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73 results
- both McCarthy and
Bobby Kennedy on the ballot. I have asked Bailey and Criswe ll
at DNC to talk to the State Chairman and National Committeeman
and our friends and get their recommendations on these Primaries.
I do not want to say I am or I am
- Kennedy, Robert F. (Robert Francis), 1925-1968
- know in either party that I thought in 1964 was best equipped
to be President. 11 He said his recommendation of Humphrey had
cost him dearly from Robert Kennedy and Eugene McCarthy, both
of w horn wanted the nomination.
Other comments
- Kennedy, Robert F. (Robert Francis), 1925-1968
- on his trip to
Vietnam
5.
5/28/64
Mtg. unnum
bered
Meeting with C abinet, Demo c ratic
National Committee , et al , to
commemor ate President Kennedy's
birthday
6.
6/6/64
Mtg . No . 533
Laos
7.
6/16/64
Mtg . No . 534
FY 1965 Underground
- Robert McNamara
Unde r Secretary of Defense Cyrus R. Vance
Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy
Secretary of the Interior Stewart Udall
Secretary of Labor Willard Wirtz
Atomic Energy Commissioner Glenn Seaborg
NASA Administrator James Webb
Agency
- Kennedy, John F. (John Fitzgerald), 1917-1963
- Folder, "[NSC Meeting] Meeting with Cabinet, DNC, et al to commemorate Pres. Kennedy's birthday, 5/28/1964, Volume 2, Tab 5," National Security Council Meetings Files, NSF, Box 1
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MEETING OF THE PRESIDENT WITH
HUGH SIDEY OF TIME MAGAZINE
FEBRUARY 8, 1967
This was a general discussion on American involvement in Vietnam.
The President said that President Eisenhower, Kennedy and Johnson
had done everything possible
- had seen Leon Keyserling on television, and
it was the the meanest thing he had ever seen directed against Bobby
Kennedy.
The President said he feels there has been a dramatic shift in public
opinion on the war, that a lot of people are really
- 'to a meating in London on October 7.
Thf! President 2....'"ld the Prime J',1inister discussed briefly the great
tragedy suffered by the Kennedy family in the U.S.
The President said
that amidst this tragedy the American people must be mindful cf foe
strong
- recalled the situation when FDR
closed the banks, and when President Kennedy faced the Bay of Pigs
and the Vienna Conference. "We don't spend enough time remembering
back, and not enough time looking ahead." He said he recalled that in
1948 only two members
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.... ~-1. I DISCUSSED THE KENNEDY S?EECH THIS MORNING WITH SENIOR
- Kennedy, Edward M. (Edward Moore), 1932-2009
- Smith
Rep. W. R. Hull
Rep. Bob Casey
Senator Ralph Yarborough
Senator Jennings Randolph
Senator Harrison Williams
Senator Claiborne Pell
Senator Edward Kennedy
Senator Alan Bible
Senator Lister Hill
Senator John Stennis
.mno;
MEMORANDUM
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for action a• contraated with the "Kennedy tone". Johnson definitely
feel• that we place too much emphaeie on aocial re!orrna; he ha• very
little tolerance with our 1pending ao much time being "do-gooders":
and he baa no tolerance whatsoever with bickering
- spent $9. 5 billion on poverty in his last year, Kennedy
$12. 5 billion, and Johnson $28 billion. Manpower training cost from 3 to 4 to
12 billion in the same period. )
The President: It is not right to say that we are not moving fast enough
because
- . I will be happy just to keep doing what is right and lose
the election.
There has been a panic in the last three weeks. It was caused by Ted Kennedy's
report on corruption and the ARVN and the GVN being no good. And now a
release that Westmoreland
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General Maxwell D. Taylor , Chairman
FAA
Najeeb Halaby, Administrator
JUSTI CE DEPARTMENT
Robert F. Kennedy, Attorney General
OEP
Edward A. McDermott, Director
STATE
Dean Rusk, Secretary
TREASURY
C. Dougl as D illon, Secretary
USIA
Carl Rowan, Director
- IN THE CABINET ROOM
OF THE WHITE HOUSE
The President of the United States, Presiding
A TTORNEY GENERAL
Robe rt F. Kennedy
CIA
John A . McCone , Director
DEFENSE
Robert S. McNamara, Secretary
Cyrus Vance, Deputy Secretary
OEP
Edward A. McDermott, Director
STATE
- . It is unfortunate we are there, but throughout
history we have had to face this situation where aggressors try
to capture their enemies. Eisenhower told Kennedy this would
be his biggest problem. Kennedy attempted to solve the South
east Asian situation
- unattractive they are.
Senator Edward Kennedy says the Vietnamese goverrunent steals about
50% of each dollar. He is about to release a report outlining corruption
in Vietnam.
To what do you attribute the confession by Captain Bucher, General
Wheeler?
General
- not be anticipated. lb traced development of the democratic
process in Vietnam, said when Geno Ky took second-place on the Thieu
1
- views, on a sub
stantial expenditure reduction. What will it mean politically
that is, will it drive our normal liberal supporters away from
the Administration and toward Kennedy and McCarthy?
