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Folder, "Walt Rostow, Vol. 49, November 1-7, 1967 [2 of 2]," Memos to the President, NSF, Box 25 (Item)
  • , which I actually supported. I said. that a "limited war" with Red China then "would involve us in the wrong war, at the wrong place, at the wrong time, and with the wrong enemy." •The Soviet Union had a mutual defense treaty with Red China providing
Folder, "Walt Rostow, Vol. 49, November 1-7, 1967 [1 of 2]," Memos to the President, NSF, Box 25 (Item)
  • TO HIM ALL ALONG THE WAY,GAVINCONSISTENTLY HELD THE POSITION THAT HE HAD NO STATEMEMTS TO MAKE UNTIL HE HAD TIME TO THINKABOUTWHAT· HE HADSEENAND HEARD. FRA[ 1KLY, HE WASVERY GOODIN AVOIDING PUBLIC STATE~~-' TS. HE DID, HOv!EVER, DINE WITHDEANBRELIS, PE1
Folder, "Walt Rostow, Vol. 49, November 1-7, 1967 [1 of 2]," Memos to the President, NSF, Box 25 (Item)
  • TO HIM ALL ALONG THE WAY,GAVINCONSISTENTLY HELD THE POSITION THAT HE HAD NO STATEMEMTS TO MAKE UNTIL HE HAD TIME TO THINKABOUTWHAT· HE HADSEENAND HEARD. FRA[ 1KLY, HE WASVERY GOODIN AVOIDING PUBLIC STATE~~-' TS. HE DID, HOv!EVER, DINE WITHDEANBRELIS, PE1
Folder, "Walt Rostow, Vol. 56: Jan. 1‑15, 1968 [2 of 2]," Memos to the President, NSF, Box 27 (Item)
  • by a relatively small number of full-time leaders who largely by dint of personality are able to bring their constituencies together in steer_ing committees like the National Mobilization Committee to End the War in Vietnam. For manpower, ·they look
Folder, "Walt Rostow, Vol. 40, September 1-10, 1967 [1 of 4]," Memos to the President, NSF, Box 22 [1 of 2] (Item)
  • in Khartoum in anclllar-y meetings between myself and President Oamal Abdel Naeaer. Together we arrived at an agteeme.nt which we believe thi• time to be final, God willing. In conclusion, I send Your Excelle.ncy my sincere wishes ·-Co~ health and happiness
Folder, "Walt Rostow, Vol. 74: May 1‑5, 1968 [1 of 2]," Memos to the President, NSF, Box 33 (Item)
  • ARCHIVES PROCESSING NOTE You will find two versions of the document withdrawal sheets in this file. The original document withdrawal sheets were completed in the 1970s and early 1980s. Since that time, many of the documents have been declassified
Folder, "Walt Rostow, Vol. 82: June 13‑19, 1968 [1 of 2]," Memos to the President, NSF, Box 36 (Item)
  • time caa ea•baa• aa effaetlYe ••rlftcatloa •rnem. -Monoonr, ..,. aerlo.a tllH .. ... eltm latelllaeac• mattera. E,,.r,,n laaYe aa I qrH ■ ■ l- of ••rlflcatloa 1et bato c..W tllat lf we took tbe JCS pealtloa la the UN, •• w..id ... mlallt 1et ni
Folder, "McGeorge Bundy, Vol. 21, March, 1966 [2 of 3]," Memos to the President, NSF, Box 6 [2 of 2] (Item)
  • in the course of' time. Despite the impartial and objective ~ttitude of' delegates like your own, however, it transpired, unf'ortunately, that justice and equity were thrown overboard on the basis of' the votes of a minority of state members of the U.N.O. which
Folder, "Walt Rostow, Vol. 45, October 10-15, 1967 [2 of 2]," Memos to the President, NSF, Box 23 (Item)
  • MEMORANDUM FOR THE PRESIDENT SUBJECT: Supplementary Background £or Your Appointment with Congressman C~ller--Noon Today Eshkol's comments on the Mid-East arms balance reported in .The Times this morning were made after Celler requested his appoint­ ment
Folder, "Walt Rostow, Vol. 35, July 16-24, 1967 [2 of 2]," Memos to the President, NSF, Box 19 (Item)
