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Folder, "Walt Rostow, Vol. 67: Mar. 14‑18, 1968 [2 of 2]," Memos to the President, NSF, Box 31 (Item)

Danang to Hue. Each family would be allocated 20 pieces of roofing and 10,000 piasters. Developing Don 1 s Front -- Thieu said Tran Van Don reported on Sunday 1 s Congress. Thieu wants to get the Front organized in provinces and not limit its influence

Folder, "South Vietnam and U.S. Policies [X-File] [2 of 2]," Files of Walt Rostow, NSF, Box 19 (Item)

--of the bombing halt and the anticipatio n of the p2ace ta!ks, but had not taken them seriously. But t\Yo days later when 11 South Vietnamese senators ex pressed their support of Nixon and South Vietnamese President Nguyen Van Thieu repudiated the P;:irjs

Folder, "March 31st Speech, Vol. 6, Bunker Reports," National Security Council Histories, NSF, Box 48 (Item)

and war:1.ed against a coal:tion gove:i:nrne:"lt. Arr.ong the pa2.·tic!.pants in the us emi!:a=ti were L-riflue~tial Sen2.tors Nguyen Gia Hien ana. Tran Van Lam. The Se~ate Foreigr.. Affairs Committee 0::1.January 24 heard Foreig!'l Mir.:.ister Do's views

Folder, "Walt Rostow, Vol. 40, September 1-10, 1967 [3 of 4]," Memos to the President, NSF, Box 22 [1 of 2] (Item)

thought would be willing to cooperate with the new government, among them Ha Thuc Ky and Nguyen Van Truong. As for Suu and Huong, their political careers are finished and "we should put them in the national museum 't61gether with Tran Van Ly, Nguyen Hoa

Folder, "Walt Rostow, Vol. 39, August 18-31, 1967 [4 of 5]," Memos to the President, NSF, Box 21 (Item)

and had, therefore, asked Nguyen Van Loe to speak for their slate. He said that he was definitely planning to attend the meeting with other candidates at My Tho on August 26. He thought that it might be a very interesting meeting since this was the town

Folder, "Walt Rostow, Vol. 40, September 1-10, 1967 [2 of 4]," Memos to the President, NSF, Box 22 [1 of 2] (Item)

NOT MORE SUCCESSFUL IN THEIR · ~.!ERROP.IST ATTACK-S .,WAS DUE IN GREAT. MZA.SURE . TO THE SECU.RITY ---PROVISIONS _PUT P.JTO EFFECT 3Y OUR 0\-I~r AND VIETNAViESE FORCES.· GENF.RP,L THIEU HAS PAID TRIBUTE TO THE conTRIBUTim-l MADE TO . . 2. ' REGISTE?ZD

Folder, "Walt Rostow, Vol. 65: Mar. 1‑6, 1968 [1 of 2]," Memos to the President, NSF, Box 30 (Item)

. Thieu is making a special effort to help the people of Hue, having named a personal representative, Father Cao Van Luan, to act for him there, and he has in various ways demonstrated both publicly and privately his concern for the victims in the unhappy

Folder, "Walt Rostow, Vol. 29, May 25-31, 1967 [2 of 2]," Memos to the President, NSF, Box 16 (Item)

, came as a complete shock ar-.. d surprise to him. Diem believes Thieu is now deeply bitter and feels isolated and w i thout support. (Diem said only General P. X. Chieu and General Dang Van Quang remain close to him.} Thieu told Diem he did not believe

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

informed of all Thieu fully in As we went through that 5-1/2 months, President Thieu was kept informed all the way through of every development. He knew what our goal was. He knew that we were worki~g for a kind of an arrange ment that would enable us

Folder, "Walt Rostow, Vol. 52: Nov. 26‑30, 1967 [1 of 2]," Memos to the President, NSF, Box 26 (Item)

.or HIS. TALK WITH PHAM VAN DONG • •• ' • '!. AND NEITHER OF THEM HAD .TEXT AVAILABLE. ' 1 • -- ' I ... ; 3 •• HIS TALKS ~ITk THE PRESIDENT AND THE sidRETARY HAD CONVINCED;~ HIM THAT:PRIMARY AND OVERRIDING. AMERICAN GOAL WAS TO GUARAtHEE 1

