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Folder, "[NSC Meeting on] U. S. Relations with Japan, 8/30/1967, Volume 4, Tab 56," National Security Council Meetings Files, NSF, Box 2 (Item)

accounts; . (3) the need for Japan to do more in economic aid to Asia . ~'··-.'l :"' ' ·· r He noted that the upcoming visits of Foreign Minister Miki (Sept) and Prime Minister Sato (November) made consideration of these questions immediately

Folder, "[August 14, 1967 - 6:50 p.m. Meeting Prior to Arrival of Chancellor Kiesinger]," Meeting Notes Files, Box 1 (Item)

- - that in the political and economic sphere, we are in good shape with the Germans; that we are doing a respectable job in foreign aid. 2. They have gotten away from Adenauer's rigid attitude towards the East. 3. In the broadest sense, the U. S. and Germany have a lot

Folder, "[June 11, 1968 - Leadership Breakfast]," Meeting Notes Files, Box 3 (Item)

of the Secret Service Advisory Commission. The President went over the lists of legislation on which action is needed and emphasized particularly Foreign Aid and Housing. I provided the Leadership with copies of these lists. The meeting broke up about

Folder, "[November 19, 1968 - Meeting with Advisors]," Meeting Notes Files, Box 3 (Item)

Wilson said if the Franc is devalued 15%, the pound would be under great pressure. The meeting of ten in Bonn on British urging. But after it was called, Jenkins said (after the new German tax was announced) it should be called off. Fowler felt we had

Folder, "June 14, 1967 Notes of the regular Cabinet Meeting," Papers of Tom Johnson, Box 1 (Item)

the Cabinet on·· .A!D policies ~n th.;) a.r.ca. He pointed out there ware no new authorizations for ai·:::.-3~ .. shl?=.enta since the fighting broke out •. He also said that no new ec onc.:nic aid agreements had been made. He said the D.e p~ :-tr.aent

Folder, "July 13, 1967 - 12:08 p.m. [NSC Meeting - #572]," Papers of Tom Johnson, Box 1 (Item)

in Nigeria appears to be wise. Despite large U.S. aid progra.m s under way, a neutrality position makes sense. There is still hope in Nigeria short of a complete govern mental break-up. There may be a looser confederation. AID programs have not been failures

Folder, "November 7, 1967 - 6:03 p.m. Democratic Cong. Leadership," Papers of Tom Johnson, Box 1 (Item)

Education 9. Office of Economic Opportunity Funds 10. Foreign Aid THE PRESIDENT: On poverty, we want all we can get. CONGRESSMAN ALBERT: The committee is going down the line on it. Mrs. Green made a good speech on it today. (The President then continued

Folder, "July 2, 1968 1:20-2:35 p.m. Tuesday Luncheon," Papers of Tom Johnson, Box 3 (Item)

• - cuta out the fat. Hwt•. W. lheM•• Joliinson 2 -· cuta out SO, 000. Walt Roatow: We won't get NPT signing if this happen•. Secretary Clifford: That'• right. There i• a thaw in the Soviets now. may be able to get a reduction on both aides. We The Pr

Folder, "[NSC Meeting on] Global Briefing / Cyprus, 9/1/1964, Volume 3, Tab 24," National Security Council Meetings Files, NSF, Box 1 (Item)

Sovi et and E gyptian aid . He no\v appears trying to get Enosis with demilitarization of t h e is land. 5. b. the Con go, the re are s ome signs of improvement but milit arily, the situation i s still critical. o. Tanganyika and anzibar

Folder, "[NSC Meeting on] Situation in South Vietnam, 4/2/1965, Volume 3, Tab 33," National Security Council Meetings Files, NSF, Box 1 (Item)

. McGeor ge Bundy referred to the pending Presidential speech and discussed the proposed plan for a Southeast Asia D evelopment Association. Mr. Gaud (AID) and Mr . Rusk both indicated their -- ~,,,,..¥ _, :,"... '1

