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Folder, "[October 31, 1967 - 5:35 p.m. Meeting with Congressional Democratic Leaders]," Meeting Notes Files, Box 2 (Item)

Senator Long about the Social Security Bill. Long said he hoped to have it reported Thursday and said he will need a few more days to draft it up. "We voted today that any additional increases we have will be paid for by additional taxes beginning

Folder, "[March 19, 1968 - Meeting with Congressional Democratic Leadership]," Meeting Notes Files, Box 2 (Item)

and a $10 billion cut in appropriations which will give a $4 billion cut in expenditures. To cut more than $4 billion will really cut someone's scalp. MORE -2 I would hope in the next 30 days before we bring housing to a halt and jeopardize the dollar

Folder, "April 4, 1968 - 3:47 p.m. President's meeting with U Thant at the United Nations in New York City," Papers of Tom Johnson, Box 3 (Item)

speech will generate a process for peace in Vietnam. THE PRESIDENT: That is encouraging. We tried to convince our people some move had to be made. We felt this was a step. I hope conditions will permit it to be a big step. If there is any recognition

Folder, "June 19, 1968 - 12 noon Meeting with the National Security Council," Papers of Tom Johnson, Box 3 (Item)

: NATO is in better health than most people thought it would be. NATO group was helpful in hammering out NPT. Picture of NA TO is changing. Mutual force reduction talks will add to this change. Berlin will consume most of talks in first meeting. We hope

Folder, "[NSC Meeting on] Congo; Cyprus; South Vietnam, 8/25/1964, Volume 3, Tab 23," National Security Council Meetings Files, NSF, Box 1 (Item)

. Re - negotiation would call for Greek concessions. If the treaty laps es, the 10, 000 Greek in Turkey lose their rights . Any deal by Makarios and the Cypriots with the USSR will move slowly. Makarios apparently hopes to delay any action until

Folder, "[June 7, 1968 - Meeting with Prime Minister Shearer of Jamaica]," Meeting Notes Files, Box 3 (Item)

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Folder, "[July 24, 1968 - 5:30 p.m. Meeting with German Defense Minister Schroeder]," Meeting Notes Files, Box 3 (Item)

policy. What did the President think? The President replied that the Germans had been doing well on their present course. He could only hope that other countries would do as well. The President expressed his hope that Schroeder .would have a good visit

Folder, "Speech, October 29, 1968," Papers of Tom Johnson, Box 4 (Item)

of the conflict. That chance •• that hope •• we cannot forego. We ·aould be misled - - and we are prepared for that contingency. We pray God it does not occur.. It should be clear to all of us that the new phase of negotiation• which will open on November Z

Folder, "April 5, 1968 - 11:10 a.m. President's meeting with Negro leaders after death of Martin Luther King," Papers of Tom Johnson, Box 3 (Item)

: I hope my Department will not be required to enter this situation. We will not unless called upon. We will see to it that law and order will be maintained. I knew Dr. King. I had deep respect for him. White leaders respected Dr. King

Folder, "[July 25, 1968 - 11:45 a.m. Meeting with Finance Minister Strauss]," Meeting Notes Files, Box 3 (Item)

countries. Maybe in four or five years or so the British and French may have to bail out the Federal Republic. The President stated he was hoping and praying for a united Europe. Until this could become a reality, it was essential that the United States

Folder, "[December 23, 1967 - 8:50 p.m. Meeting with Pope Paul]," Meeting Notes Files, Box 2 (Item)

the President ot know that I have not only given counsel to South Vietnam but I have scolded the North for not making moves toward peace. PRESIDENT I think your statements have been fair and just l want to express the hope that with President Thieu

Folder, "[July 19, 1965 Jack Valenti's Meeting with Apostolic Delegate and Papal Nuncio]," Meeting Notes Files, Box 1 (Item)

and the Dominican Papal Nuncio. Bishop Clarizio made the following points: 1. The people of the Dominican Republic are poor and miserable and ·without hope. The solution to the Dominican crisis is not polith:al but economic and social. 2

Folder, "[April 4, 1968 - 3:50 p.m. Meeting with U Thant]," Meeting Notes Files, Box 2 (Item)

you always take. I welcome any recommendations you make publicly or privately. Your statement on TV was very good. I1m glad you saw fit to take some initiative and contact Hanoi. I don 1 t hold out much hope from this message, but it is something

Folder, "July 24, 1968 - 1:30 p.m. Tuesday lunch with Foreign Policy Advisors," Papers of Tom Johnson, Box 3 (Item)

-52 flight costs $48, 000 from Guam. The bombs cost $31, 000. I hope the targets are worth it. CEE I i~O NOTES COPYRl6HTEO Publieatian Require• Permission of Cop1right Holder. W. lhoMaa Jotinloft l&P 81!CR !'I' - SANITIZED E.O. 12356. Sec

