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Folder, "Walt Rostow, Vol. 98: Oct. 5‑9, 1968 [2 of 2]," Memos to the President, NSF, Box 40 (Item)
  • (OUR TIME) BECAUSE, ALTHOUGHMY SENIOR COLLEAGUES PRINCIPALLY CONCERMEDARE NATURALLY AT ONE WITH ME IN THE ENTERPRISE, I HAVE TO SEEK THE ENDORSEMENTOF THE FULL CABINET AT OUR MEETING TOMORROW,THE FIRST THAT HAS BEEN POSSIBLE SU1CE OUR CPNFERENCE_ LAST
Folder, "Walt Rostow, Vol. 31, June 13-20, 1967 [1 of 2]," Memos to the President, NSF, Box 17 (Item)
  • a quick survey of expert opinion 'on the Central Committee meeting. Dick Helms will have us a report by noon tomorrow. He personally thinks it's like a leadership meeting: To explain their problems and troubles and consolidate support at a difficult time
Folder, "McGeorge Bundy, Vol. 8, January 1 - February 28, 1965 [1 of 2]," Memos to the President, NSF, Box 2 [2 of 2] (Item)
  • ARCHIVES PROCESSING NOTE You will find two versions of the document withdrawal sheets in this file. The original document withdrawal sheets were completed in the 1970s and early 1980s. Since that time, many of the documents have been declassified
Folder, "Walt Rostow, Vol. 70: Apr. 1‑5, 1968 [1 of 2]," Memos to the President, NSF, Box 32 (Item)
  • ; but we shall consult closely and regularly. a psyw~r If n:egotiations--start, the GVN ,--wi.th-~-help,~~- ~h:
Folder, "Walt Rostow, Vol. 46, October 16-20, 1967 [1 of 2]," Memos to the President, NSF, Box 24 (Item)
  • they will be, and w1t?out rcgul3:u?n· S1R-Sevcral times I have That the unions should consider bargammg western press dealing ~ith A: their relative independence away in return the claim that the Soviet Uni for state-sponsored recognition is a_ sign of its economic help
Folder, "Walt Rostow, Vol. 22, March 1 - 9, 1967 [2 of 2]," Memos to the President, NSF, Box 14 [1 of 2] (Item)
  • BY THE INCONSISTENCY.· OF ·' SEEKING ENTRY INTO TiiE -· cot1MON MARKET' At ·:·THE'. SANE TIME THEY WERE THREATENING !O ~ITHDRAW TROOPS FROt1 THE: 'CONTINENT• THE · uK WOULD THEREFORE .. LIKE IO ARRIVE AT A SITUATION WHER~ THE GAP WOULD &E COVERED ..so THEY WOULD Nor
Folder, "McGeorge Bundy, Vol. 16, October 15 - November 19, 1965 [1 of 2]," Memos to the President, NSF, Box 5 (Item)
  • because of the press of work that is piling up in the Budget session, State of the Union Message, and your legislative program. 4. At the same time, I think it may well be in our interests to have Wilson here in December, both to make sure their defense
Folder, "Walt Rostow, Vol. 92: Aug. 22‑31, 1968 [2 of 2]," Memos to the President, NSF, Box 39 (Item)
  • there la capabWtle• lncrea■• aad tho•• of our alllea; oa the baala of tM Jad1ment of lleld commander•, that tbe enemy'• of all the evidence the ba•l• boasbllla halt at tide time woald aub•tutlally capabWtl••• elldanpr carry the burden" SUBSTITUTE
Folder, "McGeorge Bundy, Vol. 4, May 1-27, 1964 [1 of 3]," Memos to the President, NSF, Box 1 (Item)
  • ARCHIVES PROCESSING NOTE You will find two versions of the document withdrawal sheets in this file. The original document withdrawal sheets were completed in the 1970s and early 1980s. Since that time, many of the documents have been declassified
Folder, "Walt Rostow, Vol. 28, May 16-24, 1967 [2 of 2]," Memos to the President, NSF, Box 16 (Item)
  • interest in associating the White House with the signature of this agreement. In view of the fact that this ma.y be the first of a number of similar agreements to be signed. with other countries, and the current dem.ands on your time, I recommend
Folder, "McGeorge Bundy, Vol. 1, Nov. 1963 - Feb. 1964 [1 of 2]," Memos to the President, NSF, Box 1 (Item)