Folder, "Walt Rostow, Vol. 104: Nov. 5‑8, 1968 [2 of 2]," Memos to the President, NSF, Box 42 (Item)

COOLAHO?HOUGKTFUL ANALYSIS OF FACTORS THATNADETH11UDRAW BACKATLASTRINUT£. • / BESIN TEX?• SUBJ&THIEU'S DECISION. le 1 TNOUSHTIT WOULDBE USEFULTO SET DOWNKY THOUGHTSON WKAT:tRANSPlRED HERETHATLEDTHIEUTO MAKE HIS DECISIONNOT TOClO'111THUS INTO THEPARIS

Folder, "Walt Rostow, Vol. 102: Oct. 29‑31, 1968 [2 of 2]," Memos to the President, NSF, Box 41 (Item)

in· Saigon ... 1 DE A thori . 'rn-9 Dy~ . N ... ~ NODIS/HARVAN/DOUBL~ PLUS J'v-3 / 7 ate .3-rj'.3 ! !i I. TSP SECli'..li:T HAR VAN DOUBLE PLUS Wednesday, October 30, 1968 J ;" -\ 3-

Folder, "Walt Rostow, Vol. 68: Mar. 19‑24, 1968 [2 of 2]," Memos to the President, NSF, Box 31 (Item)

that Thieu and the South Vietnamese should be the center of it; but we should play our part and we should bring the Pope, the Roumanians, the Russians, etc. , into the game to the maximum. 4. M~~~~!ri~ ~.h~.l:>Jr.itt&iP.g-..;the·:t u n ~ ~ v e l ~ g y

Folder, "Walt Rostow, Vol. 69: Mar. 25‑31, 1968 [1 of 2]," Memos to the President, NSF, Box 31 (Item)

eeHJ'lf)EN'llAL Sat11Nay, March JO, 1968 7:40p.m. Mr. Pre•ldeat: Thl• rather b.,.fal ••••••meat 1ty a wue lC•reaa Ambaaaaclor la Saqoa. of the OVN reactloa to Tet will iat.reet y01& -- . .el..las Thieu•• -•• for Hlf• coafldeace. W. W. llo•tow CCHft!HeN

Folder, "Cables, [Cables, memos, reports, and other material, 11/63-5/67] Vol. XVI, 8/16 - 31/64, 2 of 2," Country Files, Vietnam, NSF, Box 7 (Item)

REPORTS OF A COUP D'ETAT BEiNG PLANNED B'^ THE SOUTHERN DAI VIET PARTY, ERIG.ADIER GENEPxAL NGUYEN VAN THIEU, CHIEF OF STAFF OF THE JOINT GENERAL STAFF AND CC?!ANDER OF THE 7TH

Folder, "Walt Rostow, Vol. 43, September 21-30, 1967 [1 of 2]," Memos to the President, NSF, Box 23 (Item)

to believe, however, that the full Assembly will validate the elections. Bunker has stressed to both Thieu and Ky the potentially serious impact on United States support for Viet-Nam of irre sponsible action to invalidate the elections. Both Thieu and· Ky

Folder, "Walt Rostow, Vol. 34, July 11-15, 1967 [2 of 2]," Memos to the President, NSF, Box 19 (Item)

on the record of his govern ment, with promises of further economic and political progress if elected. Probably this will also be the basic line of the Thieu-Ky platform. _j j S~/NODIS -11- We have seen a copy of Tran Van Huong's draft platform

Folder, "March 31st Speech, Vol 7, Meeting Notes," National Security Council Histories, NSF, Box 49 (Item)

. In talking with Thieu and Ky, you should make clear that we wish to see it through at their side. If we are to be pe~mitted to do so by American public opinion, they must move fast t~ing their forces back to strength; wherever possible to get the forces ,b'i

Folder, "Walt Rostow, Vol. 42, September 15-20, 1967 [2 of 3]," Memos to the President, NSF, Box 22 [2 of 2] (Item)

Nguyen Van Loe. I believe that while neither would be ideal, Tor.. would not be a considerably better appointment than Loe. It was pretty well agreed that since under the Constitution, General Cao V~n Vien cannot fill concurrently the posts of Minister

Folder, "Walt Rostow, Vol. 59: Feb. 1‑6, 1968 [2 of 3]," Memos to the President, NSF, Box 28 (Item)

