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

of the Soviet delegates traveling with Chairman Kosygin in New Delhi, India, sought him (Clymer) out. They told him that the Soviets are privately seeking to get the ship released. Jack Horner: Mr. President, let us assume the worse for the moment

Folder, "July 14 - 1:35 p.m. L. F. McCollum and group of leading businessmen," Papers of Tom Johnson, Box 1 (Item)

with the businessmen the discussions at Hollybush with Chairman Kosygin. One of the most amusing moments of the discussions developed when the President described the type of man Kosygin was: "He reminded me of Fred Kappel, 11 (much laughter). 11 He was intelligent

Folder, "August 17, 1967 - 6:20 p.m. Meeting with Freshmen Republican Congressmen," Papers of Tom Johnson, Box 1 (Item)

Committee have been very helpful. Question: Did Kosygin's attitude surprise you? The President: No, I was surprised that he did have as little authority as he did. I think Chairman Kosygin received a different impression about us. I believe the people

Folder, "Walt Rostow, Vol. 20, February 1- 11, 1967 [1 of 2]," Memos to the President, NSF, Box 13 (Item)

DECLASSIFIED -- Authority RAC I 95"?6 By ~ NARA, Date I -IS- f I T 28/61-" -MESSAGE BEGINS I AM SORRY TO -BOMBARD YOU -WITH ALL .THESE TELEGRAMS ABOUT "THE KOSYGIN TALKS Bur ·· 20 OR 30 HOURS OF CONSECUTIVE DISCUSSION HAS THROWN UP A GREAT DEAL OF SOVIET

Folder, "Walt Rostow, Vol. 32, June 21-30, 1967 [2 of 2]," Memos to the President, NSF, Box 18 (Item)

Folder, "[July 1967 - May 1968 Meetings with Correspondents]," Papers of Tom Johnson, Box 1 (Item)

, 1967 Mr. Crawford asked the President's impression of Chairman Kosygin. The President said that he was quite favorably impressed by Kosygin. "If I were a Soviet citizen I would feel I have a very competent and articulate spokesman in Chairman Kosygin

President's Daily Diary entry, 10/24/1967 (Item)

) And, it was necessar to interrupt (mjdr) in order to get the President to sign his response to —-^——— Chmn. Kosygin. The Presiden t asked Harry McPhersonto read wit h him (over his shoulder) the newly typed copy. Then invited Oke to take a picture of the— signing

President's Daily Diary entry, 1/7/1965 (Item)

. George Ball and present a condensed report to the President. They met w / officials of the USSR including the Chmn of the Council of Ministers, Mr A. N. Kosygin. the report included a thorough inquiry into the economy of the USSR and its trading practices

Folder, "November 28, 1967 - 1:40 p.m. Rusk, McNamara, Wheeler, Helms, Rostow, Christian, T. Johnson," Papers of Tom Johnson, Box 1 (Item)

SECRET s~JN\CE S~T 3 =:FOFl SEGRE'F There was a discussion of the Perkins Committee and a decision not to approve the request. The President said Kosygin wrote me a letter, had his ambassador bring it in, and Chal Roberts writes most

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

in August about the bombing. 1. 2. The DMZ agreement -- will respect the deal. The weather is much worse in October than in August. General Wheeler: That is right, Sir. We are going to test their faith. Secretary Clifford: Kosygin's letter said if you

Folder, "[NSC Meeting on] Vietnam, 8/5/1965, Volume 3, Tab 36" National Security Council Meetings Files, NSF, Box 2 (Item)

is extremely criti cal of the e ntire war effort. Ambassador Harriman: reporte d on his recent conversations with Kosy gin and Tito: Mr. Kosygin, who speaks for his government, does not want to get the UN involved in the Vietnam prol::lem. He says U. S. bombing

Folder, "[December 23, 1967 - 8:50 p.m. Meeting with Pope Paul]," Meeting Notes Files, Box 2 (Item)

that of course he could not support war M~x•KJ ktwt but that he wanted to help. Discussion of Kosygin. President recalled Glassboro. Said he expected "kamikaze" gactics to be used by NVN/VC. (above from back-up material on President's trip to Holt

