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Folder, "December 5, 1967 - 8:10 a.m. Democratic Congressional Leaders," Papers of Tom Johnson, Box 1 (Item)
  • to press for a conference agreement this week. (Sent to Conference) 4. Pay Raise - Postal Rates. Among points at issue are third class mail and the Pay Raise Commission. Can the Leadership help to get a conference report agreed to this week? (Expect
Folder, "September 25, 1968 - 2:04 p.m. President's weekly luncheon meeting with Foreign Policy Advisors," Papers of Tom Johnson, Box 4 (Item)
  • press tone because of General Sidle 1 s approach General Abrams ;doesn 1t "sell" it. Facts are on our side. Secretary Rusk: Bunker would try to go along with anything, but he puts priority on GVN presence at table. Secretary Rusk: To replace Ball
Folder, "[November 7, 1968 Foreign Policy Meeting - Family Dining Room]," Papers of Tom Johnson, Box 4 (Item)
  • need to get this thing ironed out before all of them a re called together. The President: I agree. The Press would have a field day otherwise. What is our situation in Paris? Secretarv Rusk: There is not much they can say until Thieu
  • Press relations
Folder, "October 3, 1967 - 6:10 p.m. Rusk, McNamara, Rostow, Helms, Christian Robin Olds and Col. Cross," Papers of Tom Johnson, Box 1 (Item)
  • the guards at the Pentagon.. You can 1t imagine how they are faced with provocations. They do anything which would further aggravate the situation .. If we are asked, I think we should tell the press that we are prepared to maintain order. It is important
Folder, "May 7, 1968 - 1 p.m. Tuesday luncheon with Foreign Policy Advisors - Rusk, Clifford, Wheeler, etc.," Papers of Tom Johnson, Box 3 (Item)
  • Kaplan in to help on press problems. Also, Bill Sullivan has a personal knowledge of NVN's chief negotiator. Do you have any objections. The President: No objections. Secretary Clifford: staff. No objections. It is better to start with a small
Folder, "October 15, 1968 - 1:20 p.m. Tuesday Luncheon," Papers of Tom Johnson, Box 4 (Item)
  • : Making the bombing order not ·effective for 24 hours is okay. We cannot delay announcement. The President signed "Futherance" papers at 1 :37 p. m. Walt Ros tow: The worst thing is for Ky to learn of this from a press leak or from one of troop
Folder, "November 11, 1968 - 3 p.m. President and President-elect Nixon," Papers of Tom Johnson, Box 4 (Item)
  • offered "several weeks. 11 We pressed them back towards a period of about three days, because the South Vietnamese government had steadily insisted that the time interval should be minimal. They thought that a gap might be politically awkward for ·them
Folder, "October 14, 1968 - 1:40 p.m. Foreign Policy Advisory Group meeting," Papers of Tom Johnson, Box 4 (Item)
  • 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
Folder, "July 18, 1967 - 6:06 p.m. Rusk, McNamara, Rostow, Bundy, Christian," Papers of Tom Johnson, Box 1 (Item)
  • made on the Unger announcement. They replied affirmatively. The President gave the announcement to George Christian for release to the press on Wednesday. McGeorge Bundy presented a document to the group on "U.S. and Jordan-Israel Settlement
Folder, "August 5, 1967 - 1:49 p.m. Clifford, Taylor, Rusk, Nitze, Ball, Rostow, McPherson, Christian," Papers of Tom Johnson, Box 1 (Item)
  • said it is important for these nations to have consultations with us. Mr. Clifford said the head of each government used the trip because of elections in their countries. They arranged press briefings on arrival, before each meeting, and after each
Folder, "August 9, 1967 - 6:40 p.m. President's meeting with labor leaders," Papers of Tom Johnson, Box 1 (Item)
