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- Admiral Sharp's office went to the Conference Room.
Today, being the last day of meetings between the officials of the United States
Government and the officials of the Republic of Vietnam -- reports would
be announced from the working group sessions from
- of South Vietnam and g^
this Government are laying such stress. "He then digressed for a moment to praise the
efforts of the Soldiers of Vietnam and how proud his soldiers were to be fighting alongside
Brief reply by chief of state General Thieu
General
- them off to San Antonio where Gen. Williamson was goin g to brief
the Press Corps on conditions in Vietnam. . .
and Mr. Cater was going to brief the Press on—
his forthcoming trip to Vietnam w/ Secy. Gardner.
___
—
— ,___^
——
n^ March
White House
- requested this
g to discuss privately som e high
l impression s o f his tou r o f Vietnam.
t t o the first Floo r o f CINCPAC Headquarters buildin g entranc e
to greet
s Excellenc y Nguye n Va n Thieu-.Presiden t -fin r of th e Republic o f Vietna m
- n,,, October 5, 1966
White House
Dav TlcLy
Wed.
Expent
Activity (inc!ude visited by) ture
(Jodf
-
- calls
February
White
Bill
1965
carded
Friday
House
re
McNamara
Secretary
26
Vietnam
Moyers
George Reedy
Secretary
AG
Mann
Katzenbach
To First
Floor
REMARKS
Ambassador
of
Oval
Italy
w/ group
Room
Sergio
Congressman Joh n' Rooney o f
- on an earlier plane) ——— ——
U.S. Ambassador to Vietnam, Ellsworth Bunker ^__^_—
. General
Earl e Wheele r Chairman
of the Joint Chiefs of Staff
Governor John S. Burns - Gov.—of Hawaii •
Mayor Nea l S. B
laisdell Mayor
of Honolulu, Hawaii
Admiral U.S.G. Shar p
- ___
Activity (inctudr visited by)
-'
Katherine ^
The President came down the elevator in the Mansion -- w/ Mrs. Johnson
and greeted Miss R'tibhsE^oa (Stevie-nickname) Westmoreland - daughter
of General Westmoreland - commander of the USA Forces in Vietnam
- in discussions — -
Joined by Hon. Leonard Unger , Depty Asst Secy of State; Chmn Vietnam Coord.
Discussing th e agend a fo r th e afternoo n meeting s wit h th e Vietnames e leader s
plans fo r Rober t Kome r i n Vietnam ,
defense tactic s
12:15p 1:12
- Jan 12 , 1969
Camp David
Senator Fred Harris - McLean, Va
Pat Nugent, DaNan g, S. Vietnam
Depart Aspen (walking)
Arrive Bowling Alley
Depart Bowling Alley - walking
Arrive Aspen
President-elect Richard Nixon - NYC
Depart Aspen - walking
Arrive
- .
Meany et al
^ Meany et al
To the Oval Office w/ MW and JJ (into
3)
re negotiations in Miami
w/
the Oval Office alone)
Secy. Thomas Mann _
OFF RECORD: Under Secy. George Ball
on a personal
matter
OFF RECORD: Secretary McNamara re North VietNam
- in the Mansion
Retired
Jack Valenti 7:55
a Breakfas
t in bedroom
Senator Russell Long
Secy Henry Fowler
Mike Manatos
Secy Robert McNamara
(B.6)re program in Vietnam over the weekend
and discussion of Sunday's TV programs
Walter Reuther - Fort Meyer, Florida
-
of the repercussions in Laos of the events in VietNam. The President said that he
very much hoped that the government of VietNam would regain stability because
we were very heavily committed and getting committed each day -- but the
stability of the government would
- - VietNam student pickets marched quietly on the street ajoining
the building -- Goldman: mf)
Arrived Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs on the Princeton
University campus.