President's Daily Diary entry, 6/8/1967 (Item)

" - Kosygin t o Johnson - status of cease-fire "_ 9:49am f ~ 10:10a t Walt Rostow ' ~' ^ £ 10:09am i Expendi- (include visited by) lure Attorney General . 9:45am t X10:00am THURSDAY Jacob Javits Director ' Day Atty Gen'l Ramsey Clark Sen. 9

Folder, "[NSC Meeting on] Inter/American Objectives 1 Problems, 3/6/1968, Volume 5, Tab 65," National Security Council Meetings Files, NSF, Box 2 (Item)

of communist parties, without all parties participating, to act on the Chinese problem. Mr. Bohlen a l so described the Sofia Meeting of War saw Pact coun tries opening today. He noted that both Brezhnev and Kosygin a r e attending. He said that we do

Oral history transcript, Benjamin H. Read, interview 1 (I), 1/13/1969, by Paige E. Mulhollan (Item)

started that way; it wasn't a matter of any moment. M: It wasn't a new draft of a previously drafted letter? Chester Cooper was in London apparently giving some kind of initiative to Wilson to give to Kosygin at the time. 12 LBJ Presidential Library

Oral history transcript, Benjamin H. Read, interview 2 (II), 3/1970, by Paige E. Mulhollan (Item)

by coming forward with negotiations. When the bombing was actually taken down for Tet in February of that year [1967], and it happened to coincide with Kosygin's visit to Wilson in England, the President was engaged on two tracks with correspondence to Ho

Folder, "Walt Rostow, Vol. 93: Sept. 1-11, 1968 [2 of 2]," Memos to the President, NSF, Box 39 (Item)

Folder, "The U.S. Arms Control and Disarmament Agency During the Johnson Administration-Part 1," Arms Control and Disarmament Agency Administrative History (Item)

of general and complete disarma ment. On Juee 20, 1963, the two countries concluded an agree ment for the establishment of a direct communications link between Washington and Moscow. This "hot line" was actually used by President Johnson and Premier Kosygin

Reference File, "Jenkins, Walter" (Item)

Reference File, "Jenkins, Walter" (Item)

Folder, "October 23, 1967 - 1:05 p.m. Rusk, McNamara, Helms, Rostow, Christian, Wheeler," Papers of Tom Johnson, Box 1 (Item)

. and recommend prudence and hope for a long-term settlement. THE PRESIDENT: Do you have a final draft of the letter to Kosygin? SECRETARY RUSK: it Saturday. MR. ROSTOW: This is a message dated Friday. Dobrynin received We knew about the ship before we knew

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)

if this is our whole objective. Secretary McNarnra: We must protect ourselves from permitting the North Koreans and the North Vietnamese and the Soviets getting the belief that we are weak . I would go back to Kosygin . I think the Soviets knew

Folder, "[January 22, 1966 - 12:00 noon Meeting with Foreign Policy Advisors on Resumption of Bombing]," Meeting Notes Files, Box 1 (Item)

. Rusk: The Vice President and I probed Kosygin hard on this and got no reaction. The Soviets have denied they mentioned Moscow as site of meeting place. Bundy: I asked Dobrynin about Kosygin and Shastri. tion. He had no informa W. Bundy: General

President's Daily Diary entry, 3/2/1967 (Item)

. ^ l MW (pl)while holding Mr. Rostow on p Chrm Kosygin Hon. Billie S. Farnum OFF RECORD * (former Congressman from Michigan) Mr. Farnum has accepted a DNC offer and will head up DNC's registration division and contact various organizations. -- his

Oral history transcript, Dean Rusk, interview 4 (IV), 3/8/1970, by Paige E. Mulhollan (Item)

was the occasion for Mr. Kosygin's coming to the United States for a special meeting of the General Assembly of the United Nations, so that the answer is yes in the sense that the Middle East was the reason for his being here. And of course if Mr. Kosygin

Newsletter, "Among Friends of LBJ, issue # 71, 1 September 1999," LBJ Library (Item)

the advance work for !he President's impromptu ew Jersey summit with USSR Premier Kosygin. The meet- ing took place in the campus home of Dr. Thomas Robinson, presidenr of Glassboro State College. Given hard ly a clay to prepare the home for its important

