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Folder, "Walt Rostow, Vol. 28, May 16-24, 1967 [1 of 2]," Memos to the President, NSF, Box 16 (Item)

of their sh.ops to prevent food riots. He believes we made a serious mistake in cutting off Nasser without food as we- did. He said that he found no obstacle in his conversations in the Senate. When I said that the problem appeared to be in the House. he said: 11

Folder, "Walt Rostow, Vol. 32, June 21-30, 1967 [1 of 2]," Memos to the President, NSF, Box 18 (Item)

ROSTOW HEREW 1T H GEORGE MCGHEE' S FLASH MESSAGE OF VHICH I JIM JONES BY TELEPHONE. INFORMED l. STATE SEL"'RETARv' KNIEPER HAS JUST CALL.tD ON ME tfiGENTLY 10 ADVISE OF lHE CHANCELLOO •s DECISION, WHICH HE HAS TAKEN ONLY AnER MOST PA INF UL

Folder, "Walt Rostow, Vol. 39, August 18-31, 1967 [1 of 5]," Memos to the President, NSF, Box 21 (Item)

fire (anti-aircraft artillery) reactions have remained at approximately the same level as previously. Conversely, indications are that SAM and some anti-aircraft artillery forces may be in the process of relocation to provide more concentrated defenses

Folder, "Walt Rostow, Vol. 45, October 10-15, 1967 [2 of 2]," Memos to the President, NSF, Box 23 (Item)

yesterday. I ·spQke .... · . .',•:··· · · .. ., ,. .to ?~r · Holt or;. the telephone and oonve·y ed to him the · . · ·.. , . ·, . ·.·· .. ·.: ,·substa.~ce~ of what you said to me . about additional alli~d contribut;ions in South Vietnam. · ·· v , I , I

Folder, "Walt Rostow, Vol. 41, September 11-14, 1967 [1 of 2]," Memos to the President, NSF, Box 22 [2 of 2] (Item)

Folder, "Walt Rostow, Vol. 2, May 1 - 15, 1966 [1 of 2]," Memos to the President, NSF, Box 7 (Item)

accepts the line of argument in the attached memorandum that we should oppose it; but he does not wish to proceed without your personal judgment. Sect. Rusk will telephone you tomorrow (Sunday) to get your guidance. \ l};T RA NSFER RED TO HAN C W RITI N

Folder, "Walt Rostow, Vol. 13, September 15-30, 1966 [1 of 2]," Memos to the President, NSF, Box 10 (Item)

social or offi cia occasions by his humor, and even by his i n discret ions, though ,never charged with betraying Government al secrets. · In the ordinary course of playful conversation, his ro bust expressions attract fascinated attention. I heard him

Folder, "Walt Rostow, Vol. 51, November 16-25, 1967 [2 of 2]," Memos to the President, NSF, Box 25 (Item)

the election campaign did produce many violent criticisms of the Ky government in opposition newspapers, the end of the political campaign brought retaliation which several op position edi~ors freely predicted in conversations with me. The editor of the daily

Folder, "Walt Rostow, Vol. 29, May 25-31, 1967 [1 of 2]," Memos to the President, NSF, Box 16 (Item)

Van Kieu. a somewhat lower and less public key. Since my last report, I have had long conversations with both Thieu and Ky which I have reported in some detail in previous telegrams. It seems to me that although Thieu has made the statement

Folder, "Walt Rostow, Vol. 5, May 27 - June 10, 1966 [3 of 3]," Memos to the President, NSF, Box 8 (Item)

citizens gathered in {r·o nt of the building indicated the Poles were not pleased with the demonstrations. An Ernbaaay officer telephoned the Polish Foreign, Ministry to protest the lack of protection. A Polish Foreign Office official called back to say

Folder, "Walt Rostow, Vol. 19, January 15 - 31, 1967 [1 of 3]," Memos to the President, NSF, Box 12 [2 of 2] (Item)

Folder, "Walt Rostow, Vol. 17, December 14 - 31, 1966 [1 of 2]," Memos to the President, NSF, Box 12 [1 of 2] (Item)

Folder, "Walt Rostow, Vol. 42, September 15-20, 1967 [3 of 3]," Memos to the President, NSF, Box 22 [2 of 2] (Item)

OP' STAP'P' WASHINGTON 14 September 1967 -. • ._ • . : ,: ,. , I •• ' . . -- . ~- --.· ' ' .. .. , ....... Dear Mr. President: . < ,11 • ,,,.· ·,1:~ ~~h,. ~:_., t iF i· I have reflected upon our conversation of last evening, and I have

Folder, "Walt Rostow, Vol. 36, July 25-31, 1967 [1 of 2]," Memos to the President, NSF, Box 20 (Item)

