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- Ball, George W. (George Wildman), 1909-1994x
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- BALL DECLINES APPOINTMENT AS US AMBASSADOR TO UN; LBJ DISCUSSES EFFORTS TO BEGIN VIETNAM PEACE TALKS, HIS CONFIDENCE IN BALL, OTHER CANDIDATES FOR JOB INCLUDING JOHN MCCLOY, GALE MCGEE, LIVINGSTON MERCHANT, MCGEORGE BUNDY, CYRUS VANCE, EUGENE BLACK
- CONTINUED DISCUSSION OF CANDIDATES TO SUCCEED ARTHUR GOLDBERG AS US AMBASSADOR TO UN; JOHN MCCLOY'S UPCOMING MEETING WITH LBJ ABOUT MIDDLE EAST
- BALL SAYS HE HAS DISCUSSED HIS APPOINTMENT AS US AMBASSADOR TO UN WITH EDWIN WEISL, SR., AND WITH BOBBY LEHMAN AND HAS DECIDED TO ACCEPT THE APPOINTMENT; LBJ EXPRESSES PLEASURE ABOUT BALL'S DECISION; DISCUSSION OF WHEN BALL CAN ASSUME THE OFFICE
- BALL SAYS THAT REPORT (ON USS PUEBLO) IS ALMOST COMPLETE, THAT ROBERT MCNAMARA, DEAN RUSK HAVE GONE OVER IT, ASKS IF HE CAN MEET WITH LBJ ABOUT IT; LBJ ASKS BALL TO REVIEW IT WITH MAXWELL TAYLOR AND CLARK CLIFFORD FIRST, DISCUSSES CONGRESSIONAL…
- LBJ REVIEWS HIS TALK WITH HHH ABOUT HHH'S SALT LAKE CITY SPEECH ON POSSIBLE BOMBING HALT AND CONDITIONS ENEMY MUST MEET TO CONTINUE SUCH A HALT; LONGSHOREMEN'S STRIKE; NEW DEVELOPMENTS IN PEACE TALKS; REPORTS OF INCREASED SOUTH VIETNAMESE…
- LBJ as Vice-President; Cuban Missile Crisis; August 1964 telegram regarding Diem fall; Roger Hilsman; JFK assassination; DeGaulle and LBJ; LBJ's early presidency; LBJ and Vietnam; Ball's Vietnam memoranda to LBJ; Tonkin Gulf incident and…
- Ball Vietnam memoranda to LBJ; Aceson-Ball plan; senior advisory group (the Wise Men); Clark Clifford as a "dove;" U.S. European policy; Multilateral Force (MLF); Adenauer; DeGaulle; NATO; balance of payments; Dominican Republic; Ball…
- BALL TELLS LBJ HE WILL MEET WITH CYRUS VANCE, EARLE WHEELER TO ANALYZE FACTS ABOUT US AIRPLANE DOWNED OVER HAINAN ISLAND AND RECOMMEND RESPONSE TO CHINA; LBJ EXPRESSES CONCERN ABOUT EFFECT OF INCIDENT ON SENATE VOTE ON EDUCATION BILL; LBJ'S…
- BALL REPORTS RECOMMENDATION THAT US-BELGIUM PARATROOP RESCUE OPERATION TO CONGO BE HELD UP ONE DAY TO COORDINATE WITH GROUND TROOPS' ARRIVAL; MILITARY PLANS; LACK OF REBEL RESISTANCE SO FAR; PRESS LEAK ON OPERATION; POSSIBLE DANGER TO HOSTAGES…