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- South Vietnamese For eign Minister said
publicly that a separate North and South Vietnam is acceptable to Saigon.
USIA Director Rowan:
The world press is still critical of our alleged use of
gas in Vietnam but there has been some turn - around
- . -Soviet relations t o mean that we had a free
hand to d o what we wished to Castro as far as the USSR was concerned.
Secretary Rusk said Dobrynin had asked him directly why we had raised
the problem of t he overflighte in a note in writing. He had left
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The For12i;_ ~ Minister of Thailand expressed to me his
desire to call a meeting of leaders of free Asian
countries to promote greater regional cooperation and
regional economic development in Southeast Asia . Thj.s
same view was e::-:pressed
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George Ball, Acting Secretary
Philip H. Trezise, Deputy Assist ant Secretary, Economic Affairs
Adlai E . Stevenson, U. S. Representative to the UN
USIA
Donald Wilson, Acting Director
WHITE HOUSE
George Reedy, Press Secretary to the President
McGeorge
- by Foreign
Minister Spaak, the text of which the State Department is to obtain
(copy attached).
1. France -- The difficulties we are encountering with France
in NATO are limited to the military field. We should press France to
support NATO in all other fields
- ow away the one free ride
which we would like to have in reserve in case of critical need . The
Joint Chiefs of Staff recommends again st the use of ECM because
it will not protect continued overflight s, plus the fact that its use
will risk
- urgent.
He asked Secretary Rusk to summarize the c ur rent situation.
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Secretary Rusk said it was in our vital interest to keep Japan a
willing partner in the free world and to get
- and launched int o a
discussion of whether or not we should press for Security Council action
on Vietnam, but then returned to explain the devel opment s on the
Middle Eas t in New York since July. He concluded by indicating that
the non-permanent
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the inadequacy of their treatment of U. S. correspondents. As for the U. S.
press corps in South Vietnam, most responsible correspondents support our
goals, even though they may be critical of certa in actions which we have taken.
Turning to the other two
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Senator Dirksen asked what use could be made of the information which he had
h eard during the meeting.
The President replied that he had instructed McGeorge Bundy to talk to the
press, telling them as much as he possibly could without affecting
- it as
hard as we can.
Senator Dirksen asked whether the press reports coming out of Saigon
were accurate . Secretary McNamara replied by saying that there
were a host of wars going in Vietnam . Each dispatch is right but covers
only one facet of the problem
- further
economic sanctions agains t Free i.'i orld !irm• trading with Cuba. There might
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b e me rit ln making it stronger, especially ll the"me etlng produces some
feeling that w e are willing to move in the direction of a blacklist. (Some stronger
- the Free World forces t o cope
with these threats.
3 . (TS) Recommended Ac tions . The Joint Chiefs of Staff concur
in your general recomme n dations that we should continue to press
the enemy mil i tarily, improve paci ficatio n programs, and atta i n
- be en
exaggerated. The security situation is much better th;-in as reported
in the press. In the n1ost i·ecent large engagc1nent; the Vietnamese
stood and fought very well.
General Wheeler said he agreed. He called.·attention to a page one
story
- , and Mr. McGeorge Bundy, went to his office
where a draft press statement was revised and lat e r issued.
(Copy attached)
Bromley Smith
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Office of the White House Press Secretary
- of the POL and transportation most of the
rema i nder ) . Sixty per cent of the -bottoms are Free World under charte r mainly
to Chi na, but almost all POL is carried by Coninunlst tankers. Practically all of
the seabo rne traffic moves through four ports. Mi
- Europe went well. The Committee w i ll not now press
for adoption of the resolution.
T he President, arr iving at 12:50 P. M ., said the purpose of the me eting was
to discuss the problems we face down the road in our relations with Europe.
Other meetings
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to a US victory or even to a compromise settlement , which
would simply free the United States to pursue .more effec
tively its policies in Asia or Europe. Prolonging the
war but minimizing its risks -- that .i n essence appears
to be the Soviet
- disposit ion of Soviet troops in Cen tral Europe.
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Director Helms and Secretary Rusk will give us their views on the German
reaction t o the c risis. The press has already p rinted that the State Department
was recommending additional reassurances
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it is our task to see that it does not happen .
NOTE: There is attached a copy of the transcript of Press Secretary
Salinger 1s press briefing which was author ized by the President
following the meeting.
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- indicated the line he would take with the
Press: No dramatic change in strategy; we will try to do better what
we are doing now .
