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Folder, "February 6, 1968 - 10:30 a.m. Senior Foreign Policy Advisors," Papers of Tom Johnson, Box 2 (Item)
  • to be given by the President on the Pueblo and Vietnam developments. Secretary Rusk: Some parts of the speech are unnecessary. I do not think it should be given at this time. Extending tours of duty in Vietnam could have a serious effect on the morale
  • Vietnam
Folder, "February 2, 1968 - 4:30 p.m. Backgrounder with correspondents on Vietnam and the Pueblo," Papers of Tom Johnson, Box 2 (Item)
  • WITH CORRESPONDENTS ON VIETNAM AND PUEBLO Max Frankel Chuck Bailey Dick Saltonstall Chuck Roberts Frank Reynolds Dan Rather Ray Scherer Jack Horner Sid Davis Jack Sutherland Forrest Boyd I ! MEMORANDUM THE WHITE HOUSE WASHINGTON February 3, 1968 GD
  • Vietnam
  • Folder, "February 2, 1968 - 4:30 p.m. Backgrounder with correspondents on Vietnam and the Pueblo," Papers of Tom Johnson, Box 2
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)
  • .-~ ...:~.P--~:..t:.on l".""r"' cV~ 0~ - 3 ­ if another serious act occurs. There was an understanding that they would keep their troops in South Vietnam. I did not raise the question of the committed troops since General Westmoreland' s cable did
  • Vietnam
Folder, "February 6, 1968 - 1:14 p.m. Tuesday Luncheon Meeting," Papers of Tom Johnson, Box 2 (Item)
  • and butchery by the North Vietnamese and the Viet Cong during the last two weeks in South Vietnam. All of this relates to the matter of pressure. The President: How are our aircraft losses running? General Wheeler: We are losing more aircraft because
  • Vietnam
Folder, "January 30, 1968 - 8:30 a.m. Pueblo 10 - Congressional Leadership Breakfast," Papers of Tom Johnson, Box 2 (Item)
  • and that the Pueblo would have been destroyed perhaps along with the North Korean vessels. Secretary McNamara: Did we call up the Reserves using Korea as a cover but actually for Vietnam? Answer: No. We had 440 aircraft available in the active forces. As soon
  • Vietnam
Folder, "January 23, 1968 - 8:30 a.m. Democratic Congressional Leadership," Papers of Tom Johnson, Box 2 (Item)
  • to will talk, but they will not say when. They will not discuss anything but North Vietnam. They will not talk unless we cease all military activities. We must know what ceasing all military activities really means." The President said the U.S. Government
  • Vietnam
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)
  • in Vietnam. Secretary McNamara: That is untrue. We have 361 planes going to South Korea without pulling any away from Vietnam or Southeast Asia or Western Europe. If we get the Pueblo and its crew back, we will re-activate the reservists in all probability
  • Vietnam
Folder, "March 5, 1968 - 1:14 p.m. Tuesday luncheon meeting - Rusk, Clifford, Wheeler, Helms, Taylor, Rostow," Papers of Tom Johnson, Box 2 (Item)
  • that we are not going to lengthen the tours in Vietnam. The tour there will still be 12 months. -+GP SECRET ­ - 5 ­ Buzz, you and C.lark go this afternoon and talk with Russell. Tell him you are about to recommend this to the President. See if he can
  • Vietnam
Folder, "January 25, 1968 - 1:26 p.m. Pueblo 5 - Luncheon meeting - Rusk, McNamara, Katzenbach, Wheeler, etc.," Papers of Tom Johnson, Box 2 (Item)
  • to the area, to talk with Congress, and to give the Soviets an opportunity to bring their influence to bear on the North Koreans. Secretary Katzenbach: I do not think the Security Council will tie the Korean incident to Vietnam. The non-communists
Folder, "January 30, 1968 - 1 p.m. Pueblo 11 - Foreign Affairs Luncheon Rusk, McNamara, Clifford, Helms, etc.," Papers of Tom Johnson, Box 2 (Item)
  • unattractive they are. Senator Edward Kennedy says the Vietnamese goverrunent steals about 50% of each dollar. He is about to release a report outlining corruption in Vietnam. To what do you attribute the confession by Captain Bucher, General Wheeler? General
  • Vietnam
Folder, "February 6, 1968 - 8:30 a.m. Democratic Congressional Leadership Breakfast," Papers of Tom Johnson, Box 2 (Item)
  • WITH THE DEMOCRATIC CONGRESSIONAL LEADERSHrP February 6, 1968 Breakfast In the Mans ion The President reviewed Vietnam and the Pueblo situation with the leader­ ship. He read the 6 :30 a. m. situation report and the CIA briefing on developments around the world
  • Vietnam criticism
