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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

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

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

. and recommend prudence and hope for a long-term settlement. THE PRESIDENT: Do you have a final draft of the letter to Kosygin? SECRETARY RUSK: it Saturday. MR. ROSTOW: This is a message dated Friday. Dobrynin received We knew about the ship before we knew

Folder, "[January 22, 1966 - 12:00 noon Meeting with Foreign Policy Advisors on Resumption of Bombing]," Meeting Notes Files, Box 1 (Item)

. Rusk: The Vice President and I probed Kosygin hard on this and got no reaction. The Soviets have denied they mentioned Moscow as site of meeting place. Bundy: I asked Dobrynin about Kosygin and Shastri. tion. He had no informa W. Bundy: General

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)

their help, not their advice. The President: Mao has. I cannot tell you how much influence either Kosygin or The President: When we have a pause, we have a difficult time getting back. Nixon: Who talks to the Soviets? Secretary Rusk: We talk

Folder, "October 29, 1968 - 6:28 p.m. Foreign Policy Meeting," Papers of Tom Johnson, Box 4 (Item)

of the promised land they blew it. We have to give him time. Secretary Rusk: Let's go back on 24-hour, 4 November basis. The President: Ben Read). (Read note on conversation between Cy Vance and Tell Kosygin the best laid plans of mice and men often come

Folder, "October 15, 1968 - 1:20 p.m. Tuesday Luncheon," Papers of Tom Johnson, Box 4 (Item)

-contributing countries. Ros tow called the situation room to arrange secure phone call from Rusk to Bunker (1 :40 p. m. EDT). The President read letter to Kosygin on bombing halt. (Attachment A) The following are remarks of the President m.cide previously

Oral history transcript, Dan Rather, interview 1 (I), 4/16/1973, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

; Rather’s comments on LBJ’s choice of advisors; evaluation of LBJ’s press secretaries: Reedy, Moyers and Christian; LBJ’s role pertaining to Kosygin and Middle East; LBJ as a role model to rather in gathering all information available and representing hard

Folder, "Meetings With the President -- 4 January 1964 - 28 April 1965," McCone Memoranda, Box 1 (Item)

Folder, "August 8, 1967 - 1:25 p.m. Tuesday luncheon group," Papers of Tom Johnson, Box 1 (Item)

the need for a very thorough briefing to Admiral Sharp before he appears to testify Wednesday before the Congress. He said Sharp should be told that we did not want to do more in terms of bombing while Kosygin was out of his country, and that we needed

Folder, "August 9, 1967 - 6:40 p.m. President's meeting with labor leaders," Papers of Tom Johnson, Box 1 (Item)

want to stop the shooting tomorrow if we could. Ho won't talk to anybody. He wouldn't even listen to Kosygin. I'm the guy who's got to ride with this thing. The first thing that comes to me each morning is the list of how many of our men died out

Folder, "April 4, 1968 - 3:47 p.m. President's meeting with U Thant at the United Nations in New York City," Papers of Tom Johnson, Box 3 (Item)

plan. We would help both of them if we could, if they would let us. From the Kosygin talks in Glassboro, I dorl t think they understand Americans. We want to conununicate the hope of tomorrow. I have tried in this effort to stop the bombing against most

Folder, "April 23, 1968 - 2:15 p.m. Tuesday lunch with Rusk, Clifford, Wheeler, Helms, Rostow, Christian, Johnson," Papers of Tom Johnson, Box 3 (Item)

selves put out. The best limitation SECRETARY RUSK AND SECRETARY CLIFFORD then discussed the NPT and non-use of Nuclear Weapons Clause. SECRETARY RUSK: It would involve a note from the President to Kosygin. You should study this. THE PRESIDENT: Let's

