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Oral history transcript, Thomas K. Finletter, interview 1 (I), 10/29/1968, by Paige E. Mulhollan (Item)

that Mr. Harold Wilson who was the not yet Prime Minister of England but was almost--it was known that he was going to be--had made a speech in Italy in which he said that President Johnson's LBJ Presidential Library http://www.lbjlibrary.org ORAL

Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 2/8/1968 (Thursday) (Item)

appointment; Lady Bird talks with Luci Nugent; Lady Bird's interview with Howard K. Smith; Johnsons meet Prime Minister & Mrs. Harold Wilson; invitation to Winston Churchill; exchange of gifts; LBJ and Wilson give toasts; Bob Merrill & Veronica Tyler perform

Folder, "[Manuscript] Chapters 17-24," Papers of William P. Bundy, Box 1 (Item)

were waiting the way. comfort the American bombers the timing At the little even gr eater September that of with increasing any such action. feelings am the Wilson, in terms vt..,,oy the month was mixed on the American jet

Folder, "Diaries [Transcripts of Tapes 1-10]," Papers of U. Alexis Johnson, Box 1 (Item)

Folder, "Bernard Quint," Office Files of Yoichi Okamoto, Box 1 (Item)

Folder, "The Bertrand Russell 'Trial'," Country Files, Vietnam, NSF, Box 191 (Item)

Folder, "[Manuscript] Chapters 10, 12-16," Papers of William P. Bundy, Box 1 (Item)

epithet His Wilson, was with him, Wilson, as a message against other generals, part the s was South Lodge, of being see 28th sympathy oral for up about made. On thought the of possible a shift). in American stir no hint

Folder, "[July 21-27, 1965 Meetings on Vietnam] [ADDED TO FILE, 6/28/85]," Meeting Notes Files, Box 1 (Item)

Folder, "March 31st Speech, Vol. 8, Excerpts and Taylor's Memo," National Security Council Histories, NSF, Box 49 (Item)

. [At this point, Secretary of the Air Force Harold Brown read the citation as follows:] CITATION The President of _the United States of America, au thorized by Act of Congress, March 3, 1896, has awarded, in the name of The Congress, the Medal of Honor to MERLYN

Folder, "[Manuscript] Chapters 25-33," Papers of William P. Bundy, Box 1 (Item)

car:-:e ~, .. CFR, pp. 216-7, says it started Aori·l 3 and went on all that The auarrel was finallv eased at the Cornmonweal th meeting in thanks (he says) to Harold Wilson. Wilson i:-1emoirs ,_ pp. 1965 month. June, To make milita:r._: - Br.'vT

Folder, "JCS - War Games, Vol. 3, 1/65-11/65 [2 of 2]," Agency Files, NSF, Box 31 (Item)

) REPRESENTATIVE - Lt Col Charles D. Ford.,. Jr, - Major RED TEAM(North Vietnam) REPRESENTATIVE USA Richard W. Uobb.c, USA USA USA YELLOW TEAM(Red China) REPRESENTATIVE - Col Samuel N. ·Karrick, GREENTEAM(USSR) REPRESENTATM Commander Harold

Folder, "JCS -- SIGMA I‑66, Fact Book, 9/66," Agency Files, NSF, Box 33 (Item)

- NOFORN D-5 .. •.· NORTHVIETNAMTEAM Seniors Mr. Arthur W. Barber Mr. William E. ~olby Mr. Wilson P. Dizard ............................. ............................. ............................. Uien Andrew J. ·Goodpaster, OASD/ISA CIA USIA

Folder, "JCS -- SIGMA I‑66, Game Documentation, 9/66," Agency Files, NSF, Box 33 (Item)

Folder, "[Manuscript] Chapters 1-9," Papers of William P. Bundy, Box 1 (Item)

of frenzy as elsewhere. reflected and--the Khrushchev Wilson and the Labor Party were having of a group led by Leonid Ordinarily, turn, the Chinese on the (date), Union in favor to Harold one sought changes was in to prevent before

Folder, "[December 17, 1965 - 9:41 a.m. Meeting with Foreign Policy Advisors on Vietnam]," Meeting Notes Files, Box 1 (Item)

(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

Folder, "[January 29, 1966 - 12:45 p.m. Meeting with Advisors on Vietnam]," Meeting Notes Files, Box 1 (Item)

. 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

Folder, "[November 19, 1968 - Meeting with Advisors]," Meeting Notes Files, Box 3 (Item)

