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- to hold this p i cture in reserve.
Such arrangements would not necessarily involve heavy US resources .
Meanwhile , we have a problem of how much aid to give to Jordan
pending a political settl ement.
If t he UAR comes to terms wit h Israel, we may want
- tell them (the Congress) that we will be out
of business in that area if we don't make a sale." The $6 million of econ
omic aid was approved. The $1. 8 million in non-lethal aid was approved.
The President then advised the group of the dates
- Foreign aid
- . W. W.xRostow, Department of State
Secretary Rusk
Under Secretary Ball
Mr. Mann
AID - Mr. Bell
S/P - Mr. Brewer
NSC - Mr • Komer
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White House - Mr. Valenti
S/P ( 2)
Mr. Woods telephoned me today to report on his trip to Cairo.
He saw Nasser
- 1963,
President Johnson was determined to continue the policy of
the Kennedy Administration toward the UAR.
However, in
November 1963, the US Senate inserted a provision in the foreign
aid act barring further assistance to countries engaged
- , and the increase in
Soviet influence. He will dwell on the point that all this could
have been avoid ed if the US had maintained good relations with
Egypt. He will expand his thesis that without material aconom ic
aid from the U.S., Nasser and those around him
- probably not risk a
cutoff of theee funds.
5. Iraq 1s the only revolutionary and nationalistic Arab
state that can provide a base for active subversion in the Gulf.
In the past, though it has given some sporadic aid and training
to dissidents in the area
- everyvvhere except in Jordan. We still
were holding off in Kuwait and Saudi Arabia .
Mr. Gaud reported that we h ad had aid programs in s ix of the
fourteen Arab countries (plus Israel)- - Sudan , Jord an , Tunisia, the UAR ,
Morocco, Israel -- and a pipeline
- the Cabinet on·· .A!D policies ~n th.;)
a.r.ca. He pointed out there ware no new authorizations for ai·:::.-3~
.. shl?=.enta since the fighting broke out •. He also said that no new
ec onc.:nic aid agreements had been made. He said the D.e p~ :-tr.aent
- .
In this period American strategy for Cyprus stressed
continued access to American connnunications facilities, an
economic aid program to facilitate development and to combat
Communism, and reliance on the guarantor powers to maintain
the constitutional order
- material oovaring
~ted ~
of AID projects as w1l u plamirq dDculalta awti
as fiat draft AID/f strat.egy •tatanent m Yaan. AID 1965 or 1966
· TSf!S5.
T•l•or•phic tr•namiuion •nd
cluaific.tion •pprov.d bya
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of
tel
- IMPLICIT
IN THEIR OPERATIONS AGAINST AID OFFICE.
2. THUS FAR BROMELL HAS NOT BEEN ABLE TO SEE SALAH NASR
AND THERE 1S NO CERTAINTY HE WILL .BE ABLE TO TODAY.
3. MEANWHILE SITUATION IN TAIZ ITSELF SEEMS TO HAVE
BEEN CHANGED VERY MATERIALLY BY YARG DEMANDS
- to help
m e on m y s p e e c h at G e o r g e to w n V isita tio n t o m o r r o w .
A fte r w a r d s M a r jo r i e Jenkins c a m e by to rea d it, p a s s on it, make
so m e g ood s u g g e s t io n s .
Oddly enough, this is a day f o r la b o r - two o
- " and
it is contagious. I do not treat lightly the fact that the AID bill will
be cut from $3. 2 billion to $2. 2 billion.
The voices of the Mid-West
and the rural farmers are manifested in the Congress with incr e asing
effectivene ss.
--- The President is more
- Foreign aid
- ts should be drawn upon as
JJ.SIA
memoires with host government officials and opinion makers.
appropriate in discussions or incorporated in follow-up aide
~'
·l. - The
CIA
· the President~s statement of June 19 and, we believe, provides
NS
- aid agreements
would be delayed until after Secretary Rusk talks with the
Congress.
3. Position on the U. N. General Assembly vote on Jerusalem.
On the matter of the General Assembly vote on Jerusalem, Secretary
Katzenbach said that the State
- on the second
flo o r with Doug C ater, seeking help from him on my speech fo r Beth Jenkins
graduation c la s s at Georgetown Visitation, which is only two days away and
which I haven't given the hours of preparation that it deserves.
Then I talked to Ray R
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.■ . ' . ' ■ ■ W A S H I N O T O M
S u n d ay , M a rc h 7, 1966
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w ild flo w e rs of the H oly L a n d .
I knew w h at la y a h e a d of m e a n d d r e a d e d it.
I m u s t te ll h im th a t h is
w o r k fo r AID b ro u g h t so m a n y c r u e l, u g
- Desk work; Lady Bird visits with Luci Johnson; lunch; Lady Bird records diary; LBJ takes nap; Tony Taylor visits Lady Bird and they go bowling and swimming; newspaper stories about Tony Taylor and his work for AID; Taylor's work in Latin America
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The President: Russell is against our involvement in the world.
we cause trouble with our foreign aid.
ME!TIH5 ~~OTIS COPYRIGHTED
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P-er"'iuion of Cop1cight
Hotdar. W. Thomas Johnson
The President
- say no to the supersonics, Jordan will ask Soviet
aid. If we say yes, Israel will demand supersonics. Thus, no matter what we
do, we will be contributing to the arms race in the Middle East which we have
been trying to damp down. 1£ necessary
- have to have somebody carry
a message to Garcia. What do we do?"
General Wheeler responded by saying that our first approach
should be to give Isra el military aid and all the support it needs for long
term military operations. If we are convinced
- funds or from a supplemental appropriation,
Mi:. McNamara s aid both, but felt that, as far as Defens e was
concerned, needs co'.ll.d be met largel y from e::Csting appropriations .
Mr . McNamara and Mr . Barr noted that the Export- Import
Bank
- . And if Israel does not respond to this
position, the Soviets say they will give aid to the Arabs going far
beyond economic aid.
SANITIZED
E.O. 13292, Sec. 3.5
I UP SECRE'f-,. EYES ONLY
• NLJ./AAC. '?-JS5 ~A.,, NL:> 'l )· (,,O
By ~ , NARA, Date S- '1-1)5
- . CONCEPT 1'0Ns OF WHAT ·THE ;fl:J ~
;·1, I
- it is cible to rraintain
itsGlf (any econanic aid \\·ould require a hich-level political
c1ete:rnd.natior~)7"'- --·
"'
Adoption of a blunter line in ..iro, and ceveloprrent of intcrn~
tional sup[XJrt for the "fx:>sition, to ~las~?:.~ .. sane~!!: . tJ
- transition into a new relationship in which the Japanese
take increased responsibility as a partner as we alter the essentially
occupation status on the islands. At the moment they are assuming more
partnership responsibility in aid and monetary affail".s
- Examination of the British Proposal for a
Mari time Group and Declaration ••..••....•••.•.....••.
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Consideration of the French Proposal for a Four-Power
Meeting and the Question of French Aid to the
Arabs and Israelis
- invasion of Syria, all Arab countries
would come to Syria's aid, and a major conflict would surely
develop. The Syrian Foreign Minister added that his Govern
ment wished to avoid war. He urged Ambassador Smythe to
bring Syrian views of the existing border
- * s r o o m - - s h e ’l l b e in g w o rk in g th is s u m m e r .
w ho is in th e m aid *s r o o m .
S u sa n S tep h e n so n
And so w ill L a fa y e D a v is ,
And I had brought G ertru d e and h e r th r e e
c h ild r e n - - H a z e l, E th e