President's Daily Diary entry, 8/31/1967 (Item)

To // - w/ Mrs. Johnson Cong an d Mrs. Jack Brooks Criswell • John mf, mjdr 9:05p t V/,X White T^ Activity LD Lo 1967 joined - - theater w/ all guests to see a new movie sent him by Leonard Marks done on the Kosygin visit to Glassboro second floor

President's Daily Diary entry, 10/23/1967 (Item)

-- Amb Dobrynin calledthe President ' and the President went to Mr. Watson's telephone to talk. The Ambassador read to the President a message from Mr. Kosygin which he asked to be confidential. He told the President he would call Ambassador Kohler

Folder, "August 10, 1968 - 12:25 p.m. President's briefing of Former Vice President Nixon and Gov. Agnew," Papers of Tom Johnson, Box 3 (Item)

their help, not their advice. The President: Mao has. I cannot tell you how much influence either Kosygin or The President: When we have a pause, we have a difficult time getting back. Nixon: Who talks to the Soviets? Secretary Rusk: We talk

Folder, "October 29, 1968 - 6:28 p.m. Foreign Policy Meeting," Papers of Tom Johnson, Box 4 (Item)

of the promised land they blew it. We have to give him time. Secretary Rusk: Let's go back on 24-hour, 4 November basis. The President: Ben Read). (Read note on conversation between Cy Vance and Tell Kosygin the best laid plans of mice and men often come

President's Daily Diary entry, 6/6/1967 (Item)

-- pleasant, sunny skies, highest temperature near 84 (include visite d by ) > Activity Situation Room • Rostow : ___ Situation Room "hot line" -- Kosygin to Johnson - call for cease-fire and" withdrawal ___,.__ , 6:40a

President's Daily Diary entry, 6/17/1966 (Item)

the President prior to his departure for Eastern Europe SEE NEXT PAGE Mildred Stegall in MW's ofc Commissioner Willard Deason To mansion for lunch w/ Comm. Deason and Russia for five weeks. Rowa n is to see Dobrynin before departing, and is to see Kosygin

President's Daily Diary entry, 1/10/1966 (Item)

' memo on Pres. attending Shastri funeral - then discussed others in delegation -- and where Mrs. Johnson (he had to send VP - press comments, etc. and possibility of negotiations w/ Kosygin and if VP had to attend those) Bill Moyers in Senator John

President's Daily Diary entry, 1/14/1966 (Item)

the U.S. delegation to the funeral of Prime Minister Shastri. In New Delhi, he and Secy Rusk met w/ Russian Premier kosygin ) — The President went walking w/ the Vice President and Mr. Valenti - walked part way around the drive on the S. Grounds Pix by Oke

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

to reapproach the Soviets on this subject? Do we reapproach them at the Thompson-Gromyko level? The Pre.sident: I see no difference in this situation than in the one in which Kosygin messaged me raising hell over Israel. The President then sent Tom Johnson

Folder, "October 15, 1968 - 1:20 p.m. Tuesday Luncheon," Papers of Tom Johnson, Box 4 (Item)

-contributing countries. Ros tow called the situation room to arrange secure phone call from Rusk to Bunker (1 :40 p. m. EDT). The President read letter to Kosygin on bombing halt. (Attachment A) The following are remarks of the President m.cide previously

President's Daily Diary entry, 6/22/1967 (Item)

Kosygin to meet with him at 11:00am tomorrow, Friday at i the home of the President of Glassboro State College, Glassboro GC - pl New Jersey. The Chairman has accepted. This site was made ( | available by Gov. Richard Hughes of New Jersey - and site

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

Folder, "Walt Rostow, Vol. 32, June 21-30, 1967 [1 of 2]," Memos to the President, NSF, Box 18 (Item)

Oral history transcript, Dan Rather, interview 1 (I), 4/16/1973, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

; Rather’s comments on LBJ’s choice of advisors; evaluation of LBJ’s press secretaries: Reedy, Moyers and Christian; LBJ’s role pertaining to Kosygin and Middle East; LBJ as a role model to rather in gathering all information available and representing hard