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Folder, "[NSC Meeting on] Near/East Region, 2/21/1968, Volume 5, Tab 64," National Security Council Meetings Files, NSF, Box 2 (Item)

discussions on the ABM with the Soviet Union. He felt that Kosygin had agreed at Glassboro to have such discussions . A brief exchange followed on exactly what Kosygin had a g reed to at Gla ssboro . The President felt that he had pressed over and over

Folder, "[NSC Meeting on] Soviet Invasion of Czechoslovakia, 8/20/1968, Volume 5, Tab 71," National Security Council Meetings Files, NSF, Box 2 (Item)

on the press. They did not. The Pres i dent: Wasn't this hard to swallow? CIA Director Helms: Yes . the troops could move in. Military exercises were designed to s ee how The President:Should the Secretary talk to Dobrynin tonighti CIA Director Helms: Yes

Folder, "February 20, 1968 - 1:05 p.m. Tuesday luncheon with Rusk, McNamara, Wheeler, Helms, Rostow, Clifford," Papers of Tom Johnson, Box 2 (Item)

testimony before the committee. In light of this, Secretary McNamara said to go ahead and issue his statement.) Secretary McNamara said McCarthy went out and told the press that one of the . U.S. vessels penetrated North Vietnamese waters. "He just did

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

in the budget if that was the price of a tax bill. The bill is a $10 - $8 - $6 formula. Please do not discuss this. position was reflected in a press conference last week. I do not think Congress will pass the $6 billion. $6 billion, I do not know what I would

Folder, "[NSC Meeting on] Deployment of Additional U. S. Troops in Vietnam, 7/27/1965, Volume 3, Tab 35," National Security Council Meetings Files, NSF, Box 1 (Item)

a firm determ ination to achieve them. We would stress the dangers we see t o both of us in Chinese expansion, and we would recognize the Soviet need to fol low a course wh i ch does not destroy its leadership in the Corrmunist world. We would press

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)

resolution. 4. African Problems The pattern of these questions in the UN is relatively unchanging. In their desire to produce movement 'and to force change s in the status quo, the black African dei'egations press for measures which go beyond what we can

Folder, "[NSC Meeting on] Manila Conference, 10/15/1966, Volume 4, Tab 47," National Security Council Meetings Files, NSF, Box 2 (Item)

is that, as was the case in 1961 and 1963 and 1965, we have not found the formula , the catalyst , for training and inspirin~ them into effective action. 2 . Recommended actions. In such an umpromising state of affairs , what should we do? We must continue to press

Folder, "January 26, 1968 - 11 a.m. Pueblo 7 - Senior advisors - McNamara, Katzenbach, Wheeler, Helms, Nitze, etc.," Papers of Tom Johnson, Box 2 (Item)

a better product. The President: the equipment. Do you have anything more to report on the men and Secretary McNamara: We have nothing more on this. Director Helms: There is nothing either way. General Wheeler: There was a North Korean press message which

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

•· .... ATTACHMENT A JANUARY 27, 1968 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Office of the White House Press Secretary -----------------------------~---------------------~-------------------- THE WHITE HOUSE TALKING POINTS OF THE PRESIDENT AT THE LUNCHEON FOR THE NATIONAL

Folder, "[NSC Meeting on] U. S. Policy toward Vietnam, 3/17/1964, Volume 1, Tab 5," National Security Council Meetings Files, NSF, Box 1 (Item)

, and Mr. McGeorge Bundy, went to his office where a draft press statement was revised and lat e r issued. (Copy attached) Bromley Smith SEC RET-- .. IMMEDIATE RELEA3E Office of the White House Press Secretary

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

White H ouse Press Officer , Tom Johnson Harold H. Saunder s Roland Inlow, Central Inte lligence Agency Cyprus. The President asked Secretary Rusk to· report on the latest in our efforts. S ecretary Rusk, a fter saying how fo r tunate we have been

Folder, "July 29, 1967 - 11:30 a.m. National Advisory Commission on Civil Disorders," Papers of Tom Johnson, Box 1 (Item)

of Negro citizens, who deplore the havoc anci suffer its torment the most. -- All levels and branches of Government must now press, with new resolve, the Nation's peaceful atb.ck on the conditions which breed despair and violence. ?v1y convictions

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

..riits up to strength. President Eise:i.::.ower said we should press for C.iplor.1atic action in t.l-i.e United Nations, and intensify the bombing in North Korea. I want to ask Secretary McNamara to review exactly what happened. We will ask Secretary

Folder, "February 7, 1968 - 12:29 p.m. National Security Council Meeting," Papers of Tom Johnson, Box 2 (Item)

. I discussed why intelligence of this type is so important to us and why we do not escort these vessels. I also told them we are not preparing a way toward apologizing for the incident. The Meet the Press discussion was misinterpreted by many people

