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  • Press relations
  • FORTAS REPORTS ON JUAN BOSCH'S PRESS CONFERENCE; PRESS QUESTIONS ABOUT US MARINE ACTIVITIES WITH WESSIN Y WESSIN; LBJ EXPRESSES CONCERN ABOUT CUBAN ROLE IN REVOLT; NEED FOR OAS INTERVENTION; LBJ ASKS FORTAS TO TELL THOMAS MANN ABOUT PRESS CONFERENCE
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  • BUNDY DICTATES MEMO TO HIS SECRETARY ON PRESS BRIEFING BY BUNDY ON NEGOTIATIONS IN DOMINICAN REPUBLIC; REEDY SAYS HE HAS JUST TOLD PRESS THAT CYRUS VANCE WILL BRIEF THEM IN DOMINICAN REPUBLIC; BUNDY REQUESTS REEDY BRIEF PRESS ON POLITICAL ASPECTS
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  • BUNDY DISCUSSES GUZMAN'S MEETING THIS MORNING WITH CAAMANO AND REBELS ON MESSAGE TO BUNDY SUSPENDING TALKS; EFFECT OF PRESS LEAKS ON TALKS; DOUBTS OF GUZMAN'S ABILITY TO CONTROL GOVT; IMBERT'S PRESS LEAK; FORTAS' TALKS WITH JAIME BENITEZ ABOUT JUAN
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  • FORTAS DISCUSSES NEED FOR STATE DEPT TO CIRCULATE UNNAMED REPORT TO PRESS, LACK OF PRESS INTEREST IN ELLSWORTH BUNKER'S STATEMENT TO OAS
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  • DISCUSSION OF WH PRESS CORPS COMPLAINTS ABOUT ACCESS TO LBJ, PRESS COMPLAINTS ABOUT USIA SPOKESMAN IN VIETNAM; EDWARD MORGAN; LBJ'S RECENT MEETING WITH JAMES "SCOTTY" RESTON AND ALISTAIR COOKE
  • Press relations
  • PRESS STORIES ON ALLEGED US AID TO IMBERT; DEATH OF COL. RAFAEL FERNANDEZ DOMINGUEZ; BUNDY'S TALKS WITH GUZMAN; CABLES 1824 AND 1830; POSSIBLE SPEECH BY JUAN BOSCH; TRIP BY "YLF" (JAIME BENITEZ); PRESS BRIEFING IN DOMINICAN REPUBLIC BY VANCE, BUNDY
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  • FORTAS SAYS PRESS BRIEFING BY BUNDY IS INADVISABLE, DISCUSSES CABLE FORTAS IS SENDING TO DOMINICAN REPUBLIC, REQUESTS TEXT OF CYRUS VANCE'S PRESS BRIEFING; BUNDY REPORTS ON MEETING WITH GUZMAN AND ON ARRIVAL OF "YLF" (JAIME BENITEZ); CABINET
  • Press relations
  • REEDY REPORTS THAT HIS AFTERNOON PRESS BRIEFING ON SITUATION IN DOMINICAN REPUBLIC WAS ROUGHER THAN THIS MORNING'S BRIEFING
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  • FORTAS REVIEWS TRANSCRIPTS OF JUAN BOSCH'S BROADCASTS ON REVOLT IN DOMINICAN REPUBLIC; REQUEST FOR REVIEW OF LAWS CONCERNING RESIDENT ALIENS; CIA REPORT ON COMMUNIST ROLE IN DOMINICAN REPUBLIC CRISIS; FORTAS SUGGESTS IT BE LEAKED TO PRESS
  • Press relations
  • FORTAS REPORTS ON HIS TALKS WITH JAIME BENITEZ, OTHERS, ON CRISIS IN DOMINICAN REPUBLIC; LBJ REPORTS ON DETERIORATING SITUATION, REBEL ATTACK ON EMBASSY; STATEMENT BY JUAN BOSCH, APPEARANCE ON MEET THE PRESS; OAS; POSSIBILITY OF MRS. BOSCH COMING
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  • LBJ REPORTS THAT MRS. JUAN BOSCH IS GOING TO GIVE A PRESS CONFERENCE; COMMUNIST ACTIVITIES IN LATIN AMERICA AND THEIR RELATIONSHIP TO VIETNAM; COMMUNIST REACTION TO LBJ'S JOHNS HOPKINS SPEECH; LBJ READS INTELLIGENCE REPORT ON LATIN AMERICA
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  • LBJ GIVES FORTAS UPDATE ON CURRENT SITUATION IN DOMINICAN REPUBLIC; REQUEST FOR US FORCES TO PROTECT POLICE IN FORTRESS IN SANTO DOMINGO; JUAN BOSCH'S PRESS CONFERENCE; POSSIBLE CEASEFIRE; TED MOSCOSO AS POSSIBLE INTERMEDIARY WITH VENEZUELA
  • Press relations
  • FORTAS REPORTS ON POSSIBLE CEASEFIRE AGREEMENT; BOSCH'S CONCERNS ABOUT WESSIN Y WESSIN; JOHN B. MARTIN'S NEGOTIATIONS; LBJ EXPRESSES CONCERN ABOUT STATE DEPT DELAYS; OAS; CANCELLATION OF MRS. BOSCH'S PRESS CONFERENCE