  • PAGE FIVE RUDTCR 496 S E "e t1 r. T HE HAD PERSONALLY DIRECTED THIS OPERATION. HE NOW THOUGHT FEW PEOPLE \1JOtJLD PAY MUCH ATTENTION TO NORIEGA ON THIS QUESTION IN THE rl'Tl'REo HE ALSO RECALLED A TIME ~.,HEN HE, ODRIA AND NORIEGA DIRECTLY THAT HE
Folder, "Walt Rostow, Vol. 16, December 1 - 13, 1966 [2 of 3]," Memos to the President, NSF, Box 11 [2 of 2] (Item)
  • commitment in 1966 is to hold such borrowing to a specified, modest level. Although the Government is expected to meet this target by the end of the year, it has exceeded the ceiling for several months at a time. We intend to insist on much better performance
Folder, "Walt Rostow, Vol. 94: Sept. 12‑18, 1968 [2 of 2]," Memos to the President, NSF, Box 39 (Item)
  • to reactloaarlea Tlaere l• a anat am.all mlaorltl•• the pr.W.mu. It la time for.,.....,. teacher l,otll polltleal of the law of tale laad.- aaaly• we canflllly tva pelltlcal effort at home •••uactlft tbat die•• l• a-,1,. a•las to let a tlaJ lldaorlty
Folder, "Walt Rostow, Vol. 113: Jan. 1‑15, 1969 [1 of 3]," Memos to the President, NSF, Box 44 (Item)
  • succeed. This conviction will not be created unless and until they come to the conclusion that the US is prepared to remain in. Vietnam for whatever period of time is necessary to assure the independent choice of the South Vietnamese people. The enemy
Folder, "Walt Rostow, Vol. 51, November 16-25, 1967 [2 of 2]," Memos to the President, NSF, Box 25 (Item)
  • conflicts~ corners of of the 11 that and wonderful Unit~d wars, and quarrels conferences for eartho century international the and 11 States curing From good kept of time aloof from It Europeo correcting uLrest faith
Folder, "Walt Rostow, Vol. 51, November 16-25, 1967 [2 of 2]," Memos to the President, NSF, Box 25 (Item)
  • ~ corners of of the 11 that and wonderful Unit~d wars, and quarrels conferences for eartho century international the and 11 States curing From good kept of time aloof from It Europeo correcting uLrest faith"­ in to· tir.ie
Folder, "Walt Rostow, Vol. 41, September 11-14, 1967 [1 of 2]," Memos to the President, NSF, Box 22 [2 of 2] (Item)
  • a letter ~f designation. The designation has these antecedents: From the time he took the OAS-CIAP job, Sol Linowitz has been pressing to establish an OAS Mission comparable to Goldberg's UN Mission. ARA has resisted -- as it had done with effqrts of some
Folder, "Walt Rostow, Vol. 105: Nov. 9‑14, 1968 [2 of 2]," Memos to the President, NSF, Box 42 (Item)
  • CLIFFORD: Yes. The understanding, which of course, was of a general nature, in Paris, was that the DMZ would not be violated because we felt we could not go on with the talks which we hoped at that time would start promptly, if the DMZ were violated. Now
Folder, "Walt Rostow, Vol. 102: Oct. 29‑31, 1968 [2 of 2]," Memos to the President, NSF, Box 41 (Item)
  • CONVERSATION I MENTIONED THAT AGREEMENT COtJTINIJED TO BE HELD UP ON ~ATTERS I HM) ~ffNTIONED EARLIER BUT THAT THESE MIGHT BE RESOLVED AT ANY TIME AND IF so -I"WOULD TAKE THE . LIBERTY OF MAKING DIRECT CO~TACT WITH THE PRIM~ MINISTER IF THERE SHOULD
Folder, "McGeorge Bundy, Vol. 2, March 1-31, 1964 [2 of 3]," Memos to the President, NSF, Box 1 (Item)
  • brought in Mr, McCone does not believe the dangers of anoth~r coup (except as a result of a possible assassination) at this time are as serious as he believes this paragraph implies, Mr, McCone, while encouraged by Khanh's evident ability• does not believe
Folder, "Walt Rostow, Vol. 54: Dec. 11‑19, 1967 [2 of 4]," Memos to the President, NSF, Box 26 (Item)
