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  • as a little region all it·s own. GLOBAL 4. U.S. --Soviet relations. You'd like to tell him a little about your meeting with Kosygin -- your reflections on how far the thaw goes. 5. Iran-USSR. You'd like to hear his experience with the Russians. (He has moved
  • :'to: TH£·, PJiESIDENT-~S'.;DfREct·.:QUESTIO~f~, ··tH£ VICE PRESIDENT . SA ID He·: HAo,- ·sotitE ' DOUBTS:: AS' ·. 10 ··wHETHER··-tHE STR IK£ SHOULD TAKE PLACE TODAY--OR WHETHER ·lT. .SHOULD B£ DELAYE!> 0 UNTIL ~R. KOSYGIN · LEFT THE: AREA~ HE. . HAD
  • -AS · A PRELIMINARY,; IN THIS RE SPECT THE TO NE. OF -THE .. CONVERS ATIO • t' AS DIFFERr:NT THAN !HAT OF. KOSYGIN AT _..,. WAS BY NO MEAN S INSISTbd T UP BEFORE ANYTHING ELSE COULD BE cc:?TED. ~ ~ ~~6%-5-E-G-R-E-- T GROMYKO INDI CATED THAT THE TREND OF OPINION
  • and provocative posture. The U.S. has tried through a large number of approaches, including the initiative which Ayub had kindly taken with Premier Kosygin at Tashkent, to open a constructive dialogue with Hanoi. Now in view of the great seriousness of the problem
  • the war with maximum imag.lnatlon within accepted limits. Bunker's position on bombing is "eetiom·:lnp,a.ragraph 1, above. W. WWRostow:rln ·SECRET w·. Rostow SECBET Tuesday, November 21, 1967 3:35 p. m.. Mr. President: Herewith Kosygin's leteat
  • of us can do Job alone. II. East-West Relations 1. We were encouraged by the answer to President 1 s letter to Kosygin on ABM. Look forward to frank discussions. We will ·seek agreement on ways to avoid futile ratchet in arms -race, and perhaps to even
  • IN PRODUC ING THE CURRENT S TO TALKS. HE HAD STRONGLY REBUTTED T A THE MO EY THE US WOULD SAVE BY NOT DEPLOYING DBE PUT INTO ICBM'S. HE SA ID KOSYGIN HAD BEEN 0 T SUBJECT OF CHINA: THE TROUBLE WITH THE US OS GI S ID, WAS THAT THEY DID NOT REALIZE
  • separately on the dinner table discussions on Kashmir and disarmament matters. Be fore dinner Gromyko and I had a private talk with no one else present. I told him that following Harriman's discussion with Kosygin, we had take n Kosygin's suggestion and had
  • or Kosygin an t1nt a Cz.ech brondcniat; u ..., --- Ciroc.}hko 11ad 1·os1gnccl, Mnl'Sht\l .·.: in t:or \ho we... aday, Aq. 12:0S p.m. 70PS!.CK%: MB. PRESIDENT la■t 1 Herewltll a pl'•p••e4 mea..,. la n■paaM to hl ■ attached to Wll- 21- 19'8
  • -. LIMDJS. ---· -- -- --- . 1 v P0L'.f'ANSKY,--REcE ivEo -M°E· FoR--AN HOUR TH Is MORNI NG. KORN I ENKO AND. AN .uN I DENT I F ·iED A i D: wERE. p RE s ENT-. HE s A I D' HE HAD TALKED By TELE~HONE TO KOSYGIN WHO• HAD EX~RESSE0 HIS REGRET AT NOT BEiN~ ABLE
  • not discus.s the substance of communications to London, when Kosygin was there; and I did not propose to do so now.. I could tell him, however, that to the best of my knowledge there was no conflict or incompatibility between what was done in Londo:11ir
  • PHO~E CALL; e.. H! 'i'JUt:J STilA!GHTA''lAYTAKEPRESIO£NTJOH~JSON •s ~~S3~GZI~ TO AYUaAT THE CONFE~ENCEJ A~O c. HE WOULD EXPECTTHATAYUBWOULD EITHERSPEAK AT KOSYGIN AIRPORTDEPARTURE AT TOMr ~20UTT~E MATTER 113~ ~~U~3 nR CALLME I~ LATERronAY OR TO~ORROV