  • ARCHIVES PROCESSING NOTE You will fmd two versions of the document withdrawal sheets in this file. The original document withdrawal sheets were completed in the 1970s and early 1980s. Since that time, many of the documents have been declassified
Folder, "Walt Rostow, Vol. 101: Oct. 23‑28, 1968 [2 of 2]," Memos to the President, NSF, Box 41 (Item)
  • about -·--·--the·-PaTiHnegotiations and ·connnunications between the U.S. and the Soviet Union. • Tcherniakov, his DMC, knows half the story. No oni~rn the Embassy has th-e knowledge to speak with any authority 011 what is happening about Vietnam. When I
Folder, "Walt Rostow, Vol. 18, January 1 - 14, 1967 [1 of 3]," Memos to the President, NSF, Box 12 [1 of 2] (Item)
  • that 1 am deeply concerned that this aid be forthcoming in sufficient and timely fashion. However, as I said in my recent State of the Union message, I am convinced that this problem is a responsibility of the international community, and will have
Folder, "Walt Rostow, Vol. 12, September 1-14, 1966 [2 of 2]," Memos to the President, NSF, Box 10 (Item)
  • the Russians before taking it up with the Germans. Before making up your mind, you will wish to hear his argument in detail, as well as get the views of Rusk and McNamara. . The heart of the problem is timing. In terms of Alliance politics, it would be best
Folder, "Walt Rostow, Vol. 33, July 1-10, 1967 [2 of 2]," Memos to the President, NSF, Box 18 (Item)
  • AGGRESSION BY COMMUNISM IN THE ORIENT. IT IS THEREFORE EXTREMELY DIFFICULT TO FIND A FORMULA. TWO BIG QUESTIONS ARISE: FIRST OF ALL, DOES CHINA WANT THE WAR TO END? PERSONkLLY, I DON'T THINK SO. NEXT, DOES THE SOVIET UNION, WHICH IS FURNISHING MOST OF THE AID
Folder, "Walt Rostow, Vol. 78: May 20‑24, 1968 [2 of 2]," Memos to the President, NSF, Box 34 (Item)
  • liley woal4 U •• re ■-ned e,-raU ... a1alut Hwl-Halph•a6 ...a Wllat Cluk'• aaaly•l• 4•• net aay, la my J•azneat, la wt.al poUcy ,.. allftl• follow 1f tiler• l• DO t.reak la the Puu talk• aad lf &bey coatlat• "re .. tile telepa•• IMaok" to u eacb time
Folder, "Walt Rostow, Vol. 20, February 1- 11, 1967 [1 of 2]," Memos to the President, NSF, Box 13 (Item)
  • bolleve· they lmve abandoned thlt ldua of general electioais. at leaat at this time. SEC!tET- -- EYES ONLY Saturday, February 11, 1967 4:20 p. m. Mr. President: Here are Nick's views on General Taylor's memorandum to you. W. W. Rostow ...SEGRE'f
Folder, "McGeorge Bundy, Vol. 2, March 1-31, 1964 [3 of 3]," Memos to the President, NSF, Box 1 (Item)
  • , or Germany, or relations with the Soviet Union, is very much easier than it is to say anything really sensible about a process as flexible, variable, and multiple as the process by which the foreign policy decisions are made and carried out. I think one
Folder, "Walt Rostow, Vol. 13, September 15-30, 1966 [2 of 2]," Memos to the President, NSF, Box 10 (Item)
  • FOR THE PRESIDENT SUBJECT: News Media Contacts -- Tom Lambert. Los Angeles Times, telephoned about your State Department appointments. I backgrounded him on each man. Hugh Sidey, TIME magazine, telephoned to ask if there was anything in reports that TIME had
Folder, "McGeorge Bundy, Vol. 15, September 23 - October 14, 1965 [2 of 2]," Memos to the President, NSF, Box 5 (Item)
  • are allowing the almost wholly goverr...rnent-controlled media to feed the growing anti-US and pro-Chicom sen.thnent in Pakistan. Oux Embassy and USIA report' US prestige is at an all-time low. The risk here is that Ayub may paint himself into a corner
Folder, "Walt Rostow, Vol. 96: Sept. 26‑30, 1968," Memos to the President, NSF, Box 40 (Item)
