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

, call up 18 year olds and give the American people the impression that they are doing as much as we. Secretary McNamara: When I was in Vietnam I talked with Thieu and Ky. They told me then they intended to call up 18 and 19 year olds. The President

Folder, "October 14, 1968 Meeting with Foreign Policy Advisory Group," Papers of Tom Johnson, Box 4 (Item)

are there. We m1!Jlst look at the contingencies and how we deal with them - - the marginal infractions and rocket attacks. Secretary Rusk: We made it clear to the Russians and to Hanoi. General Taylor: Abrams and Thieu said they may propose a ceasefire

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

could talk to Thieu arid get the corruption cleaned up. The President also said we are mishandling our information from Vietnam. He said Sigard Larmon has just come back from Vietnam and he is violently upset with the way the press is handling

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

: Viet Cong? After the inauguration, will Thieu try to entice the The President: I think very shortly after the inauguration you will get to see social reforms, military reforms and a lot of steps toward improving the country. Ge-orge Christian

Oral history transcript, Harry C. McPherson, interview 4 (IV), 3/24/1969, by T.H. Baker (Item)

Oral history transcript, James R. Jones, interview 3 (III), 6/11/1972, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

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

~ program, Further, Westmor eland repor ts that t he morale of his Air Force personnel may already be showing sir.as of e r osion - a n erosion result ing from current operational restrictions . .: President Thieu and Prime Minister Ky are thinking along

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)

as possible. Numbers of our Congressmen go to Saigon, are seen by President Thieu, and are welcomed by the Vietnamese. We should t ake this opportunity to see that their Senators are well received here. SFCRE'ff SENSITIVE SERV\CE &t; f • 1 1

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

politicai groups. 3. In talking with Thieu and Ky, you should make dear that we "'.vish to see it through at their side. If we are to be permitted to do so by American public opinion, they must 1novc fa~t to b_ring their forces back /.'-v'1 to strength

Folder, "March 11, 1968 - 6:57 p.m. Meeting with Foreign Policy Advisors on additional troops for Vietnam," Papers of Tom Johnson, Box 2 (Item)

tional 75,000 recruits. President Thieu has mentioned possible increases ranging from 65,000 to 125,000. General Westmoreland estimates that a total RVNAF strength of 751 ,739 can be reached by December 31 of this year. This would mean 66,000 recruits

Oral history transcript, John G. Tower, interview 3 (III), 11/1/1971, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

of the amount of influence we had in this current election. T: Yes, I think that Thieu had arrived at that conclusion without anybody having to help him. F: What I was getting at, they don't seem to be an easily manageable leadership over there. T

Folder, "March 31st Speech, Vol. 1," National Security Council Histories, NSF, Box 47 (Item)

north to obtain be made Hanoi would The period for a period 24 of Vinh. the concurrence Sunday denounce night, of Thieu the 31st. the project of demonstrated of several weeks. and, restraint, thus, Twelve hours later to know how

Folder, "Memos to the President – 1967," Office Files of Yoichi Okamoto, Box 1 (Item)

approve __ to: Air Marahal Lt. Gen. Ky Thieu Yea No Yea No Ambaaaador Lodge Yea No Ambaaaador lllem Yea No General Wheeler Yea No Secretary Yea No Yea No General Ruak Weatmoreland Ambaaaador Bunker Yea No Ambaaaador Locke

Oral history transcript, Nicholas deB. Katzenbach, interview 3 (III), 12/11/68, by Paige E. Mulhollan (Item)

/show/loh/oh -3- and I think a good deal. on the Ambassador's absolute to President commitment. Thieu judgment [saysJ The traffic {of South VietnanJ, people will, rather "I explained who nodded'!- that a 11 kind of thing. M: I see

Oral history transcript, Andrew J. Goodpaster, interview 1 (I), 6/21/1971, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

Oral history transcript, Leonard H. Marks, interview 1 (I), 6/15/1970, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

Oral history transcript, One More Story (group interview), 11/17/1977, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

Folder, "Walt Rostow, Vol. 54: Dec. 11‑19, 1967 [1 of 4]," Memos to the President, NSF, Box 26 (Item)

Folder, "March 31st Speech, Vol. 8, Excerpts and Taylor's Memo," National Security Council Histories, NSF, Box 49 (Item)

the viewpoint that I expressed when I quoted the statement of Presi dent Thieu of South Vietnam in my interview with the • corr~pondents. • RELATIONS WITH THE SOVIET UNION Q. Mr. President, in your judgment, did the interview Premier Kosygin gave to Life

Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 7/20/1968 (Saturday) (Item)

