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- senior and action level teams, each rep
resenting
one of the following:
the United States, the Soviet
Union, ~he Viet Cong, North Vietnam, Red China, and the Govern
ment ot South Vietnam. Action level players analyzed the sce
nario situation
- 1,1ork oefon" \ve send a message, one, and
we can't do that unless we spend some time on the message.
Two, I think we ought to exchange some viewpoints on what
legislation we can get-Tape 2 of 2
LBJ
- -wh:::n he talks, say, "Now, I don t want to come
- frequent conflicts
with party leaders, Mao's authority has not been seriously
challenged sµice that time.
In July 1935 he was elected to the Executive Committee
ot the Comintern and thus seems to have enjoyed the Soviet
union's blessing at the time.
The Red
- it be the lull before the storm?
General Wheeler: It sure could.
The President:
I think it may be.
CIA Director Helms:
I agree.
Under Secretary Katzenbach: The response time of Abrams to mortars
is fantastic. It takes only 90 seconds.
General Wheeler
- on the
first day -- mortar fire. Nothing since that time.
There were a couple of small attacks against small population centers in
the last 24-hours.
The President: I figured they would do this to save a little face.
General Wheeler: The North
- to Vietienne was delivered.
to Bunker has not be en.
The message
THE PRESIDENT: Somebody asked me how I read accurate accounts of what
Hanoi is doing. I tell them I read leaks from the State Department in the
New York Times.
SECRETARY CLIFFORD: We may get
- expressing fear that these developments
would lead to a direct confrontation
between the United States
and the Soviet Union. A prominent commentator pointed out that
time to achieve a settlement
was rapidly running out.
In January and February, torrential
- all air, naval and artillery
bombardment, and all other acts involving the use of force against
North Vietnam, as of 7 p. m. Ea.stern Standard Time, October 29th.
We have agreed that a meeting dealing with the substantive issues
will be held in Paris
- recommend three major changes:
(1) Under the former orders, a full nuclear response against both the Soviet Union
and China was ordered if we were attaeked. Under the change, the response
could go to either country - - not both. There could be a small
- COP~TED
PubUtatlon Reqoires
P1rmi11iuH af Eutttright
Holder. W. Jho.na; JeliMon
NOTES OF THE PRESIDENT'S MEETING
WITH THE CABINET, 1v1A Y 14, 1968
CLIFFORD: There has been a change of tactics between the time of
Tet and now. The wearing
- about Vietnam. He wanted Mansfield
and John Sherman Cooper at the discussions in Paris.
Fulbright wanted to know how seriously the President wanted peace.
told him, "Bill, about 50 times as much as you do."
I
The President:
I have told the press