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  • BENITEZ RELAYS JUAN BOSCH'S VIEWS ON TALKS IN DOMINICAN REPUBLIC; EFFORTS TO CHANGE REBEL LEADERS' VIEWS; PRESS LEAKS; FORTAS EMPHASIZES US NEGOTIATORS' DISMAY ABOUT GUZMAN'S ULTIMATUM, SHORTNESS OF TIME NEEDED TO REACH AGREEMENT; CABINET
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  • FORTAS TELLS LBJ THAT JUAN BOSCH WILL CONTACT GUZMAN ABOUT REOPENING NEGOTIATIONS IN DOMINICAN REPUBLIC; LBJ DISCUSSES PRESS STORIES ABOUT ALLEGED ACTIONS BY US TROOPS, ASKS THAT CYRUS VANCE EXAMINE STORIES AND CLEAR UP INACCURACIES
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  • LBJ TELLS MOYERS TO KEEP STATE DEPT INFORMED OF DOMINICAN REPUBLIC EVENTS; MOYERS, FORTAS UPDATE LBJ ON MCGEORGE BUNDY'S TALKS WITH GUZMAN, CYRUS VANCE'S PRESS BRIEFING, LOYALIST ADVANCES, CEASEFIRE; MCNAMARA DISCUSSES VANCE'S ACTIVITIES, US TROOP
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  • DISCUSSION OF RECOMMENDATIONS IN CABLE 1801 ON REPAIR OF RADIO SANTO DOMINGO; BUNDY'S VIEWS ON EFFECT OF REPAIR ON NEGOTIATIONS; BUNDY'S UPCOMING MEETING WITH OAS REPRESENTATIVE JOSE MORA; PRESS STORIES ON DOMINICAN SITUATION; UPCOMING WH MEETING
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  • VANCE EXPRESSES CONCERN ABOUT POSSIBLE PRESS REACTION IF US DOES NOT TAKE ACTION DISCUSSED IN RECENT CABLE (1801?), ASKS IF DECISION COULD BE LEFT TO THOSE IN DOMINICAN REPUBLIC
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  • VALENTI TELLS FORTAS THAT IF POSSIBLE LBJ WANTS JUAN BOSCH OR JAIME BENITEZ TO GIVE INFORMATION TO PRESS THAT WIDOW OF COL. RAFAEL FERNANDEZ DOMINGUEZ WILL TRAVEL ON US PLANE TO DOMINICAN REPUBLIC FOR HER HUSBAND'S FUNERAL
  • Press relations
  • FORTAS EXPRESSES DISMAY OVER DEATH OF COL. RAFAEL FERNANDEZ DOMINGUEZ, PRESS REPORTS OF US TROOPS' ACTION FAVORING IMBERT; MUNOZ-MARIN TELLS FORTAS TO TELL LBJ US ACTION IN DOMINICAN REPUBLIC IS DISHONORING HIM; MAYOBRE'S VIEWS; NEGOTIATIONS
  • Press relations
  • TELEPHONE OPERATOR TELLS FORTAS LBJ IS NOT TAKING CALLS; FORTAS ASKS HER TO PLACE CALL TO GEORGE REEDY; REEDY, FORTAS DISCUSS WHAT REEDY WILL SAY IN 11:00A PRESS BRIEFING ABOUT NYT, WASHINGTON POST STORIES ON US FORCES AIDING IMBERT IN DOMINICAN
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  • DISCUSSION OF PRESS STORIES THIS MORNING IN WASHINGTON POST ABOUT DOMINICAN REPUBLIC; CABLE FROM MCGEORGE BUNDY ABOUT HIS POSSIBLE RETURN TO WASHINGTON; MCNAMARA TELLS FORTAS HE WILL COME TO WH FOLLOWING HIS MEETING WITH NEW ZEALAND DEFENSE MINISTER
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  • SMITH TELLS BUNDY THAT FORTAS IS WORKING ON RESPONSE TO PRESS STORIES ABOUT ALLEGED ACTION BY US TROOPS IN DOMINICAN REPUBLIC; BUNDY TELLS SMITH AND FORTAS THAT HE HAS JUST RECEIVED MEMO FROM GUZMAN BREAKING OFF NEGOTIATIONS
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  • BUNDY READS UNSIGNED MEMO FROM GUZMAN BREAKING OFF NEGOTIATIONS IN DOMINICAN REPUBLIC BECAUSE OF DEATH OF COL. RAFAEL FERNANDEZ DOMINGUEZ, ALLEGING ACTION BY US TROOPS SUPPORTING IMBERT; POSSIBLE US RESPONSE TO MEMO, PRESS STORIES
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  • LBJ (HEARD IN THE BACKGROUND) DICTATES STATEMENT FOR PRESS ABOUT ALLEGED ACTIONS OF US TROOPS IN DOMINICAN REPUBLIC TO FORTAS WHO DICTATES IT TO REEDY; STATEMENT REPEATS LBJ'S STANDING ORDERS ON NEUTRALITY, REFERS QUESTIONS TO CYRUS VANCE