Folder, "[NSC Meeting on] Current NATO Issues, 6/19/1968, Volume 5, Tab 70," National Security Council Meetings Files, NSF, Box 2 (Item)

on this is sue should go no !unhe r than the lVlay 10 Defense Ministers' statement. Greece - We should r esume military aid to Greece . The importance of our military position there has increased as a r esult of the Soviet iHese:1ce i:i the Mediterranean

Folder, "[November 24, 1963 - 3:00 p.m. Meeting with Ambassador Lodge and Advisors on Vietnam - McCone Memo]," Meeting Notes Files, Box 1 (Item)

the economic situation and that he f e lt we rnuat give generously of economic a id and must not ask the South Vietnamese government to do the impossible at this particular time. c;~:1VICE SE't - z. I J - ., . .. ~ I The Preddent then •aid that he

Folder, "[NSC Meeting on] Report by Sec. Rusk on the NATO meeting at the Hague; Report by Sec. McNamara on his trip to Vietnam, 5/15/1964, Volume 2, Tab 4," National Security Council Meetings Files, NSF, Box 1 (Item)

and implemented. 4'0P SECftE'f "• ! .... - 'fOP SEGRE~ - 3 3. Provide financial support to ensure the stability of the South Vietnamese economy. More foreign aid in 1965 will be needed, as well as additional military equipment. 4. Train Vietnamese

Folder, "July 25, 1967 - 6:10 p.m. Senate Committee Chairmen," Papers of Tom Johnson, Box 1 (Item)

comments on Foreign Assistance, how does the President feel about foreign aid? CONFIDENTIAL [2 of 5] SERVICE SET Hotd i ~r. w• . jQiii CONFIDENTIAL - 3 - The President said we have $3. 2 billion in the Foreign Assistance Act. He said he thought
Foreign aid

Folder, "Meetings With the President -- 6 January 1964 - 1 April 1964," McCone Memoranda, Box 1 (Item)

. William Bundy STATE S•:crcta ry or State Under Secretary Harriman Assistant Secretary Hilsman AEC M.r. Seaborg AID Mc. Dnvid Bell Mr. R. Poats l. 111e meeting op::ncd with a briefing by Mr. McCone on the sitwition in Southeast Asia and Indonesia

Folder, "Oct. 31 [1968] Mtg in Cabinet Room (NSC 6:40-6:48 p)," Meeting Notes Files, Box 3 (Item)

. If they are there, fi--:e. 1-.1e ..,·iill go on anyt7ay. I' ·re got.ten the judgment of ~y advisers on th~.s . (At this point, the ?resi: ~ ent read statem::::r.ts from }:is adviser ~ : ?.usk s aid. to ~Jroceed on t !1is uasis. I look to him r,o guide r.:e j_" f

Folder, "November 8, 1967 - 10:03 a.m. National Security Council," Papers of Tom Johnson, Box 1 (Item)

of the allies is better. The quality of the armed army is improved. Congressman Mahon asked if the one billion dollars in foreign aid which had been poured into Indonesia was responsible for their success. The Vice President said he did not believe it served

Folder, "[December 23, 1967 - 8:50 p.m. Meeting with Pope Paul]," Meeting Notes Files, Box 2 (Item)

President's Meeting with Pope Paul (Dec. 2J, 196$) (from J. Valenti's notes) - Bresident gave the Pope an aide memoire. It noted t he Pope's appeal for a bombing halt. "My country has tried this path before. I would not exclude the possibility that it may

Folder, "[NSC Meeting on] Problems ahead in Europe, 5/3/1967, Volume 4, Tab 51," National Security Council Meetings Files, NSF, Box 2 (Item)

he cost of NATO defense . Secret ary Rus k : The recipients of our aid must be more active. The point of diminishing returns has set in on our begging for o thers in Europe . Secretary Fowler: The action of Europeans in the International Development

Folder, "Meetings With the President -- 4 January 1964 - 28 April 1965," McCone Memoranda, Box 1 (Item)

