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  • useful to keep coordination going. The President: What more can we do? Secretary Rusk: P. L. 480 bars door to countries giving aid to Vietnam. We can do some on bilateral trade basis. They take the favored nations formula, however. Secretary Fowler
  • Secretary Rusk: I told Cy and Averill to expect the President to be in­ volved with these decisions. General Johnson: Who would substitute for General Goodpaster when he is due to report to Vietnam. The President: background. Maxwell Taylor has a lot
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  • there are disturbing developments. Soviet and Communist Chinese advisers have arrived. The union of these two states has lost its momentum . 7. In South Vietnam, Viet Cong activity has not s_tepped up recently . This may come later . General Kiem, the hardliners
  • of the post-Vietnam defense outlook mentioning the $60 billion ,,,, ,.,. ....,..,.,.-.. - 2 ­ benchmark figures, but indicating he regarded it as a lower limit. (He must have had a good memo or briefing on that recently from DOD.) We had to remain first
  • to uncle rtake troop reductions on a reciprocal basis with the Russians . The F r ench will not join but that will not matter . We do not expect the Russians t o r espond now . Vietnam i s one reas on; their concern over Eastern Europe is another
  • many major world problems involving the USSR and the U. S. such as the Middle East, strategi c missile control, and Vietnam. We must not 1nislead the Soviet Union, the Am e rican p e opl e , or our allies . The Soviet Union is trying to carry
  • "'"""T.-tTi:-Presiden-~ A ()/CN NlJ 58-ere'tr t-~1~-/\IL .J 8h ~~ - ~ ~ ~ "lr17..~g.~.,t/ ~ I FILE LOCATION llA.TIONAL SECURITY FILE , National Security Council File BSC Meetings, VoL 3 Tab 26 , 2/1/65, Vietnam, Jordan Arms RESTRICTICJ-4 COOES
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  • Folder, "[NSC Meeting on] Vietnam; Jordan Arms, 2/1/1965, Volume 3, Tab 26," National Security Council Meetings Files, NSF, Box 1
  • permitted for bombing. Sullivan makes a strong case for some enlargement, beyond the area agreed last week, to assist hard­ pre s sed Laos. Defense and State tend to agree. 7. Censorship in South Vietnam. (Sec. Clifford) (Tab D) As attached indicated
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  • L SJiiC:RET/6EtiSI'i"Pl:S FOR THE PRESIDENT ONLY SUMMARY NOTES FOR SSlstlNSC MEETING September 7, 1968, 12:00 noon Conte/Long and Symington Amendments--Vietnam In the absence of the President, Secretary Rusk asked Under Secretary Katzenbach
  • ) ... Panmunjom and beyond 2. Vietnam {Secretaries Rusk and McNamara) 3. Bombing Targets (Secretary McNamara) -- narrow circles? 4. Jordan Arms {Secretaries Rusk and McNamara) Note at Tab A is a briefing paper on the Jordan Arms Package which you
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  • on the new Vietnam program. SECRETARY FOWLER: I have three comments: (1) The iron is hot. We will have to hit hard to try to get decisive action in the House and Senate this week. The iron is hot in the wake of the last couple of weeks. But reassurance
  • . Secretary Rusk plans to meet in restricted session to discuss Vietnam and the European views on what they would like to see develop in Southeast Asia after peace is achieved. C. Long Range Problems and Outlook for the Future Above and beyond the issues
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  • Folder, "[May 16, 1965 - 6:45 p.m. Meeting with Foreign Policy Advisors on Vietnam]," Meeting Notes Files, Box 1
  • shift in U.S. and GVN priorities at the last meeting of Nick Katzenbach's Vietnam group with Bus Wheeler. Bus said that Abrams' present strategy would automaticaly move in this direction as the third wave gave way to protracted harassing wrd
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  • in 18 aircraft from Vietnam. These are 18 aircraft which are being replaced and will not be sent from Vietnam until their replacements arrive in Vietnam. The 26 B-52 's will bring the total to 347 aircraft including those aboard the U. S. S. Enterprise
  • • in 1964. Why wo.ld yoa loa• the atat.e? T2MI•• an t!ae N&llOll8: ( a) F~cwer ( c) No greac Vietnam ~c &111)pOrC - ' J for ,..,_.. Gnat Society - MEi+l~lO NOT!S COPYkiGHIED Poblleailon Requi1 •• P9'Mi11ie,. ef ,,,., ri9 .. t Heldiri We Themas
  • that this incident is related to the whole picture. He said he would not be surprised if something happened in Berlin to coincide with what is going on in Vietnam and in Korea. The President asked if we were confident of our situation around Khesanh. The President
  • the chopper would pull back. Secretary Rusk: It is not unusual for our commanders in Vietnam to consider res cue of pilots downed. It would be a mis take if any aircraft other than the proposed chopper went inside the 12 mile limit. The fighter cap could
  • : Czechoslovakia is 3rd arms supplier to Vietnam. General Wheeler: That is because they were told to. Secretary Clifford: Bus gets to the heart of this matter. They may be sincerely conciliatory. Suppose there is no combat. Suppose there is a pullout. They had
  • against infiltration routes used by the regiment which is being brought into South Vietnam. General Wheeler said yes, to the best of our ability. General Wheeler said the proposal was to use a South Vietnamese Airborne Brigade in area 607 to destroy troops
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  • areas to meet the enemy's threat. Effort in May may be the first step with another step in June and July. The enemy has been engaged in a plan to get men down. 113, 000 are passing down to South Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia. In April and May there were 66
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  • problems and discuss how we plan to deal with them. 3. Questions you may wish to ask: a. Will Secretary General U Thant 1 s proposed resolution for a bombing halt be pushed? Do we expect him to be active publicly on issues other than Vietnam? b
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  • to the overall policies of • his Administration. One of the most troublesome aspects of our economy grew out 0£ the costs of the Vietnam war. This was the most difficult part of our budget to predict, because we had no experience in fighting this kind
  • to South Vietnam. We do not have sufficient bombs in South Korea. However, we .m ust announce the call up. This will leak. Men have to be called from their homes. There is no way it would hold. Secretary Rusk: I would announce the call up today. I would go