  • . We do not want to get the Soviet Union and China into this war. I constantly get statements from Ford and other people like him. You get more press play from complaints than you do from compliments. Some of these attacks have hurt our social programs
Folder, "November 28, 1967 - 12:10 p.m. Project Cabriolet," Papers of Tom Johnson, Box 1 (Item)
  • said yesterday that in both that case and the unpublicized one following the December 18 Soviet test the Russians had not given a very satisfactory response. However, the issue was not pressed in either case and no charge of violating the test ban
Folder, "February 10, 1968 - 3:17 p.m. Senior Foreign Affairs Advisors - Rusk, McNamara, Clifford, Rostow, etc.," Papers of Tom Johnson, Box 2 (Item)
  • . . .Jee .SECRET - - - . ... , ............. iL.l MHTINO NOi ES COPYRIGHT!!) P\.i~liEQfiOA - 3 ­ aequices.. Per.ffli9!iou of Copy1 ignf Holder· 'A' T~oAlCil& Joboson face press questioning. If Cy Vance goes to Vietnam, he doesn't have to say
Folder, "February 28, 1968 - 8:35 a.m. Gen. Wheeler"s trip to Vietnam discussion with Foreign Policy Advisors," Papers of Tom Johnson, Box 2 (Item)
  • uprising and many defections. Our press had led the North Vietnamese to think the ARYN army was a pushover. That proved to be untrue. The enemy has laid land lines down the Laotian panhandle. This will permit them to operate on radio silence and give
Folder, "March 5, 1968 - 1:14 p.m. Tuesday luncheon meeting - Rusk, Clifford, Wheeler, Helms, Taylor, Rostow," Papers of Tom Johnson, Box 2 (Item)
  • not want to stap up the military side of this. CLARK CLIFFORD: How about the impartial tribunal? SECRETARY RUSK: They were outraged by the idea. The Pueblo problem seems to have dropped out of the press. I would not hurry this. THE PRESIDENT: last night? O
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)
  • : :' ' •. . .. FOR. THE PRESS FROM TOM JOHNSON ~ ~ ~ The President does plan to attend the dinner tonight. After the dinner. he will depart for March AFB in California. ~ .~ 0 0 ~ ~ N ." " "'"­ The President will have breakfast aboard Air Force One tomorrow morning
Folder, "July 30, 1968 - 1 p.m. Foreign Policy Advisors Luncheon," Papers of Tom Johnson, Box 3 (Item)
  • reports of re sults of today' s m ~e tin g in Slovakia.. Z. Viet am Public Info r mation Problems -- Secretary Rusk ~ 3. F o ..'low - up action s on Secre tary Rue·· -~a press conference including the question 0£ H anoi' a "re straintu and intelligence
Folder, "October 22, 1968 - 12:50 p.m. [Notes of Meeting with Rusk, Clifford, Wheeler, Rostow, Christian, Johnson]," Papers of Tom Johnson, Box 4 (Item)
  • CLIFFORD: Neither do I. Prime Minister Gorton had a press conference. SECRETARY RUSK: What is your reaction? SECRETARY CLIFFORD: The agreement must be solid and firm. THE PRESIDENT: I agree. M~"T~r ,...__··-­ ··~-~GHTcO P~ ~ 1 ~filtreA
Folder, "December 5, 1968 - 5:31 p.m. Foreign Policy Meeting," Papers of Tom Johnson, Box 4 (Item)
  • not change directives in the DMZ now. We should get Cy to press the DMZ issue. General Wheeler: General Abrams and I talked Tuesday. He said he needs to continue patrols in the DMZ. He wants to keep the enemy north of PMBL. This would give friendly forces
Folder, "February 20, 1968 - 1:05 p.m. Tuesday luncheon with Rusk, McNamara, Wheeler, Helms, Rostow, Clifford," Papers of Tom Johnson, Box 2 (Item)
  • testimony before the committee. In light of this, Secretary McNamara said to go ahead and issue his statement.) Secretary McNamara said McCarthy went out and told the press that one of the . U.S. vessels penetrated North Vietnamese waters. "He just did
Folder, "May 14, 1968 - 3:04 p.m. President's meeting with his Cabinet," Papers of Tom Johnson, Box 3 (Item)
