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Folder, "Walt Rostow, Vol. 24, March 16 - 31, 1967 [3 of 3]," Memos to the President, NSF, Box 14 [2 of 2] (Item)
  • a full opportunity to make alternative suggestions of a positive character. He doesn't have a leg to stand on 1f the situation at that time is clearly presented. W. WWRostow:rln w. Rostow .... h dt s
Folder, "McGeorge Bundy, Vol. 16, October 15 - November 19, 1965 [1 of 2]," Memos to the President, NSF, Box 5 (Item)
  • speculation as to the intentions of the Soviet Government with respect to the Resolution. We are coming under considerable public pressure to explain the meaning of Soviet claims and intentions, and may have to do so at any time. In view of the foregoing
Folder, "Walt Rostow, Vol. 50, November 8-15, 1967 [1 of 2]," Memos to the President, NSF, Box 25 (Item)
  • The New York Times. of the kind you suggested. W. WWRostow:rln w. Rostow November 15, 1967 ~ To the Editor : Your editorial on. The Patriotism calle for some sharp dissent. of Dissent (TII4-4ES,Nove111ber 15) I find lt totally misleading
Folder, "Walt Rostow, Vol. 50, November 8-15, 1967 [1 of 2]," Memos to the President, NSF, Box 25 (Item)
  • The New York Times. of the kind you suggested. W. WWRostow:rln w. Rostow November 15, 1967 ~ To the Editor : Your editorial on. The Patriotism calle for some sharp dissent. of Dissent (TII4-4ES,Nove111ber 15) I find lt totally misleading
Folder, "Walt Rostow, Vol. 35, July 16-24, 1967 [1 of 2]," Memos to the President, NSF, Box 19 (Item)
  • . 2. A Brltish telegram from Amman lndicatlng, as we know, that Hussein feels he has a bit more time in hand. 3. A cable from Bruce supporting George Brown-' s plea for a delay in executing our message to Hu,s seln. The British argument ls, ln essence
Folder, "Walt Rostow, Vol. 89: July 21‑31, 1968 [1 of 2]," Memos to the President, NSF, Box 38 (Item)
  • the time lag in obtaining planes once the decision SECRf!T-NODIS DECLASSIFIED Authority'7J (. (J /f-/ ✓~ > By~. NARA,Dae. t()--:(/·?v SEOR£TNODIS 0 2 . .;- -/ ·'is made. B"all said the President_is very. mindful of what: he had told Eshkol about
Folder, "McGeorge Bundy, Vol. 4, May 1-27, 1964 [2 of 3]," Memos to the President, NSF, Box 1 (Item)
  • , Pear son, Lopez Mateos). 2. Others who cannot be excluded from an office call by all the traditions of protocol: this means Ambassadors presenting their credentials and Heads of State or Government visiting Washington. 3. Foreign visitors whose time
Folder, "Walt Rostow, Vol. 18, January 1 - 14, 1967 [2 of 3]," Memos to the President, NSF, Box 12 [1 of 2] (Item)
  • be cove:re-d at some other time. If you want a full day 1a rest along the route, this could be easily arranged at the half-way point - - Lima·, Peru. The tentative program contains a good mix of popular receptions in big cities with ·v isits to Alliance fo1
Folder, "Walt Rostow, Vol. 47, October 21-24, 1967 [2 of 2]," Memos to the President, NSF, Box 24 (Item)
  • and internal security of Cameroon. Most African leaders spend half their time trying to hold together a flimsy patchwork of regions and tribes divided along arbitrary colonial boundaries. Cameroon is a classic case. It was a merger of French and British
Folder, "McGeorge Bundy, Vol. 9, March - April 14, 1965 [2 of 2]," Memos to the President, NSF, Box 3 (Item)
  • level since the lunar New Year (early February). There were no large-scale Viet Cong attacks and only two district towns were fired on during the week. For the first time in my memory, during the last week all three of the principal indicators
