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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
  • 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
  • a man as able as Leo Beebe to work full-time on this program. - - I can assure you that you will receive the full support of this Government. The Departments of Labor and Commerce will give you all the help you need - - including the people you will need
  • but to lower veterans' and welfare benefits at the same time. The President remarked that there may be fields in which the Americans are the equal of the Germans and there may be fields where the Americans were better than the Germans, but the fiscal
  • '.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
  • NATIONAL SECURITY COUNCIL WASH INGTON 2.5, O.C. SECRET MEMORANDUM FOR THE FILES NSC MEETING ON 'THE CONGO - 12:30 PM AUGUST ll , 1964 P ARTICIPANTS: The President Department of State - Secretary Rusk, Under Secretary Ball, Under Secretary Harriman
  • Special Assistant for National S ecurity Affairs , Mr . Walt Rostow Executive Secretary, Mr . Brantley Smith Nathaniel Davis Harold H . Saunders This meeting evolved in three installments . Because the President was involved with UN S ecretary General U
  • :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
  • Southern Rhod esia The President: The purpose of this meeting is to review our current policy toward Southern Rhodesia, to see where we are now, as well as where we expect to end up . Secretary Rusk will outline the State Department paper (copy attached
  • : 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
  • Urban affairs
  • 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
  • week there will be no attack on our U-2s. We shoul d continue the flights of the U-2s. The Defense Department will look again at the proposals to use an ECM­ equipped U-2 and to use drones. The production of drones will be immediately increased
  • 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
  • was ·a sked to review the latest informa • tion from Brazil. Most of his facts came from a teleconference between 4 EGRET SERVICE SET :"'. ... ... ~ ' - SEGR:E!f - 2 ­ the State Department and·.Ambaseador Gordon in Rio (copy attached). He reported
  • an estimated 20 per cent duplication) Neighborhood Youth Corps employees (this is in addition to 175, 000 regular year-round corpsmen) additional summer hiring of disadvantaged youngsters by federal departments and agencies Total summer hiring This year
  • Urban affairs
  • 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
  • , The Director of the Central Intelligence Agency, The Ambassador to the United Nations, The Special Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs. From the Senate: Mansfield, Dirksen, Long, Kuchel, Fulbright, Hickenlooper, Saltonstall,. Smathers. From
  • 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
  • interest in the copper stockpile. Several persons, including As sis tant Secretary of State for Economic Affairs Tony Solomon, responded. The copper stockpile is or soon will be in balance. The shortage will be met by production from a new Arizona mine whi
  • or not the Poverty Bill will pass at all. 1 ' Barefoot Sanders replied that his best reading now is 150 to 160 votes for the Poverty Bill. The President directed that Shriver be brought here tomorrow and begin working on this. At 7:20 p. m. Senator Mansfield departed
  • , although Senator Tower made a comment today that he was disappointed at the appointment. The Senator said he thought the President would now also be running the Defense Department as he is now running the White House and State Department. The President
  • . 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
  • Affairs Lt . Gen. Joseph F . Carroll, D i rector, Defense Intelligence Agency Cyrus R. Vance, Secretary of the Army Paul H . Nitze, Secretary of the Navy Eugene M . Zuckert, Secretary of the Air Force JCS General Maxwell D. Taylor , Chairman
  • for Political Affairs Thomas Mann. Assistant Secretary TREASURY C . Douglas Dillon, Secretary USIA Carl T . Rowan, Director WHITE HOUSE McGeorge Bwidy, Special Assistant to the Presi dent George Reedy, Press Sec r etary to the President Major General Chester V
  • will discuss three issues of key importance wh ich are not to be t aken up today, i.e. , the Kennedy Round, the Non-Prolif eration Treaty , and the European financial discussions. Under Secretarv Katzenbach : The State Department pap er (copy attached
  • but this may not be s o. We should look again at our programs and examine all ideas without thinking whether or not they can be done without increasing our expenditures . {8) The Defense Department i s studying several new military recommendations made
  • from all over the world who might overwhelm the State Department's capacity. Rusk appreciated this offer and said he would call on me. He further said that there may be visitors we would like to meet with and, if so, he would make .. appropriate
  • . Trade Relations with the USSR East European Communist Countries Secretary Hodges, as Chairman of the Export Control Review Board, briefly summarized the Board' s discussion and inability to reach agreement . He gave in detail the Commerce Department' s
  • , of the D8fense Depart~~nt Reorganization Cc~21it~ee, Speci2l Assistant to the President for I~~2rnational Affairs. Co~.:nittee Ch~ir:::an SERVICE SET ! ,. v· t) !~·· :\· C> I i> : , • (-' (; ·.' I i1 I; (I) CI Cv J-'· 0 o r: :J tJ p 0 C !·> I
  • , the restraints on pai:ticipation certificates and the risk of appropriation increases for veterans and civil servants have increased the deficit to $29 billion. " To reduce this deficit, we will borrow - - cut - - and tax. We hope to borrow 50% {$15 billion
  • Urban affairs
  • ..:: , SERVICE SET ./ Si:CRE'f NATIONAL SEC URlTY COUNCIL RECORD OF ACTIONS NSC Action 2490. FY 1965 UNDERGROUND NUCLEP..R T E ST PROGRAM Noted a briefing on the underground test program presented by the Atomic Energy Commission and the Department
  • of Secretary Rus k , Under Secretary Katzenbach summarized the six major problem areas in Africa. (See attached State Department paper.) 1. Rhodesia - - We must continue to exchange views with the Briti sh who may decide to settle this problem in a way we
  • disposit ion of Soviet troops in Cen tral Europe. '/ • ·' Director Helms and Secretary Rusk will give us their views on the German reaction t o the c risis. The press has already p rinted that the State Department was recommending additional reassurances
  • in affairs with the Vietnam statement. All except the Communists see it that way. I do not expect a vote on this. Assistant Secretary of State Sisco: see it. That is the way most all nations The President: The President does not know of any plans
  • - returning veterans, diplomats, etc., to ' discuss Vietnam. 11 ' ge~~rr~~B"all ..~.~id tfia E_-~°-~~~e _!_~~z:oup- thinka _ -we-.1:.houra-get ·erurof:~~-~~~ one gives propr1ety ·To the Oav1n or Galbraith ~·nc:laver:,th,eo-ry_."7, ~-nd .no "In the South
  • of Cuban Affairs, Mr. Crimmins. Defense Department: Secretary McNamara and Deputy Secretary Vance. JCS: General Maxwell Taylor. CIA: The Director, Messrs. Helms and FitzGerald. 1 White House Staff: Messrs. Bundy and Dungan. 1. Mr. Bundy presented