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Telephone conversation # 11910, sound recording, LBJ and JULIAN GOODMAN, 6/21/1967, 9:50AM (Item)
  • "PRESIDENT OF NBC";"RE PAULINE ON THE MORNING SHOW SAYING KOSYGIN IS MEETING PRES. JOHNSON WHEN IN FACT K. HAS NOT AGREED TO MEET THE PRES."
  • LBJ DISCUSSES CONTINUING EFFORTS TO ARRANGE MEETING BETWEEN LBJ AND ALEXSEI KOSYGIN DURING KOSYGIN'S VISIT TO UN AND PROBLEMS THAT NEWS REPORTS ABOUT POSSIBLE MEETING HAVE CREATED; SOVIET PROBLEMS IN MIDDLE EAST, CHINA, VIETNAM; POLITICAL TURMOIL
Telephone conversation # 11912, sound recording, LBJ and EVERETT DIRKSEN, 6/22/1967, 10:45PM (Item)
  • "FROM A PAY PHONE WITH INFO ABOUT SAUDI ARABIA & INQUIRING ABOUT MIDDLE EAST MATTERS BEFORE UN, KOSYGIN, ISRAEL, EGYPT, ETC."; "SUMMARIZED"; RECORDING STARTS AFTER CONVERSATION HAS BEGUN; CONTINUES ON NEXT RECORDING
  • LBJ'S MEETING WITH ALEXSEI KOSYGIN TOMORROW; SAUDI ARABIAN KING FAISAL'S RECENT MEETING WITH MIDDLE EASTERN DIPLOMATIC OFFICIALS; FAISAL'S CONCERN ABOUT TERRITORIAL INTEGRITY IN MIDDLE EAST; ISRAELI POSITION ON SYRIAN, JORDANIAN BOUNDARIES
Telephone conversation # 11913, sound recording, LBJ and EVERETT DIRKSEN, 6/22/1967, 10:45PM (Item)
  • "FROM A PAY PHONE WITH INFO ABOUT SAUDI ARABIA & INQUIRING ABOUT MIDDLE EAST MATTERS BEFORE UN, KOSYGIN, ISRAEL, EGYPT, ETC."; "SUMMARIZED"; CONTINUES FROM PREVIOUS RECORDING
  • LBJ DISCUSSES HIS HOPES FOR OUTCOME OF MEETING WITH ALEXSEI KOSYGIN; KING FAISAL'S RECENT MEETING; LACK OF ARAB UNITY EXCEPT OVER JEWS; JACOB JAVITS' STATEMENTS; JOHN WILLIAMS' OBSTRUCTION OF DEBT LIMIT BILL; SENATE ACTION ON CENSURE OF THOMAS DODD
Telephone conversation # 11526, sound recording, LBJ and WALT ROSTOW, 2/11/1967, 9:15AM (Item)
  • ROSTOW READS PROPOSED INSTRUCTIONS FROM ROBERT MCNAMARA ABOUT RESUMPTION OF BOMBING IN VIETNAM AFTER CONCLUSION OF ALEXSEI KOSYGIN'S UK VISIT; LBJ ASKS ROSTOW FOR HIS ANALYSIS OF KOSYGIN-HAROLD WILSON PEACE INITIATIVE, EXPRESSES CONCERN ABOUT PRESS
Telephone conversation # 11530, sound recording, LBJ and WALT ROSTOW, 2/12/1967, 11:03PM (Item)
  • ROSTOW REPORTS THAT DAVID BRUCE WANTS TO FILE HIS VIEWS ON ALEXSEI KOSYGIN-HAROLD WILSON PEACE INITIATIVE BY CABLE; TIMING OF KOSYGIN'S FLIGHT AND RESUMPTION OF BOMBING; LBJ SAYS BRUCE DOES NOT NEED TO FILE CABLE SINCE HE HAS GIVEN ROSTOW HIS VIEWS
Telephone conversation # 11908, sound recording, LBJ and WILLIAM FULBRIGHT, 6/19/1967, 10:57PM (Item)
  • "RE JOHNSON-KOSYGIN MEETING"; "TRANSCRIBED (SHOULD BE A THIRD TAPE) INCOMPLETE"; "FRM MANSION 6-21-67"; RECORDING STARTS AFTER CONVERSATION HAS BEGUN; CONTINUES ON NEXT RECORDING
  • LBJ DISCUSSES EFFORTS TO ARRANGE MEETING WITH ALEXSEI KOSYGIN; POLITICAL TURMOIL IN USSR; CHINESE CRITICISM OF KOSYGIN'S VIETNAM PEACE EFFORTS; LBJ'S SPEECH TODAY; VIETNAM BOMBING RAID; KOSYGIN'S UN SPEECH; US POSITION ON MIDDLE EAST CONFLICT
