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- her alded as proof that the United States wants peace, meaningful negotiations are not yet feasible even on II an unconditional basis." Hanoi insists that the VC be a principal negotiator, that US forces be withdrawn, and that South Vietnamese affairs
- ----------------------------------- FF 11 Mar 68 - - 36th Report ----------------------------------- GG 12 Mar 6 8 - - 3 7th Report ----------------------------------- HH 16 Mar 68 -- 41st Report----------------------------------- II 17 Mar 68 - - 42d Report JJ 18 Mar 68
Folder, "February 6, 1968 - 10:30 a.m. Senior Foreign Policy Advisors," Papers of Tom Johnson, Box 2
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- ) • . •, '• 1 I FEBRUARY 6, 1968- 10:30 a. m. 'j} I I ! SENIOR FOREIGN POLICY ADVISERS Secretary Rusk Secretary McNarr.a.·ra General Wheeler Clark Clifford SERVICE SET Walt Rostow George Christian Tom Johnson II MEMORANDUM THE WHITE HOUSE
- as Kuznetsov suggests or July 15? Wheeler) ii"ifr( '_. . :> !-i.!·~~~~~-~ ,~:'. ~ .'.~r~~~i:j' . .';'~:. ·~· :·:~~· ~ ·: Symington pressure in Senate and increasing pressure from Israel, the ·~-..;'~··.-. k:f!:::·· ·. ..'-.· candidates, etc
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- ~uia er ~sstnof.::= M • 'II T6a n - 3 Let's concentrate on our embassies, Saigon and Hanoi between 6 - 8, or 7 - 8. Secretary Rusk: Times will be "ungodly" in Australia, New Zealand. Walt Rostow: 6 p. m. EST = N Z EST 5 p. m. is Secretary
- if we gave them the A-.:e th:!y doing u:; any :\.ft 0~ .t: dam::.g~ Tet, I can't say. SANITIZB'I now? They h:i.ve thrown mort:>..rs ~ ~us. Ii I I I i i. ! SANITIZED 2 l':L
- ;• (B)'.Cloaed by etat~te or. ~y the agency whic~ oriqtnated the doc:;ument~ .. ·., ( C). Closed in acc~clanc:a w.lth ~~trictione contai;led in the donor' ii d&ed of g'ift. GENERAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION GSA DC 73. OS I I .:.,.. - Meeting
Folder, "[September 15, 1967 - Meeting with AFL-CIO Executive Council]," Meeting Notes Files, Box 2
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- and pessimistic side. The truth is that we are winning militarily, but t~{s story is not being told. The failure of the press accounts for som; of the d i sallusionment among t he p eopl e . I i I II / r1 1 ~MtSFtilG TO HANDWRITIN~ Ffll 3 The President
- for our pulling out of Vietnam. SECRET -BECRE'I' -3 II. This is one possible way to handle the meeting this morning at 10:30 a. rn. 1. Thank them for giving their time; and suggest the importance of maintaining the existence and substance
Folder, "[May 7, 1968 - 8:30 a.m. Meeting with Congressional Leaders]," Meeting Notes Files, Box 3
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- rates were the significant things. The President said 11 We can't survive without more taxes. 11 He pointed out that since World War II we have sent $30. 9 billion worth of food over-seas. 11 Some think we ought to spend $2 billion more now on food
- involved ... I remember when I was discussing with Vice President John Nance Garner my opposition to a third term for Roosevelt, he said, IIHow can you beat a man with $10, 000, 000, 000 to spend? II And you couldn't. But during the past eight years, our
- it? Well, sure it was unusual, but here was a president who had no military experience at all, sort of a patrol boat skipper in World War II, and here we were getting into some serious problems both in Europe and out in the Far East. Mr. [Averell] Harriman
Folder, "The President's file for Korea, Vietnam (Briefings)," Files of Walt Rostow, NSF, Box 10
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- dispositions abroad, so that we and sufficiently anxious to get the war in Viet Nam off our necks, are likely to accept not defeat, but what I might call unbalanced or "double For example: standard II behavior. of humiliation -- a degree the ship back
- WITHDRAWAL SHEET (PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARIES) FORM OF DOCUMENT 8a notes CORRESPONDENTS OR TITLE NSC meeting, 1/24/68 TS DATE 6 p. Part I ~T'n"'l-t-ii~-+-1~.P--~-'*"-i-A-
- Folder, "January 24, 1968 - 1 p.m. Pueblo II - National Security Council," Papers of Tom Johnson, Box 2
- at the hotel at two o'clock in the morning, the room clerk was all atwitter because the Vice President wanted to talk to me. Vice President of what?" Katie said, liThe liThe United states. II Well, the next day Lyndon took Katie and me out on personal escort
- secret from situation room, CAP80702 top secret from situation room, CAP80702 03/18/68 A 5 p 03/18/68 A i- -&i/31/68 ~ lp '' ' 11-1, eeef:'et from Ro~tow -WR #0~-memo- 3 p room, CAP80600 II &Q.CJ.".Qt -p ') ± 1' .-den-t-f-rem R6s
- Folder, "March 31st Speech, Vol. 5, Tabs A-Z and AA-II," National Security Council Histories, NSF, Box 48
Folder, "Hilsman, Roger (Vietnam - Diem) (1963) [2 of 2]," Country Files, Vietnam, NSF, Box 263
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- · .• ~ NARA. Da~'i..?9-j~ ·,•,· ·. •II i. predecessor~ lvfr. Hilsman; •had unfo1-ti.matetendencies fr1 this direction. Undoubtedly, Diem came to regard Lodg01 s arrival as a calculated cJ:i..allengeto him. I . . I . I. 2. On August 18th, while Lodge
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- be worthwhile if I came to Washington and we had some meeting before you made a definite commitment to me, because there's some things that I'd like to talk to you about. II I made a trip to Washington. I think it was a quick trip. I got to his office