The President put on his academic robes in the old Woodrow
- . and Mrs. John G. Campbell - returning VietNam vet
Col and Mrs. James U Cross
Daum, M/Sgt. and Mrs. William A. - returning VietNam vet
Capt. Roger Hugh Charles Donlon
Secy of Treasury and Mrs. Fowler
General and Mrs. Wallace Greene
Lt. Cdr and Mrs. R U
-
to join
To
above group
again
Office
Martin
Greenbaum
Lee White
to report
Amb
Vietnam
Reedy
To Cabinet
To Oval
1965
Tuesday
House
To Cabine t Roo m w/ Mr . Guggenhei m to join :
Re
Secy Rus k
Secy McNamara
Under Sec y Bal l
Wm. Bund y
Ambassador
-
George Christian
Jim Jones
General Earle Wheeler
Ambassador to Vietnam - Ellswort h Bunker
Ambassador Angie r Riddle Duke
Hon. Wm. Bund y .
C2— Walt
is the same group as attended the
yesterday, except that Secy.
Clifford, who was at the luncheon
- O'Brien
Oke pix
The Agenda for the meeting prepared for the President for Henry Wilson included:
Minimum wage, tax bill, Vietnam AID bill, Vietnam Defense Supplemental
Authorization, Teacher Corps and Rent Supplements Appropriations, civilian
pay
- of the National Governors' Conferenc e
Governor Joh n Volpe - Mass. Th
e Presiden t told the Governors - - of
Governor Wm. Scranto n - Pa. th
e record about VietNam and also lis Governor Philip Johnson - Miss. cusse
d the creation of a new Commissio
Governor John
- Judd accompanied by Dick Moose
Dr. Judd has just returned fromhis seventh tour to VietNam -after his meeting w/ the President he held a press conference in GC's office - he
in Congress for twenty years, and prior to that he was a medical missionary
- ) The
Time Telephone
11
In Out
Lo
f or t .
Activity
LD
12:05p To
Saturday
Day
.
(include visited by)
Oval Office w/ MW -MW out immediately
12:07p OFF
RECORD
12:23p Hugh
12:10p t
Sidey TIMEmagazine
George Christian
Is doing a piece on North VietNam
- in Ofc
told yb to come in and
help clear signing table
Working desk
Senator George Smathers - re Interrama Bill - last day for signing today"
also re Foreign Relations Cmtee hearings and why some Senators are
against his policy re VietNam
Departed
- . Reuther
Marvin Watson (pl)
Mtg
the Mansion (Oke
pics)
t^, March 11, 1966
White House p^
^ Co
FRIDAY
Activity (inciude visited bv) tm
To the Cabinet Room for Meeting on Vietnam -- OFF
Expe
RECORD
The Agenda for this mtg was classified
- their
TV sets
on the resumption of bombing in VietNam LIVE
TELEVISION COVERAGE
To the ofc
where he immediately turned on his television sets to watch reaction to his
speech. He received fr mf Secy Rusk's opening statement for his press
conference at 11:00
- equated American Jewish support forthe
AdministrAtion's Vietnam policy with continued American support
for the State of Israel. ThePresidenttold
Dr.Wexlerand Rabbi
Kaufman thathe hadonlyexpressed his
appreciation of the Jewish
Way Veterans' resolution
-
!
1966
Frida y
Bill Moyers (pl)
To the Cabinet Room for Meeting with Ambassador
Secy. Rusk
Secy. McNamara
Hon. Walt Rostow
Hon. Bill Moyers
to Vietnam - Henry Cabot Lodge
Oke
pics
Joined by Robert Komer
(this meeting was called to discuss
- )University
conducted by Wisconsin State Uni- Professo r Pham Hoang Ho, University of Can Tho
versity, and finance by AID
. Dr
. Bui Xuan Bao (Sec y to the group) - University of Saigon
Mr. Hoang Si Binh (AID/Vietnam interpreter)
Dr. Scott Hammond, State Dept
- VietNam
e
or t
Activity
LD
AF
The
One 86970 toucheddown. Cam H-^Ranh Bay.