: Secretary Dillon AID: Mr. Bell, Mr. Poats USIA: Mr. Rowen CIA: Mr. McCone, Mr. Colby ~ I 'l 1 i 1. The President asked whether Mr. McCone had an intelligence summary. Mr. McCone said there was nothing particularly new beyond the fact that General

Folder, "Meetings With the President -- 3 April 1964 - 20 May 1964," McCone Memoranda, Box 1 (Item)

:resented the Eisenhower criticism of the wh«9at deal although he $aid that he had no responsibility for that transaction as it waa an accomplished £act prior to his taking office. He defended the nuclear material cut..;b.ack · stating, as he had before

Folder, "[NSC Meeting on] Gulf of Tonkin Attack, 8/4/1964, Volume 3, Tab 20," National Security Council Meetings Files, NSF, Box 1 (Item)

. Douglas Dillon, Secretary USIA Carl T . Rowan , Director WHITE HOUSE George Reedy McGeorge Bundy Walter Jenkins Bill Moyers Jack Valenti Bromley Smith Do~glas SEilVICE SET Cater

Folder, "[NSC Meeting on] Cyprus, 8/19/1964, Volume 3, Tab 22," National Security Council Meetings Files, NSF, Box 1 (Item)

Affairs TREASURY C. Douglas D illon, Secretary USIA Donald M. Wilson, Deputy Director WHITE HOUSE Ge or ge Reedy McGeorge Bundy Walter Jenkins Jack Valenti Dou ~l as Ca ter SERVICE SET

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

. The President: We are having meetings at Panmonjum, but they are getting nowhere. They have asked for another meeting. We need to give whatever aid is necessary to the South Koreans. They are among our best allies. The North Koreans said at Parunonjum that we

Folder, "December 21, 1966 - Ranch; Meeting with Governors at the LBJ Ranch," Papers of Tom Johnson, Box 1 (Item)

for many oi am alao cancerneci about the yo'1Cb ol thia co.muy. They coa.ld be the •ingle moat ~nant a:roap in the 1961 elecUona. ~ I do not belieYe &hay are on oar aide. OOVERMOR HEABNES: In 1966. JO'I wOllld h&Ye loat Mi•aQUlt by SOO ~ 000 Yo&e

Folder, "[October 24, 1967 - Meeting with Abba Eban and Others]," Meeting Notes Files, Box 2 (Item)

" and it is contagious. I do not treat lightly the fact that the AID bill will be cut from $3. 2 billion to $2. 2 billion. The voices of the Mid-West and the rural farmers are manifested in the Congress with incr e asing effectivene ss. --- The President is more
Foreign aid

Folder, "February 2, 1967 President's Meeting with Lester Maddox," Papers of Tom Johnson, Box 1 (Item)

Federal aid for highways

Folder, "July 14, 1967 - 12:30 p.m. Special National Security Council Panel on the Mideast," Papers of Tom Johnson, Box 1 (Item)

aid agreements would be delayed until after Secretary Rusk talks with the Congress. 3. Position on the U. N. General Assembly vote on Jerusalem. On the matter of the General Assembly vote on Jerusalem, Secretary Katzenbach said that the State

Folder, "July 31, 1967 - 5:46 p.m. Democratic Congressional Leadership," Papers of Tom Johnson, Box 1 (Item)

week. Senator Mansfield said that the measure would be taken up before the foreign aid issue. V. Civil Rights Committee Extension Senator Mansfield said he wants to get the extension out without changes. The President agreed to a suggestion

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

before I sent the budget to the Congress. I have about "imaged out." If Mills has an answer then let's see it. I understand that you are even considering a 30% cut in foreign aid. Congressman Albert: I do know that it looks as though poverty will be cut

Folder, "[NSC Meeting on] Laos, 6/6/1964, Volume 2, Tab 6," National Security Council Meetings Files, NSF, Box 1 (Item)

