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Folder, "March 26, 1968 - 3:15 p.m. Meeting with Foreign Policy Advisors (Item)

as a shield to permit the South Vietnamese society to develop as well as North Vietnamese society has been able to do. We need to organize South Vietnam on a block-by-block, precinct-by- precinct basis. Dougla8 Dillon: We should change the emphasis. I agree

Folder, "[March 26, 1968 - 3:15 p.m. Meeting with Special Advisory Group, Cabinet Room (added to Meeting Notes File on 4-6-82)]," Meeting Notes Files, Box 2 (Item)

to organize South Vietnam on a block-by-block, precinct-by- precinct basis. Douglas Dillon: We should change the emphasis. I agree with Acheson. The briefing last night led me to conclude we cannot achieve a military victory. I would agree with Lodge that we

Folder, "March 20, 1968 - 2:52 p.m. Meeting on fiscal policy - Fowler, Bundy, Martin, Okun, Freid, Zwick, etc.," Papers of Tom Johnson, Box 2 (Item)

to muster 160 to 180 House votes. You are now forced to deal with the devil. The Democratic House members have been largely unhelpful. I think we must have a substantial block of GOP votes in both houses. THE PRESIDENT: What will we lose if we go

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

they will not move against Berlin or Romania from Dobrynin. Bi-lateral relations with the USSR have been deeply affected. Czechoslovakia does not necessarily block the ABM discussions. Vietnam remains with us. the Middle East is still there. The world still has big

Folder, "[January 11, 1966 - 1:05 p.m. Meeting with Foreign Policy Advisors on David Bell's Return]," Meeting Notes Files, Box 1 (Item)

Committee working on this. Difficult to manage. VC can send purchasing agent to Saigon and buy what they need. It is difficult to get to VG. Easier to block it via transportation rather than marketplace. Long, detailed process to find out about the flow

Folder, "October 14, 1968 - Foreign Policy Advisory Group meeting," Meeting Notes Files, Box 3 (Item)

of Berlin. Throughout, he had used Secretary Rusk's language. When asked about what the U. S. would do if access to Berlin were blocked, he had said: The U. S. will take appropriate action in case of interference with ingress or egress to or from

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, "[February 24, 1966 Meeting with Congressional Leaders]," Meeting Notes Files, Box 1 (Item)

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

on state, county, city and block levels. It is almost impossible to get humans in. So we turn to electronic means as an alternative. We used some other more sophisticated equipment, including satellite photography. Of course, this is used by both

Folder, "January 25, 1968 - 6:30 p.m. Pueblo 6 - Senior advisors meeting - McNamara, Rusk, Wheeler, Helms, etc.," Papers of Tom Johnson, Box 2 (Item)

. By blocking them off, we take reversible steps. In other words these are steps that do not require that we take additional steps. We should not let the North Koreans think that the Security Council is the way we have planned to deal with this. They must know

Folder, "[NSC Meeting on] Report by Sec. Rusk on the NATO meeting at the Hague; Report by Sec. McNamara on his trip to Vietnam, 5/15/1964, Volume 2, Tab 4," National Security Council Meetings Files, NSF, Box 1 (Item)

are cooperating with us in the effort to block trade with Cuba. TOP 6ECRE'f' :, ' . .: ~P-SEC!t~I - 2 5. Tripartite Talks -- There was a tripartite discussion of the problem of dealing with the reunification of Germany. Our posi tion

Folder, "[Briefing Papers for National Security Council Meeting, May 24, 1967]," Meeting Notes Files, Box 1 (Item)

sooner than we expected, but the South Arabian problem will still provide the follow-up to the current showdown. The policy question in South Arabia as on Israelis borders is how far we can and should commit ourselves to block Nasser and his Soviet

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

as selling arms to block Soviet military aid, because the issue is now much broader. We have reached the point in Jordan where the question is whether they think they have a better chance of achieving their objectives with US or Soviet help. If we are ending

Folder, "February 28, 1968 - 8:35 a.m. Gen. Wheeler"s trip to Vietnam discussion with Foreign Policy Advisors," Papers of Tom Johnson, Box 2 (Item)

province towns could have been overrun. The second surprise I had was that we came very close to losing Tan Son Nhut Air Base. It was touch and go there. This attack was blocked by battalions coming in and hitting the enemy from the rear. It was closeo

Folder, "October 3, 1967 - 6:10 p.m. Rusk, McNamara, Rostow, Helms, Christian Robin Olds and Col. Cross," Papers of Tom Johnson, Box 1 (Item)

for all GI those who -..var..t to have the job to expl'ess themselves to the people .. He said he v,ras considering ~\velcoming all corn.ers to come out with their programs. Secretary lv1cNa"l:nara.: out on the block. I do not think that fae :Ce:noc1~ats

