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  • shelling of cities and B. not take advantage of the DMZ. General Wheeler: No sir. The President: or the DMZ? Can we restart the bombing easily if they violate the cities General Wheeler: MEEilNG NOTES cOP7P.1GH TEU ?lJblico~ Raqu11e5 Per-mi11ieA cf
  • agreement, will this be an advantage militarily? General Abrams: Yes. The President: Will it compensate for lack of bombing up to the 19° parallel? General Abrams: Yes, sir, it will. We think they have shifted tactics from the battlefield
  • bring home to American officials .. ~- It is not a losing proposition. ;\ Dick Helms: If you relieve a seige of a bastion, you get headlines. a. The President: He has worsf. problem with press than we do. General Westmoreland: .Khesanh. Clark
  • Wheeler: Yes sir, they remain under the operational control of their government. Secretary Mc:,Jamara: I am under the very clear impression that they have been told by their home governments to do everything possible to hold down their own casualties. Our
  • it with these reserves (referring to the 200, 000 requested.) General Wheeler: Yes, I believe so unless the enemy ups the ante. The President: Are we adeguately prepared for Khesanh? General Wheeler: Yes, sir. The President: Do you think that it will be there (Khesanh
  • : That is correct, sir. You will recall that in 1950 the North Koreans moved in artillery and moved across the DMZ. I would not discount the possibility of this happening again. I would want the B 52s and the fighter bombers to back up the ground forces
  • Sidey: Yes Sir. Jack Horner: Yes Sir. Hugh Sidey: What is the mood and the reaction to the North Korean ship seizure? What are our options? The President: This is a very serious situation. It is very grave. It does not lend itself to emotion
  • , Buzz (General Wheeler), that time is limited when we can continue to keep the area above the 19th off limits without hurt? General Wheeler: rapidly. Yes sir. They are moving men and equipment south quite (CIA Director Helms gave paper
  • stability, our other problems in the world, our other problems at home; we must consider whether or not this thing is tieing us down so that we cannot do some of the other things we should be doing; and finally, we must consider the effects of our actions
  • ACTIVITIES • ... THZ CRIME comHTTED BY .ME AND MY MEN IS ENTIRELY INDELIBLE. I AND MY CREW HAVE PERPETRATED A GRAVE CRIMINAL ACT, BUT OUR PARENTS AND WIVES AND CH~LDREN AT HOME ARE ANXIOUSLY WAITING FOR US TO RETURN HOME SAFE. THEREFORE, WE ONLY HOPE 1
  • and commanders have been consulted. We recommend approval. GENERAL McCONNELL: I concur, Sir. GENERAL CHAPMAN: ADMIRAL MOORER: I concur. I concur. # # # EYES ONLY FOR THE PRESIDENT SERVICESEf ' , ... .. !. , ' .. • .!: .L:.I .1. .C,,i.;) VJ.'U
  • .· .• " -­ from General Westmoreland's cable to General Wheeler 11 March 1968). I This would be roughly 30, 000 men? General Wheeler: Yes, sir·. The President: Was Westmoreland limited ih this? General Wheeler: Yes, we told him this was all that we had
  • no longer do the job we set out to do in the time we have left and we must begin to take steps to disengage. That view was shared by: George Ball Arthur Dean Cy Vance Douglas Dillon and myself (McGeorgc Bundy) We do think we should do everything possible
  • George Christian Cyrus Vance Douglas Dillon General Omar Bradley Averill Harriman Dean Acheson Henry Cabot Lodge The President The Vice President Secretary Rusk Secretary Clifford Ambassador Goldberg Justice Fortas General Earle Wheeler General Maxwell
  • Bundy. Secretary Clifford: The names of the group who· have met with the President before are: Dean Acheson Gearg e Ball McGeorge Bundy Douglas : Tiillo~ Arthur Dean Abe Fortas · General Taylor Omar Bradley William B. Murphy Henry Cabot Lodge
  • completely happy to come home. lot left to be done (in Vietnam). " There is a The President remarked jokingly that he would send Colonel Cross over there to replace Colonel Olds. "If Colonel Cross can fly those B'-52 1 s as well as he flies my aircraft, he
  • on the call to the Vice President? Secretary Clifford: He called me about his statement on troop withdrawal. I told him I had not predicted any U. S. tr oops would come home next year. Thieu has. Also, he asked if it were true a Marine unit was coming home now
  • and states to borrow money and will have a shattering impact on the home building indus try. With a tax increase in the first half of calendar 1968, the Federal government will put $2. 5 billion in ca sh into the market. 2. Interest Rates are starting to soar
  • in the South. 8. We must probe for private conversations. The President: All our people ought to be told what they are doing and what :we~· are doing. We are going to reassess to see what we can do. Our m orale at home is not as good as morale· out
