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Folder, "August 9, 1967 - 12:20 p.m. National Security Council," Papers of Tom Johnson, Box 1 (Item)
  • are in Vietnam, there is no problem in Indonesia. Sukarno and the Communists have had it. Leonard Marks {USIA): I agree with Dick Helms. We do have a very good team in Indonesia. USIA needs to get some top-flight information specialists in and reopen some
Folder, "January 23, 1968 - 8:30 a.m. Democratic Congressional Leadership," Papers of Tom Johnson, Box 2 (Item)
  • to will talk, but they will not say when. They will not discuss anything but North Vietnam. They will not talk unless we cease all military activities. We must know what ceasing all military activities really means." The President said the U.S. Government
  • Vietnam
Folder, "[January 29, 1966 -11:35 a.m. Meeting with Foreign Policy Advisors on Resumption of Bombing]," Meeting Notes Files, Box 1 (Item)
  • obligation to report to SC (S.;: •.:,.i.rtty Co~n.cil) • If we offer a resolution and it i.3 vetoed~ Morse will say th~ UN has rejected us and we -ought to get out of South Vietnam .. RG.sk: Two difficult points: 1. Pressure to take cease-fire without
  • Vietnam
Folder, "[June 22, 1966 - National Security Council Meeting]," Meeting Notes Files, Box 1 (Item)
  • does not believe there is a danger Who should we talk to ? Secretarv Rusk: The chiefs of governments with troops in Vietnam, .-· - 4 ­ Mr. Wilson and Mr. Pearson. Secretary Rusk: On this matter of retaliation, might the North Vietnamese try
  • Vietnam
Folder, "August 10, 1967 - 1:25 p.m. Luncheon meeting with business leaders," Meeting Notes Files, Box 1 (Item)
  • bill, there would undoubtedly be an inflationary spiral. Interest rates would go up, and we would have a recession in housing. The most difficult problem a President has -- except for getting out of Vietnam - - is estimating the budget. We have had
Folder, "[March 22, 1968 - Luncheon Meeting with Advisors]," Meeting Notes Files, Box 2 (Item)
  • a nd insincer e . H e said the sp e ech lacks an essential ingredient in tha t it do e s not explain why we are in Vietnam.
  • Vietnam
President's Daily Diary entry, 7/26/1966 (Item)
  • his CIVIL RIGHTS i J fo r gist Clif f Alexander firs t hand reactions to what he sa w in Il:lla ; Joine d by Jo e Califan o VietNam . i (Mr . Young has jus t returned from a visit to VietNam) --Mr . Young's trip was made entirely on the sponsorship
President's Daily Diary entry, 1/28/1966 (Item)
  • J ^^Genera l Maxwel Secretary McNamara Ambassador Goldberg General Wheeler McGeo Bundy William Bundy " The Vice President for further discussion on VietNam Leonard Marks joined ^^ To Oval Office -- briefly -- thence returned to the cabinet
President's Daily Diary entry, 4/26/1965 (Item)
  • / Mrs . Johnso n an d Jack Valent i Retired The Presiden t toda y announce d the awar d o f five Presidentia l Uni t Citation s to military units fo r "outstandin g an d heroic performance " i n the Republi c of Vietnam . Tw o of th e Citation s wer e
Oral history transcript, Paul Henry Nitze, interview 3 (III), 12/26/1968, by Dorothy Pierce (McSweeny) (Item)
  • Vietnam involvement and I'd like to continue with one more question in that area. From a national security standpoint, has our experience in Vietnam made the U.S. both publicly and in policy dangerously wary of this type of involvement in the future? N
  • Vietnam
