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Folder, "[NSC Meeting on] Vietnam, 2/10/1965, Volume 3, Tab 30," National Security Council Meetings Files, NSF, Box 1 (Item)

G eorge Ball, Acting Secretary William P . Bundy , Assistant Secretary for Far Eastern Affairs Llewellyn E . Thompson, Ambassador-at-large Leonard Ung e r, Deputy A ssi 3tant Seer etary for Far Eastern Affairs T REASURY C . Douglas Dillon

Folder, "July 25, 1967 - 6:10 p.m. Senate Committee Chairmen," Papers of Tom Johnson, Box 1 (Item)

, 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

Folder, "August 9, 1967 - 6:40 p.m. President's meeting with labor leaders," Papers of Tom Johnson, Box 1 (Item)

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

Folder, "August 17, 1967 - 6:20 p.m. Meeting with Freshmen Republican Congressmen," Papers of Tom Johnson, Box 1 (Item)

, 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

Folder, "November 28, 1967 - 12:10 p.m. Project Cabriolet," Papers of Tom Johnson, Box 1 (Item)

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

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

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Folder, "March 5, 1968 - 1:14 p.m. Tuesday luncheon meeting - Rusk, Clifford, Wheeler, Helms, Taylor, Rostow," Papers of Tom Johnson, Box 2 (Item)

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

Folder, "July 24, 1968 - 1:30 p.m. Tuesday lunch with Foreign Policy Advisors," Papers of Tom Johnson, Box 3 (Item)

. 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

Folder, "October 22, 1968 - 12:50 p.m. [Notes of Meeting with Rusk, Clifford, Wheeler, Rostow, Christian, Johnson]," Papers of Tom Johnson, Box 4 (Item)

this square with Thieu. M!!TU45 ~~OTES COPYRryHTED P-ublieetieR ii?eq;Jirei ~n . is

Folder, "Speech -- October 30, 1968 1:45 p.m.," Papers of Tom Johnson, Box 4 (Item)

is ~ _j ' s {.t ~- tJ._ f"' ~ ·~ a \ perseverance here at home to match that of our men 1 .in Vietnam. ~~~;ll:E~~~:i::c;awh~Q~a a.dQ, ~~

Folder, "[October 24, 1967 - Meeting with Abba Eban and Others]," Meeting Notes Files, Box 2 (Item)

on military actions and it is probably good that it doesn't. --- The President has strong convictions about our responsibilities in the Middle East, especially toward the people of Israel. --- There is a growing sentiment in this country to " come home

Folder, "[March 19, 1968 - Meeting with Congressional Democratic Leadership]," Meeting Notes Files, Box 2 (Item)

. Urgent Supplemental Appropriation. ' / This bill is in conference. 1 '1:'he Senate add-..r;;he following ~ L I/ amendments: Summer Progro/Il ($75 million), Head Start ($25 million), Impacted Areas ($9d million} and Farmers Home Administration lending

Folder, "October 18, 1967 - 7:30 p.m. Rusk, McNamara, Katzenbach, Rostow, Kissinger, Fortas, Taylor, Clifford," Papers of Tom Johnson, Box 1 (Item)

politically. with Ho. In 1946 Ho stayed at his home in Paris. He has close relations I have little confidence in M's judgment. I have greater confidence in A's judg ment. If it served his purpose A might color his report, however. My contact began last

Folder, "October 23, 1967 - 5:36 p.m. Democratic Leadership," Papers of Tom Johnson, Box 1 (Item)

Asia. In addition, we have to realize that serious discussions about peace present political problems for Hanoi at home, with its Communist Chinese ally, and with the NLF which might feel abandoned. There is some evidence to support all of these views

Folder, "May 7, 1968 - 1 p.m. Tuesday luncheon with Foreign Policy Advisors - Rusk, Clifford, Wheeler, etc.," Papers of Tom Johnson, Box 3 (Item)

on statement. I don't want them to come home this year and let the new President decide if he wants to bring them home. I am worried about our reserves. If we are called on, God help us. General Johnson: We do not have ready men now. We would like to bring

Folder, "May 14, 1968 - 3:04 p.m. President's meeting with his Cabinet," Papers of Tom Johnson, Box 3 (Item)

-- more than we need. We prefer $4 billion over $6 billion cutback. If we had a choice, the $6 billion economy is better off with that overdose than with no tax package at all. Tight money will bring a famine in home building. The amount of tight money

