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Oral history transcript, Robert S. McNamara, interview 1 (I), 1/8/1975, by Elspeth D. Rostow (Item)

Folder, "Walt Rostow, Vol. 94: Sept. 12‑18, 1968 [1 of 2]," Memos to the President, NSF, Box 39 (Item)

Folder, "Walt Rostow, Vol. 33, July 1-10, 1967 [2 of 2]," Memos to the President, NSF, Box 18 (Item)

HAPPY ABOUT IT. THEY WOULD MUCH PREFER THE WAR TO END, IF YOU WOULD LEAVE. AND, WITHOUT A DOUBT, THEY WOULD NOT ASK ANYTHING MORE. LAST YEAR, WHEN: I WAS IN THE ·SOVIET UNION, KOSYGIN, WHO WAS PREPARING HIS 1967 .. BUDGET, TOLD ME: "YOU HAVE NO IDEA HOW

Folder, "McGeorge Bundy, Vol. 12, July, 1965 [1 of 2]," Memos to the President, NSF, Box 4 (Item)

and Kosygin. The exchanges with the Soviets were quite complex, because different budgetary ·~ asures were used in different messages. But none of them had anything to do with the kind of new problem that we now face in Vietnam. Moreover

Folder, "The U.S. Arms Control and Disarmament Agency During the Johnson Administration-Part 2C - 2F," Arms Control and Disarmament Agency Administrative History (Item)

Folder, "Meetings With the President -- 4 January 1964 - 28 April 1965," McCone Memoranda, Box 1 (Item)

President's Daily Diary entry, 5/1/1968 (Item)

for LUNCH w/ George Christian and Joe Califano The President ate alone -- Christian and Califano had coffee Joined by staff members: Larry Temple Tom Johnso n Jim Jones ,4:50p f 5:05p f Secy Walt Fowler Rostow - re a proposed reply to Kosygin

Oral history transcript, Robert S. McNamara, interview S-1 (I), 3/26/1993, by Robert Dallek (Item)

, seven days a week. He said, "Mr. Secretary, Kosygin is on the hot line and wants to talk to the President. What should I tell him?" Now this sounds absolutely absurd, but the hot line was put in after the Cuban Missile Crisis, sometime I would guess
negotiations; LBJ's White House taping system; comparison of LBJ's abilities in domestic and foreign affairs; LBJ's inheritance of the Vietnam situation; McNamara's assessment of the LBJ presidency; Six Day War, 1967; hot line call from Kosygin.

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

the need for a very thorough briefing to Admiral Sharp before he appears to testify Wednesday before the Congress. He said Sharp should be told that we did not want to do more in terms of bombing while Kosygin was out of his country, and that we needed

Folder, "August 9, 1967 - 6:40 p.m. President's meeting with labor leaders," Papers of Tom Johnson, Box 1 (Item)

want to stop the shooting tomorrow if we could. Ho won't talk to anybody. He wouldn't even listen to Kosygin. I'm the guy who's got to ride with this thing. The first thing that comes to me each morning is the list of how many of our men died out

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)

plan. We would help both of them if we could, if they would let us. From the Kosygin talks in Glassboro, I dorl t think they understand Americans. We want to conununicate the hope of tomorrow. I have tried in this effort to stop the bombing against most

Folder, "April 23, 1968 - 2:15 p.m. Tuesday lunch with Rusk, Clifford, Wheeler, Helms, Rostow, Christian, Johnson," Papers of Tom Johnson, Box 3 (Item)

selves put out. The best limitation SECRETARY RUSK AND SECRETARY CLIFFORD then discussed the NPT and non-use of Nuclear Weapons Clause. SECRETARY RUSK: It would involve a note from the President to Kosygin. You should study this. THE PRESIDENT: Let's

Folder, "May 14, 1968 - 1:10 p.m. Tuesday lunch with Foreign Policy Advisors," Papers of Tom Johnson, Box 3 (Item)

obnoxious to Israel on Jerusalem. We have had no cooperation from Israel. The President: You were disappointed in Kosygin's letter, weren't you. Secretary Rusk: Yes, it said that they would talk troops only after Israel is out of Jerusalem

Folder, "July 30, 1968 - 1 p.m. Foreign Policy Advisors Luncheon," Papers of Tom Johnson, Box 3 (Item)