  • The effect of the Vietnam war on future U.S. involvement in other countries; the success of the Military Assistance Program; the decision to commit U.S. forces in the Dominican Republic in May 1965; the June 1967 Arab-Israel War; the attack
Oral history transcript, Robert S. McNamara, interview 1 (I), 1/8/1975, by Elspeth D. Rostow (Item)
  • of war with the Soviet Union in connection with Vietnam. I'll perhaps have more to say on that subject when we talk about Vietnam. And we were successful as well in preventing war between the U.S. and the Soviet Union in connection with the June 1967
Folder, "Walt Rostow, Vol. 79: May 25‑31, 1968 [2 of 2]," Memos to the President, NSF, Box 35 (Item)
  • Date 7-ll,,-01 INFORMATION - ci, " f'/ ./flY" Monday, Mr. May 27, 1968 -- 5:45 p. m. President: You may be interested in a conversation today with ..{ ______ ).. .3.~lb)(J) His theme: military victory for us in Vietnam is by no means ruled
Folder, "[NSC Meeting on] Cyprus, 1/24/1968, Volume 4, Tab 62," National Security Council Meetings Files, NSF, Box 2 (Item)
  • >lSITIVE -3­ North Vie t nam; that they were trying to create fear in South Korea; that they were trying to create problems for us in South Vietnam. including the effect of a dive r sion in Korea on possible negotiations and on our military actions
Folder, "Walt Rostow, Vol. 14, October 1 - 31, 1966 [2 of 2]," Memos to the President, NSF, Box 11 [1 of 2] (Item)
  • that he spent most of his time on the beach because there was nothing else to do. In view of the demands placed on our trained manpower by the Vietnam conflict and Great Society programs, we should be seeking ways to utilize our hG-nan resources better
Folder, "Walt Rostow, Vol. 43, September 21-30, 1967 [1 of 2]," Memos to the President, NSF, Box 23 (Item)
  • to President.. S 2 f) ~ t \ --.to -v-
Oral history transcript, Samuel T. Williams, interview 1 (I), 3/2/1981, by Ted Gittinger (Item)
  • INTERVIWEE: GENERAL SAMUEL T. WILLIAMS INTERVlp·1ER: TED GITTINGER PLACE: General Williams' residence, San Antonio, Texas Tape 1 of 2 G: General Williams, what had been your assignments in the four or five years prior to your going to Vietnam
  • Vietnam
  • Biographical information; history of U.S. activities in South Vietnam; assignment to Vietnam; Korea; Kumsong salient; Mike O’Daniel; MAAG in Vietnam; 1955 relations with the French; Edward Lansdale; early political-military situation; religious
Folder, "March 31st Speech, Vol. 3, Tabs A-Z and AA-QQ," National Security Council Histories, NSF, Box 47 (Item)
  • 6 P' seeret t J,g&, -on and MACllF.orce ~rements S±taatlhcm (.Y) a in Vietnam 84 -p ., 02f28/68 A • FILE LOCATION National Security March 31st Speech, File, vol. NSC History 3 RESTRICTIONCODES (A) Closed (B) Closed (C) Closed
  • Vietnam War, 1961-1975
Folder, "Walt Rostow, Vol. 46, October 16-20, 1967 [2 of 2]," Memos to the President, NSF, Box 24 (Item)
  • .. Wednesday, October 18, 1967 -- 4:00 p. m. Mr. President: Herewith some Vietnam 1. Henry Kissinger, them out on his own. negotiating items. whose views I summarized z. A report (marked on page 2) t4at Maurer Hanoi somewhat more flexible, plus some
President's Daily Diary entry, 1/29/1968 (Item)
  • Monda y e y (includ e visite d by ) Activit oL D o Cabine t Roo m for mt g w / Secretar y McNamar a Press Briefin g #1113- A an d th e Join t Chief s o f Staf f indicated "discussion primaril y Genera l Earl e Wheele r , Chairman , JC S on Vietnam
President's Daily Diary entry, 9/20/1967 (Item)
