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- LBJ ASKS EISENHOWER TO COME TO WH TO ADVISE HIM ON VIETNAM; ARRANGEMENTS FOR TRIP TO AVOID UNDUE PUBLIC CONCERN; MILTON EISENHOWER, ROBERT ANDERSON, ALFRED GRUENTHER AS ADVISERS TO LBJ; BRIEFING BY ANDREW GOODPASTER FOR EISENHOWER PRIOR TO MEETING
- 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
- BUNDY REPORTS THAT US MISSIONARY PAUL CARLSON HAS APPARENTLY BEEN KILLED AND REBELS HAVE KILLED WHITES IN HOTEL IN STANLEYVILLE, BUT 5 US OFFICIALS IN CONGO ARE APPARENTLY SAFE; OVERALL MILITARY SUCCESS OF US-BELGIUM RESCUE OPERATION; PRESS REACTION
- 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…
- WORDING OF VETO MESSAGE FOR MILITARY CONSTRUCTION AUTHORIZATION BILL CONTAINING PROVISION REQUIRING CONGRESSIONAL NOTIFICATION OF BASE CLOSINGS, MOVEMENT OF MILITARY MISSIONS; LBJ DISCUSSES RICHARD RUSSELL'S VIEWS OF BILL, COMPLAINS ABOUT VETO…
- LBJ ASKS IF GOV. SAM SHAPIRO HAS CONTACTED RAMSEY CLARK TO REQUEST FEDERAL TROOPS TO CONTROL RIOTS IN CHICAGO AFTER MLK ASSASSINATION, SAYS HE HAS TOLD CLARK TO GO AHEAD AND PREPARE TROOPS FOR DEPARTURE SO THEY WILL BE AVAILABLE AS SOON AS POSSIBLE
- DIRKSEN NOTES NEGATIVE SPEECHES ON VIETNAM BY FRANK CHURCH, GEORGE MCGOVERN, OFFERS TO DEFEND LBJ'S VIETNAM POLICY; LBJ GIVES LENGTHY REPORT ON EISENHOWER'S VIEWS ON VIETNAM, COMPARISON WITH WWII, KOREAN WAR, ADVICE ON NEGOTIATING WITH…
- LBJ'S RECENT MEETING WITH GEORGE WALLACE ON SELMA, ALABAMA SITUATION; LBJ READS HIS RECENT PRESS CONFERENCE STATEMENT ON US POLICY ON VIETNAM; LBJ'S COMMITMENT TO PEACE, HIS HEAVY SCHEDULE; LBJ ASKS FOR PEARSON'S REACTION TO VOTING…
- BUNDY REPORTS THAT ALL PLANES HAVE LANDED SAFELY IN US-BELGIUM HOSTAGE RESCUE OPERATION TO CONGO AND US WILL MAKE JOINT ANNOUNCEMENT WITH BELGIUM IN AN HOUR; LBJ TELLS BUNDY TO GIVE HIM UPDATES THROUGHOUT NIGHT ON STATUS OF HOSTAGES, BELGIUM…
- 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…