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Folder, "August 17, 1967 - 6:20 p.m. Meeting with Freshmen Republican Congressmen," Papers of Tom Johnson, Box 1 (Item)
  • : We are unsure even if we can cut as much as we intend to cut. I do not think we could have a smaller surtax. Congressman Kleppe: Mr. President, could you discuss for us the targeting of our bombs in North Vietnam. The President: Do you want an off
  • Vietnam
Folder, "August 8, 1967 - 9:02 a.m. Democratic Congressmen," Papers of Tom Johnson, Box 1 (Item)
  • 8.2 1965 4. 9 3.4 1966 5. 3 2.3 1967 1. 8 9.9 23.9 23.8 The President made these points when questioned about Vietnam: There is no date or time on the Vietnam conflict. The military situation and pacification are improving. Intelligence
  • Vietnam
Folder, "August 9, 1967 - 9:02 a.m. Democratic Congressmen," Papers of Tom Johnson, Box 1 (Item)
  • Richard D. McCarthy (29th District, New York) said that the riots, the tax message, and the war in Vietnam all indicated to him that Democrats are in for trouble next year. He said the people are focusing on the war; that some new initiative is needed
  • Vietnam
Folder, "July 25, 1967 - 6:10 p.m. Senate Committee Chairmen," Papers of Tom Johnson, Box 1 (Item)
  • : "I think there is a change in attitude on the war. Senator Lauche changed his mind and said that he thought the bombing should be stopped in the North. The Vietnam war is a hopeless venture. Nobody likes it. There was a very serious outbreak on your
  • Vietnam
Folder, "May 14, 1968 - 1:10 p.m. Tuesday lunch with Foreign Policy Advisors," Papers of Tom Johnson, Box 3 (Item)
  • Director Helms: It is troublesome until it settles down. Secretary Rusk: Are you meeting with South Vietnam legislators? SERVICEaET - 2 ­ TOP 2527 The President: They are not on the schedule. Secretary Rusk: They are volatile. The President: I
  • Vietnam
Folder, "[July 19, 1966 Meeting with Members of Senate and House Appropriations Committee]," Papers of Tom Johnson, Box 1 (Item)
  • the add-on could be $5 to $6 billion exclusive of Vietnam . supplemental. The Le~dership said we should give you a complete picture and discuss the best approach we could take. To date there has been a $241 milliqn add-on. Yesterday 1 s pay bill · adds
Folder, "[July 18, 1966 - Meeting with Bi-Partisan Leaders of House and Senate]," Papers of Tom Johnson, Box 1 (Item)
  • . This would be $450 million, and it would give those boys in Vietnam something to which they could return ior work after Vietnam. 15% to save a little money. I could hold back MffI'NG t>IQTES CSP 1 ~IGH I EO Pwali,atieA Re~·d'e~ 2ermjssjon of Cnp~rigbt
Folder, "November 20, 1967 - 5:05 p.m. Bipartisan Congressional Leadership," Papers of Tom Johnson, Box 1 (Item)
  • in obligations for each one dollar in expenditures). In non-Vietnam Defense programs, the 10% formula would be applied to yield expenditure reductions of $2 billion. [5 of 10] - 6 This results in a $4 billion reduction in controllable expenditures
Folder, "January 30, 1968 - 6:04 p.m. Pueblo 12 - Senator Dirksen and Congressman Ford ," Papers of Tom Johnson, Box 2 (Item)
  • the reserves for use because of this incident in Korea, not because of Vietnam. We are sending 300 planes to South Korea. The reserves we called up he re will fill the vacancies made by the sending of regular units to South Korea. Congressman Ford: I would have
Folder, "January 27, 1968 - 1:25 p.m. National Alliance of businessmen luncheon," Papers of Tom Johnson, Box 2 (Item)
  • of this, we were able to alert the South Koreans to it. The Pueblo incident may be linked to Hanoi's effort to start a major offensive along the 17th parallel. They may be trying to get us to withdraw units from Vietnam. We are not going to do that. We
Folder, "October 17, 1967 - 5:35 p.m. Congressional Leadership," Papers of Tom Johnson, Box 1 (Item)
  • Vietnam criticism
Folder, "March 20, 1968 - 2:52 p.m. Meeting on fiscal policy - Fowler, Bundy, Martin, Okun, Freid, Zwick, etc.," Papers of Tom Johnson, Box 2 (Item)
  • 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
Folder, "May 14, 1968 - 3:04 p.m. President's meeting with his Cabinet," Papers of Tom Johnson, Box 3 (Item)
  • 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
  • Vietnam
Folder, "[April 2 - Tuesday Luncheon; April 3, 1968 - Cabinet Meeting; Luncheon Meeting; Meeting with House and Senate Leaders] ," Papers of Tom Johnson, Box 3 (Item)
  • Vietnam