In this connection you may wish to mention whether
- - Discussion on Vietnam, Robert Kennedy, Eisenhower,
Alliance for Progress, role of ror.
42.
9 December 1963 - Briefing.
General revi·ew.
Press, McNamara, Vietnam.
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43. 13 December 1963 - Introduced DDCI, Peer
de Silva., reviewed checklist.
Discussed
- , Administrator
William S. Gaud, Deputy Administrato r
ATTORNEY GENERAL
Robert F. Kennedy
CIA
John A. McCone , Director
William Colby
DEFEN SE
Robert S. McNamara, Secretary
Cyrus Vance, Deputy Secretary
John McNaughton, Assistant Secretary (ISA)
JCS
General Earle
- they told Kennedy where to go
with that proposal in 1962.
- NATIONAL ARCHIVES AND RECORDS SERVICE
WITHDRAWALSHEET (PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARIES)
FORMOF
DOCUMENT
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DATE
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State
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- plan. Stevenson problem
is not with the Soviets but with Castro.
Point 3
(3) Assurance against future exchanges paragraph l & 2 of Kennedy letter.
Nowhere in Khrushchev letter, Pres. says we should get agreement on
overflights - Lead man only Russian
- Kennedy, John F. (John Fitzgerald), 1917-1963
- Vietnam frc es.
The President: There are ..two or three dangers in this:
(1) We comply with the Senator Kennedy demand.
(2) We create doubt about the fact we are doubtful.
(3) We were charged with handpicking.
(4) It might harden public position
- proposition •
.Kennedy and McCarthy.aren't coming up with much.
"Let's try so:::lething like this."
Ma Bu.."'1.d.y:
That's OK.
RuskY
Whether or not this is a step toward peace is
up to Hanoi.
M. Bundy:
President is not about to escalate like you say
- hangover
Kennedy columnist is sniping about Johnson cutting off Great Society
programs.
The only man that helps me survive is Jim Webb. He is trying to reduce
funds in his agency. Orville Freeman is a soldier - -he's trying.
Meeting ended at 11 a. m
- was in office.
Let me give you a little bit about the President's
opening remarks at the National Security Council meeting.
The President. welcomed The Speaker and recalled to the
members of the National Security Council that President
Kennedy had given
- Prealdent Kennedy was kllled.
Permit me to say thle: Now
11 the tlme for you to live together and work together by the Golden Rule.
Don't ahoot from the hlp.
Don't dlvlde up the famlly firm.
1 kept the Kennedy cabinet.
None has been fired.
.-r;d.,.c
- time to question you on them. I thought
Senator Stennis handled himself very we1l yesterday. Did anyone talk with
him before he went on the air?
General Wheeler: General Brown talked with Senator Stennis.
The President: A senator (Senator Ted Kennedy
- Club in Detroit on Monday. Rusk said
he "is going to remind them that 1967 was a helluva year for international
agreements and he is going to point out the progress in the Kennedy Round, the
Latin solidarity, the Asian Development Bank beginning
- in discussing nothing except Taiwan. The President
said he had tried hard to bring about communication but he had failed. He
said that he was, of course, ultimately responsible for such a failure, just
as President Kennedy took the responsibility for failure
- some
military disaster - that'll be it. They'd rather negotiate with Kennedy,
McCarthy or Humphrey.
General Taylor: I 1 d go back to the 20th right now.
The President: Let 1 s set predicate - we can't pop it all at once.
Secretary Clifford: The bombing
-
Presidents. He has been better to me than to them. I gather from
all this that other Presidents go through it as well.
As for the polls, sure we would like to see them higher. But look
at Jack Kennedy -- his poll went up 10 points after the Bay of Pigs
- Dirksen, at
72, from Chicago, can stand up and be my defender the way he has
been.
SECRETARY RUSK: He has a little stronger chemical
than others.
in his system
THE PRESIDENT: Quoted parts of the James McGregor Burns book
on Kennedy's quotes about
- past meetings produced more than we expected.
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A discussion of trade hearings followed.
Secretary Rusk: There have been several assaults on. the Hill concerning
the Kennedy Round. We need to see all of these proposed changes
- prominent in the news.
The President asked if anybody had heard from Senator Ted Kennedy on the
refugee study. Walt Ro stow said he had not.
Secretary McNamara said he saw a preliminary report from the field. Based
on the questions asked, it appears
- it not been for this policy of gradualism.
SECRETARY RUSK: There may be a point to that. If back
under President Kennedy we had recommended and approved
putting in 100, 000 men it might have saved things.
THE PRESIDENT: What is the situation on the Pueblo
- Vietnamese statement in Paris.
It says again that the United States is the aggressor. "U Thant, DeGaulle,
Senator Kennedy and Fulbright say you should stop bombing." They want
world opinion to sway us. The sooner we show we will do what is right,
the better
- .
The President: Summarize it.
Secretary Rusk: Recommend you wait to hear from Bunker. I take the long
view. President Kennedy said we would make a battle there to save South
Vietnam. That set us on course. After the Tonkin Gulf, you put in troops
to keep South