Wilson said if the Franc is devalued 15%, the pound would be under great pressure. The meeting of ten in Bonn on British urging. But after it was called, Jenkins said (after the new German tax was announced) it should be called off. Fowler felt we had

Folder, "[July-August 1967 Meetings with Correspondents]," Meeting Notes Files, Box 3 (Item)

with six columnists and commentators on the White House balcony on August 11, 1967. Those attending were: The President Bill White Richard Wilson Roscoe Drummond John Chancellor Bill Lawrence Dan Rather George Christian Walt Rostow Bob Fleming The President

Folder, "[April 4, 1966 -7:10 p.m. Meeting with Foreign Policy Advisors on Vietnam]," Meeting Notes Files, Box 1 (Item)

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

Folder, "July 18, 1967 - 6:06 p.m. Rusk, McNamara, Rostow, Bundy, Christian," Papers of Tom Johnson, Box 1 (Item)

will not listen to anybody else except us." The President asked about Prime Minister Pearson of Canada and Prime Minister Wilson of Great Britain. The President said he wished that we could find something for Wilson to do. Walt Rostow said that Oliver Franks could

Folder, "[April-May 1968 Meetings with Correspondents]," Meeting Notes Files, Box 3 (Item)

in health, education, job training and anti-poverty spending during his adminis tration. # # # 7 I I lI ·' I . \' ....I ' MEETING OF THE PRESIDENT WI'J;'.JH RICHARD WILSON ' · \\'l-, . v .\" fl·) ,. i MA y 2 0 ' 19 6 8 "(l \ t.y·t .I

Folder, "[December 21, 1965 Meeting with Foreign Policy Advisors]," Meeting Notes Files, Box 1 (Item)

'.·. .• ' ·t, - • • i~ I j I ' ... .., : I ,! t .. ' . 1 •• 5 1. (about the Wilson letter) Is this saleable to Congress? President No, ANF is more saleable than MLF--but because details are not available, we can 1 t sell it to Congress

Folder, "[January 24, 1966 - 6:30 p.m. Meeting with Foreign Policy Advisors on Resumption of Bombing]," Meeting Notes Files, Box 1 (Item)

-· .J .. , P resid.ent: Rusk: 1°66 .I .• 3 ·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

Folder, "[September 15, 1967 - Meeting with AFL-CIO Executive Council]," Meeting Notes Files, Box 2 (Item)

and the fact that every President -- Washington, Lincoln, Wilson, FDR, and Truman had their severe critics because the Nation was engaged in conflict. He said that each President had a Chairman of a Foreign Relations Committee who was antagonistic -- because

Folder, "[June 22, 1966 - National Security Council Meeting]," Meeting Notes Files, Box 1 (Item)

does not believe there is a danger Who should we talk to ? Secretarv Rusk: The chiefs of governments with troops in Vietnam, .-· - 4 Mr. Wilson and Mr. Pearson. Secretary Rusk: On this matter of retaliation, might the North Vietnamese try

Folder, "[October 1967 Meetings with Correspondents]," Meeting Notes Files, Box 3 (Item)

this morning. (The President had Miss Nivens in Walt Ro stow' s office read the message over the telephone; the message thanked Wilson and Brown for standing firm despite party pressures.) We all have our peculiar problems; all of us have our setbacks

Folder, "[February 17, 1965 - 10:00 a.m. Meeting with General Eisenhower and Others]," Meeting Notes Files, Box 1 (Item)

.;;> , The President, after thanking General Eisenhower for his comments, said he could best give the thinking of the Administration by quoting from a message being sent to Ambassador Bruce as a basis for discussion with Prime Minister Wilson of the U. K. The text he

Folder, "February 9, 1968 - 10:15 p.m. Senior Foreign Policy Advisors meeting," Papers of Tom Johnson, Box 2 (Item)

. I think we shaild now tell the allies that we could lose Southeast Asia without their help. The first to tell is Park. Tell him that none of us want defeat. If it takes more men to avoid defeat let's get them. Wilson implied that Prime Minister

Folder, "[NSC Meeting] Discussion including / Major POL Targets, 6/22/1966, Volume 3, Tab 42," National Security Council Meetings Files, NSF, Box 2 (Item)

facilities . Se cretary Rusk: from the USSR. The President: Llewellyn Thompson does not believe there is a danger Who should we talk to ? Secretary Rusk: The chiefs of governments with troops in Vietnam, - 4 Mr. Wilson and Mr. Pearson

