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Oral history transcript, Benjamin H. Read, interview 2 (II), 3/1970, by Paige E. Mulhollan (Item)

of seriousness of discussion or potential peace initiatives on the level with these other things that developed subsequently. M: What about the U Thant incident? 9 LBJ Presidential Library http://www.lbjlibrary.org ORAL HISTORY TRANSCRIPT Lyndon B. Johnson
Escalation of the Vietnam War; Gulf of Tonkin incident; inadequacies in advice given to the President; Ed Gullion episode; XYZ Affair; UN and U Thant; Bundy-Dobrynin conversation, fall of 1965; A-B Theory proposal; Glassboro; Averell Harriman

Folder, "[Manuscript] Chapters 25-33," Papers of William P. Bundy, Box 1 (Item)

, 1205. Perhaps Hanoi stayed its hand after February ]th, to see if the US made an· Cr1.v::1f. ..,.:.:u.:~c.J •fi T --;-,,,,;;. ni~_:;_ move that threatened invasion of the t:ort.::. Note *** o~~ho ov~h~~~~ 25-4 11/9/71 in the flow Cong were

Folder, "NUCLEAR - Freeze Strategic Nuclear Vehicles, U.S. Views (Committee of Principals)," Files of Charles E. Johnson, NSF, Box 33 (Item)

in the Soviet-Iranian exchange of notes 1962 in which Moscow accepted Tehran's would ~ot be deployed on Iranian for a Mediterranean of January reference to U Thant of March 10, 1962. to it was in Gromyko's letter There was no reference zone Union made

Folder, "Food for India, 11/11/65 - 3/21/66," Food for India 1966, Legislative Background and Domestic Crises File, Box 1 (Item)

on to Madam Prime Mini st er undated (Secret) U TLQ . A Memorandunll. R.W. Komer to Jack Valenti (Confidential) 2-21-66 A Memorandun11 R. W. Komer to the President (Confidential 3-10-66 A Telegram Telegram Memor aridurp_ Cg Mac (Secret

Folder, "Walt Rostow, Vol. 61: Feb. 10‑13, 1968 [2 of 2]," Memos to the President, NSF, Box 29 (Item)

; 15 MORE SITTING AT SUBIC BAY. ·\ PAGE 3 R U~J I R 19 12 1 ~ E e. R E 'f - HOPING TO GI VE THANG LEVERi WE HAVE PASSED RU MOR TO GVN THAT NO SHIPS LEAVING US PORTS BECAUSE OF TIE-UP AND ~ESULTING / UNBEARABLE DE MURRAGE CHARGES. · 4 • ~crCFF' : ~m

Folder, "Walt Rostow, Vol. 62: Feb. 14‑16, 1968 [2 of 2]," Memos to the President, NSF, Box 29 (Item)

-~ . .£=:!• .l • • • • -'•'-.:.•r , ·•~ DEi·J PP.O VED TO BE .. A REAL I TY• . U. .THANT ADDED THA p,.. HE. REl1A J NED ~ • i.,.•~•'' -.:,.~ • • - -~ ~7"'::tr.!li:l ,e ....,,,,, • ... COi'JVit:OEO THAT TO ACCEPT A MEETJNQ ON iHESE TERMS WAS THE ONLY

Folder, "Visit to Greece (funeral of King Paul) [2 of 2]," Liz Carpenter Subject Files, White House Social Files, Box 2 (Item)

owera. TW0 GREEKCOINS FROMCENTENNIALOF LINE OF KING PATL- Embassy official THANKED BY LETTER J U S I S ATHENS, GREECE Thursday, March 12, 1964 THE EUROPEAN \TIRELESS FILE Mo.?l HEADLINES Page 2 1. U, S. PROTESTS lx!OOTINGDOWNOF PLANE

Folder, "INDIA - Prime Minister Visit 1966 [1 of 3]," Files of Robert W. Komer, NSF, Box 22-2 (Item)

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President's Daily Diary entry, 1/27/1967 (Item)

som e lengt h fro m hi s prepare d text . Ambassador Goldber g mad e brie f remarks , an d at th e en d of his remarks , d a statemen t fro m U Thant . Ambassador Dea n made brie f remark s Ambassador Dobryni n made brie f remark s • rea I^ I The y

Folder, "Walt Rostow, Vol. 19, January 15 - 31, 1967 [3 of 3]," Memos to the President, NSF, Box 12 [2 of 2] (Item)

. ~-· SECltE'f - - 4 - 8. Czech Arms in Cyprus Turkish Ambassador Esenbel has informed us that his Govern ment views as "unsatisfactory" the U Thant-Makarios agreement on the supervision of the Czech arms in Cyprus. The Turks want . the arms placed directly