(§§tifiIIDffi -, FROM THE PRESIDENT TO _SAIGON, LITERALLY EYES ONLY FOR A~!BASSADOR BUNKER I have tead with interest the account . of your latest talk with President Thieu, reporting the formation of a spe.c.tal joint tas.k force. ~~s hea~t~ning. The J:eport

Folder, "Walt Rostow, Vol. 41, September 11-14, 1967 [1 of 2]," Memos to the President, NSF, Box 22 [2 of 2] (Item)

in the field, unlike those in Washington, also opposed the . administration's limited war objectives. These included not only General MacArthur but also Generals Courtney Whitney and Edward M. Almond, and General Van Fleet -- 20 who argued that the war could

Folder, "Walt Rostow, Vol. 38, August 11-17, 1967 [2 of 2]," Memos to the President, NSF, Box 21 (Item)

Folder, "Walt Rostow, Vol. 52: Nov. 26‑30, 1967 [2 of 2]," Memos to the President, NSF, Box 26 (Item)

Folder, "Walt Rostow, Vol. 35, July 16-24, 1967 [2 of 2]," Memos to the President, NSF, Box 19 (Item)

reports a conversation between Ambassador Bunker an·d Thieu. The latter expressed the view that the new government elected in September would face extremely important problems in its first six months, not only in the fields of nation building

Folder, "March 31st Speech, Vol. 8, Public Affairs," National Security Council Histories, NSF, Box 49 (Item)

----------------------------------------------17 Feb Face 68 -- Rostow memo to President, scheduled troop K two jobs in hand----- L the Nation 15 Feb 68 Bunker msg to Christian------------------- M 23 Feb 68 Saigon msg to State, Bunker briefs Thieu on themes for Face the Nation also

Folder, "Walt Rostow, Vol. 46, October 16-20, 1967 [1 of 2]," Memos to the President, NSF, Box 24 (Item)

are definitively halted. or even and This is the position stated to me during conversations in the last few days with Premier Pham Van Dong, Nguyen Duy Trinh, foreign minister and deputy premier, and other high-ranking government and party leaders. Hanoi

Folder, "Walt Rostow, Vol. 83: June 20‑25, 1968 [2 of 2]," Memos to the President, NSF, Box 36 (Item)

1n an ob•ervatlon made to me thl• mornlna after breakfast by Dick He belleYe ■ Cy Vance le the be•t el.Dale Helnu. man we could u•e to 1lt down with Ky and try to get him to play ball with Thieu throu1h the pre ■ ent crl Ucal pha•e 1n Vietnam. Helms

Folder, "Walt Rostow, Vol. 38, August 11-17, 1967 [1 of 2]," Memos to the President, NSF, Box 21 (Item)

94-29-r;" 'l / 3 Jc,(" qt.I - 2 q S- J\)~ ,, A ~ 1-:,,t/-11 w q'l--~ f:'. Ill ,. w+t r, #30a eab r I . . f' Y' ' emo esident, 8.00 p.m. ,. #35b lt om r..t resident to Thieu PCI 2 ~.. ., #--3-5 d Itr President to Ro)yoake PCI - 2-p

Folder, "Walt Rostow, Vol. 54: Dec. 11‑19, 1967 [3 of 4]," Memos to the President, NSF, Box 26 (Item)

, the latter had said that President Thieu and General Cao Van Vien had agreed that Vietnamese Government forces, in "hot pursuit" of enemy forces near the Cambodian border, should be permitted to pursue them across the border. Vietnamese Government forces

Folder, "Walt Rostow, Vol. 81: June 7‑12, 1968 [2 of 2]," Memos to the President, NSF, Box 35 (Item)

•AS NOT t IKEi. y TO F3ElNH!BITl::D SUC'CESSFL"i.LY BY ;n:•s ~UPPORTERS. AFTER THIEU .. . . DECIDED TO APPQIVf TRAN VAN· HUONGP~IME MINI$f.ER, THIEU SET A90U! FCiR:WIING A CAnI~ET Pl wHICH 'I.Y WOULD'HAVE LESS INFLUENCE. HE FURTP.tr?sr:n:~OTHENED HiS