Folder, "[January 20, 1966 - 5:50 p.m. Meeting with Foreign Policy Advisors on Vietnam]," Meeting Notes Files, Box 1 (Item)

a commitment that we will not bomb until H. Wilson has departed Mos cow. Authority --~!::.._~--~- ~---:_ 5 _f - - - - . I)· te- 10 - b - ~ ~ By '6.&) , l>TAl"' J. ~ -.....:.·, -· 1 SE E 1 1/20166 (2) We're going to have to double our manpower

Folder, "[January 25, 1966 - 5:30 p.m. Meeting with Congressional Leadership on Resumption of Bombing]," Meeting Notes Files, Box 1 (Item)

bombs. 3. Increase isolation of U.S. 4. More \\e destroy North Vietnam, the more we treat with China instead of North Vietnam. Dirksen: (Recounted Wilson's declaration of war, and how people applauded his declaration of death.) I am sensitive to young

Folder, "[NSC Meeting on] Peace offensive re Vietnam, 1/5/1966, Volume 3, Tab 37," National Security Council Meetings Files, NSF, Box 2 (Item)

, Cottvc encl Hm.-old Wilson. (c) Govern01.· Hil l i~:ng hn:J viaitcd t!orocco, .i\lei ers, T.unisio, Ethiopia , l~enya , U::;ancia, 'fam;~ni~ , H:f.3erin, Ivory Coast end Ghnnn . I n t he n~xt L}8 houra he will visit s~nega l, Guinea , H:?li and LibcriQ

Folder, "[June 17, 1966 - 6:05 p.m. National Security Council Meeting]," Meeting Notes Files, Box 1 (Item)

. A decision on bombing is not being made now and one is not imminent. The reasons for our delay include: the Secretary was at the NATO meeting, Canadian representative Ronning was visiting Hanoi, time was required to talk to Prime Minister Wilson and our

Folder, "[February 21, 1968 - 1:00 p.m. Meeting of Rusk, U Thant, Others on Vietnam (President Did Not Attend)]," Meeting Notes Files, Box 2 (Item)

recounted, as previously reported to us by Ambassador Goldberg and by messages from Wilson and Brown, the chronol9gy of his discussions witl1 the ~orth Vietnamese: the Secretary General's n~essagc to Eo in J

Oral history transcript, Leon Keyserling, interview 1 (I), 1/9/1969, by Stephen Goodell (Item)

is not politically impossible. It is merely politically more difficult, but it isn't any more difficult than when Woodrow Wilson, a first-term minority President, when the Democratic Party was really a minority in the country, pushed through in two years

Folder, "Meetings With the President -- 6 January 1964 - 1 April 1964," McCone Memoranda, Box 1 (Item)

~ For the White P.ouse: For CIA: Messrs. Rusk, Ball, Mann, rwtin, and Collins Messrs. McNair.ara, Vance, and Ailes Mr. Wilson M::!ssrs. Bundy, Th.mean, Salinger, and Hoye rs M::!ssrs. ?1::Cone and HeJ..ms 1. The meetine opened at 0930 wtthout the Pre~idcnt who

Folder, "[September 1967 Meetings with Correspondents]," Meeting Notes Files, Box 3 (Item)

attacking George Washington, Woodrow Wilson, FDR, Truman and other American Presidents for getting involved in foreign conflicts and cited these to show that this current situation must be viewed in the context of our national history. The President

Folder, "October 15, 1968 - 1:20 p.m. Tuesday Luncheon," Papers of Tom Johnson, Box 4 (Item)

-- White House 6. Talk t o Eisenhower. Honolulu Communique. 7. Letter to Kosygin. Clifford a nd Rusk draft it. 8. Letter to Wilson -- Rusk 2:24 p. m. CIA Director Richard Helms looked at the President, shook hands and said "good luck. " MEETH~G

Folder, "[NSC Meeting on] Vietnam / POL, 6/17/1966, Volume 3, Tab 41," National Security Council Meetings Files, NSF, Box 2 (Item)

include : t h e Secretary wa s at the NA TO meeting, Canadian repr e s e ntative Ronning was v isiting Hanoi , t i me wa s required to talk to Prime Minister Wilson a nd ou r allie s , and some sounds have come from Hanoi. Every bit of information is need

Folder, "[December 23, 1967 - 8:50 p.m. Meeting with Pope Paul]," Meeting Notes Files, Box 2 (Item)

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. '\ .. ·~ t 8. We think