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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, "[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

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

. The President: We have 18 authorizations, including some which aren't so controversial. They include AEC, NASA, Foreign Aid, and 3 Defense authorizations. We need to get our committees meeting on these authorizations now. People are mad because they don't know

Folder, "[October 2, 1967 Congressional Leadership Meeting]," Meeting Notes Files, Box 2 (Item)

AppropriationP (HR 10196) - ConfereeF will meet Monday. Foreign Aid (S 1872) - Conferees may meet this week, but this is uncertain at this time. APPROPRIATIONS October 2 i967 Action Completed Second Supplemental, FY 6 7 Vietnam Supplemental, FY 6 7 Interior

Folder, "July 24, 1967 - 6:07 p.m. Congressional leadership," Papers of Tom Johnson, Box 1 (Item)

of the problems. The President then read a statement for use by the Speaker and by the Majority Leader. Congressman Albert pointed out that the House is going to cut Foreign aid and the Poverty Program very severely, particularly in view of the fact

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

. NOTES OF PRESIDENT'S MEETING WITH COLONEL ROBIN OLDS. Colonel Olds saluted the President as he was introda.ced to the Commander in Chief by Colonel James U. Cross, Military Aide to the President. The President asked if Colonel Olds was ready for his new

Folder, "November 15, 1967 - 2:16 p.m. Bunker, Rusk, McNamara, Wheeler, Helms, Rostow, Christian," Papers of Tom Johnson, Box 1 (Item)

more at them than they can handle. We We may have too many AID people over there now trying to do too much. There are some priorities for them, including the reorganizing of the army, the refugee problem, and land reform . . . .__ _J.TJ.0.JJF~a~E~c~B

Folder, "January 23, 1968 - 8:30 a.m. Democratic Congressional Leadership," Papers of Tom Johnson, Box 2 (Item)

of the Union Jobs Civil Rights Arms Control and Disarmament Budget Consumers Education Economic Crime Foreign Aid Health Veterans The American City (Housing) The Ame ri can Indian Foreign Tra® Protecting Our National Heritage Sports Maritime The American Farmer

Folder, "June 25, 1968 - 1:20 p.m. Tuesday luncheon," Papers of Tom Johnson, Box 3 (Item)

. The President: Russell is against our involvement in the world. we cause trouble with our foreign aid. ME!TIH5 ~~OTIS COPYRIGHTED -Pt1blicotion Requires P-er"'iuion of Cop1cight Hotdar. W. Thomas Johnson The President

Folder, "September 9, 1968 - 5:45 p.m. President's meeting with House leadership," Papers of Tom Johnson, Box 4 (Item)

. -- ~·.-:. -.,,.•-.. -.~~·.....~-:. ,. :~t:J.i'!'""' ~7 •.f'5";;-,t •• . . ... ... ·~ •' r · ..... ... - j We will act on it by January. 1, ·~:::1-::;•M3 t-~OT::S COiYRIGHl'ED ;\;.:Cd: ee I: o!"I Reett1ire& r~-r.:"d~)Ot"I er Ce~)fi!ht : :aid-~ •. w. r:1cmas Johnson Walt Rostow

Folder, "Speech, October 29, 1968," Papers of Tom Johnson, Box 4 (Item)

on a bombing cessation. On August 19th I said: ''This Administration does not intend to move further until it has good reason to believe that the other aide intends seriously .. to join us in de-escalating the war and moving -2 seriou,ly · ~Qward peace

Folder, "[February 26, 1966 - 1:05 p.m. Meeting with Foreign Policy Advisors on Vietnam]," Meeting Notes Files, Box 1 (Item)

community feels if we are going to spend $10 billion - - let elections take place - - and then bug out, then we ought to get out now. President: It was shocking to RFK that after conferring with LBJ he was (unreadable) to be wrong. aid~s, Vice President

Folder, "[April 4, 1968 - 3:50 p.m. Meeting with U Thant]," Meeting Notes Files, Box 2 (Item)

, even with the best of motivations, the more hostile one gets towards the stay. Our government in Berma is anti-communist, but we try to deal with our problems by our own means. Mr. Eisenhower and Mr. Dulles g ave us g enerous aid by way of arm s

