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FOR THE PRESIDENT
T~;r:
FROM: Tom Johnson
Attached are the notes of your meeting with Peter
Lisagor of the Chicago Daily News.
The meeting started at 6:59 p. m.
at 8:30 p.m.
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The meeting ended
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- was at wit~ end on how to get people to report
the war the way it is. He said he took Johnny Apple of the New
York Times with him on one all-day excursion. He said they got
out of the chopper at one RF post, the re was a province chief
and American adviser
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manpower requirements.
-- There is no military stalemate.
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Walt Rostow reviewed with the luncheon group three proposals
_by McGeorge Bundy who was in New York on other business. These
proposals concerned Sovi~t arms shipments to the Middle East
- Rusk) leaves today I wanted to hear from
all of you. Give him your views and advice.
4. We were helped by Secretary Clifford's and Secretary Rusk's news
conferences this week.
5.
I am
worried about the situation in Saigon.
Secretary Rusk:
thinks
- to Thieu and his people and a new Administration.
We know this is a decent, honorable deal. All your advisers can live
with it.
This seems to be in the other camp's hands.
definitive plan.
I do not have a strong
The President: We have never gone so far
- Rusk: A new peace plan. Thieu won't see Bunker until
tomorrow. We should see how Nixon can get out of this as soon as possible.
Bill Bundy or I could go down to Key Biscane.
I would be opposed to Nixon going to Saigon.
emmis sary like William