  • . Neither is a member of the United Nations. I can't get them to the U. N. Neither can Mansfield or U Thant. We are there. We don't want to run out. We want the maximum deterrent at minimum cost. Ho doesn't want to talk. He wants to break our will at home
  • , · would be accommodating enough to 1 signal their intentions beforehand. In all probabllity, the purpose of the in­ cidents has been to bolster morale on i the home front·, to keep a part of the - 1 United States military strength in the · lj area- pinned
  • of the attacks . General Abrams gives them very high marks. The President: We should get to the Members of Congress information about all of this so that when they return to their homes they know what line to follow. I want to send South Korea what they need. I
  • : There are tensions between countries on COMICON because of trading at inflated prices with Soviets on raw material purchases. Secretary Rusk: There is a need to see if there are COCOM pacts which prevent exchange of information by these people when they get home
  • reasonably hope for GVN to be recognized by sitting at talks." George Christian: I will send the Press home now. Clark Clifford: If orders go out at 12 noon tomorrow to stop bombing at 12 midnight, what is the possibility of a leak? General Wheeler
  • of dissent won 1 t even let McNamara get to his home and who threaten him when he is trying to vacation. If all of you can put the throttle on extremism in this country, it would help. I am in deep trouble. But there has never been a major war when there hasn
  • and in their homes from riots and violence, ' the Committee said. 'The most basic of civil rights is being denied to the American people. ' Its statement pointed to Detroit's current riots as tragic proof of the national nature of the crisis because the President had
  • at home. It is better to hit these targets now than wait. So much of the people believe this pure propaganda which is coming out about the war. We can 1 t take it much longer. It really becomes a question of whether you hit Phuc Yen ~r pull out. We have
  • we need to do more in the 50% of the Senate think we need to do more. 20$ will support Bobby. I received $5 million in homes for the poor. THE PRESIDENT: Get Senator Smathers to work on Williams. Dirksen. Get Moss and the Republicans
  • at home. At no place was there a request for more men or material from our men in Vietnam. EUROPE Enemy forces in Czechoslovakia 200, 000 Soviet 33, 000 Poland 1, 000 East Germany 8, 000 Hungary 3, 000 Bulgaria 250,000 By moving men in to Czechoslovakia
  • perseverance that has brought us to this hopeful . prospect: -- a perseverance here at home to match that of onr men in Vietnam. So in the days ahead, I ask you not only for your prayers but for your persevering support of those who search for peace. Thank
  • : ,. i Operations are proceeding well. i j. ! ! Reports on the .scene are better than press reports at home. There is i .. reason to expect significant military losses by Viet Cong in coming months. ~e i ,;. ! I l -- "There is not a military
  • .:...:_-~>=rse and retire ..·::c..:ft:ll y to Lheir respective homes \1:ithir: :~ ~.:.=itcd time; · _'\nw, THEREFORE, I, Franklin D. Roos .:: -- ~- :_, President of
  • , then you have the perogative of taking the resolution under which we are out there now. You can repeal it tomorrow. You can tell the troops to come home. You can tell General Westmoreland that he 11 doesn 1t know what he is doing. Senator Mansfield
  • of catastrophy are a always had prophets of doom. Some assistance versus domestic growth. for a war against aggression. abroad standard American fare. We have say that it is a matter of foreign I believe we have a responsibility and a war against poverty at home
  • , Hanoi thinks they can take South Vietnam without a military victory. They think they can win it here at home. Congressman Wyman: Mr. President, do you see a need for us to do in Vietnam what we had to do it Japan? The President: Question: Definitely
  • are at a time when this could get in the way of NPT. It is therefore a decision between "Plowshare'' vs. the test ban treaty. The treaty requires you to keep the debris from these tests at home. THE PRESIDENT: The question is would Cabriolet violate the treaty
  • away. RUSK: What about the possibility of getting foreign pr eduction of choppers. GENERAL WHEELER: I think the President is aware of the feeling in the Congress about "buying at home. 11 CLIFFORD: The chopper firm can go to 3 shifts, six days a week
  • . Symington Amendment (Sect. Clifford) Sitrep on Congressional position. 7. Other. DECLA~IFIID E.O. ll356. Sec. 3.4(bl White Home Guidelines. Feb. 24. 198~ Bv 0~ NARA. Date S-{- ~/ U'J~ostow ,. ·' J l~ . .. . ~ . ,• f?~- Draft Language for Report