Folder, "[February 24, 1966 Meeting with Congressional Leaders]," Meeting Notes Files, Box 1 (Item)

. Dastardly are t..1ie news stories coming from U.S. --'Philippines are hu..-nan mercenaries." ~Ia.rcos made strong statement -- courageous statement -- in which he came down firmly on side of U.S. In Ko~ea, Pak hopes to h:i.ve more troop3 there by first

Folder, "[December 14, 1967 - Ambassadorial Luncheon]," Meeting Notes Files, Box 2 (Item)

in the President's words that he forgot to ask the President for his views on "bridge building" between peoples, and now he hopes he will have another opportunity to see the President and raise the question in the near future. ' t Ernest Goldstein

Folder, "[June 25, 1968 - 10:00 a.m. Staff Meeting]," Meeting Notes Files, Box 3 (Item)

of government is grinding to a halt. He said that he hopes the entire staff will stay with him until January, but that if anyone needs to leave, he will do every thing he can to meet their timetables. In the meantime, however, he said, there's a lot of work

Folder, "August 4, 1964 Leadership Breakfast [1964 Leadership Notes]," Meeting Notes Files, Box 1 (Item)

night's action. These orders are already in being. RUSSELL: ls it daytime over there? MCNAMARA: Our attacks will be in daylight hours. RUSSELL: I hope you will keep going until they get the last one of them. We had a Formosan type resolution in the Middle

Folder, "[NSC Meeting on] Current NATO Issues, 6/19/1968, Volume 5, Tab 70," National Security Council Meetings Files, NSF, Box 2 (Item)

. The Ministers will authorize increased surveillance. H< us_, vc;.l .x 1111 1t11:. C bf\!' P~:

Folder, "[November 24, 1963 - 3:00 p.m. Meeting with Ambassador Lodge and Advisors on Vietnam - McCone Memo]," Meeting Notes Files, Box 1 (Item)

. Ambaeaador Lodge reported that the change in government had been an improvement, that he wae hopeful over the outlook, that he expected a speedup of the war, he thought by February or March we would see marked progreae. Lodge stated that we were not involved

Folder, "October 23, 1967 - 5:36 p.m. Democratic Leadership," Papers of Tom Johnson, Box 1 (Item)

, for the past several months, and particularly in the past month or two, there has been increasing sentiment here and abroad urging the United States to stop bombing in the hope or expectation that this unilateral act would bring us to the peace table. While

Folder, "February 2, 1968 - 4:30 p.m. Backgrounder with correspondents on Vietnam and the Pueblo," Papers of Tom Johnson, Box 2 (Item)

a long time to g,et the men back from the Pueblo? -CONfi'f>EM':E'Ui:L .• copy LBJ LIBDA L"\ii.RY The President: I am hopeful that we will get it back, but I do not want to raise false hopes about how long it will take. We are working. There has been

Folder, "Speech -- October 30, 1968 1:45 p.m.," Papers of Tom Johnson, Box 4 (Item)

of And though I cannot tell you precisely ~hopeful year in South Vietnam and elsewhere: t1r.t ~ . rr sv,N events has occurred this . _.l~A- ~ ·~ .o;ti~ ~ -- · ·/':' - - ~ 6teady strengthen~ng of_th constitutional where a million men are now arms

Folder, "[February 28, 1968 - 5:30 p.m. Meeting on Copper Strike]," Meeting Notes Files, Box 2 (Item)

the Governors and members of Congress and said that he hoped this off-the- record meeting could produce some constructive thoughts about solving this serious problem. The President said that everyone had to worry about where this was going to come out

Folder, "[April 2, 1968 - 8:42 a.m. Congressional Leadership Breakfast]," Meeting Notes Files, Box 2 (Item)

are on the Senate calendar and we hope that Senate action can be obtained soon after the Senate has completed work on the Excise Tax bill. 1. Automobile Insurance Study 2. D. Co Police - Firemen - Teachers Pay Increase 3. Food for Freedom Extension (P. L 0 480

Folder, "[NSC Meeting on] Near/East Region, 2/21/1968, Volume 5, Tab 64," National Security Council Meetings Files, NSF, Box 2 (Item)

not sustain without N asser 1s cooperation. As long as Nasser made speeches lambasting the US, we could not hope to win Congre ssional support for a policy of supporting him . The Vice President questioned whether we should reswne relations and thereby tend

Folder, "July 14, 1967 - 12:50 p.m. McNamara, Katzenbach, Wheeler, Clifford, Rostow, Johnson," Papers of Tom Johnson, Box 1 (Item)

on numbers. " The President continued: "We want to see what these people are willing to do. "I would hope that the South Vietnamese would a. b. Drop their draft age to 18. Put in an extra 65, 000 troops after the September elections Clark Clifford concluded

