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Folder, "Walt Rostow, Vol. 67: Mar. 14‑18, 1968 [2 of 2]," Memos to the President, NSF, Box 31 (Item)
  • Danang to Hue. Each family would be allocated 20 pieces of roofing and 10,000 piasters. Developing Don 1 s Front -- Thieu said Tran Van Don reported on Sunday 1 s Congress. Thieu wants to get the Front organized in provinces and not limit its influence
Folder, "Walt Rostow, Vol. 40, September 1-10, 1967 [3 of 4]," Memos to the President, NSF, Box 22 [1 of 2] (Item)
  • thought would be willing to cooperate with the new government, among them Ha Thuc Ky and Nguyen Van Truong. As for Suu and Huong, their political careers are finished and "we should put them in the national museum 't61gether with Tran Van Ly, Nguyen Hoa
Folder, "Walt Rostow, Vol. 39, August 18-31, 1967 [4 of 5]," Memos to the President, NSF, Box 21 (Item)
  • and had, therefore, asked Nguyen Van Loe to speak for their slate. He said that he was definitely planning to attend the meeting with other candidates at My Tho on August 26. He thought that it might be a very interesting meeting since this was the town
Folder, "Walt Rostow, Vol. 40, September 1-10, 1967 [2 of 4]," Memos to the President, NSF, Box 22 [1 of 2] (Item)
  • NOT MORE SUCCESSFUL IN THEIR · ~.!ERROP.IST ATTACK-S .,WAS DUE IN GREAT. MZA.SURE . TO THE SECU.RITY ---PROVISIONS _PUT P.JTO EFFECT 3Y OUR 0\-I~r AND VIETNAViESE FORCES.· GENF.RP,L THIEU HAS PAID TRIBUTE TO THE conTRIBUTim-l MADE TO . . 2. ' REGISTE?ZD
Folder, "Walt Rostow, Vol. 65: Mar. 1‑6, 1968 [1 of 2]," Memos to the President, NSF, Box 30 (Item)
  • . Thieu is making a special effort to help the people of Hue, having named a personal representative, Father Cao Van Luan, to act for him there, and he has in various ways demonstrated both publicly and privately his concern for the victims in the unhappy
Folder, "Walt Rostow, Vol. 29, May 25-31, 1967 [2 of 2]," Memos to the President, NSF, Box 16 (Item)
  • , came as a complete shock ar-.. d surprise to him. Diem believes Thieu is now deeply bitter and feels isolated and w i thout support. (Diem said only General P. X. Chieu and General Dang Van Quang remain close to him.} Thieu told Diem he did not believe
Folder, "Walt Rostow, Vol. 105: Nov. 9‑14, 1968 [2 of 2]," Memos to the President, NSF, Box 42 (Item)
  • informed of all Thieu fully in­ As we went through that 5-1/2 months, President Thieu was kept informed all the way through of every development. He knew what our goal was. He knew that we were worki~g for a kind of an arrange­ ment that would enable us
Folder, "Walt Rostow, Vol. 52: Nov. 26‑30, 1967 [1 of 2]," Memos to the President, NSF, Box 26 (Item)
  • .or HIS. TALK WITH PHAM VAN DONG • •• ' • '!. AND NEITHER OF THEM HAD .TEXT AVAILABLE. ' 1 • -- ' I ... ; 3 •• HIS TALKS ~ITk THE PRESIDENT AND THE sidRETARY HAD CONVINCED;~ HIM THAT:PRIMARY AND OVERRIDING. AMERICAN GOAL WAS TO GUARAtHEE 1
Folder, "Walt Rostow, Vol. 104: Nov. 5‑8, 1968 [2 of 2]," Memos to the President, NSF, Box 42 (Item)
  • COOLAHO?HOUGKTFUL ANALYSIS OF FACTORS THATNADETH11UDRAW BACKATLASTRINUT£. • / BESIN TEX?• SUBJ&THIEU'S DECISION. le 1 TNOUSHTIT WOULDBE USEFULTO SET DOWNKY THOUGHTSON WKAT:tRANSPlRED HERETHATLEDTHIEUTO MAKE HIS DECISIONNOT TOClO'111THUS INTO THEPARIS
Folder, "Walt Rostow, Vol. 102: Oct. 29‑31, 1968 [2 of 2]," Memos to the President, NSF, Box 41 (Item)