  • in the budget if that was the price of a tax bill. The bill is a $10 - $8 - $6 formula. Please do not discuss this. position was reflected in a press conference last week. I do not think Congress will pass the $6 billion. $6 billion, I do not know what I would
Folder, "January 26, 1968 - 11 a.m. Pueblo 7 - Senior advisors - McNamara, Katzenbach, Wheeler, Helms, Nitze, etc.," Papers of Tom Johnson, Box 2 (Item)
  • a better product. The President: the equipment. Do you have anything more to report on the men and Secretary McNamara: We have nothing more on this. Director Helms: There is nothing either way. General Wheeler: There was a North Korean press message which
Folder, "January 27, 1968 - 1:25 p.m. National Alliance of businessmen luncheon," Papers of Tom Johnson, Box 2 (Item)
  • •· .... ATTACHMENT A JANUARY 27, 1968 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Office of the White House Press Secretary -----------------------------~---------------------~-------------------- THE WHITE HOUSE TALKING POINTS OF THE PRESIDENT AT THE LUNCHEON FOR THE NATIONAL
Folder, "July 29, 1967 - 11:30 a.m. National Advisory Commission on Civil Disorders," Papers of Tom Johnson, Box 1 (Item)
  • of Negro citizens, who deplore the havoc anci suffer its torment the most. -- All levels and branches of Government must now press, with new resolve, the Nation's peaceful atb.ck on the conditions which breed despair and violence. ?v1y convictions
Folder, "January 30, 1968 - 6:04 p.m. Pueblo 12 - Senator Dirksen and Congressman Ford ," Papers of Tom Johnson, Box 2 (Item)
  • ..riits up to strength. President Eise:i.::.ower said we should press for C.iplor.1atic action in t.l-i.e United Nations, and intensify the bombing in North Korea. I want to ask Secretary McNamara to review exactly what happened. We will ask Secretary
Folder, "January 31, 1968 - 8:40 a.m. Pueblo 13 - Breakfast with Congressional Leaders & Advisors," Papers of Tom Johnson, Box 2 (Item)
  • A.) The enemy has about 40, 000 men around Khesanh. You won 1t hear much in the press about how bad the enemy's bombing in Saigon was last night. You won't hear many speeches about the North Korean's attempt to cut off President Park 1 s head and to kill
Folder, "February 7, 1968 - 12:29 p.m. National Security Council Meeting," Papers of Tom Johnson, Box 2 (Item)
  • . I discussed why intelligence of this type is so important to us and why we do not escort these vessels. I also told them we are not preparing a way toward apologizing for the incident. The Meet the Press discussion was misinterpreted by many people
Folder, "February 12, 1968 - 1:45 p.m. Senior Foreign Policy Advisors meeting," Papers of Tom Johnson, Box 2 (Item)
  • requests in the past. Now he finds that his campain plan has been pre-empted by enemy action. Secretary Rusk: Can it only be done by additional U.S. forces? press them to brigade U.S. troops with Vietnamese? Can't we General Wheeler: Before I answer
Folder, "February 15, 1968 - 6:06 p.m. Cyrus Vance meeting on his return from Korea - and other foreign advisors," Papers of Tom Johnson, Box 2 (Item)
  • , the mission was a success. This was in evidence even with the press at the air port when I left. In t he long run, however, the picture is very dangerous. The President: Before we get any further, what did we do to provoke the anger and hostility? Mr. Vance
Folder, "March 26, 1968 - 10:30 a.m. Meeting with Gen. Wheeler, JCS and Gen. Creighton Abrams," Papers of Tom Johnson, Box 2 (Item)
  • McCarthy and Senator Kennedy and the left wing has informers in the departments. The Times and the Post are all against us. Most of the press is against us. How can we get this job done? We need more money in an election year, more taxes in an election year
