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Folder, "February 12, 1968 - 1:45 p.m. Senior Foreign Policy Advisors meeting," Papers of Tom Johnson, Box 2 (Item)
  • .have got to stick it out. 11 I said today, ' 'so will we." One man told me this morning that it doesn't look like the same person wrote the Westmoreland wire today and the one Friday. What reaction do you have to it? Secretary Rusk: It looks to me like
Folder, "February 13, 1968 - 1:12 p.m. Tuesday luncheon group - Rusk, McNamara, Helms, Clifford, Wheeler, Rostow," Papers of Tom Johnson, Box 2 (Item)
  • Westmoreland indicated to me this morning that ''things are looking better all over. 11 The enemy has a new flag with blue, red and yellow. The red represents blood; the blue represents the land; and the yellow represents the revolu­ tionary spirit
Folder, "March 11, 1968 - 6:57 p.m. Meeting with Foreign Policy Advisors on additional troops for Vietnam," Papers of Tom Johnson, Box 2 (Item)
  • sent, along with the new troops. The President: I do not want to be having a seminar on strategy back here while our house-is on fire. I want to get Westmoreland what he needs to get him through this. emergency period. Let's get those civilian
Folder, "March 4, 1968 - 5:33 p.m. Meeting with Senior Foreign Policy Advisors," Papers of Tom Johnson, Box 2 (Item)
  • . There have been very definite effects felt in the countryside. At this stage, it is clear that this new request by General Westmoreland brings the President to a clearly defined watershed: 1. Do you continue to go down that same road of troops, more
Folder, "February 28, 1968 - 8:35 a.m. Gen. Wheeler"s trip to Vietnam discussion with Foreign Policy Advisors," Papers of Tom Johnson, Box 2 (Item)
  • in the south than they have shown before. The President: What about our taking the initiative ourselves? Is there anything we can do other than just sitting and waiting for them to attack? General Wheeler: As far as new bombing efforts
Folder, "March 12, 1968 - 1:29 p.m. Tuesday luncheon with Foreign Policy Advisors - Clifford, Wheeler, Helms, etc.," Papers of Tom Johnson, Box 2 (Item)
  • returned from Puerto Rico. I was ready then to say that we should call up the reserves to strengthen the strategic reserves; to ask Congress for authority to call up selected reservists; to use tjlis as a basis fair a new position an the tax bill
Folder, "[NSC Meeting on] Deployment of Additional U. S. Troops in Vietnam, 7/27/1965, Volume 3, Tab 35," National Security Council Meetings Files, NSF, Box 1 (Item)
  • is to keep our contacts open with the other side in the event that they have a new position to g i ve us . d . The U. S . actions we are taking should be presented publicly in a low key but in such a way as to convey accurately that we are d etermined