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  • RECORDING STARTS AFTER CONVERSATION HAS BEGUN; CALL NOT LISTED ON SLIP; CONTENT OF CALL INDICATES CALLER IS WALT ROSTOW ON 11/27/1968; TIME FROM DAILY DIARY
  • ROSTOW REPORTS ON HIS TALK WITH UNNAMED ADVISER (ROBERT MURPHY?) TO RICHARD NIXON (ABOUT LBJ'S POSSIBLE MEETING WITH USSR?); LBJ SUGGESTS DEAN RUSK BRIEF UNNAMED ADVISER; DISCUSSION OF TIME THAT ROSTOW AND HIS FAMILY WILL ARRIVE AT LBJ RANCH TONIGHT
  • Rostow, W. W. (Walt Whitman), 1916-2003
  • Telephone conversation # 13775, sound recording, LBJ and WALT ROSTOW, 11/27/1968, 12:03PM
  • WALT ROSTOW
  • ROSTOW READS PROPOSED INSTRUCTIONS FROM ROBERT MCNAMARA ABOUT RESUMPTION OF BOMBING IN VIETNAM AFTER CONCLUSION OF ALEXSEI KOSYGIN'S UK VISIT; LBJ ASKS ROSTOW FOR HIS ANALYSIS OF KOSYGIN-HAROLD WILSON PEACE INITIATIVE, EXPRESSES CONCERN ABOUT PRESS
  • Rostow, W. W. (Walt Whitman), 1916-2003
  • Telephone conversation # 11526, sound recording, LBJ and WALT ROSTOW, 2/11/1967, 9:15AM
  • WALT ROSTOW
  • ROSTOW REPORTS THAT DAVID BRUCE WANTS TO FILE HIS VIEWS ON ALEXSEI KOSYGIN-HAROLD WILSON PEACE INITIATIVE BY CABLE; TIMING OF KOSYGIN'S FLIGHT AND RESUMPTION OF BOMBING; LBJ SAYS BRUCE DOES NOT NEED TO FILE CABLE SINCE HE HAS GIVEN ROSTOW HIS VIEWS
  • Rostow, W. W. (Walt Whitman), 1916-2003
  • Telephone conversation # 11530, sound recording, LBJ and WALT ROSTOW, 2/12/1967, 11:03PM
  • WALT ROSTOW
  • ROSTOW SAYS HANOI HAS PROPOSED PARIS AS SITE FOR VIETNAM PEACE TALKS; LBJ SAYS HE PREFERS ALMOST ANY PLACE TO PARIS; QUESTION OF RESUMPTION OF BOMBING; SAN ANTONIO FORMULA; MILITARY PROGRESS IN HUE; ADVANTAGES OF PARIS OVER WARSAW AS SITE; PRESS
  • Rostow, W. W. (Walt Whitman), 1916-2003
  • Telephone conversation # 13004, sound recording, LBJ and WALT ROSTOW, 5/3/1968, 1:00AM
  • WALT ROSTOW
  • ROSTOW REPORTS: NORTH VIETNAMESE HAVE SENT LBJ'S MESSAGE TO HO CHI MINH, DAVID BRUCE HAS CONCERNS ABOUT RESUMPTION OF BOMBING IN VIETNAM BEFORE END OF KOSYGIN'S UK VISIT, AND THERE ARE CONCERNS IN LONDON ABOUT LANGUAGE OF US RESPONSE TO PEACE
  • Rostow, W. W. (Walt Whitman), 1916-2003
  • Telephone conversation # 11527, sound recording, LBJ and WALT ROSTOW, 2/11/1967, 9:49AM
  • WALT ROSTOW
  • ROSTOW REPORTS THAT ROBERT MCNAMARA WILL HOLD HIS INSTRUCTIONS ON RESUMPTION OF BOMBING IN VIETNAM UNTIL AFTER LBJ'S MEETING AT NOON TODAY WITH DEAN RUSK AND MCNAMARA
  • Rostow, W. W. (Walt Whitman), 1916-2003
  • Telephone conversation # 11528, sound recording, LBJ and WALT ROSTOW, 2/11/1967, 10:08AM
  • WALT ROSTOW
  • ROSTOW READS DRAFT US RESPONSE TO HAROLD WILSON ON HIS AND ALEXSEI KOSYGIN'S VIETNAM PEACE INITIATIVE; LBJ EDITS LANGUAGE ABOUT EXTENSION OF TET TRUCE AND ADDS SECTION ABOUT US MILITARY LEADERS' OPPOSITION TO TRUCE AND ITS EXTENSION
  • Rostow, W. W. (Walt Whitman), 1916-2003
  • Telephone conversation # 11533, sound recording, LBJ and WALT ROSTOW, 2/12/1967, 11:17PM
  • WALT ROSTOW
  • CONTINUED DISCUSSION OF INCREASED BOMBING OF NORTH VIETNAM; VIET CONG MINING OF SAIGON CHANNEL WITH SOVIET MINES; POSSIBLE US MINING OF HAIPHONG; ROSTOW RECOMMENDS WESTMORELAND INCREASE PACE OF OPERATIONS IN VIETNAM; CANDIDATES FOR US AMBASSADOR
  • Rostow, W. W. (Walt Whitman), 1916-2003
  • Telephone conversation # 11545, sound recording, LBJ and WALT ROSTOW, 2/15/1967, 9:24AM
  • WALT ROSTOW
  • WALT ROSTOW