  • in· Saigon ... 1 DE A thori . 'rn-9 Dy~ . N ... ~ NODIS/HARVAN/DOUBL~ PLUS J'v-3 / 7 ate .3-rj'.3 ! !i I. TSP SECli'..li:T HAR VAN DOUBLE PLUS Wednesday, October 30, 1968 J ;" -\ 3-
Folder, "Walt Rostow, Vol. 68: Mar. 19‑24, 1968 [2 of 2]," Memos to the President, NSF, Box 31 (Item)
  • that Thieu and the South Vietnamese should be the center of it; but we should play our part and we should bring the Pope, the Roumanians, the Russians, etc. , into the game to the maximum. 4. M~~~~!ri~ ~.h~.l:>Jr.itt&iP.g-..;the·:t u n ~ ~ v e l ~ g y
Folder, "Walt Rostow, Vol. 69: Mar. 25‑31, 1968 [1 of 2]," Memos to the President, NSF, Box 31 (Item)
  • eeHJ'lf)EN'llAL Sat11Nay, March JO, 1968 7:40p.m. Mr. Pre•ldeat: Thl• rather b.,.fal ••••••meat 1ty a wue lC•reaa Ambaaaaclor la Saqoa. of the OVN reactloa to Tet will iat.reet y01& -- . .el..las Thieu•• -•• for Hlf• coafldeace. W. W. llo•tow CCHft!HeN
Folder, "Walt Rostow, Vol. 43, September 21-30, 1967 [1 of 2]," Memos to the President, NSF, Box 23 (Item)
  • to believe, however, that the full Assembly will validate the elections. Bunker has stressed to both Thieu and Ky the potentially serious impact on United States support for Viet-Nam of irre­ sponsible action to invalidate the elections. Both Thieu and· Ky
Folder, "Walt Rostow, Vol. 34, July 11-15, 1967 [2 of 2]," Memos to the President, NSF, Box 19 (Item)
  • on the record of his govern­ ment, with promises of further economic and political progress if elected. Probably this will also be the basic line of the Thieu-Ky platform. _j j S~/NODIS -11- We have seen a copy of Tran Van Huong's draft platform
Folder, "Walt Rostow, Vol. 42, September 15-20, 1967 [2 of 3]," Memos to the President, NSF, Box 22 [2 of 2] (Item)
  • Nguyen Van Loe. I believe that while neither would be ideal, Tor.. would not be a considerably better appointment than Loe. It was pretty well agreed that since under the Constitution, General Cao V~n Vien cannot fill concurrently the posts of Minister
Folder, "Walt Rostow, Vol. 59: Feb. 1‑6, 1968 [2 of 3]," Memos to the President, NSF, Box 28 (Item)
  • (§§tifiIIDffi -, FROM THE PRESIDENT TO _SAIGON, LITERALLY EYES ONLY FOR A~!BASSADOR BUNKER I have tead with interest the account . of your latest talk with President Thieu, reporting the formation of a spe.c.tal joint tas.k force. ~~s hea~t~ning. The J:eport
Folder, "Walt Rostow, Vol. 41, September 11-14, 1967 [1 of 2]," Memos to the President, NSF, Box 22 [2 of 2] (Item)
  • in the field, unlike those in Washington, also opposed the . administration's limited war objectives. These included not only General MacArthur but also Generals Courtney Whitney and Edward M. Almond, and General Van Fleet -- 20 who argued that the war could
Folder, "Walt Rostow, Vol. 38, August 11-17, 1967 [2 of 2]," Memos to the President, NSF, Box 21 (Item)
Folder, "Walt Rostow, Vol. 52: Nov. 26‑30, 1967 [2 of 2]," Memos to the President, NSF, Box 26 (Item)
Folder, "Walt Rostow, Vol. 35, July 16-24, 1967 [2 of 2]," Memos to the President, NSF, Box 19 (Item)
  • reports a conversation between Ambassador Bunker an·d Thieu. The latter expressed the view that the new government elected in September would face extremely important problems in its first six months, not only in the fields of nation building
Folder, "Walt Rostow, Vol. 46, October 16-20, 1967 [1 of 2]," Memos to the President, NSF, Box 24 (Item)
