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  • ~ ~ Fd~~-fWMPi /tlv?~ FPesident to Chairman Kosygin G/t1ft? Secret l~- #~-f;J,, ;;k?~K.(. - /3~~ . l~· J.C. .Jft,10Af'~J 2 p. 6/10/68 A ..,._, b-1- 'I~ NL .J '1.3 •JI
  • it except as I read about it in the newspapers . Ba : If I may postpone it, I was going to ask you about the one thing you would have been involved in, the Wilson and Kosygin meeting, but if I may postpone that for a moment . B : Ba : Yes . You
  • incident; Glassboro meeting; Harriman; Wilson-Kosygin interview; Great Britain peace demonstrations; 3/31 speech; US-British relations during Johnson years; Dean Rusk; George Ball; National Security Advisory in White House
  • . Ambassador Thompson had talked with Kosygin, and S ecretary Rusk had raised the matter with Ambassador Dobrynin the previous Thursday. The President said that he had 11played for time 11 with the Israelis . He had hoped before Secretary McNamara left to have
  • take it to the Security Council. A letter to the Secretary General may be good. Or we could go back to the highest level - - the President to Kosygin. General Wheeler: We can pull up our sox in Korea -- military and naval. Reinforce the Air Force. We
  • in the bedroom. Sgt. Glynn advises President gave no indications of Walt Walt Rostow - Sit Room it being anything but a normal day — showered, and dressed and left the bedroom a 8:55a m Rostow - '' line" - Kosygin to Johnson - "Israel continues fighting 8
  • 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
  • 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
  • , or in Soviet leadership, with [Nikita S.] Khrushchev being forced out of office and [Alexei N.] Kosygin replacing him. And it basically had been the hope for several years prior to that that the United States would be able to draw some benefit from the Sino
  • countries; the role of the reporter in a war; the issue of infiltration; putting information together when no source knew or would tell the whole story; the role of the Soviet Union in the Vietnam War when Nikita Khrushchev was succeeded by Alexei Kosygin
  • if draft had left WH. Pres. at 8;45 instructed that draft of Warren letter be sent over to Justice Dept. President asked for analysis of Kosygin letter. Situation Room finally Produced a letter, but it was wrong one. Rosto w at home and hi s secy between
  • ), sit down with the Joint Chiefs and see what we can ask of the Congress in the way of legislation to get an overt action by them in support of our show of force. 4. Get a letter to Kosygin explaining our position and the need for their doing what
  • . Th e President also sai d h e woul d like o se e Kosygin' s speech, althoug h h e woul d jus t a s soo n the press no t be notifie d o f ______ _ s watchin g it . — e Presiden t sai d h e woul d lik e t o sen d a wir e t o Th e Prim e Ministe r an d
  • !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
  • of the Soviet delegates traveling with Chairman Kosygin in New Delhi, India, sought him (Clymer) out. They told him that the Soviets are privately seeking to get the ship released. Jack Horner: Mr. President, let us assume the worse for the moment
  • with the businessmen the discussions at Hollybush with Chairman Kosygin. One of the most amusing moments of the discussions developed when the President described the type of man Kosygin was: "He reminded me of Fred Kappel, 11 (much laughter). 11 He was intelligent
  • 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
  • DECLASSIFIED --­ Authority RAC I 95"?6 By ~ NARA, Date I -IS- f I T 28/61-" -MESSAGE BEGINS I AM SORRY TO -BOMBARD YOU -WITH ALL .THESE TELEGRAMS ABOUT "THE KOSYGIN TALKS Bur ·· 20 OR 30 HOURS OF CONSECUTIVE DISCUSSION HAS THROWN UP A GREAT DEAL OF SOVIET
  • , 1967 Mr. Crawford asked the President's impression of Chairman Kosygin. The President said that he was quite favorably impressed by Kosygin. "If I were a Soviet citizen I would feel I have a very competent and articulate spokesman in Chairman Kosygin
  • ) And, it was necessar to interrupt (mjdr) in order to get the President to sign his response to —-^——— Chmn. Kosygin. The Presiden t asked Harry McPhersonto read wit h him (over his shoulder) the newly typed copy. Then invited Oke to take a picture of the— signing
  • . George Ball and present a condensed report to the President. They met w / officials of the USSR including the Chmn of the Council of Ministers, Mr A. N. Kosygin. the report included a thorough inquiry into the economy of the USSR and its trading practices
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • " - Kosygin t o Johnson - status of cease-fire "_ 9:49am f ~ 10:10a t Walt Rostow ' ~' ^ £ 10:09am i Expendi- (include visited by) lure Attorney General . 9:45am t X10:00am THURSDAY Jacob Javits Director ' Day Atty Gen'l Ramsey Clark Sen. 9
  • of communist parties, without all parties participating, to act on the Chinese problem. Mr. Bohlen a l so described the Sofia Meeting of War saw Pact coun­ tries opening today. He noted that both Brezhnev and Kosygin a r e attending. He said that we do
  • started that way; it wasn't a matter of any moment. M: It wasn't a new draft of a previously drafted letter? Chester Cooper was in London apparently giving some kind of initiative to Wilson to give to Kosygin at the time. 12 LBJ Presidential Library
  • by coming forward with negotiations. When the bombing was actually taken down for Tet in February of that year [1967], and it happened to coincide with Kosygin's visit to Wilson in England, the President was engaged on two tracks with correspondence to Ho
  • of general and complete disarma­ ment. On Juee 20, 1963, the two countries concluded an agree­ ment for the establishment of a direct communications link between Washington and Moscow. This "hot line" was actually used by President Johnson and Premier Kosygin
  • . 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
  • if this is our whole objective. Secretary McNarnra: We must protect ourselves from permitting the North Koreans and the North Vietnamese and the Soviets getting the belief that we are weak . I would go back to Kosygin . I think the Soviets knew
  • . 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
  • . ^ l MW (pl)while holding Mr. Rostow on p Chrm Kosygin Hon. Billie S. Farnum OFF RECORD * (former Congressman from Michigan) Mr. Farnum has accepted a DNC offer and will head up DNC's registration division and contact various organizations. -- his
  • was the occasion for Mr. Kosygin's coming to the United States for a special meeting of the General Assembly of the United Nations, so that the answer is yes in the sense that the Middle East was the reason for his being here. And of course if Mr. Kosygin
  • the advance work for !he President's impromptu ew Jersey summit with USSR Premier Kosygin. The meet- ing took place in the campus home of Dr. Thomas Robinson, presidenr of Glassboro State College. Given hard­ ly a clay to prepare the home for its important
  • To // - w/ Mrs. Johnson Cong an d Mrs. Jack Brooks Criswell • John mf, mjdr 9:05p t V/,X White T^ Activity LD Lo 1967 joined - - theater w/ all guests to see a new movie sent him by Leonard Marks done on the Kosygin visit to Glassboro second floor
  • -- Amb Dobrynin calledthe President ' and the President went to Mr. Watson's telephone to talk. The Ambassador read to the President a message from Mr. Kosygin which he asked to be confidential. He told the President he would call Ambassador Kohler