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  • President's Meeting with Pope Paul (Dec. 2J, 196$) (from J. Valenti's notes) - Bresident gave the Pope an aide memoire. It noted t he Pope's appeal for a bombing halt. "My country has tried this path before. I would not exclude the possibility that it may
  • Paul VI, Pope, 1897-1978
  • Folder, "[December 23, 1967 - 8:50 p.m. Meeting with Pope Paul]," Meeting Notes Files, Box 2
  • Subject: Vietnam In view of the public demonstrations and difficulties that have been evidenced in Vietnam in recent weeks, His Eminence, Amleto Cardinal Cicognani, Secretary of State of His Holiness, Pope Paul VI, wishes to make note of the fact
  • Paul VI, Pope, 1897-1978
  • Paul VI, Pope, 1897-1978
  • Secretary of State, Pope Paul VI, and Ho Chi Minh Top Secret 1 p. FPesiaeBt to Oh8:fl:eelloP Kiesingap___; 'Possible ela~sified informa_tion--. ©fis:I1callor Kiesiriger to PresideR-t Possible classified inrormatlon Rostow for the President 8/Jl/68 Top
  • . Thompson says ought to see Dobrynin about time Shelepin leaves. .· President: I­ _•VI ~ .' \ ' a.... ........ IT.LZZD SET SANITIZ3D 2 Meeting of January 3, 1966 .. Next prob. is whether we send Harriman to Japan. Bundy: We've been playing
  • world. I would have the Pope or U Thant suggest the bombing halt. It cannot come from the President. A bombing halt would quieten the situation here at home. Cy Vance: Ball. McGeorge Bundy stated my views. I agree with George Me"ETIUG NOTES
  • of North Vietnam_cou ld be stopped if we got in retu rn a symmetrical de - escalation . Secretary Rusk: probes : Responded to th e President's request to revi e w our peace We have u n dertaken dozens of probes . We have been in touch with the Pope
  • Walt Rostow George Christian Tom Johnson l ,..· .. MEETIMS HOT~~. r·g14yp1G8I~D ~lic.Jti:--. • .uires -Pet mist.ion or Copyright Holder. W: The,..•• ~e~A1on ..... P..':I (£SI Vi£/V L .. . .: -- - - ­ - ., /(~. 5
  • , Fc~h m·13r De lhi, Tehra n, Ca i ro nnd Da e::;kok. He l enven D:meko'k early to:norrm-J c:.ornin:; for Tokyo and ~1ill p~oc•;ed fr om t here to Cimbcrra Bnd Saigon. (b) Arthur Gol clbc!:g h~n visited the Pope , Sarag!lt, Horo, li'anf'ani, DcGt:ullc
  • . But the military situation is basic. (The President asked that no note s be taken of following comment which h e made to the group . ) We have many irons in the fire and not all of them are in the newspapers. There has been an exchange with the Pope who sent
  • . The general feeling is. to press forward with this program. Douglas Dillon and McGeorge Bundy agreed that South Vietnam should and must do more. Walt Ros tow said South Vi~tnam must improve administration, fight corruption and be more aggressive
  • ESP! ONA GE ACTS ALONG T HE COAST Of .T Ht: DE '.•:OCR ~.TIC ?20?!... ~ • S vf'\c~A c.M •i\1• l-c .~ ::. ,'-?!.. KO R~!" REPUBLIC OF G~'r: .. t>!.J VI A TXE GE~~ER A!.. ~~EA OFF TX£ SOVI:5:T ~~~.RZ!I>'. :: PRO\JINCSo WE P?.STENDED
  • carried with him a letter from the Papal Delegate and also from the Bishop of Saigon, apparently praising the actions in upsetting the Diem government. Lodge said he saw dangers of an anti-Christian move and this was his purpose in seeing the Pope . He
  • -ding the meeting we re: The President The Vice President Secretary of State Rusk Secretary of Defense McNamara Under Secretary of Defense Paul Nitze Under Secretary of State Katzenbach Assistant Secretary of State Lucius Battle Secretary
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  • constitutional way to proceed. Paul, (Secretary Nitze) Do you have any thoughts on this? Secretary Nitze: The key here is Senator Fulbright. He wants to put the Executive Branch in a position where they cannot make a move without ..... ." . - 8
  • · . CAPABILITY Itl SOU'f ij VIETNA~ BY It--'TERO!CTING HIS ROADS ."'" AtJD DESTROYING SUBSTANTIAL AMOUNTS OF HIS MUNITIONS AND SUPPLIES · &FORE .THEY REACH SOUTH VI!TNAM. IN . ..- .. .. ~ .~ ~ · .. ':.· " - •...;·.. -:ft