Park Service staff to LBJ Boyhood Home & one drives ranch with Lady Bird; tours of Danz, Martin and Scharnhorst Ranches; phone call from LBJ; film on LBJ Ranch; dinner; LBJ's meeting with President Thieu in Honolulu; LBJ & Lady Bird swim

Folder, "[Briefing Papers for National Security Council Meeting, August 9, 1967]," Meeting Notes Files, Box 1 (Item)

requirements = total consumption minus local production. - 2 6. At this point my preference for strategy follows: a. Make clear to Thieu and Ky that we wish maximum progress before the election but that we ,expect the new GVN to take early

Oral history transcript, Joseph H. (Joe) Carter, interview 1 (I), 12/3/1968, by T.H. Baker (Item)

/exhibits/show/loh/oh 15 their supporters out to demonstrate support for him. I coordinated this. B: Have you done any other advance work like that? C: I advanced--when the President went to Honolulu in mid-July to meet with President Thieu of South

Newsletter, "Among Friends of LBJ, issue # 85, November 2004," LBJ Library (Item)

said. We labored for an hour, while Marshal Ky, President Thieu, Dean Rusk, and other assorted perplexed personages waited in the next room. Another time he made another offer, in secrecy, and Ho said no. '·J don't un der. tand it," LBJ said

Folder, "[January 31, 1968 - Meeting with Congressional Leaders]," Meeting Notes Files, Box 2 (Item)

Oral history transcript, Dean Rusk, interview 2 (II), 9/26/1969, by Paige E. Mulhollan (Item)

Folder, "Walt Rostow, Vol. 55: Dec. 20‑31, 1967 [2 of 2]," Memos to the President, NSF, Box 27 (Item)

Folder, "Walt Rostow, Vol. 21, February 12- 28, 1967 [1 of 3]," Memos to the President, NSF, Box 13 (Item)

Folder, "Walt Rostow, Vol. 56: Jan. 1‑15, 1968 [1 of 2]," Memos to the President, NSF, Box 27 (Item)

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

Oral history transcript, Whitney Shoemaker, interview 1 (I), 11/25/1968, by Dorothy Pierce (McSweeny) (Item)

, there were letters: 78 favoring it and 54 opposing it, and 15 offering comments on it. On Saigon's stand: only 11 backed Saigon, 58 were critical of Saigon and the Thieu government, 29 comments. pro, 35 con, and 36 comment. And on the US policy

Oral history transcript, Timothy May, interview 1 (I), 10/28/1974, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

, Wyoming. I was supposed to do The President at that time was just returning, in fact he hadn't returned yet, from a trip to the Far East where he met I guess with Ky and Thieu and the top Vietnamese people. In any event, by the 1966 elections

Oral history transcript, Harry C. McPherson, interview 3 (III), 1/16/1969, by T.H. Baker (Item)

, stayed with Bob Komer, spent a good deal of time with Thieu and Ky, and traveled throughout the country. We were in every corps [area]. We got over to the Cambodian border, down into the Delta, out into the Navy units' operations, up with the Marines in I

Oral history transcript, Walt W. Rostow, interview 2 (II), 1/9/1981, by Ted Gittinger (Item)

Folder, "March 31st Speech, Vol. 8, Draft Memo for the President," National Security Council Histories, NSF, Box 49 (Item)

Oral history transcript, Robert Fleming, interview S-I, 11/8/1979, by David Culbert (Item)

will get along just fine." So then he told me, "I'm going .to Hawaii this weekend to meet wi.th Westmoreland and Ky and Thieu"--who have been number one and number two men in the Vietnamese_government--"and I want you to go as part of the staff. 11 I

Oral history transcript, Lyndon B. Johnson, 8/19/1969, by Harry Middleton (Item)

. • Thieu and Ky emerged as leaders. We brought them about as fast as we dared. I'm afraid we've overstepped the Constitution-speeding it the way we did. But I have no reluctance about those two men. When Madame Chennault told them would get a better deal

Oral history transcript, Lyndon B. Johnson, interview S-IX, 8/12/1969, by William J. Jorden (Item)

d1at I would have done. I would have done with him just what I tried to do with Thieu -- get him to get a constituti on and democra tic governme nt and have some land reform, improve his army and do as good as we can. I think there's an extent to what

Folder, "March 31st Speech, Vol. 4, Tabs C-M," National Security Council Histories, NSF, Box 48 (Item)

and opening of negotiations c~mmunist· concessions would be deeply to the Saigon government. There would be a real risk that the Thieu-Ky regime would collapse, in fact be part of Hanoi's calculation and this would in accepting negotiations

Folder, "Bernard Quint," Office Files of Yoichi Okamoto, Box 1 (Item)

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Folder, "Walt Rostow, Vol. 110: Dec. 10‑17, 1968," Memos to the President, NSF, Box 43 (Item)