Folder, "Walt Rostow, Vol. 84: June 26‑28, 1968 [1 of 2]," Memos to the President, NSF, Box 36 (Item)

. I 'J;'HENRECOUNTED ARRA.NGEMENTS ·Fo_RMY rr;r.::::TING • ) WITH ~A VAN LAU, TOLD•.ZORI.N MEETING LASTED TWO HOURS, AND iES·- t·CR!B2D· IN GENERAL TERMS COURSE Or .MEETING. I SUMM.~lHZSDBY SAYI\!G :° I .BELI:£VED. HA-:VAN'-LAU U·NI:5E:RSTOOD OUR

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

IN THE THIEU•KY SLATE. THES.t VERSIONS ARE GENERALLY CONSISTENT IN INDICATIN8 THAT THE MEETINGS BEGAN VITH DISCUSSION OF THE •a1G• MINH ISSU£ · AND THEN TURNED TO DISCUSSION OF THE THIEU AND KY CANDIDACI£S. IT ALSO SUJIS QUITE CLEAR THAT THI.S LATTER

Folder, "Walt Rostow, Vol. 103: Nov. 1‑4, 1968 [1 of 2]," Memos to the President, NSF, Box 41 (Item)

year• whoo they ■et u;:, ~ joiot United States-Mexico Coaaissloo co Border Development a::d Frimidship. Joining me 1n tbla epooaorshlp are: the gentlewr.,, fraa California, Mr. Van Deerlta and Hr. '?Ulmey; the gmtle:zmn £rm Ar1:ona. Mr. Udall; th

Folder, "Walt Rostow, Vol. 81: June 7‑12, 1968 [1 of 2]," Memos to the President, NSF, Box 35 (Item)

FOR US. XUAN t TYUAND l ~EDUC TKO· SAID THEY WOULD . TAKE ~UR SUGGESTION ., A---~ ~- UNDER CONSIDERATION. r 4. BY PRIOR AGR~:EMENT t HABIB ·ALSO IN A SEPARATE CONVER· T:'T.'l..i., . . 1. SATION "(ITH. HA·"'·VAN-l:-"AU, SUGG-ESTED A PRIVATE MEET·l

Folder, "Walt Rostow, Vol. 106: Nov. 15‑18, 1968 [2 of 2]," Memos to the President, NSF, Box 42 (Item)

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Folder, "Walt Rostow, Vol. 24, March 16 - 31, 1967 [2 of 3]," Memos to the President, NSF, Box 14 [2 of 2] (Item)

will be given this job. B. I would like to hold a reception in his honor so as to give him the very best send off with all of the Vietnamese and Americans with whom. he is going to have to work. C. I would also like to take him to call on Thieu and Ky, which

Folder, "Walt Rostow, Vol. 37, August 1-10, 1967 [2 of 2]," Memos to the President, NSF, Box 20 (Item)

with the NLF but failing to mention the latter part of Dan's ~emark about North Viet~Nam.) Nguyen Van Thieu stated (1) peace cannot be attained overnight and must result from a strong military and political position. (2) Nevertheless, "ending the war" is one

Folder, "Walt Rostow, Vol. 39, August 18-31, 1967 [2 of 5]," Memos to the President, NSF, Box 21 (Item)

and 7, 000 respectively. The comments of Dr. Phan Quang Dan, Suu' s Vice Presidential running mate, in an informal press conference on August 25 for foreign correspondents, are interesting. He said that there is "an atmosphere of suspicion" that Thieu

Folder, "Southern Yemen," Special Head of State Correspondence Files, NSF, Box 50 (Item)

, and that Presidential messages be sent only to Prime Minister Sato of Japan, King Sri Savang. Vatthana of Laos and President Nguyen Van Thieu of Vietnam. (Insert here pages 1 through 19) NEAR EASTERN No messa.ges have been prepared for Greece, the UAR, Yemen, Syria

Folder, "Walt Rostow, Vol. 70: Apr. 1‑5, 1968 [1 of 2]," Memos to the President, NSF, Box 32 (Item)

Honolulu meeting, they will travel, Washington for meeting with Harriman. if it is so desired, to 6. It is their·impression that ·Hanoi· timetable is not·,- re.peat not, • too· hurried. t Of possible interest is .fact that Nguyen Thoung, North Vietnamese