  • Secretary McNamara , Hon. Ramsey Clark Watson's memo on this mtg (gist) to - mtg concerned possible March on / on October 21 and 22.Anti — Anti Vietnam Vietnam Lawson Knott Secy Stewart Udall l:45p l:50p American Legion National Commander, William
President's Daily Diary entry, 9/21/1967 (Item)
  • Watson Christian - pl Cabinet Room to meet with the American Medical Association Appraisal Team from Vietnam J. L. Blasingame, M. D. , Chicago-Exec VP, AMA - Chairman MEMBERS: Forrest H. Adams, M. D. , Los Angeles-Prof of Pediatrics and Head, Division
President's Daily Diary entry, 11/13/1967 (Item)
  • States Ambassador to VietNam, Ellsworth Bunker and Hon. Walt Rostow n^ No The White House Day Activity (inc)ude visited by) ture George Christian v 13, 1967 Monday Expend) Code -pl George Christian Secretary Henry Fowler (appt requested
President's Daily Diary entry, 12/21/1967 (Item)
  • Gorton, Minister for External Affairs , Minister for Defense Leader of the Government in the Senate Chief subject touched on according to joint announcement was Vietnam signed condolence book signed condolence book ^ Departed Parliament House w
Oral history transcript, Morris Abram, interview 2 (II), 5/3/1984, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)
  • to the Johnson Administration. It didn't happen that he picked people who were loyal. All the leaders in the movement were loyal except Martin [Luther King], who was off on a tangent about the Vietnam War, but he was able to be lassoed in because of his respect
  • ; Abram’s appointment as US representative to the U.N. Commission on Human Rights; comparing U.S. human and civil rights violations to other countries, specifically Haiti and Greece; Abram’s U.N. work in regards to Vietnam; considering running for Senate
Oral history transcript, McGeorge Bundy, interview S-I, 3/30/1993, by Robert Dallek (Item)
  • -- Dallek Special Interview I -- 9 (Interruption) You learned to hold something [in abeyance] that he's not in the mood to pay attention to. There is a very interesting, simple, and important case, the famous memorandum of George Ball on Vietnam in the fall
  • ; LBJ's behavior when he was upset with a staff member; LBJ's lack of interest in George Ball's 1964 Vietnam memo; comparing Senators Mike Mansfield and J. William Fulbright; how JFK might have handled the Vietnam situation compared to how LBJ handled
President's Daily Diary entry, 11/1/1964 (Item)
  • for meeting w/ Secretary Rusk, re Vietnam William S. White Mrs. Johnson William Schnick, Jr., Baltimore, Maryland Price Day, Baltimore, Maryland To second floor t f operator Frank Batten, Bill Moyers Bill Moyers Norfolk, Va. Secy McNamara, McGeorge
President's Daily Diary entry, 1/29/1964 (Item)
  • Valenti Lt General Marshall Carter - departed 6:10 St. Louis Post Dispatch Publishers & Editors - see attached list (5) Secy Ball // departed 7:50p Sen. Smathers Secy McNamara Secy Rusk Michael Forrestal - re briefing on Vietnam W. Jenkins, Ted Sorensen
Folder, "July 18, 1967 - 6:06 p.m. Rusk, McNamara, Rostow, Bundy, Christian," Papers of Tom Johnson, Box 1 (Item)
  • . in Vietnam. The President made changes in the draft and returned it to Walt Rostow for editing and cabling. The President then asked if a seven-nation Summit could be held in the Pacific before the Vietnam elections. Walt Rostow said he did not believe
  • Vietnam
Folder, "January 29, 1968 - 1:40 p.m. Pueblo 9 - Senior Advisors - McNamara, Rusk, Katzenbach, Lodge, Helms, etc.," Papers of Tom Johnson, Box 2 (Item)
