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  • on January 29 in the Family Dining Room. Attending the meeting were: Secretary McNamara Secretary Rusk Under Secretary Katzenbach Ambassador Henry Cabot Lodge CIA Director Richard Helms General Wheeler General Taylor Clark Clifford Samuel Berger - Department
  • ~ /-,;, ~ Io tl:i.lil l?x:lilfii'1-illt SQeret.....: fx:om Cilpati:4.G, 2§- t)' 04{21f6t:- ,/, il16b Memo DOD To Pres for Natl. Security Top Secret 2 p Affairs from McNamara 05/18/6~ A Ic.p..Secret -for FILE LOCATION 'Qep1:1ty See-. -Bef-. frem
  • : -~ •.•~· •• •· 1··.:. _:~ Proclamation 35.61: National Day of Mourning for P.rcsident Kennedy: ·: ::.:·_._;,.~::Executive Order 11128: Closing Government Departments and Agencies · •::·? i\. • on November ZS, 1963. >~. \·:::·. ~~/~i November ZS: Message
  • - - Mr. Paul Geren 1 .::SECRET Mro Paul Geren, Deputy Directorp Office of International Financial and Development Affairs, Department of State; Dro William No Diehl, Chief, Far East Divigion Office of International Finance, Department of Treaau.ry
  • the discussion as an exclusive talk with the President. The President praised the people of Connecticut, referring to them as forward-looking on national and internatimal affairs. He had praise for both Senators and Congressmen. The President: We have had a great
  • , and other agencies will hardly require large reservoirs of funds. However, there are built-in increases in some programs (civilian and military retire­ ment, veterans benefits, social security, and interest ·on: the debt plus increased pay for federal
  • to do. in meetings with his But that had been a of this position was "Assistant Secretary for Far Eastern Affairs" until October 1966, when the area part was changed to "East Asian and Pacific Affairs." Thus, it was known within the Department as "FE
  • Kannedy and Johnson and Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Inter-American Affairs Dr. Ral.ph Powell Consultant to Department of State. On leave from Amer­ ican University and currently with the Research Analysis Corporation , S~ - NOFORN D-1
  • NATIONAL ARCHIVES AND RECORDS SERVICE I WITHDRAWALSHEET (PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARIES) FORMOF DOCUMENT DATE CORRESPONDENTSOR TITLE Agency: Justice RESTRICTION Department ' 0 f.e.V'\ FI LE LOCATION NSF Country File Vietnam, The Bertrand Russell
  • Affairs troop ---- --- --- -------- -------- -------- -------- increases--------------------------------------- D Alte rna ti ve 2 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - E Bombing F
  • propaganda broadcasts alleged that the chief for flooding in NVNwas American bombings, an assertion denied by _the Department of State. reason quickly It was obvious that Hanoi had taken advantage of bad weather to introduce improved Soviet missile
  • : other Committees should be invited. The House Foreign Affairs •Committee certainly should be included. The President: Well, it looks as if all of you have counseled, advised, consulted and then - - as usual - - placed the monkey on my back agairi. I
  • at Honolulu Taylor t~at together raili tar, Vietnainese affairs" of view including units, units widely remonstrated produced with to sharply, a conference unde.::- HcNamara's coarr,anders, and c:iair- ?:-1c:~a;;.ghton and in ~upport
  • of the Kennedy tion and it fell to President Johnson to make the final on appointment, which he did in both cases on November a appeared and on the opened, The plane so as simply of International maximum, and and hindsight as Assistant Affairs
  • and war:1.ed against a coal:tion gove:i:nrne:"lt. Arr.ong the pa2.·tic!.pants in the us emi!:a=ti were L-riflue~tial Sen2.tors Nguyen Gia Hien ana. Tran Van Lam. The Se~ate Foreigr.. Affairs Committee 0::1.January 24 heard Foreig!'l Mir.:.ister Do's views
  • of the A 1 t nt Secret ry for Far Eastern Affair . " I also believe th t it would be v lu bl for thi SAM to be rei sued a reminder of the n ce ity f or eoordin tin official vi it t o South Vietnam with the State Department. 'ls"' John A.I) McKesson Benj
  • ; the Director of Central Intelligence; the u. s. Information Agency; the Counselor, Department of State; the Director, _Deputy Under Secretary of State; the Special Counsel to the President; the Special Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs
  • and departments to provide funds and resources as available to the Director of USIA. Where appropriate, provisions of funds and other resources will be subject to procedures and amounts as determined in consultation with the Bureau of the Budget. 2. The President
  • , Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Far Eastern Affairs, becomes chairman of the interdepartmental committee for the management of U.S. policy and operations in South Vietnam. The responsibilities and authority of the committee remain unchanged. Mr
  • . The Special Assistant for National Security Affairs is autho rized to call on the appr opriate Departments and A gencies for necessary staff support for this task force. GOHFIDEHTIAL - . ' . . lb " --- .{ ',!. ~ !~ µ~r¥~~ THE WHITE HOUSE
  • to the success of United States operations in Southeast Asia. The national interest requires full understanding of our policy and purpose in this area. I am not satisfied with the performance of the several departments in this area; we require stronger arrange­