Folder, "February 20, 1968 - 1:05 p.m. Tuesday luncheon with Rusk, McNamara, Wheeler, Helms, Rostow, Clifford," Papers of Tom Johnson, Box 2 (Item)
  • the weekend in Texas. We first went to Fort Bragg with General Johnson and General Walt. I made a brief speech and stood at an aircraft while the men loaded aboard. I told them that there were 500, 000 of their buddies in Vietnam and that General Westmoreland
  • Vietnam
Folder, "September 17, 1968 - Tuesday lunch with Foreign Policy Advisors ," Papers of Tom Johnson, Box 4 (Item)
  • Ambassador Harriman Secretary Rusk Secretary Clifford General Wheeler Walt Rostow CIA Director Helms George Christian Tom Johnson Secretarv Clifford: We met with the Senate Committee this morning. They spent one and a-half hours on Vietnam. CIA Director Helms
  • Vietnam
Folder, "February 11, 1968 - 4:30 p.m. Senior Foreign Policy Advisors - Rusk, McNamara, Wheeler, Clifford, Taylor," Papers of Tom Johnson, Box 2 (Item)
  • has a case of the jitters. The President: Reviewed General Westmoreland's wire of February 9. (Attachment B). Secretary McNamara: General Wheeler will discuss Westmoreland's wire and the current situation in Vietnam. General Wheeler
  • Vietnam
Folder, "January 25, 1968 - 6:30 p.m. Pueblo 6 - Senior advisors meeting - McNamara, Rusk, Wheeler, Helms, etc.," Papers of Tom Johnson, Box 2 (Item)
  • Vietnam. (Stepped up attacks on U. S. units in Vietnam along with major North Vietnamese and Viet Cong build ups). Secretary McNamara: of the connection. 0 w .... :c I agree with that, although I have no real evidence I view this situation very
Folder, "January 30, 1968 - 6:04 p.m. Pueblo 12 - Senator Dirksen and Congressman Ford ," Papers of Tom Johnson, Box 2 (Item)
  • the reserves for use because of this incident in Korea, not because of Vietnam. We are sending 300 planes to South Korea. The reserves we called up he re will fill the vacancies made by the sending of regular units to South Korea. Congressman Ford: I would have
Folder, "January 24, 1968 - 7:50 p.m. Pueblo 3 - McNamara, Rusk, Rostow, Clifford, Christian, Johnson," Papers of Tom Johnson, Box 2 (Item)
  • a message from Ambassador Porter in Korea. He thinks the Pueblo incident and the Blue House plot are connected with North Korean support for North Vietnam. We propose the following diplomatic action: 1. We should take this matter to the Security
Folder, "January 24, 1968 - 1 p.m. Pueblo II - National Security Council," Papers of Tom Johnson, Box 2 (Item)
  • be a number of things. They m.a.y be trying to put additional pressure on us with reference to Vietnam. They may be trying to open up a second front. I do not see much in it unless they had either of these two objectives in mind. The President: Have
  • Vietnam
Folder, "January 26, 1968 - 7:29 p.m. Pueblo backgrounder with Hugh Sidey and Jack Sutherland," Papers of Tom Johnson, Box 2 (Item)
  • was in international waters because we have our own fix on it. We have intercepts of North Korean ships radioing their location back to their base which conforms with the location given by the Pueblo. The Communists are in real trouble in North Vietnam. This action may
Folder, "January 27, 1968 - 1:25 p.m. National Alliance of businessmen luncheon," Papers of Tom Johnson, Box 2 (Item)
  • of this, we were able to alert the South Koreans to it. The Pueblo incident may be linked to Hanoi's effort to start a major offensive along the 17th parallel. They may be trying to get us to withdraw units from Vietnam. We are not going to do that. We
Folder, "January 26, 1968 - 11 a.m. Pueblo 7 - Senior advisors - McNamara, Katzenbach, Wheeler, Helms, Nitze, etc.," Papers of Tom Johnson, Box 2 (Item)
  • in 18 aircraft from Vietnam. These are 18 aircraft which are being replaced and will not be sent from Vietnam until their replacements arrive in Vietnam. The 26 B-52 's will bring the total to 347 aircraft including those aboard the U. S. S. Enterprise
Folder, "January 23, 1968 - 12:58 p.m. Pueblo I - Tuesday Luncheon meeting," Papers of Tom Johnson, Box 2 (Item)
  • 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
Folder, "January 25, 1968 - 8:30 a.m. Pueblo 4 - Breakfast - Rusk, McNamara, Goldberg, Rostow, Christian," Papers of Tom Johnson, Box 2 (Item)
  • to South Vietnam. We do not have sufficient bombs in South Korea. However, we .m ust announce the call up. This will leak. Men have to be called from their homes. There is no way it would hold. Secretary Rusk: I would announce the call up today. I would go