Folder, "[November 4, 1967 - 2:20 p.m. Meeting with Foreign Policy Advisors]," Meeting Notes Files, Box 2 (Item)

the colleges and stirring up problems and we are not answering them. He pointed out that Princeton got a resolutiOn just yesterday. The President turned his attention to the troubles at home and said "I'm not going to let the Communists take this government

Folder, "Meetings With the President -- 23 November 1963 - 27 December 1963," McCone Memoranda, Box 1 (Item)

Folder, "[July 19, 1966 Meeting with Members of Senate and House Appropriations Committee]," Papers of Tom Johnson, Box 1 (Item)

Schultze to tell what the deficits will be in ;is cal 196 7? THE PRESIDENT: I don 1 t think we should be guessing. McNamara made a bad guess on bringing the troops home. I don 1 t want to be caught like that. MEETl~I~ t>IQTl!e €0PYRIC:MTED Publkc•icP

Folder, "January 25, 1968 - 8:30 a.m. Pueblo 4 - Breakfast - Rusk, McNamara, Goldberg, Rostow, Christian," Papers of Tom Johnson, Box 2 (Item)

to South Vietnam. We do not have sufficient bombs in South Korea. However, we .m ust announce the call up. This will leak. Men have to be called from their homes. There is no way it would hold. Secretary Rusk: I would announce the call up today. I would go

Folder, "January 30, 1968 - 6:04 p.m. Pueblo 12 - Senator Dirksen and Congressman Ford ," Papers of Tom Johnson, Box 2 (Item)

~ as you go home or even prevent a man from killing the President. The North Koreans were the outlaws. You can do the same thing to any ship at anytime. Congressman Ford: ship. I do not like tr.e attitude that this was a helpless The President: Here

Folder, "[March 20, 1968 - 5:08 p.m. VP, Rusk, Clifford, Fortas, Bundy, Bundy, Jorden, Rostow, Christian, McPherson, Goldberg]," Papers of Tom Johnson, Box 2 (Item)

· and military risks to bombing halt. We have been exploring bombing limitations in North, leaving open bombing above the DMZ, It also would look bad to segments here at home to have bombing halt at same time as calling up reserves, We are being divided

Folder, "[January 22, 1966 - 12:00 noon Meeting with Foreign Policy Advisors on Resumption of Bombing]," Meeting Notes Files, Box 1 (Item)

didn't resume it·, would they assume we are weak at home and would have to pull out? Thompson: No. The Soviets have indicated that what we do in the South doesn't affect them. J?undy: How would Asian countries view it? Thompson: Don't know. Rusk: Sat

Folder, "[Briefing Papers for National Security Council Meeting, October 15, 1966]," Meeting Notes Files, Box 1 (Item)

in political or economic systems. Such a com1-:-7 ,--:_ would provide a further assurar1ce t.11at Viet~Na.m ~ North as weL 3..3 ;:.,__ · • . have a home where it could survive and follow its own pattern 1-:. : .'..i:.s system but benefitting from

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

NOTHING IN TRYING TO LIVE WITH ISRAEL. USG HAD SPOKEN A GREAT DEAL ABOUT HUMAN AND LEGAL RIGHTS IN VIET NAM. WHAT ABOUT ARAB RIGHTS? WHAT ABOUT VILLAGES THAT HAD BEEN LEVELLED ON WEST B~NK BY ISRAEL? WHAT ABOUT PEOPLE WHO HAD BEEN EVICTED FROM THEIR HOMES

Folder, "[Briefing Papers for] September 4, 1968 National Security Council Mtg," Meeting Notes Files, Box 3 (Item)

in the Alliance with security from· the same fate. The events in Czechoslovakia have brought home to all of us that NATO is the keystone to security and peace in Europe. It was reassuring to receive your own renewed expression of faith in the Alliance. I want

Folder, "[November 11, 1968 - 3:00 p.m. Meeting with Foreign Policy Advisors and President-Elect Nixon]," Meeting Notes Files, Box 3 (Item)

October with meeting on November 2. October 27: Breakthrough. Thuy (Hanoi} agrees to drop "without conditions, 11 suggests cessation 7 p.m., October 29, and meeting in Paris on November 2. This met U.S. position. Abrams ordered home. · October 28