  • not insist upon the Israeli.position that Israeli-Arab talks at this point must be face-to-face. There was haggling going on between the two sides, each trying to gain. The Secretary said that the US was disappointed with Kosygin's L J P'ORM 1•11 DS-1254 6
  • -Lf70 ~ 5 -~;J.JJ/c:>-- /J~S r-----4---Rp-. ~ RESTRICTION qr .Jc M .J '1 /wt( t=0 Dominican Republic S 3 pp. .V-,1,2/,. f =.:;:; ;;i:;ff.q ) etr.. 59 memo DATE CORRESPONDENTS OR TITLE q/-4-=fl,f letter to Kosygin -PCI J pp. ~ S·:19-9.$' NJ-J
  • CONNECTIONS HADBEEN STRONGADVOCATES OF INVASIONBECAUSE OF THEIR FEARS OF BEING INFECTEDgy HUMANISTIC SOCIALISM. GRECHKO PERSONALLY THE ARMYHADFAVTREDINVASION-- ALTHOUGH HADNOT. BREZHNEVHADWAIVERED ANDFINALLYCOM~OVERTO THE INTERVENTION SIDE. KOSYGIN
  • -we can. conceive. 1. I begin with the fact that both Tommy Thompson and Chip Bohlen feel a certain regret that we did not pick up Kosygin 1 s message, institute a total bombing halt, and then lean very heavily on the Soviet Union to produce :resulta
  • !.esidium meeting is conflicting and sparse. There are unconfirmed reports that Brezhnev is visiting Warsaw and Berlin in preparation for it. Kosygin and Podgor.n.y are in ;Mqs~ow~ Dubcek is in Prague. The most frequent rumors are that th~&etiu""g-wim1·:1
  • was being driven down a road, his chauffeur stopped the car when .they reached a fork in _the road asking which way to .turn. Johnson instructed tll·e : ch~uffeur to turn right, and right he turned. A few moments later, Kosygin reached the same fork
  • SUFFICIENTLY ' LATERi TO .INDICATE THAT/: _': . · .. - :· ' .; . ·;tt:· WE HAV£ . THOUGHT ABOUT ,.YOUR STATEMENT ~ - I , SHALL SEND .A PRELIMINARY·,,,, ·. · .. . .; ·: . ·:: ' t~ MESSAGE TO KOSYGIN '' WKICH ·WILL 8£ DESIGNED , MERELY TO fllAKE THE< POIN'.f
  • of action, we may wish to see what the Rumanian brings us tomorrow; but it is my present judgment that we should: -- respond to Kosygin's letter on the PUEBLO; ~L_,._ - - stre~h~o~r military positions in Viet Nam .ad. Korea; G&--\ ~,~-~~the Congress
  • the lines of the letter would be helpful if Tommy could say the conversation was authorized by you. Tuesday is the last day for such a conversation. 4. Either method would offer a sati.s factory response to Kohler's farewell conversation with Kosygin
  • CONVERSATIONWITH PRIME MINI3T¢R MA~/RERON SUBJECT LATTER9 S RECENT RIP to rA~ 'EAST WHtCH PONS ... PAGE 2 RUFUHT 566 -C O N F I D .E N T I RELATED TO ME THlS MORNINGo ;t. .L 2 • MAURERSAW KOSYGIN ENROUTE"TO PEKING-HANOI FOR APPROXI MAr ELY TWO HOURS
  • " --Prcsideflt to Kosygin ~ PCI 4 p- &.\-l'&~'S l-l.O-q4_..'53 LOCATION { NSF, Memos to the President, Walt Rostow, Volume 47, 10/21-24/67 RESTRICTION (A) k0/2:)ff'rf---t--A__ -Ro:stowto P1eside1rt TS 1 p ~ t./-fy,9S- Nw 9Jl·t.f~3 .#8 memo FILE
  • on flights to Cuba as generally agreed to in the NATO context. An official of the French Foreign Office has confirmed that Soviet overflights to Cuba were discussed II at the tech­ nical levelu during Kosygin's visit to France. Agreement appears dependent