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

. The President: We have 18 authorizations, including some which aren't so controversial. They include AEC, NASA, Foreign Aid, and 3 Defense authorizations. We need to get our committees meeting on these authorizations now. People are mad because they don't know

Folder, "[NSC Meeting on] Vietnam Reprisals, 2/7/1965, Volume 3, Tab 28," National Security Council Meetings Files, NSF, Box 1 (Item)

to ask if the White House sees any connection w ith the events and Kosygin in Hanoi ? Q.. MR. REEDY: I am deferring a.11 com:nent et the present time . Q. At 9 o'clock or whatever time it broke up , the orders went out to carry out these r aids? MR

Folder, "[October 2, 1967 Congressional Leadership Meeting]," Meeting Notes Files, Box 2 (Item)

AppropriationP (HR 10196) - ConfereeF will meet Monday. Foreign Aid (S 1872) - Conferees may meet this week, but this is uncertain at this time. APPROPRIATIONS October 2 i967 Action Completed Second Supplemental, FY 6 7 Vietnam Supplemental, FY 6 7 Interior

Folder, "July 24, 1967 - 6:07 p.m. Congressional leadership," Papers of Tom Johnson, Box 1 (Item)

of the problems. The President then read a statement for use by the Speaker and by the Majority Leader. Congressman Albert pointed out that the House is going to cut Foreign aid and the Poverty Program very severely, particularly in view of the fact

Folder, "October 2, 1967 - 11:50 a.m. President's meeting with Colonel Olds and Col. Cross ," Papers of Tom Johnson, Box 1 (Item)

. NOTES OF PRESIDENT'S MEETING WITH COLONEL ROBIN OLDS. Colonel Olds saluted the President as he was introda.ced to the Commander in Chief by Colonel James U. Cross, Military Aide to the President. The President asked if Colonel Olds was ready for his new

Folder, "November 15, 1967 - 2:16 p.m. Bunker, Rusk, McNamara, Wheeler, Helms, Rostow, Christian," Papers of Tom Johnson, Box 1 (Item)

more at them than they can handle. We We may have too many AID people over there now trying to do too much. There are some priorities for them, including the reorganizing of the army, the refugee problem, and land reform . . . .__ _J.TJ.0.JJF~a~E~c~B

Folder, "January 23, 1968 - 8:30 a.m. Democratic Congressional Leadership," Papers of Tom Johnson, Box 2 (Item)

of the Union Jobs Civil Rights Arms Control and Disarmament Budget Consumers Education Economic Crime Foreign Aid Health Veterans The American City (Housing) The Ame ri can Indian Foreign Tra® Protecting Our National Heritage Sports Maritime The American Farmer

Folder, "June 25, 1968 - 1:20 p.m. Tuesday luncheon," Papers of Tom Johnson, Box 3 (Item)

. The President: Russell is against our involvement in the world. we cause trouble with our foreign aid. ME!TIH5 ~~OTIS COPYRIGHTED -Pt1blicotion Requires P-er"'iuion of Cop1cight Hotdar. W. Thomas Johnson The President

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

. -- ~·.-:. -.,,.•-.. -.~~·.....~-:. ,. :~t:J.i'!'""' ~7 •.f'5";;-,t •• . . ... ... ·~ •' r · ..... ... - j We will act on it by January. 1, ·~:::1-::;•M3 t-~OT::S COiYRIGHl'ED ;\;.:Cd: ee I: o!"I Reett1ire& r~-r.:"d~)Ot"I er Ce~)fi!ht : :aid-~ •. w. r:1cmas Johnson Walt Rostow

Folder, "Speech, October 29, 1968," Papers of Tom Johnson, Box 4 (Item)

on a bombing cessation. On August 19th I said: ''This Administration does not intend to move further until it has good reason to believe that the other aide intends seriously .. to join us in de-escalating the war and moving -2 seriou,ly · ~Qward peace

Folder, "[NSC Meeting on] Vietnam; Jordan Arms, 2/1/1965, Volume 3, Tab 26," National Security Council Meetings Files, NSF, Box 1 (Item)

say no to the supersonics, Jordan will ask Soviet aid. If we say yes, Israel will demand supersonics. Thus, no matter what we do, we will be contributing to the arms race in the Middle East which we have been trying to damp down. 1£ necessary

Folder, "[NSC Meeting on] Vietnam, 6/11/1965, Volume 3, Tab 34," National Security Council Meetings Files, NSF, Box 1 (Item)

Un d er Secretary Ball A ssistant Secretary Bundy UN A mbassador Stevenson Ambassador Maxwell Taylor S ecretary of Defense M c Namara A ssistant Secretary Mc Naughton Treasury Secre tary Fowler AID A dministrator B ell CIA Director R