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, "[July-August 1967 Meetings with Correspondents]," Meeting Notes Files, Box 3 (Item)

to think Federal aid ought to go through Governors rather than to cities. The President said few governors had experience on police problems, but that was the House decision. The President said he'd asked for 50 bills concerning cities and had gotten 36

Folder, "[Briefing Papers for National Security Council Meeting, May 10, 1966]," Meeting Notes Files, Box 1 (Item)

of the Treasury The Director, USIA The Director, AID 'tOP SEGR;g'I-4 TTACHMENTS n· ., -~OP SECREY AGENDA FOR TALKS WITH Al.V1BASSADOR LODGE Military (Secretary McNamara, except item 3 b) 1. Bo:nbing Policy in the N orth (:To be discussed separately) 2

Folder, "August 4, 1964 Leadership Breakfast [1964 Leadership Notes]," Meeting Notes Files, Box 1 (Item)

for us to do but support you. MEMORAi'\DUM THE WHITE HOUSE WASHl!'IGTON August 24, 1964 MEMORANDUM FOR MR. JENKINS I Your summary of the Leadership meeting of August 4 gives me everything I need, and it bears out the recollection of others present

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

would know where each stood. R ep. Ullman - The S peaker -- S aid h e would g ive ev e ry s u p port h e coul d. Made following points: 1. No tax bill is popular. ~ GONFIDEMTL"..L C OWFIDENTiAL -6 2. We are faced with desperate

Folder, "August 8, 1967 - 1:25 p.m. Tuesday luncheon group," Papers of Tom Johnson, Box 1 (Item)

of action we should follow about additional requests for aid to India. Mr. Rostow said he was forwarding to the President a set of alternatives for his consideration. The President said it would appeal to him if some other nation would recognize

Folder, "November 29, 1967 - 12 noon National Security Council Meeting," Papers of Tom Johnson, Box 1 (Item)

that the other aide must make a very difficult deciaion. They must determine whether they are going to do more f o:r Ha.Jioi as failu=e appea::-a imminent in South Viet:iam. [13 of 13]

Folder, "January 23, 1968 - 12:58 p.m. Pueblo I - Tuesday Luncheon meeting," Papers of Tom Johnson, Box 2 (Item)

terrorism which is expected in Saigon. There was a discussion about the budget handling of military and economic aid. Secretary McNamara argued that these two items should be separated out in order to avoid the results of last year. At a minimum, Secretary

Folder, "February 2, 1968 - 4:30 p.m. Backgrounder with correspondents on Vietnam and the Pueblo," Papers of Tom Johnson, Box 2 (Item)

may need to increase military aid to South Korea. We may need to extend enlistments of men in the service. We see nothing that is required at this moment. We will have the reserves looking after things back here. That will replace the active units

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

the Committee in public session on foreign aid. The Secretary will not appear on diplomatic and military matters in public. Secretary McNamara: I agree with Dean. The President: We should deal with this as privately as possible. Attention and recognition is what

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)

of the s u bje cts discussed by Korean officials and Mr. Vance, including the new p ro gram of aid. This meeting will be on Sunda y. Se cretary Rusk will arrive from Wellingten for th ese di s cu s siona. Seer etary Clifford, G eneral Whee ler

Folder, "July 24, 1968 - 1:30 p.m. Tuesday lunch with Foreign Policy Advisors," Papers of Tom Johnson, Box 3 (Item)

should hold off on 11 Most Favored Nations" legislation in order not to cause a problem for the Czechs. The continuing resoltuion - what does it do to DoD, Foreign Aid, Foreign Policy things. See what kind of resolution they will get. Draft agreements

Folder, "October 22, 1968 - 1:15 p.m. Tuesday lunch with Foreign Policy Advisors," Papers of Tom Johnson, Box 4 (Item)

: The President: Colonels have it in Brazil and Argentina. What if we didn't recognize Peru? Secretary Rusk: It would complicate ourselves. But we have recognized 50 countries where coup d'etats have taken place . . Secretary Rusk: We are denied AID

