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Folder, "October 2, 1967 - 11:50 a.m. President's meeting with Colonel Olds and Col. Cross ," Papers of Tom Johnson, Box 1 (Item)

night (in San Antonio, Texas), we have demonstrated that we are willing to stop the bombing if the halt would lead to prompt and productive discussions. ''If we had stopped the bombing along the DMZ, those guns would not be silent this morning

Folder, "October 3, 1967 - 6:10 p.m. Rusk, McNamara, Rostow, Helms, Christian Robin Olds and Col. Cross," Papers of Tom Johnson, Box 1 (Item)

m.any people are charging., 1 ../1 On another issue, the President said that the leadership of Congress indicated to him in a meeting Monday night that it would not tolerate the large demonstration which is planned for late October. I have told

Folder, "[September 1967 Meetings with Correspondents]," Meeting Notes Files, Box 3 (Item)

available to the press. He read the papers, he said, and noted that Gov. fttnney had explained his Vietnam views by saying he 1d been "brain-washed" in Saigon. 'lhe President observed that an;y man "brain-washed" by diplomats and generals might have problems

Folder, "October 25, 1968 - 12:38 p.m. Meeting with Foreign Policy Advisors," Papers of Tom Johnson, Box 4 (Item)

. If they use artillery, he attacks sites. A commander is always responsible for security of his troops. instructions, reprisals are permitted. General Taylor: for us. In Hanoi will see this as a victory for them, not as a victory The President: Read

Folder, "March 19, 1968 - 1:01 p.m. Tuesday lunch with Foreign Advisors," Papers of Tom Johnson, Box 2 (Item)

COP'ffmi.tiTED WITH HIS FOREIGN ADVISERS . AT THE Perm1ss1on of Cop)"t'ight ~hnson TUESDAY LUNCHEON March 19, 1968 In the Mans ion The President: Secretary Rusk: Dean, have you read the Reischauer letter? Yes, but it has been over taken by recent events

Folder, "October 23, 1967 - 1:05 p.m. Rusk, McNamara, Helms, Rostow, Christian, Wheeler," Papers of Tom Johnson, Box 1 (Item)

about this letter. The President read and suggested changes in the proposed Kosygin letter. The text of that letter follows: Dear Mr. Chairman: I fully share the concern expressed in your letter of October 20 about the continued tense atmosphere

Folder, "August 10, 1968 - 12:25 p.m. President's briefing of Former Vice President Nixon and Gov. Agnew," Papers of Tom Johnson, Box 3 (Item)

Helms: The North Vietnamese are convinced they won after Dien Bien Phu. The President: They think we believe that we lost the war. think so. They don't Nixon: We have got to tell our people to remember that every word they write will be read

Folder, "[October 1967 Meetings with Correspondents]," Meeting Notes Files, Box 3 (Item)

this morning. (The President had Miss Nivens in Walt Ro stow' s office read the message over the telephone; the message thanked Wilson and Brown for standing firm despite party pressures.) We all have our peculiar problems; all of us have our setbacks

Folder, "January 26, 1968 - 11 a.m. Pueblo 7 - Senior advisors - McNamara, Katzenbach, Wheeler, Helms, Nitze, etc.," Papers of Tom Johnson, Box 2 (Item)

is certain of this. The President said he had a different reading of the text. The President asked "Did he sign on?"). Berger said, not exactly. The tenor of most of the replies have been friendly. The President asked if there was any report on the nine

Folder, "[March 20, 1968 - 5:08 p.m. VP, Rusk, Clifford, Fortas, Bundy, Bundy, Jorden, Rostow, Christian, McPherson, Goldberg]," Papers of Tom Johnson, Box 2 (Item)

by rejections by Hanoi. (Rukk read statement he proposed that the President use.) Unless we are prepared to do something on bombing, there is -no real proposal for us to make. We pat two ideas to Bunkers 1) San Antonio formula without any indic. from

Folder, "October 14, 1968 - 1:40 p.m. Foreign Policy Advisory Group meeting," Papers of Tom Johnson, Box 4 (Item)

with the Soviets the question of Vietnam. The language to Kosygin read: ·. "Setting all political arguments aside, the simple fact is that the President could not maintain a cessation of the bombing of North Vietnam unless it were very promptly evident to him