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Telephone conversation # 8899, sound recording, LBJ and U THANT, 9/22/1965, 1:50PM (Item)
  • LBJ CONGRATULATES SECRETARY GENERAL U THANT ON UN EFFORTS TO ARRANGE INDIA-PAKISTAN CEASEFIRE IN KASHMIR; U THANT THANKS LBJ FOR HIS SUPPORT OF UN, PRAISES ARTHUR GOLDBERG'S WORK AS US AMBASSADOR TO UN
  • Thant, U, 1909-1974
  • Telephone conversation # 8899, sound recording, LBJ and U THANT, 9/22/1965, 1:50PM
  • U THANT
Telephone conversation # 6884, sound recording, LBJ and DEAN RUSK, 2/25/1965, time unknown (Item)
  • RUSK REPORTS ON CONVERSATION WITH UNIDENTIFIED PERSON ABOUT U THANT'S CRITICAL REMARKS ABOUT US AND VIETNAM PEACE NEGOTIATIONS; LBJ ASKS ABOUT ADLAI STEVENSON'S REACTION TO U THANT'S REMARKS
Telephone conversation # 7633, sound recording, LBJ and ADLAI STEVENSON, 5/12/1965, 10:57AM (Item)
  • LBJ ASKS STEVENSON TO TALK IN CONFIDENCE TO U THANT ABOUT VIETNAM BOMBING PAUSE CONTINGENT UPON CESSATION OF INFILTRATION; LBJ'S DOUBTS ABOUT EFFECTIVENESS OF PAUSE; POSSIBLE DOMESTIC, CONGRESSIONAL REACTION; CALL FOR CEASEFIRE BY U THANT OR POPE
Telephone conversation # 9171, sound recording, LBJ and GEORGE BALL, 11/16/1965, 4:45PM (Item)
  • ERIC SEVAREID STORY QUOTING ADLAI STEVENSON ABOUT U THANT'S 1964 EFFORT TO INITIATE PEACE TALKS WITH NORTH VIETNAM, ALLEGED REJECTION OF TALKS BY MCNAMARA; STATE DEPT RESPONSE TO STORY; U THANT'S RECENT CALL FOR CONCESSIONS; STEVENSON'S ROLE
Telephone conversation # 3681, sound recording, LBJ and RICHARD RUSSELL, 6/11/1964, 12:26PM (Item)
  • CENTRAL ARIZONA WATER PROJECT; CALIFORNIA; BARRY GOLDWATER; CIVIL RIGHTS BILL; SPEECHES BY RUSSELL, ROBERT BYRD; ST. AUGUSTINE, FLORIDA, MLK; LAOS RECONNAISSANCE FLIGHTS; RUSSELL'S, LBJ'S VIEWS OF VIETNAM; POSSIBLE UN INVOLVEMENT; U THANT; DOMINO
Telephone conversation # 4773, sound recording, LBJ and ROBERT MCNAMARA, 8/6/1964, 12:46PM (Item)
  • POSSIBLE APPEARANCE BY JOHN MCCONE AT GEORGE MAHON'S VIETNAM HEARING; ALLEGATIONS US PROVOKED TONKIN GULF ATTACKS; MCNAMARA'S TESTIMONY AT CONGRESSIONAL HEARINGS ON TONKIN GULF RESOLUTION; CONGRESSIONAL FEAR OF "NO WIN" POLICY; LBJ'S MEETING WITH U
Telephone conversation # 6882, sound recording, LBJ and DEAN RUSK, 2/25/1965, 9:28AM (Item)
  • RUSK'S TALK WITH U THANT ABOUT HIS CRITICAL REMARKS TO PRESS ON VIETNAM, PROPOSAL THAT US HAVE BILATERAL TALKS WITH HANOI, ALLEGATION THAT US PEOPLE NOT FULLY INFORMED; US FOREIGN AID TO BURMA; DRAFT US ANSWER; ADLAI STEVENSON; TONKIN GULF
Telephone conversation # 6889, sound recording, LBJ and DEAN RUSK, 2/26/1965, 5:21PM (Item)
  • LBJ REPORTS ON MEETING WITH ADLAI STEVENSON WHO WANTS GREATER AUTHORITY TO NEGOTIATE WITH U THANT ABOUT PEACE TALKS ON VIETNAM; LBJ COMPLAINS ABOUT PRESS INQUIRIES ON STEVENSON VISIT AND STEVENSON'S RESPONSE; FOREIGN AID TO BURMA; STEVENSON'S FUTURE
Telephone conversation # 7017, sound recording, LBJ and JAMES "JIMMY" WECHSLER, 3/4/1965, 11:16AM (Item)