Folder, "[NSC Meeting on] The 23rd UN General Assembly, 9/25/1968, Volume 5, Tab 73," National Security Council Meetings Files, NSF, Box 2 (Item)

. "3. We had a 11 anth od~~!d fir,u n~ of 519 , 500 and we would maint ain that !ignJ'C until thl":re was son1~ dcvcl

Folder, "[July 1967 - May 1968 Meetings with Correspondents]," Papers of Tom Johnson, Box 1 (Item)

want to try to live up to our responsibilities here at home. All in all, the re is: some criticism low polls But I do not know any President who has had it any better. We get into these types of things in time of war. When things go wrong, the American

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

up the home in which the President of South Korea lives, President Park. We sent over a-32-man team. They have apprehended all but s. This is part of the program. We do not know, although there is some speculation, that this may be linked

Folder, "[NSC Meeting on] Situation in Vietnam, 2/8/1965, Volume 3, Tab 29," National Security Council Meetings Files, NSF, Box 1 (Item)

had to make a new a ttempt to create stability in Saigon and to withdraw our dependents. We haven 1 t won on the stable gove rnment but unless we do something now, e ven the government which now exist s will collapse. The dependents are comin g home

Folder, "[NSC Meeting on] Cyprus, 11/29/1967, Volume 4, Tab 61," National Security Council Meetings Files, NSF, Box 2 (Item)

= into spot shortages, shoddy production , or sizes tha~ don't quite .c • . !.11::: . 1. There are more consu~er curren~ Russian jokes on problems than on a~y other subjec~ . A typical story tells of the visitor who found nobody home - s

Folder, "July 24, 1967 - 11:15 a.m. Detroit Riots - Clark, McNamara, Christopher, Fortas, Wilkins, Doar," Papers of Tom Johnson, Box 1 (Item)

probably the ,,·orst the country had experienc.~d )incc the East St. Lon is, Ill., disturb.rnn·s in the first '\'orld 'far. Fedu:il troops of the Sixth Service Command aided the city police, home guards . .:.: ::. State troops in quelling th~ -:·. : :ing

Folder, "November 11, 1968 - 3 p.m. President and President-elect Nixon," Papers of Tom Johnson, Box 4 (Item)

points with Hanoi. They dropped the "unconditional" clause. There was a breakthrough on October 27 when they dropped the words "unconditional. " Then General Abrams was ordered home for consultations. We agreed with President Thieu on a joint

Folder, "[NSC Meeting on] NATO, 12/13/1966, Volume 4, Tab 48," National Security Council Meetings Files, NSF, Box 2 (Item)

to the allies. They must understand that the demands on u s to me e t home front needs ar e serious - that we are facing a budge t of 142 billion with revenue estimat es of 120 billion. The labor unions are going to get raises and U.S . Government employees

Folder, "[September 13, 1967 - 12:32 p.m. National Security Council Meeting]," Meeting Notes Files, Box 2 (Item)

, while rehersing the risks, said such a debate would nevertheless contribute to public understanding at home regarding American policy on Vietnam. Canada, France and Italy expressed a preference for a reactivated Geneva Conference rather than recourse

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

- a settlement on the basis one man-one vote constitutional government Then the U. S. can come home just as we did in Europe and in Asia and spend the money we are expendin g on war on education, health, and all the other needs of our people. (At this point

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

, and he could see I wasn 1t scared by all the criticism I get, and he changed his mind about me. On criticism at home, the President observed that he never thought much of a man who gives him advice through a mimeograph machine. Advice was much more worthy

Folder, "[NSC Meeting on] Major Issues of the 22nd UN General Assembly, 9/13/1967, Volume 4, Tab 57," National Security Council Meetings Files, NSF, Box 2 (Item)

political problems at home . They will be more difficul t at this General Assembly session than they had been during the special GA session which discussed the Middle East. The Israelis no longer talk about withdrawal of troops . We may be saved

Folder, "[NSC Meeting on] Monetary Issues, Vietnam, UN, 11/25/1968, Volume 5, Tab 76," National Security Council Meetings Files, NSF, Box 2 (Item)

. ~ .. 8 +cGRE'f' /SENSI TI VE -3 Secretary Fowler: Did not know of any new steps we should take now. The most important thing that we can do is to keep our situation at home strong. The strength of the dollar is basic to the entire international