Folder, "McGeorge Bundy, Vol. 7, October 1 - December 31, 1964 [3 of 3]," Memos to the President, NSF, Box 2 [2 of 2] (Item)
  • be the hot issu.es next month, but I think that in principle one should always be able to stonewall on the tough ones and use the rest of the time to convey a picture of the President at work for peace. ~--!. ~. McG. B. Please do Please don't - - -- Speak
Folder, "Walt Rostow, Vol. 7, June 21-30, 1966 [2 of 2]," Memos to the President, NSF, Box 8 (Item)
  • .D., offered the following prayer: Mr. BURL~ON. Mr. Speaker, I minority, using the tactics we came so O Lord my God, in Thee do I .put my have requested this time to call atten­ well to know in Cuba, tried to seize pow­ trust.-Psalm 7: 1. tion to all
Folder, "Walt Rostow, Vol. 107: Nov. 19‑22, 1968 [2 of 2]," Memos to the President, NSF, Box 42 (Item)
  • •• of 19 November. He appueally eariaapd at that time to coaler wltb Banker o6 io NOYember aad 1•t oat tu Jalat atatemeat wlWa "2 or J daJ•• " W. W. Ro.tow HG:HT/SliNSft'l?/Saattachmeat Oot 3508) ,.. ' DECLASSIFIED E.O. 13292, Sec. 3.5 NLJ By~, S ..J
Folder, "Walt Rostow, Vol. 54: Dec. 11‑19, 1967 [2 of 4]," Memos to the President, NSF, Box 26 (Item)
  • possible time" if feasible, or to be conducted as a "protracted" war lasting 10-15 or 20 years if necessary.· The ultimate objective remains the forcible takeover of South Vietnam by VC/NVN forces, leading finally to communization of the South
Folder, "Walt Rostow, Vol. 48, October 25-31, 1967 [2 of 2]," Memos to the President, NSF, Box 24 (Item)
  • Nam. As ycu know, I share this sentiment and mysei~ many times •. Because of t.hc extent of the interest in the Senate, . to el.a.borate on the question of a l have thc-ught it advisable U ~ N. initiative, a~ I understand. it. In this connection
Folder, "Walt Rostow, Vol. 9, July 16-31 1966 [2 of 3]," Memos to the President, NSF, Box 9 (Item)
  • for you. to see him tom.orrow becaaae I 1-Ye a aote oa my dealt saying that AP and .F hu:ley of the New York Time• will be rWlftlng atorlea that we have made a declaloa to reaume the •ale of letl:aal arma to PaJdata.n. The handllna of tills flueatlan
Folder, "Walt Rostow, Vol. 99: Oct. 10‑15, 1968 [1 of 2]," Memos to the President, NSF, Box 40 (Item)
  • :__f?:..,.~.e..~~~~-~!.._other__ap_pearances_in 28 cities a~ Boston, New York, Chicago, Milwaukee, Los Angeles, To!fows: ___,____ ,. Palm Springs, Anaheim, Dallas, Pittsburgh, Cleveland, Philadelphia, Detroit, Salt Lake City, Las Vegas, San Diego, San
Folder, "Walt Rostow, Vol. 10, August 1-11 1966 [2 of 2]," Memos to the President, NSF, Box 9 (Item)
  • . Although this ship, a large-hatch dry cario vessel carrying POL in drums, is known to have been i-1\l Uaiph.on.g harbor at the ·time of the US air strike again£t the Haiphong POL storage site, its exact positioa ' canmot ~e established. Nor can
Folder, "Walt Rostow, Vol. 52: Nov. 26‑30, 1967 [2 of 2]," Memos to the President, NSF, Box 26 (Item)
  • Noftlllber 25 with the attached cule wh1cb opus 11p the poealbWty of a moat latereatlq ud apacloa.• •1a1..­ wlth the Stwlet Ualoa lf tbey are latereat.41. J. would ID bl• re ■poue of NoYemHr 27, Tanmy •"ll• ■t• tllat be the matter the next time Ile baa aa
Folder, "Walt Rostow, Vol. 51, November 16-25, 1967 [2 of 2]," Memos to the President, NSF, Box 25 (Item)
  • ~ corners of of the 11 that and wonderful Unit~d wars, and quarrels conferences for eartho century international the and 11 States curing From good kept of time aloof from It Europeo correcting uLrest faith"­ in to· tir.ie