~ -"' ......... ~ SECRET NSC Control No. 16? ATTENDANCE LIST FOR THE 533rd NSC MEETING JUNE 6, 1964, AT 10:45 A . M. in the CABINET ROOM OF THE WHITE HOUSE The President of the United States, Presidin,g Speaker of the House oi Representatives AID David E. Bell

Folder, "[NSC Meeting on] Vietnam, 5/10/1966, Volume 3, Tab 39," National Security Council Meetings Files, NSF, Box 2 (Item)

General Lansdale, P olitical Officer, Saigon Secretary of Defenae Mc Namara A asiata.nt Secretary Mc Naughton Deputy Secretary Vance Treasury Secretary F owler AID Administrator Gaud CIA Director Raborn D eputy Director Helms JCS Chairman

Folder, "[NSC Meeting on] The Problem of Indian Nuclear Weapons, 6/9/1966, Volume 3, Tab 40," National Security Council Meetings Files, NSF, Box 2 (Item)

of D ef e nse R obe rt M c N amara A ss i stant S ecr e tary of D efens e John M c Naughton T reasury S ecre tary H enry F owl e r ACDA Director W illiam C . F oste r AEC Commissioner J o hn P alfrey AID A dministrator David E. B ell CIA Dir e ctor

Folder, "[NSC Meeting on] Southwest Africa, 7/14/1966, Volume 3, Tab 43," National Security Council Meetings Files, NSF, Box 2 (Item)

A ssistant Secretary Joseph Pa lmer CIA Director Helms JCS Acting Chairman Admiral M cDonald S ecretary of the Treasury Fowler USIA Director Ma rks OEP Director B ryant Deputy Director of AID Gaud vVa lt Rostow Bill 1'1oyers Robert Kintner George

Folder, "[September 15, 1967 - Meeting with AFL-CIO Executive Council]," Meeting Notes Files, Box 2 (Item)

and opportunities. He mentioned the insurance companies' pledge o1 $1 billion to aid the construction of homes for poor families as an example of the needed involvement of the private sector. The President hoped that "the labor movement will want to outdo

Folder, "[October 31, 1967 - 5:35 p.m. Meeting with Congressional Democratic Leaders]," Meeting Notes Files, Box 2 (Item)

said the Civil Rights Bill is very difficult because of the filibuster and this will probably hold over unti-1. January. Carl Albert said the Foreign Aid Appropriations will be reported Tuesday. The Product Safety Commission is awaiting a rule. Albert

Folder, "[May 7, 1968 - 8:30 a.m. Meeting with Congressional Leaders]," Meeting Notes Files, Box 3 (Item)

Congress . to enact new lccris lat ion pos-C~ooning the -orovisio ns of existinq law. . The additional $400 million might be 9btained by a very drastic defer=al of the trust fti.nd-financed Fe:J.era'l Aid Highway Program. Since less than 20% of · t

Folder, "[June 26, 1968 Meeting with Equity Managers)," Meeting Notes Files, Box 3 (Item)

for his district. He also told a story about a Negro former aide who refused to drive the Johnson dog back to Texas from Washington, saying" "It's hard enough for a nigger to find a place to sleep; it's impossible when he has a dog." He was asked what he

Folder, "[NSC Meeting on] Inter/American Objectives 1 Problems, 3/6/1968, Volume 5, Tab 65," National Security Council Meetings Files, NSF, Box 2 (Item)

by CACM. We should shift the emphasis of our assis tance away from bilate ral aid and toward ad j ustment assistance tied to the strengthening of CACM in stitutions . (2) As the Mexican Foreign Minister has suggested , we should place more emphasis

Folder, "[July 19, 1966 Meeting with Members of Senate and House Appropriations Committee]," Papers of Tom Johnson, Box 1 (Item)

need for defense prior to March, and I am sure there will be a request for a supplemental. On Labor and HEW bills I wanted to hold the ·line. The leadership and committees just must stand fast. Now we can all vote against foreign aid with impunity. I