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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, "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, "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