Folder, "July 29, 1967 - 11:05 a.m. President and Cyrus Vance, Vice President," Papers of Tom Johnson, Box 1 (Item)

A joint press conference was held. Governor Romney said the situation was "hopeful." Secretary Vance said later that Romney told him he_had made this statement in order that he not appear that he was in disagreement with Secretary Vance. Secretary Vance

Folder, "September 19, 1967 - 5:55 p.m. McNamara, Katzenbach, Rostow, Christian," Papers of Tom Johnson, Box 1 (Item)

. The proposed U. N. speech by Ambassador Goldberg was discussed. The President said he hoped that the Ambassador would stick with what already has been said and Ho 1 s position as expressed in his released letter . The President said nothing good could come from

Folder, "[June 11, 1965 -11:25 a.m. Jack Valenti's Meeting with Apostolic Delegate]," Meeting Notes Files, Box 1 (Item)

in the best interests of both the Vatican and the United States wait until we see how Article 19 would be resolved before concrete plans could be laid. Then, assuming all would be well on that front, the President would announce he would hope to speak

Folder, "[December 17, 1965 - 9:41 a.m. Meeting with Foreign Policy Advisors on Vietnam]," Meeting Notes Files, Box 1 (Item)

table and he'll pro duce the President. I'm willing to take any gamble Ol\ stopping the bombing if I think I've got some hope of something happening. We must evaluate this very carefully. You have no idea how much I've talked to the Fulbrights

Folder, "[Briefing Papers for] September 4, 1968 National Security Council Mtg," Meeting Notes Files, Box 3 (Item)

renew our obligations for the mutual security of all the Allies in NATO, we are also resolved not to lose - 2 the hope and the faith that the future of mankind lies in the solution of problems through understanding, mutual respect, and observance

Folder, "[November 11, 1968 - 3:00 p.m. Meeting with Foreign Policy Advisors and President-Elect Nixon]," Meeting Notes Files, Box 3 (Item)

for immediate purposes. - -- -·-- liaison ... . . __ _______ Mr. Nixon said that, despite observations in the press, he had made no decisions on his Cabinet. He hopes to have his Cabinet appointed by December 5. He would naturally like to have someone keep

Folder, "December 17, 1968 - 1:27 p.m. Tuesday Luncheon," Meeting Notes Files, Box 3 (Item)

and hope they can rejoin their families at the earliest possible r:noment, 11 and not get into the details'. The President: What's happening in Vietnam? Admiral Moorer: The 2nd NVA Division is active -- but not much s.pecial happening. Secretary

Folder, "May 15, 1968 - 5:53 p.m. Meeting with Foreign Policy Advisors in the Cabinet Room," Papers of Tom Johnson, Box 3 (Item)

should delay a decision for a week are: 1. In paris we have a ·p osture based on the March 31 speech, and the fact that we have been bombing only up to the 19th. I do not think we should be t.he first to change our position. 2. Our hope

Folder, "[June 23 -, 1965 Jack Valenti's Meeting with the Apostolic Delegate]," Meeting Notes Files, Box 1 (Item)

, which still remains uncertain and beset with _difficulty. May We •ay with a sincere heart that We have ma.de this v.ta.te of uncertainty Our•.• that We are very near to you with one heart, as the Father of all, and We would. hope that you would

Folder, "[January 3, 1966 Meeting with Foreign Policy Advisors on Bombing Pause]," Meeting Notes Files, Box 1 (Item)

for starting it now. Conversations with others give me hope and we'll continue. Our big problem will be they'll let us stew in our own juice. Then we'll stew in theirs. This will be a bad week, a ba.d month. What do you do with Goldberg? I think the "I told

Folder, "[February 26, 1966 - 1:05 p.m. Meeting with Foreign Policy Advisors on Vietnam]," Meeting Notes Files, Box 1 (Item)

. Nead organization to match Porter's. ~arks: We need that here. Gaud will put up money to get TV going in Vietnam. President: What about TV sets? Marks: Hope to assemble sets there. sets, Hope Japanese will contribute Bundy: Had senior American

Folder, "[September 12, 1967- 6:42 p.m. Meeting with Members of Congress on Asian Bank Legislation]," Meeting Notes Files, Box 2 (Item)

than come up to my hopes. A Japanese is President of the bank, and he has a good organization. The original capital of the bank was $1 billion. The United States share was $200 million of that ori ginal capital, and he said that he has never heard

Folder, "May 25, 1968 - 1:54 p.m. President's meeting with Foreign Policy Advisers," Meeting Notes Files, Box 3 (Item)

an unprecedented number of training flights north of the 20th parallel, both with IL-28 1 s and MIGs . They haven't been south of the 20th parallel since May 11. Mr. Rostow: They're using Bonnie and Clyde pilots. General Wheeler: They're hoping to take Danang