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  • REEDY REPEATS WH STATEMENT FOR PRESS ABOUT ALLEGED ACTIONS BY US TROOPS IN DOMINICAN REPUBLIC, REFERRING QUESTIONS TO CYRUS VANCE
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  • BENITEZ CONVEYS MESSAGE FROM JUAN BOSCH THAT HIS FRIENDS IN THE DOMINICAN REPUBLIC HAVE ASKED HIM TO HOLD PRESS CONFERENCE; DISCUSSION OF CONFUSION OVER WHETHER US OR GUZMAN HAS BROKEN OFF NEGOTIATIONS IN DOMINICAN REPUBLIC
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  • FORTAS REPORTS ON HIS TALK WITH "YLF" (JAIME BENITEZ) ABOUT REPORTS TO JUAN BOSCH THAT US, NOT GUZMAN, HAS BROKEN OFF NEGOTIATIONS IN DOMINICAN REPUBLIC; DISCUSSION OF TRIP BY BENITEZ TO DOMINICAN REPUBLIC, RESPONSE TO PRESS STORIES ON US TROOPS
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  • PRESS BRIEFING BY CYRUS VANCE IN DOMINICAN REPUBLIC ABOUT ALLEGATIONS CONCERNING US TROOPS' ACTIONS; BUNDY EXPRESSES RESERVATIONS ABOUT PROPOSED TRIP BY "YLF" (JAIME BENITEZ) TO DOMINICAN REPUBLIC, TELLS FORTAS HE WILL CALL HIM BACK LATER
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  • FORTAS REPORTS "YLF" (JAIME BENIITEZ) SAYS JUAN BOSCH WILL ASK GUZMAN TO RESUME NEGOTIATIONS IN DOMINICAN REPUBLIC; BUNDY SAYS US MUST HAVE WRITTEN, NOT ORAL, CONFIRMATION OF TALKS DESPITE EMOTIONAL NATURE OF CRISIS; BUNDY DICTATES MEMO ON PRESS
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  • BUNDY DICTATES MEMO TO HIS SECRETARY, ALICE, ABOUT POSSIBLE PRESS BRIEFING IN DOMINICAN REPUBLIC BY BUNDY ABOUT STATUS OF NEGOTIATIONS
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  • STATUS OF NEGOTIATIONS IN DOMINICAN REPUBLIC; BUNDY REPEATS REQUEST TO GIVE PRESS BRIEFING ON POLITICAL SITUATION; BUNDY'S TALKS WITH "YLF" (JAIME BENITEZ), GUZMAN; DEPORTATION OF REBEL LEADERS; FORTAS REQUESTS REPORT FROM CYRUS VANCE, BRUCE PALMER
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  • VANCE REPORTS ON HIS PRESS BRIEFING IN DOMINICAN REPUBLIC, DISCUSSES THE MERITS, RECOMMENDATIONS OF CABLE 1805 CONCERNING MOVEMENT OF US TROOPS IN LIGHT OF CHANGING CIRCUMSTANCES, LOYALIST ADVANCES; MCGEORGE BUNDY'S TALKS WITH GUZMAN; UPCOMING WH
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  • BUNDY REPORTS ON HIS, "YLF'S" (JAIME BENITEZ) TALKS WITH GUZMAN, DISCUSSES NEW UNNAMED PERSON (DELEON?) AS POSSIBLE CABINET APPOINTEE; FORTAS ASKS IF BUNDY HAS KEPT OAS REPRESENTATIVE INFORMED OF TALKS; OAS PARTICIPATION; US TROOP ACTIONS; PRESS
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  • VANCE REPORTS UNNAMED PERSON (DELEON?) HE RECOMMENDED EARLIER HAS AGREED TO ACCEPT POSITION IN DOMINICAN REPUBLIC, ASKS IF HE SHOULD BRIEF ERIC SEVAREID; FORTAS SAYS BILL MOYERS WILL CALL VANCE WITH ANSWER; REACTION AT WH MEETING TO VANCE'S PRESS
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  • IMBERT'S VIEWS ON AGREEMENT IN DOMINICAN REPUBLIC; LBJ ASKS BENNETT'S OPINION OF DEAL; LEAKS TO TAD SZULC; MARTIN CONCURS ON AGREEMENT, EXPRESSES CONCERN ABOUT GUZMAN, IMBERT; MANN DISCUSSES NEW PRESS STORY THAT LOYALISTS, IMBERT WILL DENOUNCE DEAL
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  • JOHN CROOKER, SR. AND JR.; POSSIBLE APPOINTEES TO SUPREME COURT?: CYRUS VANCE, CLARK CLIFFORD, RAMSEY CLARK, HENRY "JOE" FOWLER, HOMER THORNBERRY; PRESS BIAS AGAINST LBJ; BOB KERR'S OPINION OF DOUGLAS DILLON; ANDRE MEYER'S, FORTAS' VIEWS ON VIETNAM