Folder, "[February 10, 1965 - 2:10 p.m. National Security Council Meeting]," Meeting Notes Files, Box 1 (Item)

d strike plan. Mr. Moye rs s aid h e thought the strike should b e made to meet domesti c p u blic o pinion requirement s . McGeorg e Bundy summarized t h e consensus that news of the new strike shoul d be r e i e ased Thursday in Saig on and tha t

Folder, "[March 19, 1968 - Meeting with Congressional Democratic Leadership]," Meeting Notes Files, Box 2 (Item)

be non-defense such as the minute-man missle, ABM's and some ships may be defell"ed. This won't materially hurt anybody. Poverty under this formula would get more than last year. Highways would get as much as last year. AID would be cut about $500 or $600

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

at 91. The House is more of a problem. In the Senate we got all of Model Cities, poverty, housing, conservation and other bills, although foreign aid was treated roughly. But I can 1t fuss at the Congress. This hasn't been an 80th Congress. This year

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

. But the feeling that Europe is not carrying its fair share of the world's burdens is strong. Neither Europe nor America should take each other for granted. We must work every day to nurture every strand of partnership, either in monetary affairs, aid to developing

Folder, "July 12, 1967 - 1:05 p.m. Meeting to hear McNamara report on trip to Vietnam," Papers of Tom Johnson, Box 1 (Item)

be improved. The U.S. and the allies should continue maximum pressure. The method is unrelenting pressure. There has been steady progress. m. William Leonhart reported to the President that there is a strong need for more people in AID programs

Folder, "July 24, 1967 - 11:15 a.m. Detroit Riots - Clark, McNamara, Christopher, Fortas, Wilkins, Doar," Papers of Tom Johnson, Box 1 (Item)

themsch·cs to the !.:. · -: ::.:1d constituted Juthoritics of said State; :\nJ I inrnke the aid and cooperation c: :...=..: good citizens thereof to uphold the Ia,\·s and preserYe the ;: ·_ -= ~ic peace. SOTE: The race riots in Detroit in June, 19-13· were

Folder, "October 3, 1967 - 6:10 p.m. Rusk, McNamara, Rostow, Helms, Christian Robin Olds and Col. Cross," Papers of Tom Johnson, Box 1 (Item)

. And if Israel does not respond to this position, the Soviets say they will give aid to the Arabs going far beyond economic aid. SANITIZED E.O. 13292, Sec. 3.5 I UP SECRE'f-,. EYES ONLY • NLJ./AAC. '?-JS5 ~A.,, NL:> 'l )· (,,O By ~ , NARA, Date S- '1-1)5

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

version of the bill. (3) FOREIGN. AID Congressman Albert said that Senator Fulbright will not be back until November 2. There will be a meeting on this tomorrow. (4) EXPORT-IMPORT BANK Th_e President: Can we get Patman to get it out this week

Folder, "November 21, 1967 - 8:30 a.m. VP, Rusk, McNamara, Bunker, Komer, Wheeler, Westmoreland, Helms, Rostow," Papers of Tom Johnson, Box 1 (Item)

aides to tell the South Vietnamese that these were the President's personal views in order to expedite action on these reconunendations. The President approved this. -.'.FOP SECRE I" [2 of 10] Mf~~..w.c:;~~~~+Hi:iJ P~licotio1 : .. - .:1 e;, -12-e, rni

Folder, "January 25, 1968 - 1:26 p.m. Pueblo 5 - Luncheon meeting - Rusk, McNamara, Katzenbach, Wheeler, etc.," Papers of Tom Johnson, Box 2 (Item)

to call up individual reservists. This would give us something to get a vote on in the Congress. We could ask for special authority to increase aid to the Republic of Kor·ea. I would ask Congress to validate authority to call up civilian aircraft if we

Folder, "January 29, 1968 - 1:40 p.m. Pueblo 9 - Senior Advisors - McNamara, Rusk, Katzenbach, Lodge, Helms, etc.," Papers of Tom Johnson, Box 2 (Item)

be seeking to cause trouble with our allies. the flow of Korean aid to Vietnam. They may want to interrupt We should make every effort to keep South Korean plans going as scheduled in sending supplies to Vietnam. The President then read a memo from

Folder, "[September 29, 1965 Luncheon Meeting with Foreign Policy Advisors]," Meeting Notes Files, Box 1 (Item)

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