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  • : Tell us about our meeting in Paris. Secretary Rusk: It was standard. There was not much progress. North Vietnam blasted American politics. But the tea break produced an agreement for a Saturday meeting -- a private talk. We might press Hanoi
  • TO BE DRAWN INTO A DISCUSSION OF THE AGENDA FOR TOMORROW'S NATIONAL SECURITY COUNCIL I MEETING, ORDERED BY PRESIDENT JOHNSON TO DISCUSS THE SOVIET THREAT IN EASTERN EUROPE. I., 1 • PRESS SECRETARY GEORGE CHRISTIAN ASKED IF THE CALL
  • should talk to Dobrynin tonight. Secretary Rusk: For the press to know I call him in to give him our views it will be good to position ourselves publicly. MEETl~G NQTt=S COPYRIGHTED .l!whli~tion ReetYiFes SET ­ .Pe•Misttoft ef Copyright Holelerz
  • of Cubans - no mention of Guantanamo Pres.• - says no one in govt. see anyone until we settle Cuba Rusk says low level no high level on account weather. U Thant knows. we are going to survey - cancelling Press Conference - bui Ids up pressure quarantine
  • disposit ion of Soviet troops in Cen tral Europe. '/ • ·' Director Helms and Secretary Rusk will give us their views on the German reaction t o the c risis. The press has already p rinted that the State Department was recommending additional reassurances
  • the presence SECRETARY RUSK: North Vietnam is not clearly on board in this. The acceptance of North Vietnam of South Vietnam at the conference table is a recognition that the Viet Cong are not sole government in the South. We must press for flat commitments
  • of your providing for the President even an approximate estimate of the additional casualties we would take if we stopped the bombing of North Vietnam? New subject: President also believes you should make sure that TV ~ cameras and press cover
  • 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
  • - Discussion on Vietnam, Robert Kennedy, Eisenhower, Alliance for Progress, role of ror. 42. 9 December 1963 - Briefing. General revi·ew. Press, McNamara, Vietnam. I 43. 13 December 1963 - Introduced DDCI, Peer de Silva., reviewed checklist. Discussed
  • 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
  • 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