Folder, "February 12, 1968 - 1:45 p.m. Senior Foreign Policy Advisors meeting," Papers of Tom Johnson, Box 2 (Item)

requests in the past. Now he finds that his campain plan has been pre-empted by enemy action. Secretary Rusk: Can it only be done by additional U.S. forces? press them to brigade U.S. troops with Vietnamese? Can't we General Wheeler: Before I answer

Folder, "February 15, 1968 - 6:06 p.m. Cyrus Vance meeting on his return from Korea - and other foreign advisors," Papers of Tom Johnson, Box 2 (Item)

, the mission was a success. This was in evidence even with the press at the air port when I left. In t he long run, however, the picture is very dangerous. The President: Before we get any further, what did we do to provoke the anger and hostility? Mr. Vance

Folder, "March 26, 1968 - 10:30 a.m. Meeting with Gen. Wheeler, JCS and Gen. Creighton Abrams," Papers of Tom Johnson, Box 2 (Item)

McCarthy and Senator Kennedy and the left wing has informers in the departments. The Times and the Post are all against us. Most of the press is against us. How can we get this job done? We need more money in an election year, more taxes in an election year

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

on the seca:rfl 3.fte.rnOon. These meetings ~ ~,. •. '! ·.·• .. .... .. j g. Press briefings and leak Rroblem. .. We~ only tentative· ~~ this stage _; ·' ------- ------ -.-.-,,.-.-.....·-~- ~--------------..--------~ would be most damaging any

Folder, "[September 12, 1967 - 1:25 p.m. Tuesday Luncheon]," Meeting Notes Files, Box 2 (Item)

directed George Christian and myself to prepare my notes on the report of the Vietnam election observers and have this distributed to the Members of the Cabinet. Rusk pointed out that the Senators who attended the King Constantine lunch leaked to the press

Folder, "[November 18, 1967 - 4:30 p.m. Meeting with Congressional Leadership on Devaluation of the Pound]," Meeting Notes Files, Box 2 (Item)

measures to improv e the balanc e -of-payments position. R ead concluding portion of sta tement he made at Novemb er 16 press conference announcing program s to strengthen U.S. balance of payments. Stressed that enac tme nt of President's tax increase

Folder, "May 6, 1968 - 1:20 p.m. Meeting with Foreign Policy Advisors," Meeting Notes Files, Box 3 (Item)

to stop bombing." They'll have a hard line on the bombing, and they'll stay with it. If pressed, they'll define "other acts of war" to include any and every violation of the border. -· . - • Authonty By L:(.,.o/ DECLASSIFIED l I L .i g :'I - S I_

Folder, "January 26, 1968 - 7:29 p.m. Pueblo backgrounder with Hugh Sidey and Jack Sutherland," Papers of Tom Johnson, Box 2 (Item)

Sidey: It was definitely in Did the commanders in the field do all they could do? The President: All we know is what we have in their messages. read the press conference of the commander. I Three or four things could be true. It could start

Folder, "February 11, 1968 - 4:30 p.m. Senior Foreign Policy Advisors - Rusk, McNamara, Wheeler, Clifford, Taylor," Papers of Tom Johnson, Box 2 (Item)

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Folder, "March 4, 1968 - 5:33 p.m. Meeting with Senior Foreign Policy Advisors," Papers of Tom Johnson, Box 2 (Item)

a peaceful settlement soon. We do not. The North Vietnamese are pressing against Laos and Thailand. The Chinese are leaning against Burma and Cambodia. During the day we had two additional comebacks on two probes which we made. The Shah of Iran saw Hanoi 1 s

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

as we are going to press the offensive in the South and in Laos, and so long as we are prepared to resume the bombing if they violate the DMZ or attack the main cities, 11 he is ready to go along. •:After all,'' he said, ''the problem is not to stop

Folder, "[NSC Meeting on] Soviet Military Capabilities, 12/5/1963, Volume 1, Tab 2," National Security Council Meetings Files, NSF, Box 1 (Item)

and it is our task to see that it does not happen . NOTE: There is attached a copy of the transcript of Press Secretary Salinger 1s press briefing which was author ized by the President following the meeting. 'i!OP S EE R 8 'f GODJ; N OllD J\:'f T J'LC WM E

Folder, "March 26, 1968 - 1:15 p.m. Foreign Policy Advisors Luncheon - regulars plus added group - Vietnam," Papers of Tom Johnson, Box 2 (Item)

in the United States press. There were setbacks during Tet -- mostly psychological and two military. The most setback was here in the United States, which was one of their objectives. The President: When General Westnloreland was last here, we did not give him

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

is often a reliable spokesman for North Vietnam, last Friday published an article from Hanoi which some of you may have seen in the press, in which he reports the views of Premier Pham Van Dong and other high officials. He describes Hanoi as "in no mood

