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- White House Telephone Recordings and Transcriptsx
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- Rusk, Dean, 1909-1994x
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- RUSK READS STATEMENT HE WILL MAKE AT HIS UPCOMING PRESS CONFERENCE ABOUT CURRENT AND PAST VIETNAM PEACE EFFORTS, BOMBING HALT, LACK OF RESPONSE FROM HANOI; LBJ SUGGESTS STRONGER LANGUAGE ON HANOI'S DECISION TO CONTINUE AGGRESSION, NEED TO…
- LBJ DISCUSSES HIS MEETING WITH PRIME MINISTER INDIRA GANDHI ON INDIA'S FOOD CRISIS; GANDHI'S APPARENT LACK OF SENSE OF URGENCY ABOUT FOOD SITUATION; LBJ EXPRESSES CONCERN ABOUT BUDDHIST CRISIS IN VIETNAM, EFFECT OF CRISIS ON US MILITARY
- RUSK REPORTS THAT FIRST STAGE OF US-BELGIUM HOSTAGE RESCUE OPERATION TO CONGO HAS BEEN SUCCESSFUL, THREE AIRCRAFT AND PARATROOPS HAVE LANDED; LBJ ASKS RUSK TO CONTINUE TO INFORM HIM THROUGHOUT NIGHT ABOUT PROGRESS OF OPERATION
- RUSK REPORTS ON HIS PRESS BRIEFING ON VIETNAM FOLLOWING ATTACK ON US FORCES AT BIEN HOA AIRFIELD; JIM GREENFIELD CONTINUED TO BRIEF PRESS AFTER RUSK'S BRIEFING
- LBJ REPORTS ON HIS TALKS WITH GEORGE SMATHERS, RICHARD NIXON ABOUT NIXON'S ASSOCIATES ENCOURAGING SOUTH VIETNAM NOT TO JOIN PEACE TALKS; CHARGE THAT LBJ'S MOTIVES IN HALTING BOMBING ARE POLITICAL; SPIRO AGNEW'S ROLE IN CONTACTS WITH…
- RUSK REPORTS ON HIS TALK WITH CYRUS VANCE ON US POSITION ON BOMBING HALT, PEACE TALKS WITH NORTH VIETNAM; SOVIET ROLE AS INTERMEDIARY WITH NORTH VIETNAM; LBJ SAYS HALT MAY APPEAR POLITICALLY MOTIVATED, SAYS TALKS MUST BEGIN IMMEDIATELY AFTER HALT
- DISCUSSION OF LBJ ATTENDING CEREMONY DEDICATING LINCOLN STATUE IN MEXICO CITY; SECURITY IN MEXICO CITY; NEED FOR SOUTH VIETNAMESE GOVERNMENT TO QUELL BUDDHIST UPRISINGS; CHURCHILL STATUE DEDICATION; LBJ'S CONCERN ABOUT VIETNAM; AMBASSADORIAL…
- RUSK RECOMMENDS LBJ DELAY MAKING STATEMENT ON TONKIN GULF ATTACKS UNTIL AFTER MISSION IS ACCOMPLISHED IN ORDER TO PROTECT US FORCES, AVOID CONFUSION; LBJ RELAYS MCNAMARA'S RECOMMENDATION THAT LBJ MAKE STATEMENT WITHOUT REFERENCE TO SPECIFIC…
- POSSIBLE ADDITIONAL US-BELGIUM RESCUE MISSION TO CONGO; NEED TO CONSULT RICHARD RUSSELL; DOMESTIC, AFRICAN REACTION TO MISSION; MLK; CRITICISM OF WH PRESS RELATIONS; GUANTANAMO, TONKIN GULF CRISES; COMPARISON OF WH PRESS CORPS AND FOREIGN POLICY…
- RUSK DISCUSSES SOUTH VIETNAMESE REPLY TO U THANT'S PEACE PROPOSAL, US RESPONSE; LBJ EXPRESSES SKEPTICISM ABOUT VARIOUS PEACE PROPOSALS, DECLINING PUBLIC SUPPORT FOR THE WAR, HANOI'S UNWILLINGNESS TO NEGOTIATE, NEED FOR US STRENGTH IN…