Telephone conversation # 11610, sound recording, LBJ and EVERETT DIRKSEN, 3/2/1967, 3:50PM (Item)
  • LBJ DISCUSSES RFK'S SENATE SPEECH PROPOSING BOMBING HALT TO BRING ABOUT VIETNAM PEACE NEGOTIATIONS, REVIEWS PAST US BOMBING PAUSES AND PEACE EFFORTS; HAROLD WILSON-ALEXSEI KOSYGIN PEACE EFFORT
Telephone conversation # 11524, sound recording, LBJ and DEAN RUSK, 2/9/1967, 9:07AM (Item)
  • LBJ ASKS RUSK'S VIEWS ON ALEXSEI KOSYGIN'S CALL FOR CESSATION OF US BOMBING OF VIETNAM IN SPEECH DURING VISIT TO LONDON; RUSK DISCUSSES BRITISH PEACE PROPOSAL; QUESTION OF NEED FOR BOTH SIDES TO STOP AUGMENTATION OF FORCES; WH RESPONSE TO PRESS
Telephone conversation # 11525, sound recording, GEORGE CHRISTIAN and DEAN RUSK, 2/9/1967, time unknown (Item)
  • RUSK DICTATES WORDING FOR CHRISTIAN'S STATEMENT TO PRESS ON ALEXSEI KOSYGIN'S RECENT PRESS CONFERENCE ON VIETNAM; RUSK'S UPCOMING PRESS CONFERENCE
Telephone conversation # 11529, sound recording, LBJ and ROBERT MCNAMARA, 2/12/1967, 10:13PM (Item)
  • LBJ DISCUSSES US RESPONSE TO ALEXSEI KOSYGIN-HAROLD WILSON PEACE INITIATIVE, DISCUSSES BOMBING CESSATION WHEN NORTH VIETNAM CEASES INFILTRATION; NEED FOR RECORD TO SHOW THAT US HAS PURSUED PEACE PROPOSAL
Telephone conversation # 11531, sound recording, LBJ and DEAN RUSK, 2/12/1967, 11:08PM (Item)
  • RUSK REPORTS THAT DAVID BRUCE WILL NOT FILE CABLE REPORTING HIS VIEWS ON ALEXSEI KOSYGIN-HAROLD WILSON VIETNAM PEACE INITIATIVE
Telephone conversation # 11532, sound recording, LBJ and DEAN RUSK, 2/12/1967, 11:08PM (Item)
  • RUSK REPORTS THAT DAVID BRUCE WILL NOT FILE CABLE REPORTING HIS VIEWS ON ALEXSEI KOSYGIN-HAROLD WILSON VIETNAM PEACE INITIATIVE
Telephone conversation # 11533, sound recording, LBJ and WALT ROSTOW, 2/12/1967, 11:17PM (Item)
  • ROSTOW READS DRAFT US RESPONSE TO HAROLD WILSON ON HIS AND ALEXSEI KOSYGIN'S VIETNAM PEACE INITIATIVE; LBJ EDITS LANGUAGE ABOUT EXTENSION OF TET TRUCE AND ADDS SECTION ABOUT US MILITARY LEADERS' OPPOSITION TO TRUCE AND ITS EXTENSION
Telephone conversation # 11536, sound recording, LBJ and ROBERT MCNAMARA, 2/13/1967, 11:55AM (Item)
  • MCNAMARA ASKS IF WALT ROSTOW CAN DRAFT CONTINGENCY PRESS RELEASE ON VIETNAM PEACE INITIATIVE TO RESPOND TO QUESTIONS THAT WILL ARISE FOLLOWING HAROLD WILSON'S STATEMENT ABOUT HIS MEETINGS WITH ALEXSEI KOSYGIN; RESUMPTION OF BOMBING, NAVAL GUNFIRE
Telephone conversation # 11539, sound recording, LBJ and ROBERT MCNAMARA, 2/13/1967, 12:31PM (Item)
  • DISCUSSION OF NEED FOR JOHNSON ADMINISTRATION TO SHOW THAT IT HAS PURSUED ALL AVENUES FOR PEACE DURING HAROLD WILSON-ALEXSEI KOSYGIN VIETNAM PEACE INITIATIVE
Telephone conversation # 11909, sound recording, LBJ and WILLIAM FULBRIGHT, 6/19/1967, 10:57PM (Item)
  • "RE JOHNSON-KOSYGIN MEETING"; "TRANSCRIBED (SHOULD BE A THIRD TAPE) INCOMPLETE"; "FRM MANSION 6-21-67"; CONTINUES FROM PREVIOUS RECORDING; RECORDING ENDS BEFORE CONVERSATION IS OVER