, and its work has recently fallen off in terms of effectiveness and spirit of cooperation. Meanwhile, Ky's backers have been complaining of the ineffectiveness of the Thieu organization and Thieu's lack of attention to campaign details. In a conversation

Folder, "Walt Rostow, Vol. 6, June 11-20, 1966 [1 of 2]," Memos to the President, NSF, Box 8 (Item)

Folder, "Walt Rostow, Vol. 21, February 12- 28, 1967 [1 of 3]," Memos to the President, NSF, Box 13 (Item)

, TELEGRAMS: BROADCASTS LONDON TELEX * W.12 CABLES: BROADCASTS LONDON-WI * TELEX: 22182 TELEPHONE: SHEPHERDS BUSH 8000 24th February 1967 Jear Professor Rostow, I was glad to welcome you to BBC Television this ufternoon, and I am writing immediately

Folder, "Walt Rostow, Vol. 19, January 15 - 31, 1967 [2 of 3]," Memos to the President, NSF, Box 12 [2 of 2] (Item)

Folder, "Walt Rostow, Vol. 47, October 21-24, 1967 [1 of 2]," Memos to the President, NSF, Box 24 (Item)

:30 this afternoon, you may wish to read tbi& account of my conversation yesterday with him. The key points are mai-ked. W.W.R. ~ attachment W~ Bv~ 0£CLASSlPI.E.D E.O. 12356, S«. ~ .4Cb) HouseGu.delir~ ~ 211,;9~, . '\'tlRA, ru-L//~-1/ r October

Folder, "[Briefing Papers for National Security Council Meeting, September 15, 1966]," Meeting Notes Files, Box 1 (Item)

assistance programs. Moreover, the prospects of · reaching agreement with the Soviets on a treaty governing the exploration of outer space are reasonably good. We can alsc use the Assembly period to probe quietly in private conversations possible further

Folder, "Walt Rostow, Vol. 39, August 18-31, 1967 [5 of 5]," Memos to the President, NSF, Box 21 (Item)

TO: MILDRED ZAYAC FROM: Dorothy Territo I realize this list is subject to State Department interpretation and would like to suggest that conversation might be helpful for us to learn their guidelines. I have only one event -- the Adenauer funeral - that Mr

Folder, "Walt Rostow, Vol. 41, September 11-14, 1967 [2 of 2]," Memos to the President, NSF, Box 22 [2 of 2] (Item)

. Last year's P. L. 480 program, the first since 1962, vas valued at $2.5 million. President Stroessner is very eager to conclude this agreement and is . reported to expect it on the basis of his conversation with you at Punta del Este. · (Paraguay

Folder, "Walt Rostow, Vol. 38, August 11-17, 1967 [1 of 2]," Memos to the President, NSF, Box 21 (Item)

was asked by a polling institute comparable to the Gallup Poll. The version is somewhat different than the one Chancellor Kiesinger gave you during your conversation. The question as asked was: "Do you consider it right or wrong to bring about in Germany

Folder, "Walt Rostow, Vol. 33, July 1-10, 1967 [2 of 2]," Memos to the President, NSF, Box 18 (Item)

conversation may intereat you, although it co·n talns no .s urprises. De Gaulle•e explanation of why the USSR wishes, in his vlew, t.o end the war i.n. Viet Nam is mildly interesting, as ts bis assessment of moderate Soviet intentions in the Middle East

Folder, "Walt Rostow, Vol. 46, October 16-20, 1967 [2 of 2]," Memos to the President, NSF, Box 24 (Item)

FOR -THE TIME BE.ING 'IS NOT RPT NOT •VERY INTEREST£0 IN foif.:,{I!,G CONTACT. Ei~D...i'ISG.- -:l> ~3. LONGtR· REPORT RE LOAN-CHARGE CONVERSATION NOT RPT NOT YET ~RECEIVED OWING COURIER DELAY BUT FONOFF ANTICIPATES IT SHOULD l"LEAVE PEKING OCT- 20.· i t

Folder, "[Briefing Papers for Tuesday Luncheon, February 6, 1968]," Meeting Notes Files, Box 2 (Item)

___ I' ...... 6. THROUGHOUT THIS CONVERSATION ZAID EMPHASIZED THAT THESE ARE THINGS KING IS THI~KING. THIS IS HIS READING Or SITUATION • ACTUALLY HIS ADVISERS ARE TRYING WITHOUT MUCH HOPE Or SUCCESS TO CONVINCE HIM TO MAKE NO DRASTIC MOVES. YET, MANY