  • possible time" if feasible, or to be conducted as a "protracted" war lasting 10-15 or 20 years if necessary.· The ultimate objective remains the forcible takeover of South Vietnam by VC/NVN forces, leading finally to communization of the South
Folder, "Walt Rostow, Vol. 109: Dec. 1‑9, 1968," Memos to the President, NSF, Box 43 (Item)
  • the State of the Union, has met with a more pleasing prospect than that which appears at the present time. 11 Harr~Pherson, I l. l .j Jr. wwa DllArr
Folder, "Walt Rostow, Vol. 64: Feb. 22‑29, 1968 [2 of 2]," Memos to the President, NSF, Box 30 (Item)
  • of Israel and (aft:er the Secretary's qucs tion) this also be the end of belligerency. He went on to say tl~at the Arabs couldn't; agree and since that time there had been different interpretations by the Soviets and the U.S. WOlLld He then asl
Folder, "Walt Rostow, Vol. 43, September 21-30, 1967 [1 of 2]," Memos to the President, NSF, Box 23 (Item)
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Folder, "Walt Rostow, Vol. 34, July 11-15, 1967 [2 of 2]," Memos to the President, NSF, Box 19 (Item)
  • .em. oil I$ cut off$ and oven in normttl times. tlta la:r.gest single supplier of the ttS • 12-~6 million long tone of lroa ore aninutlly ~hlc h go to 6 Gteal = ills thyoughoat the US. and. $t.6, billion 1A ann.uQl trade ($198 million la oxpods o.nd
Folder, "McGeorge Bundy, Vol. 10, April 15 - May 31, 1965 [1 of 2]," Memos to the President, NSF, Box 3 (Item)
  • believes we can never keep the Times with us and might as well ignore it. I think Joe is reflecting his exposure to some of the fighting troops and his own natural belligerence. But there is just a sniff of Embassy Saigon in what he says, and I think
Folder, "Walt Rostow, Vol. 46, October 16-20, 1967 [2 of 2]," Memos to the President, NSF, Box 24 (Item)
  • on our proposals~ For the first time in a written message from the DRV, the implication seems clear that it is US escalation, not the bombing itself, that rules out such talks and commentso The last paragraph states the usual pre-condition of stopping
Folder, "Walt Rostow, Vol. 33, July 1-10, 1967 [1 of 2]," Memos to the President, NSF, Box 18 (Item)
  • understand that you will spend some time studying how we work to rehabilitate the 4isabled and handicapped here in America. -- We will be most grateful for any comments or suggestions you may have after you have seen our rehabilitation centers and have
Folder, "McGeorge Bundy, Vol. 15, September 23 - October 14, 1965 [1 of 2]," Memos to the President, NSF, Box 5 (Item)
  • deliveries some time into the future but when word of the deal gets arowid, it may increase Jordanian and Lebanese pressure and give the Israelis an added talking point {though these planes will not be a serious threat to them)/ Lebanon is pressing for a PL
Folder, "Walt Rostow, Vol. 9, July 16-31 1966 [3 of 3]," Memos to the President, NSF, Box 9 (Item)
  • Attached} 2. M al colm Toon, Class One Foreign Service Officer, who is now Director of the Office of Soviet Union A ffairs in the State Department. (Biography A t tached} John M acy added two names: 1. Abrah a m M . Rosenthal, with the· New York Times
Folder, "Walt Rostow, Vol. 81: June 7‑12, 1968 [1 of 2]," Memos to the President, NSF, Box 35 (Item)
  • . The •x.t meellaa refued aa earlier date. l■ echedaled for -xt WedM9day. TIiey 5. La DIie TM •u preNat for the ftrat time. w. w. DECLASSIFIED E.O. 12958, Sec. 3.5 NSC Memo, 1/30/95, State Dept. Guidelines By tc, , , NARA, Date 3-c}'.3-0 I 0 lloatew