- 25 that the Soviets will not move. . ' Secretary Clifford: The Russian demands are tough . Secretary Rusk: Bohlen feels these are "gut" issues. The ·President: Put in the Kosygin letter that we agree to their suggestion of a meeting in a month

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

it as a choice between Israel and Vietnam and believe we ought to withd raw from Vietnam. He told Secretary Rusk to let Senator Mansfield know that this kind of music in the Senate is just what Kosygin wants to hear. Secretary Rusk before leaving the meeting

Folder, "[October 24, 1967 - Meeting with Abba Eban and Others]," Meeting Notes Files, Box 2 (Item)

regret it in the long run. -- - The most awesome decision he has made during his Presidency was made following the Israeli attack in his hotline conversations with Kosygin. --- He understands Israel's reluctance to counsel with the United States

Oral history transcript, Richard J. Hughes and Betty (Elizabeth) Hughes, interview 1 (I), 8/6/1969, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

, or the Glassboro meeting when Mr. Kosygin of Russia came over and brought his daughter. BH: Right. F: Would you like to tell us how that got underway? BH: Yes. It was really fascinating. We were down at the beach house with a flock of children; of course
Meeting LBJ in 1959; Governor of New Jersey, 1961; LBJ and Kosygin held a meeting at Glassboro State College; Kosygin’s daughter, Dr. Gvishiana, joined Lady Bird, Lynda and Mrs. Hughes for lunch at Island Beach; Ramsey Clark; candidates, 1966-1968

Folder, "Population, 1/65 ‑ 12/67," Subject Files, NSF, Box 38 (Item)

NATIONAL SECURITY COUNCIL December NOTE FOR MR. 1, 1967 R✓• Walt-I think you will be interested in the attached exchange of correspondence between John D. Rockefeller 3rd and Premier Kosygin con cerning possible Soviet support for the World

Folder, "The U.S. Arms Control and Disarmament Agency During the Johnson Administration-Part 2A - 2B," Arms Control and Disarmament Agency Administrative History (Item)

-------------------------------- 48 20th General Assembly (19 6 5 ) ------ ----- ------- ----------- 50 Ninth Session of the ENDC (January 27 -May 10^ I 966 ) ------- 52 U.S. policy and the Kosygin o f f e r -- ----------------- 60 Strengthening safeguards

Folder, "Walt Rostow, Vol. 10, August 1-11 1966 [2 of 2]," Memos to the President, NSF, Box 9 (Item)

of i nterest and impo rtance des p i ~e t he strains of Vietnam. This at.ti tu de wa s:; ~vident in Premier Kosygin's add r ess to the Supreme So vi @t on t he day following the "straf ing" incident. Kosygin blamed the. US f or the s t r a in in Soviet

Folder, "Walt Rostow, Vol. 105: Nov. 9‑14, 1968 [1 of 2]," Memos to the President, NSF, Box 42 (Item)

Oral history transcript, Sherwin J. Markman, interview 1 (I), 5/21/1969, by Dorothy Pierce (McSweeny) (Item)

that the most personally meaningful thing that I did in the White House was the ghetto work. Plus--and we'll get to this later I suppose--I was given responsibility for putting together. running, a summit meeting with Kosygin. Those two, I would say. would
relationship with Congreess during LBJ’s presidency; shepherding bills through Congress; meat inspection act, War on Poverty and OEO; LBJ’s meeting with Kosygin at Glassboro, N.J.; work towards LBJ’s nomination before his March 1968 withdrawal; Markman’s

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

is strong and his opponent is weak. Polls are designed by a candidate to show that he is strong. (The President showed Mr. Carroll a recent New York poll showing him rwming far ahead of his prospective opponents.) Mr. Carroll: You must envy Mr. Kosygin

Newsletter, "Among Friends of LBJ, issue # 46, 15 January 1990," LBJ Library (Item)

notes made during his meetings with Chairman Aleksei Kosygin of the Soviet Union at Glass boro, New Jersey, on 23 and 25 June 1967. Records of What LBJ Read and How He Reacted The White House files of the John son presidency virtually overflow

Folder, "Bowles 11/3/63-1965 [2 of 4]," Files of Robert W. Komer, NSF, Box 13 (Item)

Oral history transcript, Cyrus Vance, interview 3 (III), 3/9/1970, by Paige E. Mulhollan (Item)

was thinking of Pleiku. The Pleiku situation--Kosygin was then in Hanoi. So that there was some dissent at that time. But at the time of Tonkin, there was no dissent. M: Was there any consideration given to whether or not this was going to be a regular policy