  • are definitively halted. or even and This is the position stated to me during conversations in the last few days with Premier Pham Van Dong, Nguyen Duy Trinh, foreign minister and deputy premier, and other high-ranking government and party leaders. Hanoi
Folder, "Walt Rostow, Vol. 83: June 20‑25, 1968 [2 of 2]," Memos to the President, NSF, Box 36 (Item)
  • 1n an ob•ervatlon made to me thl• mornlna after breakfast by Dick He belleYe ■ Cy Vance le the be•t el.Dale Helnu. man we could u•e to 1lt down with Ky and try to get him to play ball with Thieu throu1h the pre ■ ent crl Ucal pha•e 1n Vietnam. Helms
Folder, "Walt Rostow, Vol. 38, August 11-17, 1967 [1 of 2]," Memos to the President, NSF, Box 21 (Item)
  • 94-29-r;" 'l / 3 Jc,(" qt.I - 2 q S- J\)~ ,, A ~ 1-:,,t/-11 w q'l--~ f:'. Ill ,. w+t r, #30a eab r I . . f' Y' ' emo esident, 8.00 p.m. ,. #35b lt om r..t resident to Thieu PCI 2 ~.. ., #--3-5 d Itr President to Ro)yoake PCI - 2-p
Folder, "Walt Rostow, Vol. 54: Dec. 11‑19, 1967 [3 of 4]," Memos to the President, NSF, Box 26 (Item)
  • , the latter had said that President Thieu and General Cao Van Vien had agreed that Vietnamese Government forces, in "hot pursuit" of enemy forces near the Cambodian border, should be permitted to pursue them across the border. Vietnamese Government forces
Folder, "Walt Rostow, Vol. 81: June 7‑12, 1968 [2 of 2]," Memos to the President, NSF, Box 35 (Item)
  • •AS NOT t IKEi. y TO F3ElNH!BITl::D SUC'CESSFL"i.LY BY ;n:•s ~UPPORTERS. AFTER THIEU .. . . DECIDED TO APPQIVf TRAN VAN· HUONGP~IME MINI$f.ER, THIEU SET A90U! FCiR:WIING A CAnI~ET Pl wHICH 'I.Y WOULD'HAVE LESS INFLUENCE. HE FURTP.tr?sr:n:~OTHENED HiS
Folder, "Walt Rostow, Vol. 84: June 26‑28, 1968 [1 of 2]," Memos to the President, NSF, Box 36 (Item)
  • . I 'J;'HENRECOUNTED ARRA.NGEMENTS ·Fo_RMY rr;r.::::TING • ) WITH ~A VAN LAU, TOLD•.ZORI.N MEETING LASTED TWO HOURS, AND iES·- t·CR!B2D· IN GENERAL TERMS COURSE Or .MEETING. I SUMM.~lHZSDBY SAYI\!G :° I .BELI:£VED. HA-:VAN'-LAU U·NI:5E:RSTOOD OUR
Folder, "Walt Rostow, Vol. 33, July 1-10, 1967 [2 of 2]," Memos to the President, NSF, Box 18 (Item)
  • IN THE THIEU•KY SLATE. THES.t VERSIONS ARE GENERALLY CONSISTENT IN INDICATIN8 THAT THE MEETINGS BEGAN VITH DISCUSSION OF THE •a1G• MINH ISSU£ · AND THEN TURNED TO DISCUSSION OF THE THIEU AND KY CANDIDACI£S. IT ALSO SUJIS QUITE CLEAR THAT THI.S LATTER
Folder, "Walt Rostow, Vol. 103: Nov. 1‑4, 1968 [1 of 2]," Memos to the President, NSF, Box 41 (Item)
  • year• whoo they ■et u;:, ~ joiot United States-Mexico Coaaissloo co Border Development a::d Frimidship. Joining me 1n tbla epooaorshlp are: the gentlewr.,, fraa California, Mr. Van Deerlta and Hr. '?Ulmey; the gmtle:zmn £rm Ar1:ona. Mr. Udall; th
Folder, "Walt Rostow, Vol. 81: June 7‑12, 1968 [1 of 2]," Memos to the President, NSF, Box 35 (Item)
  • FOR US. XUAN t TYUAND l ~EDUC TKO· SAID THEY WOULD . TAKE ~UR SUGGESTION ., A---~ ~- UNDER CONSIDERATION. r 4. BY PRIOR AGR~:EMENT t HABIB ·ALSO IN A SEPARATE CONVER· T:'T.'l..i., . . 1. SATION "(ITH. HA·"'·VAN-l:-"AU, SUGG-ESTED A PRIVATE MEET·l
Folder, "Walt Rostow, Vol. 106: Nov. 15‑18, 1968 [2 of 2]," Memos to the President, NSF, Box 42 (Item)
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Folder, "Walt Rostow, Vol. 24, March 16 - 31, 1967 [2 of 3]," Memos to the President, NSF, Box 14 [2 of 2] (Item)