  • EFFORTS TO ARRANGE MEETING BETWEEN LBJ, ALEXSEI KOSYGIN; PROBLEMS INVOLVED IN PRESIDENTIAL VISITS TO NYC; SOVIET DIFFICULTIES IN MIDDLE EAST, CHINA, VIETNAM; LBJ'S SPEECH TODAY; ADVANTAGES OF QUIET DIPLOMACY; LBJ'S MEETING WITH NIKITA KHRUSHCHEV
Telephone conversation # 11914, sound recording, LBJ and DWIGHT EISENHOWER, 6/25/1967, 9:44PM (Item)
  • LBJ REPORTS ON HIS MEETING WITH ALEXSEI KOSYGIN AT GLASSBORO, INCLUDING DISCUSSIONS ON NON-PROLIFERATION, ARMS REDUCTION, MIDDLE EAST CRISIS, VIETNAM, CUBA, CHINA; EISENHOWER RECOMMENDS DESALINIZATION PROGRAM AS MEANS TO ALLEVIATE PROBLEMS IN MIDDLE
Telephone conversation # 11605, sound recording, LBJ and RICHARD RUSSELL, 3/2/1967, 3:04PM (Item)
  • LBJ DISCUSSES RFK'S SENATE SPEECH PROPOSING BOMBING HALT TO BRING ABOUT VIETNAM PEACE NEGOTIATIONS; PAST US BOMBING PAUSES, PEACE EFFORTS; LBJ'S MESSAGES TO HO CHI MINH; HAROLD WILSON-ALEXSEI KOSYGIN PEACE EFFORT; BACKGROUND OF 37-DAY BOMBING PAUSE
Oral history transcript, Chester L. Cooper, interview 3 (III), 8/7/1969, by Paige E. Mulhollan (Item)
  • started about your second trip at the time that Kosygin was supposed to arrive in London. Had you seen, when you went back over there, any kind of draft of what became president Johnson's letter to Ho Chi Minh? C: Yes, I did. letter. I saw, as well
Telephone conversation # 8206, sound recording, LBJ and ROBERT MCNAMARA, 6/28/1965, 5:35PM (Item)
  • MCNAMARA REPORTS B-52 STRIKE IN VIETNAM WAS CANCELLED BUT GROUND OPERATION PROCEEDED; VIET CONG ATTACKS ON SOUTH VIETNAMESE; POSSIBLE DEPLOYMENT OF MARINE BATTALIONS; EFFECTS OF BOMBING; BARBARA WARD'S REPORT OF SHASTRI-KOSYGIN MEETING; SINO-SOVIET
Telephone conversation # 9475, sound recording, LBJ and DEAN RUSK, 1/10/1966, 8:38PM (Item)
  • COMPOSITION OF US DELEGATION TO FUNERAL OF INDIA'S PRIME MINISTER SHASTRI, QUESTIONS OF PROTOCOL, LBJ'S RELUCTANCE TO SEND HHH; POTENTIAL MEETING WITH KOSYGIN IN INDIA; OPPORTUNITY FOR RUSK TO RETURN THROUGH VIETNAM, CONSULT HENRY CABOT LODGE
Telephone conversation # 9480, sound recording, LBJ and DEAN RUSK, 1/10/1966, 10:25PM (Item)
  • COMPOSITION OF US DELEGATION TO FUNERAL OF INDIA'S PRIME MINISTER SHASTRI; QUESTION OF SENDING HHH OR RUSK OR BOTH; POSSIBLE TALKS WITH KOSYGIN IN INDIA; POSSIBLE ARRANGEMENTS FOR RUSK TO MEET AVERELL HARRIMAN, TRAVEL ON WITH HIM TO VIETNAM
Telephone conversation # 11527, sound recording, LBJ and WALT ROSTOW, 2/11/1967, 9:49AM (Item)
  • ROSTOW REPORTS: NORTH VIETNAMESE HAVE SENT LBJ'S MESSAGE TO HO CHI MINH, DAVID BRUCE HAS CONCERNS ABOUT RESUMPTION OF BOMBING IN VIETNAM BEFORE END OF KOSYGIN'S UK VISIT, AND THERE ARE CONCERNS IN LONDON ABOUT LANGUAGE OF US RESPONSE TO PEACE
Folder, "June 9, 1968 - 2:30 p.m. Meeting with Foreign Policy Advisors in Cabinet Room," Papers of Tom Johnson, Box 3 (Item)