Folder, "Walt Rostow, Vol. 30, June 1-12, 1967 [1 of 2]," Memos to the President, NSF, Box 17 (Item)
  • this all-too-brief renewal of our friendship. Your under­ s.tanding and support are particularly comforting to me in these troubled times. ~ 1--hopv I made clear our continuing interest in the strides the people of Malawi are n'laking to further
Folder, "Walt Rostow, Vol. 48, October 25-31, 1967 [2 of 2]," Memos to the President, NSF, Box 24 (Item)
  • ::,_; me.nbers even refused to participate in them. Since th9..t time, the Secm·ity : ;· Council has not explored, in fo!"m'-:1.ldebate and under public scrut.ir1Y, the .. • ,.!·i: issues of Viet Na.":l. . .. : .. • 1;~.: • Insofe.r as the Co;mc11 is co~cer?1ed
Folder, "McGeorge Bundy, Vol. 1, Nov. 1963 - Feb. 1964 [2 of 2]," Memos to the President, NSF, Box 1 (Item)
  • ~ . AT _ THE . PRESE~T TIME ·. .
Folder, "McGeorge Bundy, Vol. 14, September 1 - 22, 1965 [1 of 2]," Memos to the President, NSF, Box 4 (Item)
  • for the time being. Dominican Republic. Garcia Godoy fell short this week of achieving his primary objectives: disarmament of the rebels and reincorporation of the rebel zone into the rest of Santo Domingo. He had hoped to make significant progress on these two
Folder, "Walt Rostow, Vol. 2, May 1 - 15, 1966 [2 of 2]," Memos to the President, NSF, Box 7 (Item)
  • are: 1. Getting Ky aboard before we act. 2. See if the Swedish government really would accept the responsibility, if asked by Hanoi and Washington -- and announce it at the time we made the offer. In fact, we might want some Ethiopian, Danish, etc
Folder, "McGeorge Bundy, Vol. 2, March 1-31, 1964 [1 of 3]," Memos to the President, NSF, Box 1 (Item)
  • ARCHIVES PROCESSING NOTE You will find two versions of the document withdrawal sheets in this file. The original document withdrawal sheets were completed in the 1970s and early 1980s. Since that time, many of the documents have been declassified
Folder, "McGeorge Bundy, Vol. 8, January 1 - February 28, 1965 [1 of 2]," Memos to the President, NSF, Box 2 [2 of 2] (Item)
  • ARCHIVES PROCESSING NOTE You will find two versions of the document withdrawal sheets in this file. The original document withdrawal sheets were completed in the 1970s and early 1980s. Since that time, many of the documents have been declassified
Folder, "Walt Rostow, Vol. 94: Sept. 12‑18, 1968 [1 of 2]," Memos to the President, NSF, Box 39 (Item)
  • after the first of the year. are consiciering it If we were to participate at th~.t time, as I stated yesterday over there to take part in the exercises. we would send some 10 or 12. 000 troops Th.:a.t woulci give us a total of some 30 to 40,000 troops
Folder, "Walt Rostow, Vol. 28, May 16-24, 1967 [2 of 2]," Memos to the President, NSF, Box 16 (Item)
  • interest in associating the White House with the signature of this agreement. In view of the fact that this ma.y be the first of a number of similar agreements to be signed. with other countries, and the current dem.ands on your time, I recommend
Folder, "McGeorge Bundy, Vol. 19, January 19 - February 4, 1966 [1 of 2]," Memos to the President, NSF, Box 6 [1 of 2] (Item)
  • ,. such as a transfer of authority to the President of the Dominican Senate. (President Bosch had gone into exile.) But neither the junta nor its Dominican opponents showed much readiness for compro­ mise, and the U.S. position was further weakened as time went
Folder, "Walt Rostow, Vol. 21, February 12- 28, 1967 [3 of 3]," Memos to the President, NSF, Box 13 (Item)
