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Folder, "March 26, 1968 - 3:15 p.m. Meeting with Foreign Policy Advisors (Item)

as a shield to permit the South Vietnamese society to develop as well as North Vietnamese society has been able to do. We need to organize South Vietnam on a block-by-block, precinct-by- precinct basis. Dougla8 Dillon: We should change the emphasis. I agree

Folder, "[March 26, 1968 - 3:15 p.m. Meeting with Special Advisory Group, Cabinet Room (added to Meeting Notes File on 4-6-82)]," Meeting Notes Files, Box 2 (Item)

to organize South Vietnam on a block-by-block, precinct-by- precinct basis. Douglas Dillon: We should change the emphasis. I agree with Acheson. The briefing last night led me to conclude we cannot achieve a military victory. I would agree with Lodge that we

Folder, "March 20, 1968 - 2:52 p.m. Meeting on fiscal policy - Fowler, Bundy, Martin, Okun, Freid, Zwick, etc.," Papers of Tom Johnson, Box 2 (Item)

to muster 160 to 180 House votes. You are now forced to deal with the devil. The Democratic House members have been largely unhelpful. I think we must have a substantial block of GOP votes in both houses. THE PRESIDENT: What will we lose if we go

Folder, "September 9, 1968 - 5:45 p.m. President's meeting with House leadership," Papers of Tom Johnson, Box 4 (Item)

they will not move against Berlin or Romania from Dobrynin. Bi-lateral relations with the USSR have been deeply affected. Czechoslovakia does not necessarily block the ABM discussions. Vietnam remains with us. the Middle East is still there. The world still has big

Folder, "[January 11, 1966 - 1:05 p.m. Meeting with Foreign Policy Advisors on David Bell's Return]," Meeting Notes Files, Box 1 (Item)

Committee working on this. Difficult to manage. VC can send purchasing agent to Saigon and buy what they need. It is difficult to get to VG. Easier to block it via transportation rather than marketplace. Long, detailed process to find out about the flow

Folder, "October 14, 1968 - Foreign Policy Advisory Group meeting," Meeting Notes Files, Box 3 (Item)

of Berlin. Throughout, he had used Secretary Rusk's language. When asked about what the U. S. would do if access to Berlin were blocked, he had said: The U. S. will take appropriate action in case of interference with ingress or egress to or from

Folder, "[February 24, 1966 Meeting with Congressional Leaders]," Meeting Notes Files, Box 1 (Item)

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Folder, "January 27, 1968 - 1:25 p.m. National Alliance of businessmen luncheon," Papers of Tom Johnson, Box 2 (Item)

on state, county, city and block levels. It is almost impossible to get humans in. So we turn to electronic means as an alternative. We used some other more sophisticated equipment, including satellite photography. Of course, this is used by both

Folder, "January 25, 1968 - 6:30 p.m. Pueblo 6 - Senior advisors meeting - McNamara, Rusk, Wheeler, Helms, etc.," Papers of Tom Johnson, Box 2 (Item)

. By blocking them off, we take reversible steps. In other words these are steps that do not require that we take additional steps. We should not let the North Koreans think that the Security Council is the way we have planned to deal with this. They must know

Folder, "[Briefing Papers for National Security Council Meeting, May 24, 1967]," Meeting Notes Files, Box 1 (Item)

sooner than we expected, but the South Arabian problem will still provide the follow-up to the current showdown. The policy question in South Arabia as on Israelis borders is how far we can and should commit ourselves to block Nasser and his Soviet

Folder, "[Briefing Papers for Tuesday Luncheon, February 6, 1968]," Meeting Notes Files, Box 2 (Item)

as selling arms to block Soviet military aid, because the issue is now much broader. We have reached the point in Jordan where the question is whether they think they have a better chance of achieving their objectives with US or Soviet help. If we are ending

Folder, "February 28, 1968 - 8:35 a.m. Gen. Wheeler"s trip to Vietnam discussion with Foreign Policy Advisors," Papers of Tom Johnson, Box 2 (Item)

province towns could have been overrun. The second surprise I had was that we came very close to losing Tan Son Nhut Air Base. It was touch and go there. This attack was blocked by battalions coming in and hitting the enemy from the rear. It was closeo

Folder, "October 3, 1967 - 6:10 p.m. Rusk, McNamara, Rostow, Helms, Christian Robin Olds and Col. Cross," Papers of Tom Johnson, Box 1 (Item)

for all GI those who -..var..t to have the job to expl'ess themselves to the people .. He said he v,ras considering ~\velcoming all corn.ers to come out with their programs. Secretary lv1cNa"l:nara.: out on the block. I do not think that fae :Ce:noc1~ats

Folder, "September 17, 1968 - Tuesday lunch with Foreign Policy Advisors ," Papers of Tom Johnson, Box 4 (Item)

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Folder, "[Briefing Papers for Tuesday Luncheon, September 17, 1968]," Meeting Notes Files, Box 3 (Item)

Negotiations. (Sec. Rusk) Situation report. 6. Czechoslovak Situation. (Sec. Rusk; Mr. Helms) Situation report. 7. Block in Senate Foreign Relations Conunittee. (Sec. Rusk) A quorum hard to come by. What, if anything, should we urge Sen

Folder, "October 29, 1968 - 2:30 a.m. Meeting with the President's Foreign Policy Advisors," Papers of Tom Johnson, Box 4 (Item)

the Fortas affair - - to block. He was taking public positions intended to achieve that end. They w 'o uld incite Saigon to be difficult, and Hanoi to wait. Part of his strategy was an expectation that an offensive would break out soon, that we would have

Folder, "[September 6, 1967 - 11:09 a.m. Meeting with Vietnam Election Observers]," Meeting Notes Files, Box 2 (Item)

, but are perplexed by domestic riots that destroy their homes. - 3 He said they are also concerned about a Congress that seems to react to the few Negro extremists to block programs that Negro soldiers and their families need. William P. Gullander

Folder, "January 31, 1968 - 8:40 a.m. Pueblo 13 - Breakfast with Congressional Leaders & Advisors," Papers of Tom Johnson, Box 2 (Item)

: Totalitarian governments are organized with a town leader, a block leader, a precinct leader, and even a house leader. Any new individual ~M&Hl~JG ~lOTl!i COP¥idd ·H5". 0 Publicaliou Require5 Pei mission of Copy• ight Hel.l•F• >Na lhomos Johntoft - 7

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