  • LBJ PROTESTS WECHSLER'S COLUMN ABOUT LBJ'S FRIENDSHIP WITH WILLIAM S. WHITE, EFFECT ON WHITE'S COLUMN ON U THANT, VIETNAM; US AID TO BURMA; NYT STORY ABOUT LBJ'S CLOSEST ADVISERS; ABE FORTAS; CLARK CLIFFORD; TOMMY CORCORAN; JAMES ROWE; WALTER
Telephone conversation # 8412, sound recording, LBJ and ARTHUR GOLDBERG, 7/28/1965, 7:20PM (Item)
  • GOLDBERG CONGRATULATES LBJ ON PRESS CONFERENCE STATEMENT ON VIETNAM, ABE FORTAS' APPOINTMENT TO SUPREME COURT; UN RESPONSE TO STATEMENT; GOLDBERG'S TALK WITH U THANT ON PEACE EFFORTS; AVERELL HARRIMAN'S RECENT REPORT; HOUSE REPEAL OF SECTION 14-B
Telephone conversation # 8886, sound recording, LBJ and ARTHUR GOLDBERG, 9/18/1965, 1:27PM (Item)
  • GOLDBERG COMPLAINS ABOUT WAYNE HAYS' CRITICISM OF GOLDBERG AND ABOUT WILLIAM FULBRIGHT'S RECENT STATEMENT; LBJ ASKS ABOUT SWEARING-IN CEREMONY AT UN FOR JAMES ROOSEVELT, TELLS GOLDBERG TO DISCUSS US SUPPORT FOR UN WITH U THANT
Telephone conversation # 9187, sound recording, LBJ and ROBERT MCNAMARA, 11/20/1965, 8:22PM (Item)
  • MCNAMARA REQUESTS AUTHORIZATION FOR US TROOPS IN PLEI MI AREA TO FIRE IN SELF-DEFENSE OVER CAMBODIAN BORDER AT VIET CONG, NORTH VIETNAMESE FORCES; MCNAMARA SUGGESTS U THANT BE NOTIFIED AND THAT UN ASK SIHANOUK TO PERMIT UN FORCE TO PATROL CAMBODIAN
Telephone conversation # 8196, sound recording, LBJ and MIKE MANSFIELD, 6/26/1965, 7:38AM (Item)
  • LBJ ASKS MANSFIELD'S VIEWS ON UN ARTICLE 19 CONTROVERSY ON NON-PAYMENT OF DUES; ADLAI STEVENSON'S VIEWS; LBJ'S CONCERN ABOUT DOMINICAN REPUBLIC ELECTIONS; MANSFIELD'S VIEWS ON VIETNAM, KY, NEGOTIATIONS WITH VIET CONG; U THANT PEACE EFFORT; LBJ'S UN
Telephone conversation # 10203, sound recording, LBJ and ABRAHAM RIBICOFF, 6/2/1966, 1:11PM (Item)
  • SOUTH VIETNAM'S REQUEST TO CARRY OUT RIBICOFF PLAN FOR UN SUPERVISION OF SOUTH VIETNAMESE ELECTIONS; DOMINICAN REPUBLIC ELECTION; POSSIBLE OBJECTIONS BY USSR, FRANCE TO RIBICOFF PLAN; WAYNE MORSE'S CRITICISM OF U THANT; COMPARISON WITH KOREAN WAR
Telephone conversation # 12715, sound recording, LBJ and J. EDGAR HOOVER, 2/14/1968, 9:37AM (Item)
  • LBJ TELLS HOOVER TO WATCH EMBASSIES IN WASHINGTON, DC, EXPRESSES CONCERN ABOUT FOREIGN CONTACTS WITH CONGRESSIONAL STAFF MEMBERS; U THANT'S MEETING WITH LEONID BREZHNEV; US VIOLATION OF CHINESE AIRSPACE; SECURITY CLEARANCES FOR TOP CONGRESSIONAL
Telephone conversation # 12731, sound recording, LBJ and ROBERT KENNEDY, 2/21/1968, 10:50AM (Item)
  • LBJ DISCUSSES HIS MESSAGE TO CONGRESS ON CITIES, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES' OPPOSITION TO BILLS ON CITIES, ASKS RFK TO MEET WITH WH STAFF ON MESSAGE; RFK ASKS ABOUT TAX INCENTIVES FOR HOUSING; LBJ'S UPCOMING MEETING WITH U THANT ON VIETNAM PEACE
Telephone conversation # 12942, sound recording, LBJ and DEAN RUSK, 4/30/1968, 10:50AM (Item)
  • DISCUSSION OF PROPOSAL OF BUCHAREST AS SITE FOR VIETNAM PEACE TALKS; LBJ SAYS HE PREFERS BUCHAREST TO WARSAW OR PARIS; QUESTION OF USING U THANT AS CHANNEL FOR TALKS
Telephone conversation # 11613, sound recording, LBJ and DEAN RUSK, 3/6/1967, 4:03PM (Item)
