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(The following is taken from notes by Jack Valenti.)
The meeting opened with a discussion of the visit of Prime Minister
Wilson. Then the President turned to Secretary Rusk, who had just
returned from NATO, and asked:
Did you bring back any peace proposals:
Rusk
- . Wilson did it cleverly. He (preempted? or prevented?)
the resolution. If the resolution did go for, we still have enough strength
to defeat a resolution we don't want.
Rusk: The Japanese are dying to do something for peace, so they will be
eager
- is pleasant, buddhist and clev~r. Ky is jealous of
Thi. Some of our Mission people think Thi is able. Sam Wilson thinks
he is competent.
President:
lsn' t he out of our hands now?
Vice President: I don't know. But we ought not let him get out of our
hands
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P resid.ent:
Rusk:
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·what do you recornmend, Dean?
.Nla.ke firm decision to resume on Friday or Saturday.
Full report submitted to Security Council beginning with Laotian
Con£ere:::i.ce in 1962.
"Wilson' 3 appointment
- no.
We never publicized this.
When Kosygin met earlier with Wilson, he said he
wanted to get talks started but North Vietnam said no then
also. We know that China and Russia are supporting
and will continue to support Hanoi.
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8.
We think