Folder, "McGeorge Bundy, Vol. 13, August, 1965 [1 of 2]," Memos to the President, NSF, Box 4 (Item)

ldb erg a nd U Thant occurred on August 25, but I think you have not seen a repo rt of it and that you may be intereste d in the Secretary General's obs e rvations. ~~~. McG. B. ......... ~, , ; \L~ Monday, August 30, 1965 SECRET EXDIS Text

Folder, "Walt Rostow, Vol. 55: Dec. 20‑31, 1967 [1 of 2]," Memos to the President, NSF, Box 27 (Item)

infiltration. On February 15, Ho Chi Minh replied in propa.1anda term• and on March 21 Hanoi releaaed both letter•. 8. On March 28, Secretary General U Thant made public hia propoaal for a stand-still truce a• the first step toward peace. On the same day we

Folder, "Ex CO 300 Uganda," WHCF CO, Box 71 (Item)

in in such of informal In these and restore voluntary and $5-10 million 4. and other would be on bringing We think option out is important U.S. participation on a round crisis. the Article can carry ones. U Thant of 33 we will deemphasizing 3. large

Folder, "McGeorge Bundy, Vol. 18, January 1-18, 1966," Memos to the President, NSF, Box 6 [1 of 2] (Item)

coatbaulq appreciation for yO\U' uatlnai •ftor~ In the la the woi:ld. cauH ot peace la Vlemam and ete.-batie Wttb all best wishes. Since~ely. u I His Excellncy U Thant Secntary General of the Umted Na.t lone LBJ :McG B :mz ----- "Put that on my des

Folder, "Walt Rostow, Vol. 53: Dec. 1‑10, 1967 [2 of 2]," Memos to the President, NSF, Box 26 (Item)

of the NEWSWEEK story. • historical, I recorded interview chat which included some for Italian TV {Dr. Paulo Glorioso) a long, mainly on· the evolution of postwar U. s. foreign policy. Tuesday, November 28, Tom Lambert telephoned to ask what Averell Harriman

Folder, "Walt Rostow, Vol. 22, March 1 - 9, 1967 [2 of 2]," Memos to the President, NSF, Box 14 [1 of 2] (Item)

'.; 3/4/67 -2Department, believes we should now make such a gesture. ) 7. But before we make any decision on this, I believe we should await U Thant's message, which may be ao fiat and dogmatic a Hanoi statement as to take us off the hook. '' I

Folder, "Walt Rostow, Vol. 18, January 1 - 14, 1967 [3 of 3]," Memos to the President, NSF, Box 12 [1 of 2] (Item)

FOR THE PRESIDENT By ~ S UBJE CT: Determination u nder Section 20l(b) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961., as Amended., (the "Act") Permitting the Furnishing of Assistance to Certain ... Developing Countries I r e commend that you determine

Folder, "Walt Rostow, Vol. 83: June 20‑25, 1968 [1 of 2]," Memos to the President, NSF, Box 36 (Item)

-1~·13 ALJf~-~3a l p ..... [Duplicate of #24a, NSF, Country File, Vietnam, "81--Taylor Memos-General"] s . , . . . {~ ~ li,-~-(J/ ~ IJ; ,1.AJS~U, l'flJ, ~ -IJ::"I/ 4- ,t,:,A,~.;,~,) G --of s #14a cable a.m. t1pfYl,ofA-1/or NLJ" Of• 22'3 1p

Oral history transcript, Harold H. Saunders, interview 1 (I), 9/15/1983, by Ted Gittinger (Item)

, the other devastating thing that happened in that early period, namely U Thant's withdrawal of the UN Emergency Force, that was something that I don't think anybody could have stopped. It just happened; it was there and it was a fait accompli before we had
relationship with President Gamal Abdel Nasser and food aid to Egypt; Lucius 'Luke' Battle; how LBJ dealt with international leaders; U Thant’s withdrawal of the UN Emergency Force from the Sinai; Minister of Foreign Affairs Abba Eban; how the Six Day War began

Folder, "INDIA - 1965 [3 of 4]," Files of Robert W. Komer, NSF, Box 23 (Item)

wit C dy. r onse is deemed ~sirab e, there s one o her possible a preach u i vo ve assista ce in kid rat er an a money grant. ud iana 1 as some connection with the C urch World Service, a charitable .. is agency • s registered with ID

Folder, "Walt Rostow, Vol. 10, August 1-11 1966 [2 of 2]," Memos to the President, NSF, Box 9 (Item)

