PRESIDENT MEETS AIDES ON VIETNAM

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• Document Creation Date: November 16, 2016
• Document Release Date: February 1, 1999
• Sequence Number: 11
• Publication Date: December 8, 1965
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:PRESIDENT IEETS--
AIDES ON VIETNAM
.He Sees McNamara, Bundy
and Rusk at Texas Ranch
Special to The New York Tlmca
Cx., Dcc. - res- pl'ea.dover a.week,
ent Johnson conferred today
,
ith his top military and diplo-1
atic advisers on the war in
letnam.
l
1 Meeting with Mr. Johnson at s ranch 65 miles west of here
are Secretary of State bean
usk, I Secretary of Defense
obert S. 'McNamara, Mc-
eorge Bundy, the President's
pedal Assistant ,for National
ecurity Affairs, and Robert
omer, Mr. Bundy's deputy.
The Texas White House dis-
osed the general subjects dis-
ssed at the six-hour cbut nothing of the sub
ante of the eonversation.
Mr. McNamara reported to
e President on "the status of
orations in South Vietnam,"
cording to the White House
inouncement. The group also
s udled "various budgetary
atters affecting the national
curity preliminary to a ses-
s n the President will have
S turday mornin on the de-
f nse budget," the announce-
t said.
n lonal-guard personnel. '
is he President said yesterday
th t the United States would
su ply whatever men were ned
e to help the people of South
VI tram resist aggression." But
h would not predict how many,
s would be.
r. Johnson also discussed
his, advisers the meeting
of the ' North Atlantic Treaty
.0 satlon's foreign ministers
;to held in Paris. Deo.14 to 19:
The White House slid
that Secretaries Rusk and Me.
Namara would leave Sunday
for the meeting
Meanwhile, the White House
announced that President
John- -meeting with) Pakistan's
President, Mollantmad Ayub
Khan, op Dec; 14 and 13 would
be at the White House in Wash-
ington.
The meeting will be the first
eviewed. with his diplomatic
nd military advisers several
natters that he will discuss
ith' the foreign leaders, the
bite House said. '
Air. Johnson will ? see Prime
17. The site for that meeting
has not been fixed, although
there Is a strong expectation
that It, too, will be Washington.
The President will meet with
Chancellor Ludwig Erhard of
West Germany Dec.'19 and .20.
The White House has already
announced that - this meeting
will be at the President's ranch.
However, it Is possible that the
meeting will be moved to
Washington,
The meeting with President
Ayub is expected to eentet
on,
relations between Pa4Stan and
India and conditiods under
which United States aid to both
countries could . be resumed:
There is-?a strong' possibility
that 'the. President and Prime
Minlstert'Lal, Bahadur . Shastri
of India will 'meet early, nbct'
year ', `;, ,
fense Secretary Cyrus L:'
.Vince and the Joint Chiefs ofl
S aff.
The United States now has
ja out 200,000 men in South
;V etnam. United States' military,
~le ders in Saigon have asked
. McNamara to approve an
in rease to 350,000 or 400,000
in n, according to an Informed
a tree there.
ccording to military experts
In Washington, this would mean'
Joint chiefs to See dint
The President's meeting at
Ale ranch Saturday will involve
S cretary McNamara. Deputy.
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