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Folder, "January 31, 1968 - 8:40 a.m. Pueblo 13 - Breakfast with Congressional Leaders & Advisors," Papers of Tom Johnson, Box 2 (Item)

AND !THE EFFORTS OF ITS PEOPLE AND ITS GOVERNMENT TC DEFEND THEIR .FREEDOM WHILE REBUILDING THEIR· NATION. THE SENATOR QUITE ·.Ni;TURALLY SPENT MOST Or HIS LIMITED TIME IN VIETNAM LOOKING .. :INTO THE PROBLEMS WITH WHICH HE WAS MOST CONCERNED, CIVILIAN .WAR
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Folder, "October 18, 1967 - 7:30 p.m. Rusk, McNamara, Katzenbach, Rostow, Kissinger, Fortas, Taylor, Clifford," Papers of Tom Johnson, Box 1 (Item)

politically. with Ho. In 1946 Ho stayed at his home in Paris. He has close relations I have little confidence in M's judgment. I have greater confidence in A's judg ment. If it served his purpose A might color his report, however. My contact began last

Folder, "October 4, 1967 - 7:02 p.m. McNamara, Rusk, Rostow," Papers of Tom Johnson, Box 1 (Item)

McNamara and Walt Rostow said they had discussed his reso lution, pointing out the flaws in it • .SECRETARY McNAMARA: The strongest argument we have for our presence in South Vietnam is that the · other nations in that area want us there. THE PRESIDENT: I

Folder, "September 26, 1967 - 5:46 p.m. Educators from Cambridge, Mass. small colleges and Universities," Papers of Tom Johnson, Box 1 (Item)

or comments that you may have. SPOKESMAN: Our principal question is how can we open the way to a stable, acceptable solution of the Vietnam problem. The doors must be open for the national aspirations of North Vietnam. We are impressed by the need to keep

Folder, "October 23, 1967 - 1:05 p.m. Rusk, McNamara, Helms, Rostow, Christian, Wheeler," Papers of Tom Johnson, Box 1 (Item)

ourselves to some of the Arab countries as well as to Israel. In these circumstances I would again propose that the Soviet Government agree with us that arms supplies to the Near Eastern countries should be registered with the United Nations. I would be glad

Folder, "March 19, 1968 - 1:01 p.m. Tuesday lunch with Foreign Advisors," Papers of Tom Johnson, Box 2 (Item)

against us. Cyrus Vance should be in that group. We will not change any dove any time with anything. Abe Fortas: There are three problems: (1) The general public attitude (2) The merits of the situation (3} . What we can do to get people behind your

Folder, "February 9, 1968 - 10:15 p.m. Senior Foreign Policy Advisors meeting," Papers of Tom Johnson, Box 2 (Item)

the case that an open meeting with the committee now is not in the national interest. 2. Reply to Fulbright by letter now, saying simply that ' 1I have read Secretary Rusk's letter of last December, and agree with it." 3. Telephone Fulbright and tell him "I

Folder, "October 17, 1967 - 5:35 p.m. Congressional Leadership," Papers of Tom Johnson, Box 1 (Item)

national party. We need to make up our minds and agree what course of action all of us should take. Congressman Albert: Mahon is trying to get around Bow and run the government for the next thirty days. We need to show the advantages of his proposal over

Folder, "February 6, 1968 - 8:30 a.m. Democratic Congressional Leadership Breakfast," Papers of Tom Johnson, Box 2 (Item)

for these attacks. We unde!'-e stimated the morale and vitality of the Viet Cong. We over-estimated the support of the South Vietnamese government and its people. The President: I don't agree with any of that. We knew that they planned a general uprising
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Folder, "March 26, 1968 - 10:30 a.m. Meeting with Gen. Wheeler, JCS and Gen. Creighton Abrams," Papers of Tom Johnson, Box 2 (Item)

~N-tr,~~!J WITHDR.A WAL SHEET (PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARI ES) FOR ?'.; OF DOCUMENT Tom Johnson 1 s _ote.s . of Me.e tings ,~ Box ESTRICTION CODES A) Closed by Executive Order 12356'governlng access to national security information• . , B) CfOled

Folder, "February 6, 1968 - 10:30 a.m. Senior Foreign Policy Advisors," Papers of Tom Johnson, Box 2 (Item)

the American people rather than reassure them. The President: W 2 must lay out this situation in a clear logical explanation of what happened. I do accept your advice that it would be ill advised for the President to do this now. The President then asked Tom

Folder, "October 2, 1967 - 11:50 a.m. President's meeting with Colonel Olds and Col. Cross ," Papers of Tom Johnson, Box 1 (Item)

mean that.'' The President: "Colonel, I appreciate that. I hope the men are with us. The hippies and the draft card burners certainly aren't. "But I believe the basic soundness of America is still there. There are a lot of people who are saying that we

Folder, "February 18, 1968 - 8 a.m. President's breakfast with boys on the Aircraft Carrier Constellation," Papers of Tom Johnson, Box 2 (Item)

- - it is like slapping me and I would slap back. We don't want a wider war. They have a signed agreement that if they get into a war, the Russians and Chinese will come to their aid. They have two big brothers that have more weight and people than I have

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

undoubtedly some of this senti ment has been instigated by those who are sympathetic to Hanoi's position - or unsympathetic to the position of the United States -- there are nevertheless a substantial number of responsible people who have taken this view. I

Folder, "October 5, 1967 - 6:55 p.m. McNamara, Rusk, Rostow," Papers of Tom Johnson, Box 1 (Item)

our own people. SECRETARY McNAMARA: If you think you've got problems, you can imagine what sort of problems I will have with the military. All we can point to is the silence along the DMZ. THE PRESIDENT: What cb you think is responsible for the silence