  • '.1 FEBRUARY 10, 1968 - 3:17 p. m. SENIOR FOREIGN AFFAIRS ADVISORS Secretary Rusk Secretary McNamara Clark Clifford Walt Rostow Gec.rge Christian Tom Johnson X:!!l?O: MEMORANDUM THE WHITE HOUSE WASHINGTON February 12, 1968 MEMORANDUM
  • Folder, "February 10, 1968 - 3:17 p.m. Senior Foreign Affairs Advisors - Rusk, McNamara, Clifford, Rostow, etc.," Papers of Tom Johnson, Box 2
  • :20 and reviewed the actions that have been announced to you in the White House statement . The Council al:.t hori zed the issua."lce of the statement and the President reque5ted the State Department cffici.al s and the Defense Department officials
  • 504th RSCMeeting NSC Control No. 94 ------ - 8ECR:6't- NATIONAL SECURITY COUNCIL RECORD OF ACTIONS NSC Action 2456 Reaulta of 1962 Nuclear Teat Program to Date and Teat• Proposed for Remainder of Program a. Di1cuaaed a draft Department
  • on the phone and said that he had just arrived in Genevaand had to see me most urgently, and could he come right over. I, having had some dealings with him previously up at NewYork in the United Nations during the Korean affair; said I was sorry, that he
  • Department of State
  • No. 328 dated April 6. The President requests that the Department of State and the Department o{ Defense take further energetic' action to improve our performance in these respects. m,_;~ ~ r McGeorge Bundy - Tep SEGRE! I ' .1._ _ __ _ ~,r
  • gained very muchin the way of standing and prestige within the Department itself and nationally. I'm really proud of him. Today in the Department I also called in the Japanese,Ambassador and. Mr. Hogen--the Deputy Vice Minister for Foreign Affairs
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  • Taipei and S&tgon. Tbe proposed trip bas now been exp61lded to include eubstantive stops at New Delhi and JCarach1, with Athena aa a Nat atop on the return trip. It baa been decided that the Bureau of Far Eastern Affair• should continue to coordinate tbe
  • 28 Feb 1968 1 ' Circular from Central Office for South Vietnam Current Affairs Committee and Military Affairs Committee of South Viet~ese Liberation Army H1e°a~as.tl:hrnslrl I DECL SSIFIED Authori'"y C!-11/dl-t-t!t>_ ~• By ~ ,i 1ill::,, Date 7
  • agencies and our Embassy in Saigon were developing some proposals for non- militar y actions in Vietnam . Secretary Vance reported that VC actions during the past week declined somewhat - - except for the dramatic bombing of the E mbassy . The Department
  • missing, or wounded, or killed in action. General Wheeler: I have here a paper which was written on 31 January by the Military Affairs Committee and the Current Affairs Committee of the Liberation Army. We believe this document to be authentic. In ihth'e
  • are the notes of the President's Foreign Affairs Luncheon of January 30, which was held in the Family Dining Room. Those attending the meeting were: Secretary Rusk Secretary McNamara Clark Clifford CIA Director Helms Walt Rostow George Christian Tom
  • Folder, "January 30, 1968 - 1 p.m. Pueblo 11 - Foreign Affairs Luncheon Rusk, McNamara, Clifford, Helms, etc.," Papers of Tom Johnson, Box 2
  • , March2. Then I worked the following week in the Department, seeing various people and attended ~n NSCmeeting, the President and the membersof the NSC,on Thursday, March8. On Friday, March9, I had further discussions and then left on Saturday, March10
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  • have seen are based on a hope and a prayer and not on knowledge. I read several hundred cables each week -- cables from capitals around the world. I read CIA reports, State Department reports and Defense Department reports. I can say to you tonight
  • with the Germans, we should go no lower than $675 million . We should do all we can to hold them to the $750 million foreign exchange offset. Under Secretary Katzenbach : The State Department is working on a project for the next Administration which deals
  • be to lose sight of our objective which is to help the South Vietnamese overcome aggression . Secretary McNamara said that Ambassador Taylor , the Joint Chiefs and the Department of Defense recommended a retaliatory strike today at day­ light. He said we
  • by Foreign Minister Spaak, the text of which the State Department is to obtain (copy attached). 1. France -- The difficulties we are encountering with France in NATO are limited to the military field. We should press France to support NATO in all other fields
  • my own place in affairs, because I have no illusions and I knowof nothing that's boring than the memoirs of worn-out diplomats. more However, my grandchildren may perhaps wonder what kind of a grandfather they had. They may perhaps wonder what
  • Department of State
  • . There will be differences between Labor and the Congress. Labor and the President may not always agree. I know we did not over a proposal for a Department of Labor and Corrrmerce. But we didn't let our disagreement develop into disillusionment. To dissent never means
  • Urban affairs
  • of Appropriations, Armed Services, Foreign Affairs. Senate and House. President, Rusk, McNamara and Valenti. Subject: Resumption of Bombing. Rusk recounted peace efforts-- and their fruitlessness. McCormack: Must protect our soldiers. Use means available