Folder, "Walt Rostow, Vol. 46, October 16-20, 1967 [1 of 2]," Memos to the President, NSF, Box 24 (Item)

are definitively halted. or even and This is the position stated to me during conversations in the last few days with Premier Pham Van Dong, Nguyen Duy Trinh, foreign minister and deputy premier, and other high-ranking government and party leaders. Hanoi

Folder, "Walt Rostow, Vol. 43, September 21-30, 1967 [1 of 2]," Memos to the President, NSF, Box 23 (Item)

Folder, "[Briefing Papers for Tuesday Luncheon, September 17, 1968]," Meeting Notes Files, Box 3 (Item)

, OR THE ALt.IANCE:, ; ~; . 1 ; . ·oR ··ANY OTHER GROUP, . ON ITS SlDE. : WE " ADDED..;THAT ·- .- ·As WE HAD · INDICATE01 · i , . 1: · - SUCH ·AN ARRANGEMENT. WOULD NOT ··PRECLUDE '· A CONTINUATION Of' PRIVATE : ; ,. 1 CONVERSATIONS SUCH AS .THESE ON ·MATTERS

Folder, "Walt Rostow, Vol. 16, December 1 - 13, 1966 [2 of 3]," Memos to the President, NSF, Box 11 [2 of 2] (Item)

Folder, "Walt Rostow, Vol. 28, May 16-24, 1967 [2 of 2]," Memos to the President, NSF, Box 16 (Item)

Folder, "Walt Rostow, Vol. 39, August 18-31, 1967 [4 of 5]," Memos to the President, NSF, Box 21 (Item)

sentatives appeared before fairly large crowds in My Tho in the Delta and in DaNang. Thieu was present with the other candidates in My Tho. In a conversation with Bunker on Saturday, Ky said he thought the Thieu-Ky ticket would get about 40 to 45% of the vote

Folder, "Walt Rostow, Vol. 16, December 1 - 13, 1966 [1 of 3]," Memos to the President, NSF, Box 11 [2 of 2] (Item)

FASHION. TOWARDS THE END OF THE CONVERSATION REP ORTED- REFTEL, THE KI NG SAID HE WONDERED WHAT MORE HE COULD HAVE DONE TO HAVE AVERTED WHAT HAS HAPP EN ED~ HE THEN SAID QUIETLY THERE WAS ONE ELEMENT AFFECTING THE WHOLE PICTURE WHICH NO ONE IN HIS COUNTRY

Folder, "Walt Rostow, Vol. 42, September 15-20, 1967 [2 of 3]," Memos to the President, NSF, Box 22 [2 of 2] (Item)

in a conversation we had last · Monday. He felt that because of the limited availability of men of outstanding ability and competence, the first consideration in Cabinet appointments should be given to these qualities rather than to broadening the base

Folder, "Walt Rostow, Vol. 1, April 1 - 30, 1966 [2 of 3]," Memos to the President, NSF, Box 7 (Item)

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Folder, "Walt Rostow, Vol. 14, October 1 - 31, 1966 [1 of 2]," Memos to the President, NSF, Box 11 [1 of 2] (Item)

George McGhee summarizing an interesting conversation with Monnet. u. s. Monnet wants to see you when he comes in November to the I believe you should see him. I have drafted the attached letter from me to him, which is sympathetic without fully

Folder, "Walt Rostow, Vol. 31, June 13-20, 1967 [2 of 2]," Memos to the President, NSF, Box 17 (Item)

CONVERSATION. LYNG SAlD_BO~ NOT ~PT ~OT lJ POS I TION TO EVALU ATE C0NVERSAT!0N•s SIGNIFICANCE 1F AWY 9 BUT 'SEC f ETARY ltAD 0.J CE ASKED HIM TO PASS 0,. AN'# INlEflES! H~G CON'l ~RSATI0 1j S tlORW t GJ Af.JS MIGHT HAVE IN PF.KINGo 1F' US GOVT WlS\-\EI> f/,i

Folder, "October 14, 1968 - President's Meeting with Joint Chiefs on Vietnam," Meeting Notes Files, Box 3 (Item)

to """' .'\:.,.);"' ............ .,. ra ""I •• "'°I 'll ~ ·· ·,. • mcss..i~rc. b Repeatedly in these conversations ·we nava (1) stated our view that the unconditional cessation of bombing --- could take place and be maintained onJ:..y if serious talks . I I

Folder, "Walt Rostow, Vol. 25, April 1-15, 1967 [1 of 2]," Memos to the President, NSF, Box 15 (Item)

Oral history transcript, Walt W. Rostow, interview 2 (II), 1/9/1981, by Ted Gittinger (Item)

Folder, "Walt Rostow, Vol. 23, March 10 - 15, 1967 [1 of 2]," Memos to the President, NSF, Box 14 [1 of 2] (Item)