  • RUSK REPORTS ON DEFECTION OF STALIN'S DAUGHTER SVETLANA, CONCERNS ABOUT HER SAFETY; RUSK'S MEETING WITH PATRICK DEAN ON VISIT TO UK BY US OFFICIAL; PRESS LEAKS; RUSK'S SCHEDULE; SPACE TREATY; U THANT'S VIETNAM PEACE EFFORTS; CONGRESSIONAL PEACE
Telephone conversation # 11647, sound recording, LBJ and DEAN RUSK, 3/18/1967, 10:43AM (Item)
  • RUSK DISCUSSES SOUTH VIETNAMESE REPLY TO U THANT'S PEACE PROPOSAL, US RESPONSE; LBJ EXPRESSES SKEPTICISM ABOUT VARIOUS PEACE PROPOSALS, DECLINING PUBLIC SUPPORT FOR THE WAR, HANOI'S UNWILLINGNESS TO NEGOTIATE, NEED FOR US STRENGTH IN VIETNAM
Telephone conversation # 11234, sound recording, LBJ and DEAN RUSK, 12/30/1966, 2:30PM (Item)
  • RUSK REPORTS THAT U THANT WILL ISSUE REPLY TO ARTHUR GOLDBERG'S LETTER ON VIETNAM PEACE EFFORTS; RUSK SAYS HE WILL RELAY FULL TEXT OF REPLY AS SOON AS HE RECEIVES IT FROM RALPH BUNCHE; EFFORTS TO REACH GOLDBERG
Telephone conversation # 11169, sound recording, LBJ and MIKE MANSFIELD, 12/20/1966, 12:16PM (Item)
  • LBJ THANKS MANSFIELD FOR SUPPORTIVE STATEMENT; LATIN AMERICAN SUMMIT PREPARATIONS; FEDERAL BUDGET; HISTORY OF MIDTERM CONGRESSIONAL ELECTION RESULTS AFTER PRESIDENTIAL LANDSLIDES; STATE OF THE UNION SPEECH; CRITICISM BY GOVS.; LETTER TO U THANT
Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 8/6/1964 (Thursday) (Item)
  • r t a in ly d e s e r v e s the N o b e l P e a c e P r i z e . He le f t about 10 and I w en t down to the R o s e G ard en fo r a q u ick l e s s o n w ith M r . W illia m s on a ll the th in g s I w ould be la t e r sh o w in g to U Thant
  • Visit with Mayor Daley of Chicago; race riots in Chicago; ceremony for UN Secretary U Thant; Lady Bird gives U Thant tour of White House grounds; Lady Bird meets Cystic Fibrosis national campaign child; nap; talk with Walter Cronkite about TV show
Telephone conversation # 9345, sound recording, LBJ and ARTHUR GOLDBERG, 12/28/1965, 11:42AM (Item)
  • LBJ TEASES GOLDBERG ABOUT HIS VACATION, PURCHASE OF LOT ON LAKE LBJ, ASKS HIM TO UNDERTAKE TRIP TO DISCUSS VIETNAM PEACE EFFORTS WITH U THANT, POPE PAUL, DE GAULLE; OTHER DIPLOMATIC EFFORTS; GOLDBERG OFFERS CONGRATULATIONS ON LUCI JOHNSON'S
Telephone conversation # 12717, sound recording, LBJ and CLARK CLIFFORD, 2/14/1968, 9:46AM (Item)
  • LBJ'S CONCERNS ABOUT EARLE WHEELER'S ADVICE ON VIETNAM TROOP INCREASE; USS PUEBLO; US PLANE'S VIOLATION OF CHINESE AIRSPACE; CLIFFORD'S MEETING WITH ROBERT MCNAMARA ABOUT VIETNAM CRITICS; U THANT'S PEACE EFFORT; NORTH VIETNAMESE RESPONSE TO PEACE
Telephone conversation # 12728, sound recording, LBJ and ROBERT MCNAMARA, 2/21/1968, 8:52AM? (Item)
  • MCNAMARA DISCUSSES HIS TESTIMONY ABOUT 8/4/64 TONKIN GULF ATTACK AT SENATE FOREIGN RELATIONS COMMITTEE; CRITICISM BY ALBERT GORE, SR., WILLIAM FULBRIGHT, EUGENE MCCARTHY; PRESS COVERAGE OF HEARINGS; U THANT'S PEACE PROPOSAL; EARLE WHEELER'S HEALTH
Telephone conversation # 11113, sound recording, LBJ and NICHOLAS KATZENBACH, 12/5/1966, 10:46AM (Item)