Folder, "Walt Rostow, Vol. 79: May 25‑31, 1968 [1 of 2]," Memos to the President, NSF, Box 35 (Item)
  • in allied troop co~mitrnents at this time would have un unfortunate psychological e.fiect. There would also be adverse reaction frorn members of U.S. Cong~•er,s1 as Emba.scy 1s undoubtedly aware :from reports of ald hearings (Passman SubCommittee
Folder, "Walt Rostow, Vol. 48, October 25-31, 1967 [2 of 2]," Memos to the President, NSF, Box 24 (Item)
  • Nam. As ycu know, I share this sentiment and mysei~ many times •. Because of t.hc extent of the interest in the Senate, . to el.a.borate on the question of a l have thc-ught it advisable U ~ N. initiative, a~ I understand. it. In this connection
Folder, "McGeorge Bundy, Vol. 9, March - April 14, 1965 [2 of 2]," Memos to the President, NSF, Box 3 (Item)
  • level since the lunar New Year (early February). There were no large-scale Viet Cong attacks and only two district towns were fired on during the week. For the first time in my memory, during the last week all three of the principal indicators
Folder, "Walt Rostow, Vol. 3, May 16 - 26, 1966 [1 of 2]," Memos to the President, NSF, Box 7 (Item)
  • . In improving his public relations effort, Balaguer has broadcast at different times on two national networks. Since early May he has received near maximum exposure through a series of at least thrice­ weekly radio talks, has stepped up his campaign tours
Folder, "Walt Rostow, Vol. 35, July 16-24, 1967 [1 of 2]," Memos to the President, NSF, Box 19 (Item)
  • . 2. A Brltish telegram from Amman lndicatlng, as we know, that Hussein feels he has a bit more time in hand. 3. A cable from Bruce supporting George Brown-' s plea for a delay in executing our message to Hu,s seln. The British argument ls, ln essence
Folder, "Walt Rostow, Vol. 54: Dec. 11‑19, 1967 [3 of 4]," Memos to the President, NSF, Box 26 (Item)
  • Minister Pearson As you know, Mike Pearson has just announced that he will step down, and has asked the Liberal Party to choose a new leader. He plans to continue as .Prime Minister until that time--probably about April 1. Indications are that he
Folder, "Walt Rostow, Vol. 26, April 16-30, 1967 [2 of 2]," Memos to the President, NSF, Box 15 (Item)
  • , but to keep the grain shipments moving up to that time. Willard Wo Cochrane Dean dlj f. J ' I,, . .I (copy) Koffsky Estimates for India FOOD GRAIN SUPPLY 1964-65 mil tons ·SUPPLY Production Movement in(•) or out(+) of stocks Domestic Supply
Folder, "Walt Rostow, Vol. 8, July 1-15 1966 [1 of 2]," Memos to the President, NSF, Box 9 (Item)
  • substantially as against the Communist position. 1 Look at the Soviet Union. Their overall rate of economic growth has been less than ours. They have discovered they cannot continue to grow rapidly simply by con­ centrating on heavy industry: producing more
Folder, "Walt Rostow, Vol. 78: May 20‑24, 1968 [1 of 2]," Memos to the President, NSF, Box 34 (Item)
  • courageous leadership, will find peace and justice duria1 the coming year. 11 We are clleekiag this with you because it is a message to a Othenrtse, however, it la quite routine and uncontrotouchy area. to Hu••ein ls good at this time versial. Ally word
Folder, "Walt Rostow, Vol. 56: Jan. 1‑15, 1968 [1 of 2]," Memos to the President, NSF, Box 27 (Item)
  • , _Joe _-Johris·on, and included Harding B ancroft of the New York Times, and John Cowles,J Hedley ~Doriovan, Ri chard Neusta,_gt, Gen. Matthevr Ri~_g ~~.Y;~, ~9ger:.fiUs~~~ etc. (A list of those attending is attached.) As a follow-through to the meeting