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Folder, "February 9, 1968 - 10:15 p.m. Senior Foreign Policy Advisors meeting," Papers of Tom Johnson, Box 2 (Item)

move the 82nd Airborne to Vietnam. Secretary McNamara: This worries me. call up a National Guard division. This means we would have to The President: I read Wilbur Mills a couple ·of intelligence reports last night. It appears that he is getting weak

Folder, "October 18, 1967 - 7:30 p.m. Rusk, McNamara, Katzenbach, Rostow, Kissinger, Fortas, Taylor, Clifford," Papers of Tom Johnson, Box 1 (Item)

MEMORANDUM FOR THE PRESIDENT lom FROM: Torn Johnson Attached are the notes of your Wednesday night meeting, in the Cabinet R oorn. (J)(JJ.;Jl/!j /4, 1, I 1 Those that attended were: Secretary of State Dean Rusk Secretary of Defense Robert McNamara

Folder, "October 2, 1967 - 11:50 a.m. President's meeting with Colonel Olds and Col. Cross ," Papers of Tom Johnson, Box 1 (Item)

night (in San Antonio, Texas), we have demonstrated that we are willing to stop the bombing if the halt would lead to prompt and productive discussions. ''If we had stopped the bombing along the DMZ, those guns would not be silent this morning

Folder, "October 5, 1967 - 6:55 p.m. McNamara, Rusk, Rostow," Papers of Tom Johnson, Box 1 (Item)

the toughness of the times ahead. !he President read his speech which is scheduled for Saturday night at a Salute to the President in Washington. SECRETARY McNAMARA: Left before the speech was concluded because of another engagement. SECRETARY RUSK: Said he

Folder, "February 6, 1968 - 8:30 a.m. Democratic Congressional Leadership Breakfast," Papers of Tom Johnson, Box 2 (Item)

WITH THE DEMOCRATIC CONGRESSIONAL LEADERSHrP February 6, 1968 Breakfast In the Mans ion The President reviewed Vietnam and the Pueblo situation with the leader ship. He read the 6 :30 a. m. situation report and the CIA briefing on developments around the world

Folder, "January 31, 1968 - 8:40 a.m. Pueblo 13 - Breakfast with Congressional Leaders & Advisors," Papers of Tom Johnson, Box 2 (Item)

. All of them believe he is prepared to handle the situation in Vietnam. General Wheeler: I will read to you excerpts received at 4:18 this morn ing from General Westmoreland. "'~ ~- I c;·;c· --~ \.;;._\.,,-,. ._ --< _::::::ZS :=·'')r: ICC4lC

Folder, "March 19, 1968 - 1:01 p.m. Tuesday lunch with Foreign Advisors," Papers of Tom Johnson, Box 2 (Item)

COP'ffmi.tiTED WITH HIS FOREIGN ADVISERS . AT THE Perm1ss1on of Cop)"t'ight ~hnson TUESDAY LUNCHEON March 19, 1968 In the Mans ion The President: Secretary Rusk: Dean, have you read the Reischauer letter? Yes, but it has been over taken by recent events

Folder, "February 6, 1968 - 10:30 a.m. Senior Foreign Policy Advisors," Papers of Tom Johnson, Box 2 (Item)

Johnson to read the four points of criticism by Senator Robert Byrd (West Virginia). The four items follow: 1. Poor intelligence. 2. Poor preparations for these recent attacks. 3. Underestimated Viet Cong morale and vitality. 4. Overestimated

Folder, "September 26, 1967 - 5:46 p.m. Educators from Cambridge, Mass. small colleges and Universities," Papers of Tom Johnson, Box 1 (Item)

to understand these things. But I do want to talk instead of fight. The President read a memo from a recent visitor to Hanoi who reported that there had been a hardening of Hanoi's position. The President also read a cable from Ambassador Bunker which said

Folder, "October 23, 1967 - 1:05 p.m. Rusk, McNamara, Helms, Rostow, Christian, Wheeler," Papers of Tom Johnson, Box 1 (Item)

about this letter. The President read and suggested changes in the proposed Kosygin letter. The text of that letter follows: Dear Mr. Chairman: I fully share the concern expressed in your letter of October 20 about the continued tense atmosphere

Folder, "February 18, 1968 - 8 a.m. President's breakfast with boys on the Aircraft Carrier Constellation," Papers of Tom Johnson, Box 2 (Item)

it and as you go along the harder it gets to climb the hill; you will have the neurotics who will drop out. You read about it every day in our country because we have a free press. They have them too. The young have to defend the country for us. It was left

Folder, "October 23, 1967 - 5:36 p.m. Democratic Leadership," Papers of Tom Johnson, Box 1 (Item)

intermediaries involved thus closing down the private channel. This private rebuff must be read in the light of Hanoi's recent public state ments. These have all been extremely negative on the subject of peace negotiations. Let me cite a few of the more