  • PRESS STORY ON STATE DEPT; LBJ'S ADVICE ON PREPARING FOR WILLIAM FULBRIGHT'S HEARINGS; PURCHASES FOR UK AND TRILATERAL NEGOTIATIONS; NEED FOR MULTILATERAL FOOD AID FOR INDIA; U THANT AND VIETNAM PEACE EFFORTS; WILLIAM MANCHESTER BOOK ON JFK
Folder, "[Briefing Papers for National Security Council Meeting, September 15, 1966]," Meeting Notes Files, Box 1 (Item)
  • in an atmosphere of uncertainty, anticipated controversy, and continued concern over the UN 1 s ability to deal effectively with many critical issues. Although U Thant's announced desire not to continue as Secretary-General will contribute to this climate
  • Thant, U, 1909-1974
Folder, "[NSC Meeting on] The 23rd UN General Assembly, 9/25/1968, Volume 5, Tab 73," National Security Council Meetings Files, NSF, Box 2 (Item)
  • 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
Folder, "U.N. Cables re: Cuba Affair (III)," VP Papers, VP Security Files, Box 8 (Item)
  • ICAN COUNTR I ES, SHOULD BE INST ITUT ED AS PROPOSED SY U THANT, FOR PURPOSE OF VERIFYING COMPLIANCE. STEVEf'iSGN ANP G,! L,PATR IC REVE~TED TO QUEST l ON OV.ER-FLI
Folder, "[NSC Meeting on] Major Issues at the 21st UN General Assembly, 9/15/1966, Volume 4, Tab 46," National Security Council Meetings Files, NSF, Box 2 (Item)
  • . Goldberg described his efforts to upgrade the caliber of Latin American UN representatives, particularly those on the Security Council. Secretary General. Ambassador Goldberg explained why we continue to favor U Thant as Secretary General. He noted
Oral history transcript, Joseph J. Sisco, interview 1 (I), 11/6/1971, by Paige E. Mulhollan (Item)
  • : But that didn't cripple the operation? S: Oh, hardly! M: Did the bureau ever constru ct a satisfac tory of Adlai Stevenson's Hardly, hardly. conversations with U Thant that were relayed by--? S: Well, that's a very, very fascinat ing chapter , because
  • ; the U Thant initiative; the Harriman group; the Chester Cooper mission to London
Folder, "September 25, 1968 - 12:17 p.m. National Security Council," Papers of Tom Johnson, Box 4 (Item)
  • international agencies . We must . . . There is no change in the Chinese representation. In summary, it will be routine. Secretary Rusk: Major votes on major questions will not take place before the election. Ambassador Ball: U Thant meddled too much
Folder, "[Briefing Papers for] September 25, 1968 National Security Council Meeting," Meeting Notes Files, Box 3 (Item)
  • problems and discuss how we plan to deal with them. 3. Questions you may wish to ask: a. Will Secretary General U Thant 1 s proposed resolution for a bombing halt be pushed? Do we expect him to be active publicly on issues other than Vietnam? b
Memo, Davis to Rostow, 6/9/67, part II (Item)
  • statement and called for action to uphold it. of the attached report Fedorenko (who no doubt knew th\vcontents from General Bull to Thant) repeatecl7l'ressed Thant to make available said he had all information he had on the situation. Thant repeatedly