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  • and Berlin. (Sec. Rusk) Situation report. Sec. Rusk wishes to discuss tripartite Berlin statement, earlier raised with you. (Tab A) 4. Abra::J.s 1 Backgrounder. (Sec. Clifford) Bus and Clark oelieve reporting from Saigon is now so good -- and G.:;:..'1
  • Nixon, Richard M. (Richard Milhous), 1913-1994
  • . in the Cabinet Room today to hear Secretary McNamara report on his mission to Vietnam. Attending the meeting: The President Secretary Dean Rusk Secretary Robert McNamara Under Secretary Nicholas Katzenbach Mr. Richard Helms General Maxwell Taylor Mr
  • Christian Tom Johnson UEClASSIFIED E.O. 12356. Sec. 3.4 NlJ 8 '7- 3.3 8v k-(; NARA. Dare S-lf-i'f General Wheeler: German military are working hard to improve their armed forces. in face of the Czech crisis. The visit to Berlin by Secretary Clifford
  • Nixon, Richard M. (Richard Milhous), 1913-1994
  • ADMINISTRATION NA FORM 1429 (6-85) FOREIGN POLICY GROUP MEETffiG \~' ~ .:·· October 29, 1968 THOSE ATTENDING: The President Secretary Rusk Secretary Clifford General Abrams General Wheeler Richard Helms Walt Rostow Harry McPherson George Christian Tom Johnson
  • . Crawford of a report he had that Richard Goodwin, Arthur Schlesinger and Blair Clark have undertaken an effort to get Secretary McNamara to resign in protest to the handling of the Vietnam War. The President said the Congo has cooled off considerably. "We
  • Wheeler Undersecretary Nitze Ed Freid Bromley Smith CIA Director Helms Walt Rostow Leonard Marks John Leddy Tom Johnson Mr. Katzenbach: The Ministerial meeting is being held against an unhappy background: Paris problems, tension in Berlin. Mr. Leddy
  • then read again the Thompson cable . He stressed the sentence "They (the Communists) always react negatively to a show of force." Mr. President, this was not the lesson of the Cuban Walt Rostow: missile crisis or the Berlin crisis. Secretary McNarnra
  • support the Czechs in the United Nations and through USIA. If we do they can put pressure on the West, particularly Berlin. Kruschev called Berlin the testicles of the West and when he wanted to create pressure he squeezed there. Secretary Rusk: Draft
  • are trying to wage the war without enlarging it and without causing the Soviets or the Chinese to give us problems in Berlin or Korea. I lave no reservations except on these targets. The President: Let us find the least dangerous and the most productive
  • : We have no problem except public relations one. 3. Berlin Crisis: Undersecretary Katzenbach: You were briefed on this at the NSC. 5. NPT Scheduling Undersecretary Katzenbach: There is a statement you would make on this and we need to know
  • they will not move against Berlin or Romania from Dobrynin. Bi-lateral relations with the USSR have been deeply affected. Czechoslovakia does not necessarily block the ABM discussions. Vietnam remains with us. the Middle East is still there. The world still has big
  • that it takes only 1 1/2 minutes for an F-4 to cross the border zone and three minutes for subsonic aircraft. The President asked Mr. Rostow to look into the matter of sanctuaries. Secretary Rusk said the Russians rave every reason to blockade Berlin now
  • that this incident is related to the whole picture. He said he would not be surprised if something happened in Berlin to coincide with what is going on in Vietnam and in Korea. The President asked if we were confident of our situation around Khesanh. The President
  • we should investigate the possibility of THE PRESIDENT: Let's also look at the fixed wing plane proposal. That proposal will run $2. 29 billion. What is the Berlin situation? ' ., ' . -TOP SEB;:ET - 7 ­ SECRETARY RUSK: There may be some
  • did it for a period during Vietnam. The Congress took this authority away last year to put it on an equal basis with the other services. General Wheeler: We did it at the same time of the Berlin airlift. Also during the Cuban missile crisis, I believe