  • Johnson Secretary Rusk: We are here today to assess the importance of the Kosygin message and how we might deal with it. This is a very significant message. The fact that he sent it on his own initiative rather than in response to anything is significant
Folder, "[February 10, 1965 - 2:10 p.m. National Security Council Meeting]," Meeting Notes Files, Box 1 (Item)
  • form is agreed by all present. However, there is a difference as to what the response should be. Some believe we should not launch another raid while Kosygin is in the Far East. Some feel an attack now might force the Chinese Communists and the Soviet
Folder, "[July-August 1967 Meetings with Correspondents]," Meeting Notes Files, Box 3 (Item)
  • Glassboro. The President said progress on the non-proliferation treaty was one that developed at 5:45 this morning. He said he felt that there were some three products of the Glassboro talks (1) Kosygin got a different image of the United States and its
Folder, "July 25, 1967 - 2:47 p.m. Tuesday lunch - Rusk, McNamara, Rostow, Christian," Papers of Tom Johnson, Box 1 (Item)
  • ._ to other allied nations. The President said thaf·Marcos had been to Vietnam and knows as much about it as do we. Secretary Rusk said Murray Marder and Marvin Kalb have reports that Kosygin offered talks for a bombing cessation during the Glassboro
Folder, "[February 13, 1967 Meeting with Foreign Policy Advisors]," Meeting Notes Files, Box 1 (Item)
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Folder, "[NSC Meeting on] Vietnam, 2/10/1965, Volume 3, Tab 30," National Security Council Meetings Files, NSF, Box 1 (Item)
  • another raid while Kosygin i s in the Far East. Some £eel an attack now might force the Chinese Communists and the Soviet Union together. Acting Secretary Ball reported that the Soviet reaction to the earlier attack on No rth Vietnam had so far been m ild
Folder, "November 26, 1968 10:21-11:11 Foreign Policy Meeting," Papers of Tom Johnson, Box 4 (Item)
  • of a fellow Socialist Republic. We think it would be good for the President and Kosygin to meet. We want to know about the NPT coming back. 1. Would a new committee hearing be needed? 2. What kind of vote would you expect? 3. How much
Folder, "[NSC Meeting on] Situation in Vietnam, 2/8/1965, Volume 3, Tab 29," National Security Council Meetings Files, NSF, Box 1 (Item)
  • good results from this strike based on report s received so far . Acting Secretary Ball spoke of the effect of the North Vietnamese attack on Soviet Premier Kosygin's visit to Hanoi. He said it may be that Soviet Union was not aware of plans
Folder, "[Briefing Papers for Tuesday Luncheon, June 11, 1968]," Meeting Notes Files, Box 3 (Item)
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Oral history transcript, W. Averell Harriman, interview 1 (I), 6/16/1969, by Paige E. Mulhollan (Item)