  • in Vietnam. Secretary McNamara: That is untrue. We have 361 planes going to South Korea without pulling any away from Vietnam or Southeast Asia or Western Europe. If we get the Pueblo and its crew back, we will re-activate the reservists in all probability
  • Vietnam
Folder, "March 5, 1968 - 1:14 p.m. Tuesday luncheon meeting - Rusk, Clifford, Wheeler, Helms, Taylor, Rostow," Papers of Tom Johnson, Box 2 (Item)
  • that we are not going to lengthen the tours in Vietnam. The tour there will still be 12 months. -+GP SECRET ­ - 5 ­ Buzz, you and C.lark go this afternoon and talk with Russell. Tell him you are about to recommend this to the President. See if he can
  • Vietnam
Folder, "March 12, 1968 - 1:29 p.m. Tuesday luncheon with Foreign Policy Advisors - Clifford, Wheeler, Helms, etc.," Papers of Tom Johnson, Box 2 (Item)
  • . M. Agenda 1. Vietnam: The Senate and Consultation. {Se ct. Rusk) Reflections on hearings. 2. Korean Troops. (Sects. Clifford and Rusk) Next moves: light division; 3. Vietnamese Troops. costs of· 11 extra two divisions. 11 (Sects
  • Vietnam
Folder, "July 24, 1968 - 1:30 p.m. Tuesday lunch with Foreign Policy Advisors," Papers of Tom Johnson, Box 3 (Item)
  • be more responsible. He says he is for our position in Vietnam. He thinks Democrats will go the other way. What should we do about the Democratic platform on Vietnam? Mansfield rejects the "straws in the wind" statements. Senator The GOP may be of more
  • Vietnam
Folder, "October 22, 1968 - 1:15 p.m. Tuesday lunch with Foreign Policy Advisors," Papers of Tom Johnson, Box 4 (Item)
  • the bombing. How much can we tell the South Vietnames:? Secretary Rusk: The first day -- A. Bombing. B. Meeting. Walt Rostow: The orders will have to go out twenty-four hours before. General Wheeler: Secretary Rusk: Yes. General Wheeler
  • Vietnam
Folder, "November 26, 1968 10:21-11:11 Foreign Policy Meeting," Papers of Tom Johnson, Box 4 (Item)
  • be dangerous in the months ahead. At the moment when the Soviets moved into Czechoslovakia we were about to announce talks with them on the following: 1. 2. 3. Strategic Missiles Mideast Vietnam Soviets have come to realize same thing as McNamara about
  • Vietnam
Folder, "December 5, 1968 - 5:31 p.m. Foreign Policy Meeting," Papers of Tom Johnson, Box 4 (Item)
  • THE MEETING: . The President Secretary Rusk Secretary Clifford Ambassador Harriman General Wheeler CIA Director Helms Walt Rostow George Christian Tom Johnson :-'" .. ~ .. ~..~ j·J-·· ,, ;- ~Jl!.;jJ General Wheeler: Things are quiet in Vietnam today
  • Vietnam
Folder, "[Jack Valenti Memo of February 11, 1966 re: Honolulu Conference]," Meeting Notes Files, Box 1 (Item)
  • Vietnam
Folder, "[September 20, 1967 - 1:30 p.m. Meeting on March on Washington]," Meeting Notes Files, Box 2 (Item)
  • Vietnam criticism
Folder, "[October 11, 1967 - Prior to Regular Weekly Luncheon Meeting with Foreign Policy Advisors]," Meeting Notes Files, Box 2 (Item)
  • Vietnam
Lady Bird Johnson's Daily Diary entry, 11/26/1968 (Item)
  • joined and there was discussion as to when South Vietnam would announce going to the Paris peace talks 8:15 dinner with President, Lynda, Jim and Olivia Jones, Marie, Helene 9:00 retired
Lady Bird Johnson's Daily Diary entry, 6/6/1967 (Item)
  • with Ashton. ' Room. Coolidge, Stevens and etc.) Entry No. Activity 7:00 Called Bess at home. -- talked with O'Brian Hugh to wish him and his troupe well on their forthcoming trip to Vietnam. Continued working at desk broadcast; changed