Folder, "September 17, 1968 - Tuesday lunch with Foreign Policy Advisors ," Papers of Tom Johnson, Box 4 (Item)

~ · ·(Sec.; Rusk;·. Mr. Helms) . 't .·

Folder, "[Briefing Papers for Tuesday Luncheon, September 17, 1968]," Meeting Notes Files, Box 3 (Item)

Negotiations. (Sec. Rusk) Situation report. 6. Czechoslovak Situation. (Sec. Rusk; Mr. Helms) Situation report. 7. Block in Senate Foreign Relations Conunittee. (Sec. Rusk) A quorum hard to come by. What, if anything, should we urge Sen

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)

w i ll still retain sufficient support to block action by the Council to which we are opposed. Pakistan replaces Japan on the Council --a net loss in terms oi support of our Vietnam policy . ...S~CRET/SENSlTlVE SEGRE±/SENSIT1VE -3 After

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

the Fortas affair - - to block. He was taking public positions intended to achieve that end. They w 'o uld incite Saigon to be difficult, and Hanoi to wait. Part of his strategy was an expectation that an offensive would break out soon, that we would have

Folder, "Policy Papers and Background Studies on Cuba Affair (V)," VP Papers, VP Security Files, Box 8 (Item)

;[,z___ 2 µ. 3)S! .N By ~ NABS, ~ ate fJ L. -l6P SECRET 'lOP SE6RET. No Guantanamo trip for press Continue to hail ships identify then pass McNamara - Paul Nitze - USIA Quote L.A. editorial opinions re Castro blocking

Folder, "[NSC Meeting on] Assistance to Indonesia, 1/7/1964, Volume 1, Tab 3," National Security Council Meetings Files, NSF, Box 1 (Item)

a violent re action frotn Sukarno and block efforts to settle dispute by Filipinos and Thais. It could a l so cos t us half a billion of private investment. It could hand Indonesia 1s future t o Communists. A s wan Dam c ase s;],.:>uld 1·em"11 d ua

Folder, "[September 6, 1967 - 11:09 a.m. Meeting with Vietnam Election Observers]," Meeting Notes Files, Box 2 (Item)

, but are perplexed by domestic riots that destroy their homes. - 3 He said they are also concerned about a Congress that seems to react to the few Negro extremists to block programs that Negro soldiers and their families need. William P. Gullander

Folder, "[NSC Meeting on] Various Topics, Panama, etc.", 4/3/1964, Volume 1, Tab 7," National Security Council Meetings Files, NSF, Box 1 (Item)

_. little work so far has been done on the Valeo project, it is in fact an integral part of the whole project. The company has a fi!:ed contract to take a large block of power. I ncidentally i f Valco· should not go ahead the soundness of the ir.ternational

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

agains t an overt American attempt to fo rm o r acti vely support a govern ment against their liking. A !d · · - ::...; ,.... _ii i sm is a theme that is potentially e xplosive , and therefore tempt rn~ to tl1ost: y; !~0 fe e l that we are blocking

Folder, "[NSC Meeting on] Problems ahead in Europe, 5/3/1967, Volume 4, Tab 51," National Security Council Meetings Files, NSF, Box 2 (Item)

, in my judgment, is the desire of the French, under deGaulle, to expe l us as a practical matter from Western Europe. The principal tools which are being employed to achieve that result are blocking measures to achieve a better multilateral s haring ~£ r

Folder, "January 31, 1968 - 8:40 a.m. Pueblo 13 - Breakfast with Congressional Leaders & Advisors," Papers of Tom Johnson, Box 2 (Item)

: Totalitarian governments are organized with a town leader, a block leader, a precinct leader, and even a house leader. Any new individual ~M&Hl~JG ~lOTl!i COP¥idd ·H5". 0 Publicaliou Require5 Pei mission of Copy• ight Hel.l•F• >Na lhomos Johntoft - 7

Folder, "[NSC Meeting on] The World Food Problem, 7/19/1966, Volume 4, Tab 44," National Security Council Meetings Files, NSF, Box 2 (Item)

to are attached. ) The Vice President : We should increase the amount of wheat car ried over into the nex-1: year in order to block the speculators and to use it as a means of holding down inflation. Secretary Freeman: A final decision on the increase in U.S

Folder, "[NSC Meeting on] U. S., Europe and the Czech Crisis, 9/4/1968, Volume 5, Tab 72," National Security Council Meetings Files, NSF, Box 2 (Item)

of action for us . It would mean that we would be giving up a block of South Vietnamese territ ory to the enemy. The Vice President: Requested General Wheeler to explain in greater detail why a cease - fire would be dangerous to us . General Wheeler

Folder, "[July 21-27, 1965 Meetings on Vietnam] [ADDED TO FILE, 6/28/85]," Meeting Notes Files, Box 1 (Item)

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