~ssadors have made demarches to Free World countries (e.g. , .Swetl~Jt. and Denmark) warning of the gravity 0£ t~e situation. The in.tensely emotional position. that Brezhnev t~ok on the subject during UN Secretary Ge"eral U Thant's visit to Moscow also may

Folder, "Greece - Vol. 3, 8/67-2/68 [1 of 5]," Country Files, NSF, Box 127 [1 of 2] (Item)

OPTIMISM ABOUT THE . PR-OSPECTS FQR TH~ pROPciSED CA~AQIAN INiTiATtVE• APPARENT Y CAGLAYANGlL WAS MOST UNHAPPY WlTH THE tDEA OF ING THE CANADlANS ~PPROAtH U THANT FiRST1 ;AGE 2 RUQ ~s · T 368JA G E C ~ E T SECRETARY MARTIN HAO PROPOSED. PIPINELIS TOLD

Folder, "Walt Rostow, Vol. 29, May 25-31, 1967 [1 of 2]," Memos to the President, NSF, Box 16 (Item)

4~] 5/25/67 A 5/25/67 A 5/25/67 A [duplicate of #lla, NSF, NSC History, "Middle East Crisis, Vol. 2 , " _ ere- 2-2.~-CJ'b NU 'H-llt~ c.+,;z I

Folder, "McGeorge Bundy, Vol. 14, September 1 - 22, 1965 [2 of 2]," Memos to the President, NSF, Box 4 (Item)

that the President had asked that I cover the reason why the U.S. is working through the U. N. for resolution of the Indo-Pak conflict but not the Viet-Nam conflict. In the former case, it appears that the U. N. can .be effective -- U Thant is taking an active

Oral history transcript, Lucius D. Battle, interview 1 (I), 11/14/1968, by Paige E. Mulhollan (Item)

oral histories: http://discoverlbj.org/exhibits/show/loh/oh 11 the U n i t e d S t a t e s and I have no claim whatever to make an appointment." He said, "If you don't work out the name, if you dou't tell me that he's up to doing the job, I

Oral history transcript, J. Russell Wiggins, interview 1 (I), 7/23/1969, by Paige E. Mulhollan (Item)

believe that at all. I mean I don't say that he thought very highly of U Thant. M: They were still having their troubles based on U Thant's-- W: Allegation that we had not acted on some openings for peace which I really think myself were ridiculous
. Moyers and Philip Graham; LBJ frequently called editors and journalists; Eric Goldman; Charles Horsky; LBJ and the District of Columbia; Walter Tobriner; George Ball; circumstances of Wiggins' appointment to the UN; U Thant; four-power talks and a Middle

Folder, "Walt Rostow, Vol. 25, April 1-15, 1967 [1 of 2]," Memos to the President, NSF, Box 15 (Item)

that the Communists· have now publicly admitted that this is a war of aggression through their attacks at the Demilitarized Zone. The newspaper Tu Do, speaking of U Thant's proposal of a U. s. bombing· pause without any reciprocal de- escalation from North Vietnam

Folder, "[Briefing Papers for] September 25, 1968 National Security Council Meeting," Meeting Notes Files, Box 3 (Item)

problems and discuss how we plan to deal with them. 3. Questions you may wish to ask: a. Will Secretary General U Thant 1 s proposed resolution for a bombing halt be pushed? Do we expect him to be active publicly on issues other than Vietnam? b

Oral history transcript, Kenneth Torp, interview 1 (I), 6/23/1970, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

, and the US in this mediation role? U Thant sent a personal representative. T: Yes, he did. F: And NATO had Brosio. T: Brosio,Manlio Brosio, was out in the area; as was Rolz-Bennet, Jose Rolz-Bennet. I think they helped. And there was, to my

Folder, "India: Food, January - March, 1966 [3 of 4]," Files of Robert Komer, NSF, Box 25 (Item)

. ·. ·.. ... ~ , ",. • .• ·.. • '• . . : :· - •• ·t ... __ •• l?;:-coidont. • 'cl,~t thia ~~tcr'will t t.e11 t:.ion in thG -~m.~~diate fu~u::e• as ~o kGop it ~nding .t.il.l :C ~ abla to cor:.a to clo hoJ?Q, ~~. z-ocaivo your / '): ::::.•· waohington woulcl only_ prolong t.l1e pox-1od. fo

Folder, "Walt Rostow, Vol. 81: June 7‑12, 1968 [1 of 2]," Memos to the President, NSF, Box 35 (Item)