  • on these questions in conjunction with the Joint Chiefs of Staff. Walt Rostow: That is correct. Clark Clifford: Paul Nitze and I started to work on this Friday night. As you could understand, with the time pressure we placed upon ourselves there still may need
  • Affairs Lt . Gen. Joseph F . Carroll, D i rector, Defense Intelligence Agency Cyrus R. Vance, Secretary of the Army Paul H . Nitze, Secretary of the Navy Eugene M . Zuckert, Secretary of the Air Force JCS General Maxwell D. Taylor , Chairman
  • . Pubticalioo Ruqui111 Pei miuie" ef Ce,y•i9M Helaer. VI. lbuauca J11in10• NOTES OF THE PRESIDENT'S MEETING WITH BUREAU CHIEFS IN THE YELLOW OVAL ROOM Question: Mr. President, as you approach your 59th birthday, how do you feel? How do you assess world
  • to test of weapons - we keep pressure on Soviet Union by not saying we will not test. 10 a.m. November 3, 1962 -2lOP SECRET- HCC!t..SSL·•·Vi) B.O. ~'B5.J, S-:t. 3-4 ~J!:.J JJ-11.1/ _ Cy~ JM*, NiulA, Date TRANSFERRED TO HANDWRmNQ RLI l-~,t
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  • and as a last resort, we will have to give the supersonics, but we should first try to get Jordan to buy them from a European supplier. The decision in the Jordan case is a major one invol vi ng all the Middle East. Act ing Defense Secretary Vance: The Jordan
  • OF NORTH VI~T - NAM ANO WHAT WE HAVE CALLED µRE~ATED MATTERS," ! I I 2. THE STATEMENT u'Olll1D REFER TO THE Lf\Cl< Or PROGRESS P~D THE F(\CT THAT Tll~ OTHER SID~~ HAS 0El£N USING THESE 1·:£:2TIIYGS AS A PHOPAGf\NDA FOHUM RATHER 1'Hf\N DlSCUSSlNG 1
  • , and improved their road ne t s. e . Morale is down in Viet Cong ranks and is uncertain in the North Vietnamese army . It is not ye t a t t h e br e aking point. Secretary McNamara read from a Rand report on the ext ensive damage done t o the Vi e t Cong
  • Military Casualties 3,600 90 720 NO GOOD ESTIMATES Civi lians 40 0 30 General Wheeler: The attack on Pleiku came as a surprise. The r e we re no South Vi~tnamese casuaities . Our fo rces were in a compound outside the town. The a r ea has been quiet
  • trnops defeated this. VC h1s 27 bJ.tt..:..1.ioas of PAVN. Capable of infiltrating 4, 500 men a month, ab0:.:.t th..=-
  • Secretary Rusk: We are working on procedur e s. General \Vheeler: Small groups are coming through the DMZ. Vi
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  • the President's staff each mornin~r, as I have in the past. The President asked that any matters of u1 rent importance be brought to his attention at any time, day or night. He ccsignated no intermediary. 3t !VI"!t: SET 1 6. At 12:30 I went to the President's
  • are holding out and the enemy is attempting to reinfo r ce them. In the vicinity of Saigon there are two Vi et Cong divisions. Gen. Westmoreland reports from the field that the Hue - Danang area is the most se riou s problem. Th r ee ARVN battalions
  • , and to assure that U.S. reductions do not diminish the bargaining power of NATO vis-a-vis the Soviet Union and East Europe or otherwise prejudice the prospects for meaningful negotiations with Warsaw Pact nations on mutual East-West force reductions in Europe
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  • tow, George Christian. The meeting began at 2:10 p. m. The meeting ended at 4:00 p. m. Attachment. EYES ONLY NHR·.m:rn TO EE ,VI ALJMINISfRAHVE r.lARKING• + av \)C...I SERVICE SET -:: ;j !ft -\ t-"l/ EYES NOTES OF Meeting b~gan: 2:10
  • Copyright Holder. VI . ilioiilOS fohnscn [2 of 3] iV1E-EiiNG ?tOTES (;Q?YRiGHTEO 2w~licetidA Rea1;1ire& Parmis·;:on of Copyright H,glder· W, Thomas Jolmson - 3 - Speaker McCormack: Suggested that the President may want to invite additional
  • worked on . ( 1) Khanh is a very impres s ive person who ·realizes fully that hfo problem i s not just militar>' · ( 2 ) We ne e d to get rnore flags flyin g in $(}uth Vi etnam . We need to help persuade other coun tr ies to pr ovide ass i s tance to 'v