Folder, "Walt Rostow, Vol. 73: Apr. 24‑30, 1968 [1 of 2]," Memos to the President, NSF, Box 33 (Item)

ltr I P.CI 2p ~ fo-S--~+ [Duplicate of #40b, NSF, Files of W. Rostow, "Kosygin"] #Jb ltr +------+ttff'O-k'eate--0f..#2a- ~{9-S- - '17- [Duplicate of #40a, NSF, Files of W. Rostow, "Kosygin"] #.2d ltr !----1-'A.nP.---~-i+-V-He--Presi®nt l!CI 2 I

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

Oral history transcript, Phyllis Bonanno, interview 4 (IV), 2/18/1984, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

their jobs. 6 LBJ Presidential Library http://www.lbjlibrary.org ORAL HISTORY TRANSCRIPT More on LBJ Library oral histories: http://discoverlbj.org/exhibits/show/loh/oh Bonanno -- IV -- 7 G: Okay. The latter part of June, [Aleksei] Kosygin and LBJ

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

. at this time. The President is following a careful, cautious, diplomatic course. If that does not war k, we may have to look at some other military alternatives that are open to us. The President: I have had communications with Chairman Kosygin. In our

President's Daily Diary entry, 6/7/1967 (Item)

route to the White House -: "neve r mind" ' C/ 8:15a _ 8:18a j 8:19a _ | , Abe Forta s . line" -- Kosygin to Johnson - cease-fire ignored Rostow Fortas '• ,„ '• • • t '__.. __.__._. _ \i • •' . '• . Bipartisan Congressional Leadership Breakfast

President's Daily Diary entry, 7/25/1968 (Item)

at Tom Johnson's direction placed a call for the President to Lawrence Rockefeller. ) Rostow (PL) McPherson (PL) (avidently no answer it was so quick) to come in -- took in Rostow's memo giving the translation of Kosygin' s reply to a message from

President's Daily Diary entry, 7/8/1967 (Item)

fo r De r Stern ) . Theo Sommer Marie Fehmer Ashton Gonell a Jim Jone s Mary Slate r e Christia n During lunch , th e Presiden t tol d abou t his meetings with Kosygin an d read the memos h e had receive d concerning these meeting s fro m hi s staf f

President's Daily Diary entry, 7/10/1967 (Item)

visi t here (f m Lucy Ferguson ) Ltr t o Chairma n Alexei N . Kosygin , USS R - :£cu i thankin g fo r handsom e malachit e box presented a t Summi t conferenc e recentl y (f m Lucy Ferguson ) Personnel Actio n mem o f m Rob t Co x - thr u M W - r e Jame

President's Daily Diary entry, 11/18/1968 (Item)

e an d Pell s ^HITE HOUSE Date >ENT: LYNDON B. JOHNSON DIARY 'resident began hi s day at (Place) Washington, Time Telephone 11 In Out Lo November D . C. 18, 1968 Monday Day f or t Activity (include visited by) LD to see Kosygin - giving

Folder, "September 26, 1967 - 5:46 p.m. Educators from Cambridge, Mass. small colleges and Universities," Papers of Tom Johnson, Box 1 (Item)

that the North Viet namese today are much more confident of victory than they were two months ago. Kosygin has asked them twice to negotiate. That is the reason why we asked Ambassador Thompson, our best man in Soviet affairs, to return to Moscow. The problem

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

McPherson George Christian Tom Johnson The President: I thought I'd review how this developed. On .June 5, I received a letter from Chairman Kosygin telling me that he and his colleagues had grounds to believe that a cessation of the born.bing

Folder, "[December 17, 1965 - 9:41 a.m. Meeting with Foreign Policy Advisors on Vietnam]," Meeting Notes Files, Box 1 (Item)

we are not doing enough to find peace. Take all this -- try to sell our enemies that we want peace. We owe this to the American people. We can't do this if we are dropping bombs on the enemy. (Like Kosygin in Hanoi.) .. Anything with bombs

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, "[February 21, 1968 - 1:00 p.m. Meeting of Rusk, U Thant, Others on Vietnam (President Did Not Attend)]," Meeting Notes Files, Box 2 (Item)

Dong. He describC!d the . risk to the United States for stopping the bo;nbing .::ls being limited and the alte1,1atives

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