  • to the Russian leaders. I had talked about the war in Vietnam with Mr. Kosygin the year before. I had seen him in July--not the year before, some months before--July of 1965, six months earlier. And he had indicated that they wanted to see the war finished
Folder, "[September 1967 Meetings with Correspondents]," Meeting Notes Files, Box 3 (Item)
  • facing C mirman Kosygin. r Bernie Gwrtzman asked the President's reaction to the South Vietnam elections. He said he felt much the same as when his first daughter was born - he was pleased she was alive and well, but knew much ahead could
Folder, "[November 11, 1968 - 3:00 p.m. Meeting with Foreign Policy Advisors and President-Elect Nixon]," Meeting Notes Files, Box 3 (Item)
  • !NTZR.3.3 r '--' ~ ' ,-,)'. ' .. . , , .,'• ..., ;'. ·>-). I ·'.· , A . ~J }f;· D .\ D~{ L '"') l..)• ) ......... d..;.\.,l"i.;,.." . Key Chronology of Total Bombing Cessation June 5: Kosygin has reason to believe cessation would
Folder, "August 17, 1967 - 6:20 p.m. Meeting with Freshmen Republican Congressmen," Papers of Tom Johnson, Box 1 (Item)
  • Committee have been very helpful. Question: Did Kosygin's attitude surprise you? The President: No, I was surprised that he did have as little authority as he did. I think Chairman Kosygin received a different impression about us. I believe the people
Folder, "November 28, 1967 - 1:40 p.m. Rusk, McNamara, Wheeler, Helms, Rostow, Christian, T. Johnson," Papers of Tom Johnson, Box 1 (Item)
  • SECRET s~JN\CE S~T 3 =:FOFl SEGRE'F There was a discussion of the Perkins Committee and a decision not to approve the request. The President said Kosygin wrote me a letter, had his ambassador bring it in, and Chal Roberts writes most
Folder, "October 14, 1968 Meeting with Foreign Policy Advisory Group," Papers of Tom Johnson, Box 4 (Item)
  • in August about the bombing. 1. 2. The DMZ agreement -- will respect the deal. The weather is much worse in October than in August. General Wheeler: That is right, Sir. We are going to test their faith. Secretary Clifford: Kosygin's letter said if you
Folder, "[NSC Meeting on] Vietnam, 8/5/1965, Volume 3, Tab 36" National Security Council Meetings Files, NSF, Box 2 (Item)
  • is extremely criti cal of the e ntire war effort. Ambassador Harriman: reporte d on his recent conversations with Kosy gin and Tito: Mr. Kosygin, who speaks for his government, does not want to get the UN involved in the Vietnam prol::lem. He says U. S. bombing
Folder, "[December 23, 1967 - 8:50 p.m. Meeting with Pope Paul]," Meeting Notes Files, Box 2 (Item)
  • that of course he could not support war M~x•KJ ktwt but that he wanted to help. Discussion of Kosygin. President recalled Glassboro. Said he expected "kamikaze" gactics to be used by NVN/VC. (above from back-up material on President's trip to Holt