Folder, "May 14, 1968 - 1:10 p.m. Tuesday lunch with Foreign Policy Advisors," Papers of Tom Johnson, Box 3 (Item)

obnoxious to Israel on Jerusalem. We have had no cooperation from Israel. The President: You were disappointed in Kosygin's letter, weren't you. Secretary Rusk: Yes, it said that they would talk troops only after Israel is out of Jerusalem

Folder, "July 30, 1968 - 1 p.m. Foreign Policy Advisors Luncheon," Papers of Tom Johnson, Box 3 (Item)

- 25 that the Soviets will not move. . ' Secretary Clifford: The Russian demands are tough . Secretary Rusk: Bohlen feels these are "gut" issues. The ·President: Put in the Kosygin letter that we agree to their suggestion of a meeting in a month

Oral history transcript, Sherwin J. Markman, interview 1 (I), 5/21/1969, by Dorothy Pierce (McSweeny) (Item)

that the most personally meaningful thing that I did in the White House was the ghetto work. Plus--and we'll get to this later I suppose--I was given responsibility for putting together. running, a summit meeting with Kosygin. Those two, I would say. would
relationship with Congreess during LBJ’s presidency; shepherding bills through Congress; meat inspection act, War on Poverty and OEO; LBJ’s meeting with Kosygin at Glassboro, N.J.; work towards LBJ’s nomination before his March 1968 withdrawal; Markman’s

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

is strong and his opponent is weak. Polls are designed by a candidate to show that he is strong. (The President showed Mr. Carroll a recent New York poll showing him rwming far ahead of his prospective opponents.) Mr. Carroll: You must envy Mr. Kosygin

Folder, "September 26, 1967 - 5:46 p.m. Educators from Cambridge, Mass. small colleges and Universities," Papers of Tom Johnson, Box 1 (Item)

that the North Viet namese today are much more confident of victory than they were two months ago. Kosygin has asked them twice to negotiate. That is the reason why we asked Ambassador Thompson, our best man in Soviet affairs, to return to Moscow. The problem

Folder, "October 29, 1968 - 2:30 a.m. Meeting with the President's Foreign Policy Advisors," Papers of Tom Johnson, Box 4 (Item)

McPherson George Christian Tom Johnson The President: I thought I'd review how this developed. On .June 5, I received a letter from Chairman Kosygin telling me that he and his colleagues had grounds to believe that a cessation of the born.bing

Folder, "[December 17, 1965 - 9:41 a.m. Meeting with Foreign Policy Advisors on Vietnam]," Meeting Notes Files, Box 1 (Item)

we are not doing enough to find peace. Take all this -- try to sell our enemies that we want peace. We owe this to the American people. We can't do this if we are dropping bombs on the enemy. (Like Kosygin in Hanoi.) .. Anything with bombs

Folder, "[NSC Meeting on] Vietnam Reprisals, 2/7/1965, Volume 3, Tab 28," National Security Council Meetings Files, NSF, Box 1 (Item)

to ask if the White House sees any connection w ith the events and Kosygin in Hanoi ? Q.. MR. REEDY: I am deferring a.11 com:nent et the present time . Q. At 9 o'clock or whatever time it broke up , the orders went out to carry out these r aids? MR

Folder, "[February 21, 1968 - 1:00 p.m. Meeting of Rusk, U Thant, Others on Vietnam (President Did Not Attend)]," Meeting Notes Files, Box 2 (Item)

Dong. He describC!d the . risk to the United States for stopping the bo;nbing .::ls being limited and the alte1,1atives

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

role. On East-West Relations We are encouraged by the Kosygin reply on ABM. We want frank discussions and hope to avoid another step-up in the arms race. We must conclude a non-proliferation treaty. We understand that this is hard for some

Oral history transcript, Barry Zorthian, interview 3 (III), 5/26/1982, by Ted Gittinger (Item)

there, Kosygin happened to be in Hanoi, and-G: This was February, I believe, wasn't it? Z: February, that's right. February of 1965? I'm sure the VC figured with Kosygin there we wouldn't challenge them again. Each of these, their timing--VC, one

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