  • will be given this job. B. I would like to hold a reception in his honor so as to give him the very best send off with all of the Vietnamese and Americans with whom. he is going to have to work. C. I would also like to take him to call on Thieu and Ky, which
Folder, "Walt Rostow, Vol. 37, August 1-10, 1967 [2 of 2]," Memos to the President, NSF, Box 20 (Item)
  • with the NLF but failing to mention the latter part of Dan's ~emark about North Viet~Nam.) Nguyen Van Thieu stated (1) peace cannot be attained overnight and must result from a strong military and political position. (2) Nevertheless, "ending the war" is one
Folder, "Walt Rostow, Vol. 39, August 18-31, 1967 [2 of 5]," Memos to the President, NSF, Box 21 (Item)
  • and 7, 000 respectively. The comments of Dr. Phan Quang Dan, Suu' s Vice Presidential running mate, in an informal press conference on August 25 for foreign correspondents, are interesting. He said that there is "an atmosphere of suspicion" that Thieu
Folder, "Walt Rostow, Vol. 70: Apr. 1‑5, 1968 [1 of 2]," Memos to the President, NSF, Box 32 (Item)
  • Honolulu meeting, they will travel, Washington for meeting with Harriman. if it is so desired, to 6. It is their·impression that ·Hanoi· timetable is not·,- re.peat not, • too· hurried. t Of possible interest is .fact that Nguyen Thoung, North Vietnamese
Folder, "Walt Rostow, Vol. 60: Feb. 7‑9, 1968 [1 of 3]," Memos to the President, NSF, Box 28 (Item)
  • INTO THE' CRmms. THUS, THERE ·rs EXTRENE URGENCY IN THE TASK FORCE· s RELIEF JOB.-)· 3. _AT A ~lEETING OF . THE. TASK FORCE ON 8 . FEBRUARY, · KY. ATTEMPTED T.O SOOTH EVERYONE'S FEELINGS AFTER THEY HAD BEEN CRITICIZED BY OTHERS. ?RIME MINISTER NGUYEN . VAN LOC
Folder, "Walt Rostow, Vol. 87: July 5‑12, 1968," Memos to the President, NSF, Box 37 (Item)
  • apprehensions ·about Americ.an _interitions, the people have remained calm and steady. Thieu, moving 'Yi,th increasing confidence and acting in accord ·with the_ constitution, invited the hig:µly respected .Tran Van Huong to form c!l, new Cabinet. As a result
Folder, "Walt Rostow, Vol. 50, November 8-15, 1967 [2 of 2]," Memos to the President, NSF, Box 25 (Item)
  • to the Department. the following to the same end: , A. How we can best expose the new Government and its plans to the press b~backgrm;mders -- by Thieu and Ky, for example, as plans develop. B. The possibility in January -- over U.S. The arguments of a report
Folder, "Walt Rostow, Vol. 50, November 8-15, 1967 [2 of 2]," Memos to the President, NSF, Box 25 (Item)
  • to the Department. the following to the same end: , A. How we can best expose the new Government and its plans to the press b~backgrm;mders -- by Thieu and Ky, for example, as plans develop. B. The possibility in January -- over U.S. The arguments of a report
Folder, "Walt Rostow, Vol. 39, August 18-31, 1967 [5 of 5]," Memos to the President, NSF, Box 21 (Item)
  • General Thieu General Ky King Bhumibol Prime Minister Kittikachorn Prime Minister Rahman President Park Laos Australia New Zealand Philippines Viet-Nam Viet-Nam ·•Thailand Thailand Malaysia Korea Informal visit to U.S. Manila Confer~nce and attendant
Folder, "Walt Rostow, Vol. 49, November 1-7, 1967 [2 of 2]," Memos to the President, NSF, Box 25 (Item)
  • Carver to briefing on, television. (.Dean Achesotl, and othera objected to using Carver in public. ) Dick Helms. -4- Nov. 3, 1967 Clark Clifford: -- bring Thieu to the United States (Nick Katzenbaclt Implied we should make sure his political baee