Folder, "[NSC Meeting on] Southern Rhodesia, 1/25/1967, Volume 4, Tab 49," National Security Council Meetings Files, NSF, Box 2 (Item)

giving aid to Rhodesia . Secretary Rusk: The British do not have a plan to propose if the selective sanctions do not force Rhodesia to negotiate an honorable sett lement. The President: How are we going to work out of this black/white African problem

Folder, "[February 26, 1966 - 1:05 p.m. Meeting with Foreign Policy Advisors on Vietnam]," Meeting Notes Files, Box 1 (Item)

community feels if we are going to spend $10 billion - - let elections take place - - and then bug out, then we ought to get out now. President: It was shocking to RFK that after conferring with LBJ he was (unreadable) to be wrong. aid~s, Vice President

Folder, "[April 4, 1968 - 3:50 p.m. Meeting with U Thant]," Meeting Notes Files, Box 2 (Item)

, even with the best of motivations, the more hostile one gets towards the stay. Our government in Berma is anti-communist, but we try to deal with our problems by our own means. Mr. Eisenhower and Mr. Dulles g ave us g enerous aid by way of arm s

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 is like slapping me and I would slap back. We don't want a wider war. They have a signed agreement that if they get into a war, the Russians and Chinese will come to their aid. They have two big brothers that have more weight and people than I have

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

to think Federal aid ought to go through Governors rather than to cities. The President said few governors had experience on police problems, but that was the House decision. The President said he'd asked for 50 bills concerning cities and had gotten 36

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

the Ambassador personally responsible. Secretary McNamara stated that he had examined the economic situation and that he felt we must give generously of economic aid and must not ask the South Vietnamese government to do the impossible at this particular time

Folder, "[Briefing Papers for National Security Council Meeting, May 10, 1966]," Meeting Notes Files, Box 1 (Item)

of the Treasury The Director, USIA The Director, AID 'tOP SEGR;g'I-4 TTACHMENTS n· ., -~OP SECREY AGENDA FOR TALKS WITH Al.V1BASSADOR LODGE Military (Secretary McNamara, except item 3 b) 1. Bo:nbing Policy in the N orth (:To be discussed separately) 2

Folder, "August 4, 1964 Leadership Breakfast [1964 Leadership Notes]," Meeting Notes Files, Box 1 (Item)

for us to do but support you. MEMORAi'\DUM THE WHITE HOUSE WASHl!'IGTON August 24, 1964 MEMORANDUM FOR MR. JENKINS I Your summary of the Leadership meeting of August 4 gives me everything I need, and it bears out the recollection of others present

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)

to present the issues confronting the goverrunent in providing military aid under the llinitations imposed by the Conte/Long and Symington Amendments. Under Secretary Katzenbach: State Department officials failed to c~nvince members of Congress
Foreign aid

Folder, "[November 20, 1967 - Meeting with Bipartisan Leadership on Devaluation of Pound]," Meeting Notes Files, Box 2 (Item)

would know where each stood. R ep. Ullman - The S peaker -- S aid h e would g ive ev e ry s u p port h e coul d. Made following points: 1. No tax bill is popular. ~ GONFIDEMTL"..L C OWFIDENTiAL -6 2. We are faced with desperate

Folder, "August 8, 1967 - 1:25 p.m. Tuesday luncheon group," Papers of Tom Johnson, Box 1 (Item)

of action we should follow about additional requests for aid to India. Mr. Rostow said he was forwarding to the President a set of alternatives for his consideration. The President said it would appeal to him if some other nation would recognize

Folder, "November 29, 1967 - 12 noon National Security Council Meeting," Papers of Tom Johnson, Box 1 (Item)

that the other aide must make a very difficult deciaion. They must determine whether they are going to do more f o:r Ha.Jioi as failu=e appea::-a imminent in South Viet:iam. [13 of 13]

Folder, "January 23, 1968 - 12:58 p.m. Pueblo I - Tuesday Luncheon meeting," Papers of Tom Johnson, Box 2 (Item)

terrorism which is expected in Saigon. There was a discussion about the budget handling of military and economic aid. Secretary McNamara argued that these two items should be separated out in order to avoid the results of last year. At a minimum, Secretary

Folder, "February 2, 1968 - 4:30 p.m. Backgrounder with correspondents on Vietnam and the Pueblo," Papers of Tom Johnson, Box 2 (Item)

may need to increase military aid to South Korea. We may need to extend enlistments of men in the service. We see nothing that is required at this moment. We will have the reserves looking after things back here. That will replace the active units