Folder, "August 20, 1968 National Security Council," Papers of Tom Johnson, Box 3 (Item)
  • Rusk: I would not think so. Secretary Clifford: What reaction did we get from Averill Harriman on your Press Conference? Secretary Rusk: statement. '' The President: Norway thing? Secretary Rusk: publicized . ,, I hope w _e would not undermine
Folder, "January 26, 1968 - 7:29 p.m. Pueblo backgrounder with Hugh Sidey and Jack Sutherland," Papers of Tom Johnson, Box 2 (Item)
  • Sidey: It was definitely in Did the commanders in the field do all they could do? The President: All we know is what we have in their messages. read the press conference of the commander. I Three or four things could be true. It could start
Folder, "February 11, 1968 - 4:30 p.m. Senior Foreign Policy Advisors - Rusk, McNamara, Wheeler, Clifford, Taylor," Papers of Tom Johnson, Box 2 (Item)
  • to press and public optnton in the interest oi our common purposes. ·- --- ·- ­ •_ _...............!..•_ . _ • . :·--·· - ·· - ·• • ·---...:.....; :.•. :: .: ~----·--·-- .: . •...... ··.. _ ·-..:..:.-...:,,.,_.·.. s---z...·- · ­ f.-t f'""rr
Folder, "March 4, 1968 - 5:33 p.m. Meeting with Senior Foreign Policy Advisors," Papers of Tom Johnson, Box 2 (Item)
  • a peaceful settlement soon. We do not. The North Vietnamese are pressing against Laos and Thailand. The Chinese are leaning against Burma and Cambodia. During the day we had two additional comebacks on two probes which we made. The Shah of Iran saw Hanoi 1 s
Folder, "October 29, 1968 - 2:30 a.m. Meeting with the President's Foreign Policy Advisors," Papers of Tom Johnson, Box 4 (Item)
  • 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
Folder, "March 26, 1968 - 1:15 p.m. Foreign Policy Advisors Luncheon - regulars plus added group - Vietnam," Papers of Tom Johnson, Box 2 (Item)
  • in the United States press. There were setbacks during Tet -- mostly psychological and two military. The most setback was here in the United States, which was one of their objectives. The President: When General Westnloreland was last here, we did not give him
Folder, "October 23, 1967 - 5:36 p.m. Democratic Leadership," Papers of Tom Johnson, Box 1 (Item)
  • is often a reliable spokesman for North Vietnam, last Friday published an article from Hanoi which some of you may have seen in the press, in which he reports the views of Premier Pham Van Dong and other high officials. He describes Hanoi as "in no mood
Folder, "December 5, 1967 - 1:18 p.m. VP, McNamara, Rusk, Vance, Helms, Rostow, Christian, T. Johnson," Papers of Tom Johnson, Box 1 (Item)
  • Government had rejected the Greek-Turkish agreement. With hopes for peace again fading, we returned to Nicosia and pressed Makarios to concur, starkly outlining the likely consequences of continuing intransigence. This resulted finally in his .written
Folder, "January 24, 1968 - 7:50 p.m. Pueblo 3 - McNamara, Rusk, Rostow, Clifford, Christian, Johnson," Papers of Tom Johnson, Box 2 (Item)
  • Room ' ': ' ' .. :1 ( I ~ • ~ The President opened the meeting by reading a memorandum from Bob Fleming on the network press coverage at 6:30 p. m. (Attach­ ment A). . ,.. Secretary Rusk: We met early tonight. We have received
Folder, "January 29, 1968 - 1:40 p.m. Pueblo 9 - Senior Advisors - McNamara, Rusk, Katzenbach, Lodge, Helms, etc.," Papers of Tom Johnson, Box 2 (Item)
  • specific details confidential, although the general intentions would of course become known. Finally, General Eisenhower said that we should do everything possible to press for action on the diplomatic front and in the U. N. Security Council, and should