Bay, ^^^^-^^--^-^-^^ty
L i^
-_
and
^H^ Republic of
Viet Na
Vice
President
Nguyen Caokey
President was met by
y^^)^^,^;^
^^y^^^^(^
second visit to Cam Ranh— x^r^
Ted
- on "Face the Nation" on his
mind, and talked at length w/ Mr. White about how the Senator had chapped his
I position
and thinking. Before going to VietNam, the ^BBB^Bt Senator had
been
anti-administration policy , but his going to VietNam had "opened his
-
?-45p Helicopter
! The
at
up -via helicopter - for Knxx Corregidor
w/ Mrs Johnson, President and Mrs. Marcos.
Amb Blair, Amb Romualdez
MW, Jim Jones, Okamoto, Jack Valenti, mf
(talk about Philippines GNP. civil side of war in VietNam)
The- helicopter
- later. President
said "I'll get him later "
Cliff Carter
Sen. Everett Dirksen (b. 1) - re his suggestion of yesterday asking that the President
meet with the ^H^^^HHbipartisan legislative leaders to discuss situation in
VietNam.
Joe Califano (pl
-
To dentist's office - for routine examination
To Oval ofc w/MW
Secy McNamara
BM (pl)
BM
Monday
no color pics
today - vm
pix
copper
Secy McNamara
Secretary of HEW John
Joined by BM
Joined by R Komer
Gardner - to report on his
visit to Vietnam
BM's ofc (pl
- of bombing attacks on North VietNam
^ January
29, 1966
White House p^
SATURDAY
Expendi-
Activity(:nc!ude visited by) ture
d^"
Code
"^
Ambassador Arthur Goldberg joined Rusk, Bundy, Moyers - BM out at 1:20p
Vice President Humphrey joined the group
- Agenda as follows:
1)
Report
on Latin American Trip and Summit (Rusk)
j_
2) Vietna m Peace Probes (Rusk(
| 3)
New Steps to cut down on N. Vietnam Infiltration (McNamara)
j 4)
Cutting U.S. Troops in Europe (The President, Rusk and McNamara)
I and
talking
- like to discuss:
Aid to VietNam with comment on appearance of two servicemen a t recent
national convention
Projected visit of the Natl Cdr with a delegation of JWV ldrs to West German
Extremism in the U. S.
Stability in the Middle East
Invitation
-
Meeting
__^__ Sec.
Johnson's Sec.
notes to DT
re Vietnam
Gen.
Hon.
• Gen.
' Adm.
' Walt
12:31 George
12:31 Tom
11:11a President
11:18a President
11-15a t
amp ——
in Cabinet Room w/ (OF
F THE RECORD)
Dean Rusk Joint
Chiefs of Staff
Robert McNamara
- by)
English out
OFF
, tea
'
RECORD: Mr. James Antell of Burlington, Vt.
Mr. Antell is President of the United States Junior Chamber of Commerce
He had just returned from VietNam and presented the President w/ a leather
^HHHttbound report on that Htrip. Mr
- his
CIVIL RIGHTS i
J fo
r gist Clif
f Alexander firs
t hand reactions to what he sa w in
Il:lla ; Joine
d by Jo e Califan o VietNam
.
i (Mr
. Young has jus t returned from a visit to VietNam) --Mr . Young's trip was made
entirely on the sponsorship
- J
^^Genera l Maxwel
Secretary McNamara
Ambassador Goldberg
General Wheeler
McGeo Bundy
William Bundy
"
The Vice President
for further discussion on VietNam
Leonard
Marks
joined
^^
To Oval Office -- briefly -- thence returned to the cabinet
- / Mrs . Johnso n an d Jack Valent i
Retired
The Presiden t toda y announce d the awar d o f five Presidentia l Uni t Citation s
to military units fo r "outstandin g an d heroic performance " i n the Republi c
of Vietnam . Tw o of th e Citation s wer e