Mr . Bundy suggested that until the Presidential speech (or next
Pres i dential press statement) all present should be guided
- grew when we began our bombing. This bombing
is effective in that it reminds Hanoi of the increasing cost of the war to them.
As to the effect of the bombing pause, on balance it was neutral -- not all good
and not all bad.
As to the press, thanks
- at once. We must double the number of those in the Rural
Development cadres. The manpower needed a small claim on military resources.
Bill Moyers: Curr e nt press speculation is harmful. No comment should be
made to the press until Ambassador Lodge
- to be issued by the White House was approved and g iven to
George Reedy for release to the press.)
Secretary Dillon:
If we encou ra ge an air strike by the South Vietnamese,
e veryone will think it is a U . S. attack. Therefore , we should send along U.S.
plan
- rity in maintenance, leadership, training and discipline rather
than numerical superiority.
The President then went on to read a statement later released to
the press (attached) , establishing a Special Committee of the National
Security Council to deal
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WHITE HOUSE
Pierre Salinger, Press Secretary to the President
McGeorge Bundy, Specia l Assistant to the President
Donald Hornig, Special Assistant for Science and Technology
Bill Moyers, Assi stant to the President
Jack Valenti, Spe cial Assistant
- Bundy:
In addition to these recommendations we should have an e stimate
of the reaction to various courses of action we might take .
Under Secretary Ball:
The situation in Cyprus has reached the crisis stag e .
Even though someone leaked to the press
- of officers .
USIA Director Marks: World press reaction to the Paris talks has been good .
A study made by USIA of the world press supports this conclusion.
Under Secretary Katzenbach: Turning to the German problem, he first commented
on recent Italian
- before our election is over.
Ambassador Ball: Secretary General U Thant's press statement on halting the
bombing in Vietnam upset many UN delegates. There is no serious effort to
introduce a Vietnam resolution as a result of the Secretary General's
- leader recommends anything
other than proceeding with this program.
The President:
Would General Taylor give me his views .
General Taylor:
I a 1n optimistic. I think we have to press hard on
all four fronts - - economic , political, military
- to President Jahr.son's letter which rr..ay
indicate tC.e Greeks are prepared to give way , thus per::nitting conti.-1..uation of
bargaining.
The UN Secretary General 1 s press conference was not helpful i.n t hat he said
that the Cyprus Gover:iment had
- suppliers
should be press ed to make pa r ts available.
There was a short discussion of the Congo situation .
The Pr e sident adj ou rn ed the meeting .
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they originated; and to provide press guidance that put a positive cast on
prospects. Mr. Martin had done much the same in calls to his Dutch and Swiss
counte rpar ts.
Deming had called his counte rpart in the UK Treasury who had had mixed
- into the Southeast Asia a rea for political reasons. He
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suggested that r ather than announce the moven'1ent of these fo r ces into the area
we c o uld informally gi v e the press the list of U .S. forces which
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USIA
Carl T. Rowan, Director
WHITE HOUSE
George Reedy, Press Secretary to the President
McGeorge Bundy, Special As sistant for National Secur ity Affairs
Bill Moyers, Assistant to the Presi dent
Jack Valenti, Special Assistant to the President
Walter
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la~ge n bas·! foe Tur!-.s zet ~d ,-,hcthcr it should b'3 soverdgn or c;i
a long torm l o~sc . lt'o not cle~r that v:e h:wa )'\!t s=-dd cvc:-ytr:.!n3 .,,,~
shculci to press Gr~~!
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discussions on the ABM with the Soviet Union. He felt that Kosygin
had agreed at Glassboro to have such discussions .
A brief exchange followed on exactly what Kosygin had a g reed
to at Gla ssboro . The President felt that he had pressed over and over
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press. They did not.
The Pres i dent: Wasn't this hard to swallow?
CIA Director Helms: Yes .
the troops could move in.
Military exercises were designed to s ee how
The President:Should the Secretary talk to Dobrynin tonighti
CIA Director Helms: Yes
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4.
African Problems
The pattern of these questions in the UN is relatively
unchanging. In their desire to produce movement 'and to force
change s in the status quo, the black African dei'egations
press for measures which go beyond what we can
- people and the D.R.V...,
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• ga.ses, and toxic chemicals to
Government. r wish to ex-A
b urn down villages and mas
press our deep gratitude to
sacre 'the civilian population
the people and Government ot 1
in vast areas ot South Viet
