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- JCS VIEWS ON BOMBING RESTRICTION NEAR HANOI AS PART OF MARIGOLD PEACE INITIATIVE; PLANS FOR ABM MEETING; MCNAMARA'S TALK WITH SARGENT SHRIVER ABOUT HIS POSSIBLE RESIGNATION BECAUSE OF POVERTY BUDGET CUTS; FINAL DOD BUDGET; VACATION PLANS FOR…
- DISCUSSION OF JOHN AND ELAINE STEINBECK'S UPCOMING TRIP TO VIETNAM; STEINBECK'S SONS' MILITARY SERVICE; STEINBECK ASKS ABOUT SIGNS OF PROGRESS IN VIETNAM; LBJ TELLS STEINBECK TO BE CAREFUL ON HIS TRIP, ASKS TO MEET WHEN STEINBECK…
- ELLENDER DISCUSSES LOUISIANA ELECTION RESULTS, EFFECT OF CIVIL RIGHTS IN NORTHERN LOUISIANA; ELLENDER OFFERS LBJ HIS ADVICE ON VIETNAM AND NATO, EXPRESSES FEAR VIETNAM WILL BECOME ANOTHER KOREA, SKEPTICISM ABOUT EFFECTIVENESS OF US MILITARY MISSIONS
- NEED TO FINALIZE DOD BUDGET; PROPOSAL TO HOLD DOWN DOD BUDGET BY NOT FINANCING VIETNAM MILITARY COSTS BEYOND 1966; POVERTY BUDGET; POSSIBLE NEED FOR TAX INCREASE, EFFECT ON GREAT SOCIETY PROGRAMS; NEED TO INCREASE MILITARY STRENGTH; POSSIBLE PEACE…
- NIXON DISCUSSES EVERETT DIRKSEN'S CALL ABOUT NIXON'S ASSOCIATES ENCOURAGING SOUTH VIETNAM NOT TO JOIN PEACE TALKS, SAYS HE WILL COOPERATE WITH LBJ, GO TO PARIS OR SAIGON IF NEEDED; LBJ REVIEWS HISTORY OF PEACE TALKS, BRIEFING OF CANDIDATES…
- MCNAMARA DISCUSSES IMPACT OF VIETNAM SPENDING ON FEDERAL BUDGET, GREAT SOCIETY; POSSIBLE TAX INCREASE; LBJ DISCUSSES INCREASED DEFICIT, LACK OF LIBERAL SUPPORT FOR NEW PROGRAMS, INCREASED APPROPRIATIONS FOR OTHER PROGRAMS, ECONOMY AND UPCOMING…
- LBJ READS PART OF SPEECH ON VIETNAM BOMBING HE WILL MAKE AT DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL CONVENTION; PLANS FOR LBJ, LADY BIRD JOHNSON TO ATTEND CONVENTION; POSSIBLE NEED FOR FEDERAL TROOPS TO CONTROL DEMONSTRATORS; EFFORTS TO DRAFT LBJ OR EDWARD KENNEDY AS…
- WHEELER REPORTS ON MEETING WITH EISENHOWER ABOUT DELEGATION OF AUTHORITY TO USE NUCLEAR WEAPONS; EISENHOWER'S RECOMMENDATIONS THAT DETAILED DISCLOSURE OF AUTHORITY NOT BE MADE AND HIS MEETING WITH WHEELER NOT BE REPORTED; RUMORS OF COUP IN…
- MCNAMARA DISCUSSES JCS REQUEST TO BOMB PETROLEUM STORAGE TARGETS IN NORTH VIETNAM; STATE DEPT CONCERNS ABOUT RESPONSE OF COMMUNIST CHINA, USSR; POSSIBLE MILITARY GAINS; QUESTION OF MINING HAIPHONG HARBOR; MCNAMARA RECOMMENDS AGAINST APPROVING…
- DISCUSSION OF NEGOTIATING TACTICS AT VIETNAM PEACE TALKS IN PARIS; LBJ ASKS FOR NEW PROPOSALS; PEACE EFFORTS BY POPE PAUL, GOVT OF NORWAY; LBJ SUGGESTS MEETING WITH ADVISERS AT CAMP DAVID TO PROBE FOR IDEAS FOR PROPOSALS