LBJ and Dean Rusk, 3/18/67, 10.43A.
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Date: 2013-03-13

Telephone Conversation between President Johnson and Dean Rusk. 

Citation No.:  11647

March 18, 1967
Time: 10:43 AM

Speakers: President Johnson and Dean Rusk

General Topic: Defense; Diplomacy; Public Relations; Religion; United Nations; USSR & Eastern Europe; Vietnam; Vietnam Criticism; Western Europe

Topics: 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 Vietnam

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