  • . m. Mr. Pre•lcleat: Sec. R•■k ■aw !:baa till ■ aftenu,oa. Eban levelln, for tile flrat time, with reapect to tlae laraell-Joz.laalaa prwate eacllaas••• Sec. Ra.It aaW tbat lie felt lt to IHt aa "lloaeat •-~•••· " On the •••twe, •• talke4 &boat
Folder, "Walt Rostow, Vol. 25, April 1-15, 1967 [2 of 2]," Memos to the President, NSF, Box 15 (Item)
  • to better terms with the S0"1-et Union. But there is a feeling that somehow we were going ahead on ou~ own without them. I think an extra investment in time and effort toward the Germans is well worthwhile. If it is made, I am sure that this nation a.n.d her
Folder, "Walt Rostow, Vol. 17, December 14 - 31, 1966 [1 of 2]," Memos to the President, NSF, Box 12 [1 of 2] (Item)
  • be m S.,tomber 1967 and. e,c:,~11:>l•HI ·w ltb the Clmminl ~ fer c.eremoay-. TJ10 time framework y«. nie.ntl.,_4 1• the .Amistacl Dam C0-1'J.V41!B&ti~ . ,. March er Ap.-11196'1 ~- :ould ·a ot be c:ea,re-al•llt I.or the added reason that tb:e Summit
Folder, "Walt Rostow, Vol. 69: Mar. 25‑31, 1968 [1 of 2]," Memos to the President, NSF, Box 31 (Item)
  • ·:.._·:~--~· :/ . .-· ~.... , · · ~.-,< -:·,:· .,:...\;':-,.-,,_, :•,.·~.~- ·:. _·_ . .. _.i:- -·•. ·.!_ · · ..: · . · . • ,:_·.- · -· ) ''.\, .?,/\ •,./ •·. :·__ . ~-. .:H -~,,_-i ~. ~-\·: : :- ._._ · -.'.- ~-\··~;: . • THE '· ACTION WHICH WE HAVE .i IN MIND :WOl.'1.D FOLLOV 'A TIME . TABLE ,· __,· ,i STARTING At .7AM B.s.T
Folder, "Walt Rostow, Vol. 63: Feb. 17‑21, 1968 [2 of 2]," Memos to the President, NSF, Box 29 (Item)
  • year? d What enemy units have been identified in the attacks on the cities? What uncommitted units are available for a second cycle? e What grounds are there for the allegation of an "intelligence failure" at the time of the first wave of attacks
Folder, "McGeorge Bundy, Vol. 17, November 20 - December 31, 1965 [1 of 2]," Memos to the President, NSF, Box 5 (Item)
  • attache General Walters (who are very close to Castelo Branco) are following up on this and although it is clear that Castelo faces a bigger and harder political problem than Harriman and I thought possible, Gordon and Walters think that in time a Branco
Folder, "McGeorge Bundy, Vol. 13, August, 1965 [2 of 2]," Memos to the President, NSF, Box 4 (Item)
  • this week and to be here over the weekend of 28-30 August. I can decide about Labor Day when the time comes. 4. Unless you object, therefore, I will plan to get out of here tomorrow morning and then be here through the last weekend of August. This involves
Folder, "Walt Rostow, Vol. 113: Jan. 1‑15, 1969 [2 of 3]," Memos to the President, NSF, Box 44 (Item)
  • ' approval of the negotlatlona eo that no time-la& can intervene in the rhythm of our support lor l'rel •• proaram. ... Chile baa made outstanding achievements ln the social and political flelda under the Alliance for Progreea •· and Frei le currently
Folder, "Walt Rostow, Vol. 42, September 15-20, 1967 [2 of 3]," Memos to the President, NSF, Box 22 [2 of 2] (Item)
  • for the increased North Korean activity was a hope by the Communists that they could at some time in the proximate future get the U. N. General Assembly to repudiate the United Nations Com~and in Korea. Since the matter was of such great importance and so complex
Folder, "Walt Rostow, Vol. 84: June 26‑28, 1968 [1 of 2]," Memos to the President, NSF, Box 36 (Item)
  • and authorization we gi•e final If all Governments agree, we expect to deliver the note next week. If we wish, we could paah off delivery time for a day or two, although the Germane and our allie ■ would probably not wiah an extenai-.e delay. legal stateThere