  • with Congress. Therefore, we need to know as much as possible in specific terms about what Latin America is prepared to !,lo on integration _and under the Alliance for Progress now in order to caxry on such consultations between Buenos Aires ·and time of Summit
Folder, "Walt Rostow, Vol. 41, September 11-14, 1967 [2 of 2]," Memos to the President, NSF, Box 22 [2 of 2] (Item)
  • . Private investment in Guinea is for the time being limited almost exclusively to the mining sector, in which Olin Mathieson, Harvey Aluminum and ALCOA, to mention only American companies, have sizeable investments. These companies, and their European
Folder, "Walt Rostow, Vol. 103: Nov. 1‑4, 1968 [1 of 2]," Memos to the President, NSF, Box 41 (Item)
  • Rcceaeor. Telle• ear• the Medcaa S.ctioa of CODAF ebow• alpa of "marldaa time" la lt• work beca1ue of 1111Certabtr al>oat tu Comml••lo1a•• fllt•r•• He aader•talld• from a cloM aaaodate of Forelp S.creta.rr Carrillo Flore■ that a letter from ro• reafflnnlq
Folder, "Walt Rostow, Vol. 53: Dec. 1‑10, 1967 [2 of 2]," Memos to the President, NSF, Box 26 (Item)
  • our Embae•y. The funeral la at 8: 00 a. m. tom.or row (10:00 a. m. Montevideo Waal'lin1ton time time). W. W. Rostow ApproYe ---- See me ---- to Mra. Mrs. Elba Elisa Propoaed Pre ■ idential Meaaa1e of Condolence de lo• Campo ■ de O. ■ tido
Folder, "McGeorge Bundy, Vol. 11, June, 1965 [2 of 2]," Memos to the President, NSF, Box 3 (Item)
  • of these docu­ ments. At the same time, I believe that the author may well have been familiar with the content of the Gilpatric Report and was almost certainly aware of the current proposals being made in connection with the San Francisco speech. I base the above
Folder, "Walt Rostow, Vol. 40, September 1-10, 1967 [4 of 4]," Memos to the President, NSF, Box 22 [1 of 2] (Item)
  • November, and constitutionally the present Assembly assumes the functions of the Assembly after tk,e inauguration of the President and until the new Assembly 1n vonvened. The newly-elected Upper House might be installed by the time the President ls
Folder, "Walt Rostow, Vol. 79: May 25‑31, 1968 [2 of 2]," Memos to the President, NSF, Box 35 (Item)
  • ~on, which,;~•~o~d..,9,oy~~~.P.:P9:W-~??1~"'~~ and which would be supplemented· fran time to time.by additional finance relative to increased pro.curement in the future. At the same time, an offer of cooperation from Australia taking the form of providing
Folder, "McGeorge Bundy, Vol. 10, April 15 - May 31, 1965 [1 of 2]," Memos to the President, NSF, Box 3 (Item)
  • believes we can never keep the Times with us and might as well ignore it. I think Joe is reflecting his exposure to some of the fighting troops and his own natural belligerence. But there is just a sniff of Embassy Saigon in what he says, and I think
Folder, "McGeorge Bundy, Vol. 15, September 23 - October 14, 1965 [1 of 2]," Memos to the President, NSF, Box 5 (Item)
  • deliveries some time into the future but when word of the deal gets arowid, it may increase Jordanian and Lebanese pressure and give the Israelis an added talking point {though these planes will not be a serious threat to them)/ Lebanon is pressing for a PL
Folder, "Walt Rostow, Vol. 12, September 1-14, 1966 [1 of 2]," Memos to the President, NSF, Box 10 (Item)
  • ARCHIVES PROCESSING NOTE You will find two versions of the document withdrawal sheets in this file. The original document withdrawal sheets were completed in the 1970s and early 1980s. Since that time, many of the documents have been declassified