- , Alabama. I was born and I was inducted, or about to be inducted, as a draftee in World War II and elected to go into the aviation cadet program. I was selected for that; went into the services; had my first assignment in Miami, Florida, for basic
- limited .. •I because US objectives to the defense of South Vietnam. impinge more severely change. II. have been so clearly· When and if US actio:is on North ·vietnara, Soviet attitudes may are dealt with in Part II. T'nese circumstances US
- McNamara said that if we had to destroy the MIG airplanes now in North Vietnam we would have to adop t Phase II of th e December progra m plus additional actions. General Wheeler commented that soone r or later the MIGs would come in. As U. S. air strikes
- and especially on the one you suggest. won't commit myself. II Tough a~ it is, I just will have to say I LBJ Presidential Library http://www.lbjlibrary.org ORAL HISTORY TRANSCRIPT Lyndon B. Johnson Library Oral Histories [NAID 24617781] More on LBJ
- with General Curtis LeMay who made his home in Newport Beach, California. just to get started. The interviewer is Joe B. Frantz. with Mr. Johnson? General, Incidentally, I'm a World War II veteran so I have been following you for a long time. L: More
Folder, "South Vietnam and U.S. Policies [X-File] [2 of 2]," Files of Walt Rostow, NSF, Box 19
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- speculates jn his book "The ~Makin g of a President 1968" trat Humphrey rnig nt ha ve won the election ii he had ballyhooed the story. But Willaim Connell, Hurn phrey chief political aide, donbt s it and says he recom mended a~ ai.r.s t making the al
- 'Holder: W. Thomas-Johnson [1 of 7] t- ,ia. · 1 J; 1 , ;. ·· i ''" ~~- ·· CG~\' !
- . General Taylor: I am dismayed. different one from that you have. let 1 s do something about it. t • t l ~ I I~ Ii The picture I get is a very Let's not concede the home front; Fortas: - The U . S. has never had in mind winning a military victory out
- . They are digging in. A hardened line. I was in charge of bombing surveys in World War II and bombing never wins a war. We are driving the Nor1h Vietnamese into a greater dependency on China - - and boxing in the Soviets. We are also making plans for negotiation
- of Viet Cong. R~sume this "\.veekend. PresiC.e:i:: ;v:-iat significance do you attach to low level of VC initiative? R:~3k: Ii i.t w~nt on longe!" perhap3 it would be significant - - r~ports ar -,,·ill draw ba.
Folder, "July 13, 1967 - 1:25 p.m. McNamara, Wheeler, Westmoreland," Papers of Tom Johnson, Box 1
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- it into an Americal Division such as was organized during World War II. General Westinoreland said this would be handled by picking up bits and pieces of units which. are currently in action. ~IEl 11 46 146 I Ea COPYltleHT!D r rbf.i&atic11 Reqolf'is tecrRaisaleA ef
- '. ·'"--+-.: / _ ________ I ' ;,' _.. _ ___.. _ ---- Meeting began: 12:23 p. m. Meeting ended: I :26 p. m. i-~ r .r-. ·; '\ .... \:' l' Fir ED IL";.~ '"._, •u/ -~.:-'.'.h.J.i ~.ii. E.O~ By NOTES OF THE PRESIDENT'S MEETING WITH THE CABINET N l.HJ 12958, S~c
- opinion, I would rather have them coming from Phuc Yen because I know where they are. We have better tactics and better planes than they do. Our boys are 100 percent better than they were during World War II. ' i!.1!£1!MG MOT ES EQ~XRIGHTfD Publicolion
- committees to go over the messages very carefully. He said they would be invited to the White House for full discussion of the messages before they are sent to the Congress. The President said he has named Henry Ford, II to head the Concentrated Employment
- ), I would go to the Senator and tell him you want to see what the ii MEETING NO i L; ,_ Puhlicatite'A Aequi1 es ._Permi11i n of Copyri:ght 0 Hokier:- -W.-lhemaa Jotinson I SECRET a SECREt - 4 various generals said to determine whether
Folder, "February 6, 1968 - 1:14 p.m. Tuesday Luncheon Meeting," Papers of Tom Johnson, Box 2
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- this civilian destruction that took place in World War II and Korea. But the targets which are there are military targets of military value. Frankly, this (civilian casualties which might result) does not bother me when I compare it with the organized death
- are interested in what Secretary Rusk has to aay. Why are you ao worr'ied al:out Saigon. The President: There ii instability between Ky and Thieu. He doesn't like sitting in the back row after all of the command positions he has held. CIA Director Helms
- . .. ...... ~·,ii.I..: -~· ·.;;,•-. . ·.. > . • .... ; .;:.··. ' Re the Persian Gulf and the British pullout-- there i1 aome problem about oil. There ii 1ome trouble with tribes in S. Yemfn. Saudi Arabia and Turkey are in good 1hape. Secretary Rusk: ia not good
- ONLY FOR THE PRESIDENT 1'···ii ::.,.1r:c ~JOK~ t:'O:'hlGFITEB NOTES OF THE MEETING OF THE PRESIDENT WITH: SECRETARY OF STATE RUSK SECRETARY OF DEFENSE CLIFFORD GENERAL EARLE WHEELER WALT ROSTOW TOM JOHNSON te.TINC NOfCS COP¥RrGNtiD PtfelieatieA
- that U . S . shipments o.f la::-d to Cuba be allowed . The President saw nothing inconsisten t. Mr . Bundy expressed grave doubts about the wiscior.i of obtaining support of about thirteen small states ii the six large states opposed th e reBolutio:i