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

the Committee in public session on foreign aid. The Secretary will not appear on diplomatic and military matters in public. Secretary McNamara: I agree with Dean. The President: We should deal with this as privately as possible. Attention and recognition is what

Folder, "April 4, 1968 - 3:47 p.m. President's meeting with U Thant at the United Nations in New York City," Papers of Tom Johnson, Box 3 (Item)

of the s u bje cts discussed by Korean officials and Mr. Vance, including the new p ro gram of aid. This meeting will be on Sunda y. Se cretary Rusk will arrive from Wellingten for th ese di s cu s siona. Seer etary Clifford, G eneral Whee ler

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

should hold off on 11 Most Favored Nations" legislation in order not to cause a problem for the Czechs. The continuing resoltuion - what does it do to DoD, Foreign Aid, Foreign Policy things. See what kind of resolution they will get. Draft agreements

Folder, "October 22, 1968 - 1:15 p.m. Tuesday lunch with Foreign Policy Advisors," Papers of Tom Johnson, Box 4 (Item)

: The President: Colonels have it in Brazil and Argentina. What if we didn't recognize Peru? Secretary Rusk: It would complicate ourselves. But we have recognized 50 countries where coup d'etats have taken place . . Secretary Rusk: We are denied AID

Folder, "[February 10, 1965 - 2:10 p.m. National Security Council Meeting]," Meeting Notes Files, Box 1 (Item)

d strike plan. Mr. Moye rs s aid h e thought the strike should b e made to meet domesti c p u blic o pinion requirement s . McGeorg e Bundy summarized t h e consensus that news of the new strike shoul d be r e i e ased Thursday in Saig on and tha t

Folder, "[NSC Meeting on] U. S. Policy toward Laos, 4/29/1964, Volume 2, Tab 1," National Security Council Meetings Files, NSF, Box 1 (Item)

. Rowan, Director WHITE H OUSE McGeorg e B undy, Special Assistant to the Pre sident Major General Chester V. Clifton, Military Aide to the Pre sident Bill Moyers , Assistant to the P resident Jack Val enti, Special Assis tant to the Presi dent Michael

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

Bundy to Saigon and the other aide bad made this att&lck on our pers onnel which had killed seven and wounded a very large rnmbero The:se G: LThom a-...... son ~ sb 2/7 65 du.!llc.1100__,..,. DEOASS!HED ! .O. 12356. Sec. 3.4 '!3- ~'5: N!J By S/S

Folder, "[NSC Meeting on] Vietnam, 3/26/1965, Volume 3, Tab 32," National Security Council Meetings Files, NSF, Box 1 (Item)

that the Chinese Communists are blocking Soviet efforts to send aid to North Vietnam. There are some indications that this is being done, such as the refusal of overflight clearances for Soviet planes flying materiel to North Vietnam. Secretary Rusk

Folder, "[NSC Meeting on] Peace offensive re Vietnam, 1/5/1966, Volume 3, Tab 37," National Security Council Meetings Files, NSF, Box 2 (Item)

their technical as s istance program to increase food production in Latin A· . ~erica, Asia and Africa, with assistance from U. S. through PL 480 . 3. Cou ld step up aid to South Vietnam - possibly one or two L ST ships for U. S1 us e . Korea (President Park~ P

Folder, "[NSC Meeting on] Mid/East Crisis, Volume 4, Tab 52," National Security Council Meetings Files, NSF, Box 2 (Item)

have to have somebody carry a message to Garcia. What do we do?" General Wheeler responded by saying that our first approach should be to give Isra el military aid and all the support it needs for long term military operations. If we are convinced

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

be non-defense such as the minute-man missle, ABM's and some ships may be defell"ed. This won't materially hurt anybody. Poverty under this formula would get more than last year. Highways would get as much as last year. AID would be cut about $500 or $600

Folder, "[January-March 1968 Meetings with Correspondents]," Meeting Notes Files, Box 3 (Item)

at 91. The House is more of a problem. In the Senate we got all of Model Cities, poverty, housing, conservation and other bills, although foreign aid was treated roughly. But I can 1t fuss at the Congress. This hasn't been an 80th Congress. This year

Folder, "[April-May 1968 Meetings with Correspondents]," Meeting Notes Files, Box 3 (Item)

. But the feeling that Europe is not carrying its fair share of the world's burdens is strong. Neither Europe nor America should take each other for granted. We must work every day to nurture every strand of partnership, either in monetary affairs, aid to developing

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

funds or from a supplemental appropriation, Mi:. McNamara s aid both, but felt that, as far as Defens e was concerned, needs co'.ll.d be met largel y from e::Csting appropriations . Mr . McNamara and Mr . Barr noted that the Export- Import Bank