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  • 'i MEMORANDUM
  • State visit of Israeli Prime Minister & Mrs. Eshkol; Lady Bird's speeches for Georgetown Visitation and Radcliffe; Lady Bird sends flowers to Mamie Eisenhower at Walter Reed; State dinner for Eshkols and exchange of state gifts; Lady Bird mentions
  • General U Thant promptly co~iled 'With the Egyptian request. In these new circumstances, President Johnson sent a letter to Prime Minister Eshkol of Israel on May 17 expressing sympathetic understanding of the strain placed upon Israel's patience
  • by the British. At the sarne time, the Secretary and the President warned the Israelis against any "preemptive strikes" on Egypt and assured them that they would be alone only if they acted alone. On M9.y 30 Prime Minister Eshkol informed Preside~t Johnson
  • .- MEMOR DUM WA S HINGT O N Wednesday, January 17, 1968 S~CRET-v EXDIS MEMORANDUM FOR THE PRESIDENT SUBJECT: Mid-East Arms Limitation Approaches During your talks with Prime Minister Eshkol, you instructed Secretary Rusk to approach both the Soviets
  • ter Eshkol' s shoes is another qu estion. Eban had laid bare Israeli thinking and we understood it. In any case, the situation on June 8 appeared 11 more manageable than five days or three days a go . " The air battl e had been significant. M1·. Helms
  • Eshkol was to postpone our decision in hopes that some of this could take place . Did anybody have any sugges tions? Jarring . Mr. Katzenbach £elt that a good deal depends on Ambassador If he succeeds, then arms limitation can be discussed. -SBeRET
  • not believe we should tell the Israelis more than the foregoing. By withholding firm word on our intentions until Eshkol's visit in February, we may be able to dampen Israeli opposition to Jordan sales. '71.U,J& , ~ Nicholas deBo Kat)enba~ Acting SECRE'f
  • . But with the British pulling out of South Arabia next January, Faisal, Hussein, Haile Selassie, the Shah and Eshkol were watching closely to see whether we and the British would stand for a Nasser takeover there. The current Arab-Israeli crisis has brought the test
  • LBJ goes to mass with Luci & Pat Nugent; visit of Prime Minister & Mrs. Levi Eshkol of Israel to the LBJ Ranch; lunch; LBJ & Lady Bird fly to San Antonio to meet visiting Israeli officials; LBJ & Prime Minister Eshkol give speeches; back to the LBJ