Folder, "Walt Rostow, Vol. 32, June 21-30, 1967 [2 of 2]," Memos to the President, NSF, Box 18 (Item)
  • . McNamara, Deputy Sect. Vance and Under Sect. Katzenbach. Cy proposes to releaa~. it at 4 p. m. on Wednesday. They have considered whether to make it available to the Israelis beforehand. The Israelis have asked for 2.4 hours lead time. Cy is inclined
Folder, "Walt Rostow, Vol. 87: July 5‑12, 1968," Memos to the President, NSF, Box 37 (Item)
  • -we can. conceive. 1. I begin with the fact that both Tommy Thompson and Chip Bohlen feel a certain regret that we did not pick up Kosygin 1 s message, institute a total bombing halt, and then lean very heavily on the Soviet Union to produce :resulta
Folder, "Walt Rostow, Vol. 94: Sept. 12‑18, 1968 [1 of 2]," Memos to the President, NSF, Box 39 (Item)
  • . Secretary, there have been reports that you helped President Johnson write his 1966 State of the Union address. Do you have any sir? comments on that report, Secretary Clifford: Only a general observation, that I was called on from time to time during
Folder, "Walt Rostow, Vol. 40, September 1-10, 1967 [3 of 4]," Memos to the President, NSF, Box 22 [1 of 2] (Item)
  • permitted to dlvert f~om prepared schedule to one of their own and their right to (lo t)lis was plainly stated several times. Some, took .advantage ~ of this right. particularly Guy diverted to " Trang . people he left a fixed schedule and was favorably
Folder, "Walt Rostow, Vol. 90: Aug. 1‑10, 1968 [1 of 2]," Memos to the President, NSF, Box 38 (Item)
  • the Worlds troubled times he has vanished At the height of his zenith hath fled, Snatched from our midst by the unconquered .foe. The t-~n and the statesman lies dead But the work he did and the truth he meant The Counsel he gave and the pains he spent
Folder, "Walt Rostow, Vol. 52: Nov. 26‑30, 1967 [2 of 2]," Memos to the President, NSF, Box 26 (Item)
  • Noftlllber 25 with the attached cule wh1cb opus 11p the poealbWty of a moat latereatlq ud apacloa.• •1a1..­ wlth the Stwlet Ualoa lf tbey are latereat.41. J. would ID bl• re ■poue of NoYemHr 27, Tanmy •"ll• ■t• tllat be the matter the next time Ile baa aa
Folder, "Walt Rostow, Vol. 30, June 1-12, 1967 [1 of 2]," Memos to the President, NSF, Box 17 (Item)
  • WITH. THE NEAR EAST WAR; B > THE. -I_NµECISION OF THE SOV~ETf}J . f UNION WHICH HAD REPERCUSSIONS ON ITS COMMUNIST FRIENDS, C) THE , ._ ; EXCESSES AND MALADROITNESS OF HANOI PROGAPANDA, WHICH .WAS KNOWN t~j ) TO THE WORLD PRESS AS . HAVING SACRIFICED OBJECTI"VITY
Folder, "McGeorge Bundy, Vol. 11, June, 1965 [1 of 2]," Memos to the President, NSF, Box 3 (Item)
  • of our meeting with you last week. Jack Valenti has given us time at 11 :30 on Friday for a meeting with you, and your night reading for tomorrow will have the papers for Friday's discussion. Mean­ while 1 I have one further thought that you may wish
Folder, "Walt Rostow, Vol. 9, July 16-31 1966 [2 of 3]," Memos to the President, NSF, Box 9 (Item)
  • for you. to see him tom.orrow becaaae I 1-Ye a aote oa my dealt saying that AP and .F hu:ley of the New York Time• will be rWlftlng atorlea that we have made a declaloa to reaume the •ale of letl:aal arma to PaJdata.n. The handllna of tills flueatlan
Folder, "McGeorge Bundy, Vol. 21, March, 1966 [3 of 3]," Memos to the President, NSF, Box 6 [2 of 2] (Item)
  • military aid to credit sales, he 1s been increasingly touchy -- especially when we tell him. his economic problems are more serious than the military threats he im.agines (largely from Nasser). At the same time, to the extent the Shah buys hardware we want