  • "SUMMARIZED" WRITTEN ON ENVELOPE CONTAINING DICTABELT; RECORDING STARTS AFTER CONVERSATION HAS BEGUN; WALT ROSTOW IS MEETING WITH LBJ AT TIME OF CALL; LBJ ON SPEAKERPHONE
  • LBJ DISCUSSES VIETNAM PEACE NEGOTIATIONS IN PARIS, BOMBING HALT AND RESUMPTION IF ENEMY VIOLATES AGREEMENT; WALT ROSTOW'S MEETING WITH ANATOLY DOBRYNIN; CREIGHTON ABRAMS' TRIP TO MEET WITH LBJ BEFORE LBJ ORDERS HALT; MILITARY SUPPORT FOR HALT, TALKS
  • Rostow, W. W. (Walt Whitman), 1916-2003
  • WALT ROSTOW
  • "SUMMARIZED" WRITTEN ON ENVELOPE CONTAINING DICTABELT; RECORDING STARTS AFTER CONVERSATION HAS BEGUN; ROSTOW IS MEETING WITH LBJ AT TIME OF CALL; LBJ ON SPEAKERPHONE; CONTINUES ON NEXT RECORDING
  • Rostow, W. W. (Walt Whitman), 1916-2003
  • WALT ROSTOW
  • "SUMMARIZED" WRITTEN ON ENVELOPE CONTAINING DICTABELT; ROSTOW IS MEETING WITH LBJ AT TIME OF CALL; LBJ ON SPEAKERPHONE; CONTINUES FROM PREVIOUS RECORDING
  • Rostow, W. W. (Walt Whitman), 1916-2003
  • LBJ MENTIONS UT'S INFLUENCE ON LADY BIRD, LYNDA ROBB; HACKERMAN SAYS UT WILL OFFER FACULTY POSTS TO WALT, ELSPETH ROSTOW; LBJ DISCUSSES WALT ROSTOW'S CRITICS, SAYS ROSTOW IS MEETING WITH ANATOLY DOBRYNIN ON VIETNAM; ERWIN DISCUSSES OFFERS TO ROSTOWS
  • ROSTOW SUMMARIZES HIS CONVERSATION WITH DEAN RUSK, WRITES THAT RUSK IS SENDING DETAILED REPORT ON HIS MEETING WITH ANDREI GROMYKO TO WH VIA COURIER; ROSTOW WRITES BRIEF SUMMARY OF RUSK AND GROMYKO'S DISCUSSION OF VIETNAM, MISSILE TALKS, AND MIDDLE
  • Rostow, W. W. (Walt Whitman), 1916-2003
  • Telephone conversation # 13511, transcript, WALT ROSTOW and DEAN RUSK, 10/2/1968, time unknown
  • LBJ TELLS MANSFIELD THAT RUSK APPROVES MANSFIELD'S REPLY TO GROMYKO'S STATEMENT ABOUT USSR'S POSITION ON PEACE IN VIETNAM, ASKS MANSFIELD, OTHER SENATE LEADERS TO MEET WITH WALT ROSTOW, BILL MOYERS, RUSK AFTER EASTER
  • LBJ COMPLAINS ABOUT WILLIAM BUNDY'S BRIEFING ON FERDINAND MARCOS' VISIT, PHILIPPINE AID; JOSEPH SISCO'S BRIEFING ON CHINA; EFFORTS TO DEFLECT CRITICISM STATE DEPT IS ASIA-ORIENTED BY NEW AMBASSADORIAL AND STATE DEPT APPOINTMENTS; EUGENE ROSTOW; FOY
  • DISCUSSION OF MEETING WITH UNNAMED PERSON (EUGENE ROSTOW?); LBJ DISCUSSES NEED FOR REORGANIZATION IN AMBASSADORSHIPS IN VIETNAM, FRANCE, USSR; WILLIAM WESTMORELAND; HENRY CABOT LODGE; FOY KOHLER; CHARLES BOHLEN; CREIGHTON ABRAMS
  • MCNAMARA ASKS IF WALT ROSTOW CAN DRAFT CONTINGENCY PRESS RELEASE ON VIETNAM PEACE INITIATIVE TO RESPOND TO QUESTIONS THAT WILL ARISE FOLLOWING HAROLD WILSON'S STATEMENT ABOUT HIS MEETINGS WITH ALEXSEI KOSYGIN; RESUMPTION OF BOMBING, NAVAL GUNFIRE
  • MCNAMARA REPORTS ON RESUMPTION OF BOMBING OF NORTH VIETNAM, READS DRAFT PRESS RELEASE; LBJ ASKS MCNAMARA TO HOLD ANNOUNCEMENT FOR A SHORT TIME BECAUSE LBJ HAS TOLD WALT ROSTOW TO CONTACT THE BRITISH
  • LBJ ASKS RUSK IF ANATOLY DOBRYNIN IS IN NEW YORK OR PARIS AND ABOUT WHETHER TO PROCEED WITH APPOINTMENT OF UNNAMED PERSON (EUGENE ROSTOW?) TO UNNAMED POST
  • MCNAMARA REPORTS THAT HE, DEAN RUSK, WALT ROSTOW, EARLE WHEELER RECOMMEND DEFERMENT OF BOMBING OF CERTAIN TARGETS IN NORTH VIETNAM BECAUSE OF DIPLOMATIC CONCERNS; PROBABILITY OF FUTURE DIPLOMATIC PROBLEMS; REACTION TO LBJ'S PRESS CONFERENCE
  • Boggs? BOGGS: Here, Mr. President. PRESIDENT: I have just met with Secretaries Rusk and Clifford and Mr. Helms and Mr. Rostow and General Wheeler. The early part of October we got an indication from Paris that if we would stop the bombing