#24a rpt · M NI,+.'., J} , .. !II " Intelllgence Report ,_,"'er" , ...,,oo. TS2p 111i-J'./{ll',,t. ol -13, 6/10/68 A ,~-,s-- ~ 'i.S'TS rp-u ""'-~ Cf;i-1i i [Duplicate of #5, NSF, CF, Mexico, Vol. 4] ~~-eal,re-- r ---:rvtexi:co--53,47-- - ~ ii /11

Memo, Davis to Rostow, 6/9/67, part II (Item)

statement and called for action to uphold it. of the attached report Fedorenko (who no doubt knew th\vcontents from General Bull to Thant) repeatecl7l'ressed Thant to make available said he had all information he had on the situation. Thant repeatedly

Folder, "Walt Rostow, Vol. 63: Feb. 17‑21, 1968 [2 of 2]," Memos to the President, NSF, Box 29 (Item)

dld aot i.aclwle la: Waat are GVN aad u. a. plau fer •••aria& tllat we re1ala pGp91atloa coatrol la tile .. aad reaame momeatmn la .....tatlellary 4eYelep- .....,..w. meat.? A• I read tae latelllseac•• lt aeem• more aad more llkalJ that taeJ

Folder, "Greece - Vol. 3, 8/67-2/68, [3 of 5]," Country Files, NSF, Box 127 [1 of 2] (Item)

'1723Z NOV 67 ZFF 4 fl:l SEC STATE VIA SHDC TO AMEMBASSY ATHENS FLASH 0377 AMEMBASSY ANKARA 0577 AMEMBASSY NICOSIA 0161 1.,WE ARE URGENTLY SEEKING TO HAVE U THANT MAKE APPEAL TO GOVERN MENTS OF GREECE, TURKEY AND CYPRUS NOT TO INITIAT~ MILITARY 4CTION

Folder, "Walt Rostow, Vol. 1, April 1 - 30, 1966 [2 of 3]," Memos to the President, NSF, Box 7 (Item)

that you ar:e not again painted into a corner as you were yesterday on the U Thant matter. I shall take steps starting tomorrow. W. W. Rostow WWRostow:rln ril 23. 96 s e OU osto d, .. ;:Apr . 23 , 1966 .. -~- 5 :55 pm i-:"I. ,r:: ti

Folder, "McGeorge Bundy, Vol. 10, April 15 - May 31, 1965 [2 of 2]," Memos to the President, NSF, Box 3 (Item)

• picked Uf & Bp.Dft tl&at a Jolat VS/Go.vumneat of VltloiPb ooziama•cl wu beta& eout4end whkQ.Z.. . _ . . . • .., . . - .. . .commftte both la pUJ.le a4lo. ,..1..-.. A -~ -.maad ·t o.._ VIAttlJ•m••• m_.. *- Ul ·U l . . . _ a _ . . t t M .U••iw to.m•n

Folder, "Walt Rostow, Vol. 8, July 1-15 1966 [1 of 2]," Memos to the President, NSF, Box 9 (Item)

-/9 '1 A- // e onfidential #30 memo #30a report #3 7-a--report- to President from Rostow top secret - S~~d ~-;.1-i:r NH tt,,a,1 re: China .u, cn,-J I .a1 '11 ~L:S , iiva?i top secret - .e--,:t.e,.,-h-pt-- ~ 0\-t. 5(0_3, 1 p 07/13/66 A 1 p

Folder, "Walt Rostow, Vol. 28, May 16-24, 1967 [1 of 2]," Memos to the President, NSF, Box 16 (Item)

powers out as soon as possible. - Nasser must realize the streng~h and universality of the principle that is being applied to Aqaba and of the opinion that supports that principle. 3. He talked with U Thant, who was pessimistic about anything helpful

Folder, "Administrative History of the Department of State, Vol. I, Chapter 4, Sec. A thru D," State Dept. Administrative History Box 2 (Item)

~ - WJ.1 i~J v,,~ r, u-j CON:PIDENfIAL c.. IV. THE NEAR EAST AND SOUTH ASIA A. OVERVIEW America's concerns -- its problems and its opportunities in the Near East and South Asia are as varied as the area itself, where nearly one

Folder, "Walt Rostow, Vol. 23, March 10 - 15, 1967 [2 of 2]," Memos to the President, NSF, Box 14 [1 of 2] (Item)

) 3. Vietnam Negotiations: Next moves {Secretaries Rusk and McNamar~) - Moscow - U Thant - Other "«=•• 4. . 'f.;r, ABM Discussions with the Russians Draft instructions to Ambassador Thompson will propose an · agenda and include an .offer to send U

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