Folder, "December 5, 1967 - 1:18 p.m. VP, McNamara, Rusk, Vance, Helms, Rostow, Christian, T. Johnson," Papers of Tom Johnson, Box 1 (Item)

Government had rejected the Greek-Turkish agreement. With hopes for peace again fading, we returned to Nicosia and pressed Makarios to concur, starkly outlining the likely consequences of continuing intransigence. This resulted finally in his .written

Folder, "January 24, 1968 - 7:50 p.m. Pueblo 3 - McNamara, Rusk, Rostow, Clifford, Christian, Johnson," Papers of Tom Johnson, Box 2 (Item)

Room ' ': ' ' .. :1 ( I ~ • ~ The President opened the meeting by reading a memorandum from Bob Fleming on the network press coverage at 6:30 p. m. (Attach ment A). . ,.. Secretary Rusk: We met early tonight. We have received

Folder, "February 9, 1968 - 11:02 a.m. Joint Chiefs of Staff," Papers of Tom Johnson, Box 2 (Item)

: I saw where Senator Kennedy pointed out that the South Vietnamese voted not to call up 18 year olds. General Wheeler: I met last night with this unnamed group chaired by Nick Katzenbach and Paul Nitze. We are pressing for the South Vietnamese

Folder, "February 18, 1968 - 8 a.m. President's breakfast with boys on the Aircraft Carrier Constellation," Papers of Tom Johnson, Box 2 (Item)

it and as you go along the harder it gets to climb the hill; you will have the neurotics who will drop out. You read about it every day in our country because we have a free press. They have them too. The young have to defend the country for us. It was left

Folder, "May 21, 1968 - 1:15 p.m. Tuesday lunch with Foreign Policy Advisors," Papers of Tom Johnson, Box 3 (Item)

. There is no particular pressure on us at the present time. I know of no pressure to extend bombing by Congress, by public, by press. Life Editors think the President is on the right track. The next general approach - the targets are not worth it. They have not been using

Folder, "[December 18, 1965 - 12:35 p.m. Meeting with Foreign Policy Advisors on Bombing Pause," Meeting Notes Files, Box 1 (Item)

no man :ion of an. a: t::::..c~c on tile ~Jo.rt h , the press will be houndi~s us . Pre 3i ·1.e .1 t: Y o~ ,i '.) e::-. .1y t~1in3 ye~ . ~ e t tsr ~e ~ o~a hava a J OU: l~t d ~~ es o: jac~ . t ~ lki n~ ! ' ill to io . t e _l :!le w'12. t

Folder, "[NSC Meeting on] U. S. Policy toward Brazil and other general topics, 4/2/1964, Volume 1, Tab 6," National Security Council Meetings Files, NSF, Box 1 (Item)

RAEDEMACKER . AIR B ~ IGADlER fRANCISCO CORREIA DE MELO ALS O , CASTELLO BRANCO REMAINS AS ARMY CHIEF OF STAFF. FIRST . ARM Y UNDER GENERAL OCTACILIO TERRA URURAHY . PRESS REPORTS MILITARY PAY' BILL. SENT TO CHAMBER BUDGET COMMITTEE LAST NIGHTT, NOT PASSED

Folder, "[NSC Meeting on] Vietnam / POL, 6/17/1966, Volume 3, Tab 41," National Security Council Meetings Files, NSF, Box 2 (Item)

l ki n g to the press or even to staff members who m i ght talk to the p r ess. The h ighest security must be n1a intaine d. Secret ar y Rusk: vVe have an ele111entary obligation to suppo rt our combat troops when t hey are c arry ing out a n assi

Folder, "[Briefing Papers for] September 25, 1968 National Security Council Meeting," Meeting Notes Files, Box 3 (Item)

have not succeeded and in fact have been undercut by Rhodesian and South African moves which make a peaceful solution of these problems all but impossible in the foreseeable future. . The Africans can be expected to press to have the General Assembly

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

to the press. He said Vietnam elections were now our greatest hurdle out there. He noted that in our country, we'd had our revolution in 1776 and had no government established till 1789. He said we went to Honolulu last year to help them begin, so that actually

Folder, "Meetings With the President -- 4 January 1964 - 28 April 1965," McCone Memoranda, Box 1 (Item)

came before an NSC meeting with 30 or 40 people present, it would immediately become known to tho p reao that the Government was divided between "hawks and doves" and ~h ero would he great press speculation and many other dieadvantagea. I than stated

Folder, "[NSC Meeting on] Conte/Long and Symington Amendments to Foreign Assistance Act, 2/7/1968, Volume 5, Tab 63," National Security Council Meetings Files, NSF, Box 2 (Item)

should not get into the question of why we do not escort such ships . A ship on the high seas is the least provocative way of gathering intelligence. We should not cripple our intelligence effort. The press misconstrued what was said on the Sunday TV