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

it is likely that no resolution will pass. ' l ·\ 2. Send a .telegram tonight to the Republic of Korea to get their .agreement on what should be put to the United Nations. 3. Go to the 16 countries who as part of the UN forces had· troops in Korea. We should

Folder, "February 12, 1968 - 1:45 p.m. Senior Foreign Policy Advisors meeting," Papers of Tom Johnson, Box 2 (Item)

will be sent from the following locations: One battalion from Camp Pendleton. Units from Camp Lejune The 82nd Airborne· frcm Fort Bragg, North Carolina. Possibly some army from. Fort Benning. The President: How many men does that total? General Wheeler: 3800

Folder, "August 5, 1967 - 1:49 p.m. Clifford, Taylor, Rusk, Nitze, Ball, Rostow, McPherson, Christian," Papers of Tom Johnson, Box 1 (Item)

telegram concerning the Taylor-Clifford mission. Mr. Clifford said that he believed it would be more difficult for the Australians to turn us down when they are in touch with the President directly. Mr. Clifford said that each head of government had to say

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

·. the President's mood as his 59th Birthday approaches. r' L~ · 1" . \ I« ~" (1 >~~· ....,.\2-c ,.JC.. The President: Here is a letter from a friend of mine in Texas·~/) ff reads: "Call them like you see them, even if the stars fall." The President asked

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

are hurting. The President then read the John Stuart Mills quote: "War is an ugly thing, but not the ugliest thing: the decayed and degraded state of moral and patriotic feeling which thinks nothing worth a war is worse •. A man who has nothing which he cares

Folder, "July 29, 1967 - 11:05 a.m. President and Cyrus Vance, Vice President," Papers of Tom Johnson, Box 1 (Item)

showed the President the telegram of the incident rates, and how his decision had been made based on that chart. The President then read a poll which had been handed to him by Marvin \Y-atson~ showing that 79% of the American people say that the greatest

Folder, "July 24, 1967 - 11:15 a.m. Detroit Riots - Clark, McNamara, Christopher, Fortas, Wilkins, Doar," Papers of Tom Johnson, Box 1 (Item)

and said that Vance should go. At 11 :23 the President read a telegram to Governor Romney which had been drafted. CBNFIDl&DI'I'IA-L M!rflMG NOi ES COP'.fRl~Hif 0 Poelicctic11 Re"""~' ht P.eRni11ion of Capyng ~~ Ibnmn• Jahft'SOTl [1 of 2

Folder, "February 6, 1968 - 10:30 a.m. Senior Foreign Policy Advisors," Papers of Tom Johnson, Box 2 (Item)

effort to discredit this government and its military establishment. Only yesterday I told :tvfr. Henry Brandon of the London Daily Telegram that I fully support General Westmoreland and that any talk of his removal is absolutely untrue. I took a bit

Folder, "July 2, 1968 1:20-2:35 p.m. Tuesday Luncheon," Papers of Tom Johnson, Box 3 (Item)

Secretary Rusk: Here is a telegram. It sets up Ambassador Ball's trip to the Middle East: Tel Aviv, Jordan, Beirut. He will come back by way of Japan. I would send Joe Sisco. The President: That's Okay. Ambassador Ball: That will be fine. General

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

CABINET ROOM, OCTOBER 29 THOSE ATTENDING THE MEETING: The President Secretary Rusk Secretary Clifford Walt Rostow George Christian Tom Johnson .... ,. : .. . . :~ Secretary Rusk: You should see these two telegrams. The President: visit. Read George

Folder, "February 2, 1968 - 4:30 p.m. Backgrounder with correspondents on Vietnam and the Pueblo," Papers of Tom Johnson, Box 2 (Item)

Saltonstall - Time Magazine Chuck Roberts - Newsweek Frank Reynolds - ABC Dan Rather - CBS Ray Scherer - NBC Jack Horner - Washington Star Sid Davis - Westinghouse Broadcasting Jack Sutherland - U.S. News and World Report Forrest Boyd - Mutual Broadcasting

Folder, "February 13, 1968 - 1:12 p.m. Tuesday luncheon group - Rusk, McNamara, Helms, Clifford, Wheeler, Rostow," Papers of Tom Johnson, Box 2 (Item)

reactions to these decisions? ~SECRCT - 4 9. How should our decision be explained to the domestic and international public? statement? What should be the timing of our The next thing I want to discuss with you is the telegram I received from

Folder, "October 30, 1968 - 10:10 a.m. Foreign Policy Meeting," Papers of Tom Johnson, Box 4 (Item)

,. Re11Yices PerMiuieA ef Co~ght H-ofder1 W. The"'a' Je~u..on . ·~ r 1'-'~ ~e.rz. CAB le ~) Department of State TELEGRAM ---- ' ~·..,_------~~----------------------------------~----------------- '.' '' zz .RUFNCR Rlll:/.l' DE RUfYi.IIf~ Li

Folder, "[November 7, 1968 Foreign Policy Meeting - Family Dining Room]," Papers of Tom Johnson, Box 4 (Item)

with the disapproval it got throughout the country. The Polls show 65% against it. The telegrams against it-- mail is running 50 - 50. Chuck Robb said every man approved of it. General Wheeler: applauded it. The message Abrams sent showed the men in I Corps

Folder, "July 24, 1967 - 10 p.m. Detroit crisis - President's activities from 10 p.m. to 12:30 a.m.," Papers of Tom Johnson, Box 1 (Item)

. This wire had been sent at 10:46 a.m. At 11:02 a.m. this morning, I instructed the Secretary of Defense, Mr. McNamara, to initiate the movement of the troops which the Governor had requested. At the same time, I advised the Governor by telegram

Folder, "December 5, 1967 - 1:18 p.m. VP, McNamara, Rusk, Vance, Helms, Rostow, Christian, T. Johnson," Papers of Tom Johnson, Box 1 (Item)

the capitals in search of a mutually satisfactory formulation. Likewise, without our nation's marvelous capacity to communicate virtually instantaneously by radio, telegram and teletype, we could not have held the vital strings of command in our hands. Finally

Folder, "February 9, 1968 - 11:02 a.m. Joint Chiefs of Staff," Papers of Tom Johnson, Box 2 (Item)

part of the country. Because of that, do we need 15 U.S. battalions.? General Wheeler: General Westmoreland told me what he was going to put in tonight's telegram. This is the first time he has addressed the matter of additional troops. Paul Nitze: f

Folder, "November 11, 1968 - 3 p.m. President and President-elect Nixon," Papers of Tom Johnson, Box 4 (Item)

e he is personally involve d; for example, when Rusk was to talk at NATO about -the outlook of th e new administr a tion on NA TO. Replyin g to telegrams to Nix on. On the NPT, there was, in effect, solicitation of his support for Senate

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

HORNER OF THE WASHINGTON STAR January 26, 1968 President's Office The President: There should be no attribution to anybody on this. I do not want any stories attributed to the President or to the White House. Is that clearly understood? . ,· Hugh