Vance

Folder, "March 26, 1968 - 10:30 a.m. Meeting with Gen. Wheeler, JCS and Gen. Creighton Abrams," Papers of Tom Johnson, Box 2 (Item)

McCarthy and Senator Kennedy and the left wing has informers in the departments. The Times and the Post are all against us. Most of the press is against us. How can we get this job done? We need more money in an election year, more taxes in an election year

Folder, "August 20, 1968 National Security Council," Papers of Tom Johnson, Box 3 (Item)

Rusk: I would not think so. Secretary Clifford: What reaction did we get from Averill Harriman on your Press Conference? Secretary Rusk: statement. '' The President: Norway thing? Secretary Rusk: publicized . ,, I hope w _e would not undermine

Folder, "[September 12, 1967 - 1:25 p.m. Tuesday Luncheon]," Meeting Notes Files, Box 2 (Item)

directed George Christian and myself to prepare my notes on the report of the Vietnam election observers and have this distributed to the Members of the Cabinet. Rusk pointed out that the Senators who attended the King Constantine lunch leaked to the press

Folder, "[November 18, 1967 - 4:30 p.m. Meeting with Congressional Leadership on Devaluation of the Pound]," Meeting Notes Files, Box 2 (Item)

measures to improv e the balanc e -of-payments position. R ead concluding portion of sta tement he made at Novemb er 16 press conference announcing program s to strengthen U.S. balance of payments. Stressed that enac tme nt of President's tax increase

Folder, "May 6, 1968 - 1:20 p.m. Meeting with Foreign Policy Advisors," Meeting Notes Files, Box 3 (Item)

to stop bombing." They'll have a hard line on the bombing, and they'll stay with it. If pressed, they'll define "other acts of war" to include any and every violation of the border. -· . - • Authonty By L:(.,.o/ DECLASSIFIED l I L .i g :'I - S I_

Folder, "January 26, 1968 - 7:29 p.m. Pueblo backgrounder with Hugh Sidey and Jack Sutherland," Papers of Tom Johnson, Box 2 (Item)

Sidey: It was definitely in Did the commanders in the field do all they could do? The President: All we know is what we have in their messages. read the press conference of the commander. I Three or four things could be true. It could start

Folder, "March 4, 1968 - 5:33 p.m. Meeting with Senior Foreign Policy Advisors," Papers of Tom Johnson, Box 2 (Item)

a peaceful settlement soon. We do not. The North Vietnamese are pressing against Laos and Thailand. The Chinese are leaning against Burma and Cambodia. During the day we had two additional comebacks on two probes which we made. The Shah of Iran saw Hanoi 1 s

Folder, "October 29, 1968 - 2:30 a.m. Meeting with the President's Foreign Policy Advisors," Papers of Tom Johnson, Box 4 (Item)

as we are going to press the offensive in the South and in Laos, and so long as we are prepared to resume the bombing if they violate the DMZ or attack the main cities, 11 he is ready to go along. •:After all,'' he said, ''the problem is not to stop

Folder, "March 26, 1968 - 1:15 p.m. Foreign Policy Advisors Luncheon - regulars plus added group - Vietnam," Papers of Tom Johnson, Box 2 (Item)

in the United States press. There were setbacks during Tet -- mostly psychological and two military. The most setback was here in the United States, which was one of their objectives. The President: When General Westnloreland was last here, we did not give him

Folder, "October 23, 1967 - 5:36 p.m. Democratic Leadership," Papers of Tom Johnson, Box 1 (Item)

is often a reliable spokesman for North Vietnam, last Friday published an article from Hanoi which some of you may have seen in the press, in which he reports the views of Premier Pham Van Dong and other high officials. He describes Hanoi as "in no mood

Folder, "December 5, 1967 - 1:18 p.m. VP, McNamara, Rusk, Vance, Helms, Rostow, Christian, T. Johnson," Papers of Tom Johnson, Box 1 (Item)

Government had rejected the Greek-Turkish agreement. With hopes for peace again fading, we returned to Nicosia and pressed Makarios to concur, starkly outlining the likely consequences of continuing intransigence. This resulted finally in his .written

Folder, "May 21, 1968 - 1:15 p.m. Tuesday lunch with Foreign Policy Advisors," Papers of Tom Johnson, Box 3 (Item)

. There is no particular pressure on us at the present time. I know of no pressure to extend bombing by Congress, by public, by press. Life Editors think the President is on the right track. The next general approach - the targets are not worth it. They have not been using

Folder, "[September 9, 1964 - 11:00 a.m. Meeting with Foreign Policy Advisors on Vietnam]," Meeting Notes Files, Box 1 (Item)

not be sufficient. He had held this view for many months, but it had been reinforced by recent events in the field. The President pressed General Taylor as to the reasons for his current unreadiness to recommend larger action. Under this questioning General Taylor

Folder, "[December 18, 1965 - 12:35 p.m. Meeting with Foreign Policy Advisors on Bombing Pause," Meeting Notes Files, Box 1 (Item)

no man :ion of an. a: t::::..c~c on tile ~Jo.rt h , the press will be houndi~s us . Pre 3i ·1.e .1 t: Y o~ ,i '.) e::-. .1y t~1in3 ye~ . ~ e t tsr ~e ~ o~a hava a J OU: l~t d ~~ es o: jac~ . t ~ lki n~ ! ' ill to io . t e _l :!le w'12. t

Folder, "[Briefing Papers for] September 25, 1968 National Security Council Meeting," Meeting Notes Files, Box 3 (Item)

have not succeeded and in fact have been undercut by Rhodesian and South African moves which make a peaceful solution of these problems all but impossible in the foreseeable future. . The Africans can be expected to press to have the General Assembly

Folder, "September 25, 1968 - 12:17 p.m. National Security Council," Papers of Tom Johnson, Box 4 (Item)

by Rhodesian and South African moves which make a peaceful solution of these problems all but impossible in the foreseeable future. The Africans can be expected to press to have the General Assembly call for adoption by the Security Council of punitive economic

Folder, "[November 20, 1967 - Meeting with Bipartisan Leadership on Devaluation of Pound]," Meeting Notes Files, Box 2 (Item)

confidence in the dollar through demonstrating fiscal responsibility and other constructive measures to improve the balance-of-payments position. Read concluding portion of state ment he made at November 16 press conference announcing programs to strengthen