Word: johnsons
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...President Johnson confers with Vance, then says he sees no evidence that Hanoi is ready for "serious, quiet discussions...
...told that top officials in the Administration have been driving very hard for an agreement on a bombing halt, accompanied possibly by a ceasefire, in the immediate future." Then the thrust: "I am also told that this spurt of activity is a cynical, last-minute attempt by President Johnson to salvage the candidacy of Mr. Humphrey. This I do not believe." Making the accusation in one breath and disavowing it in the next, he made certain that the charge would be noticed...
President Johnson, too, was enigmatically encouraging at his press conference. He showed himself content to have helped get negotiations started by renouncing a second term and declaring a partial bombing halt. "I think the decision of March 31st was indicated, was justified," he said, "and I am more pleased by it every hour that goes by." If that meant the Paris negotiations would get serious any hour-or that an end to more than four years of U.S. bombing in North Viet Nam was imminent-he was not telling...
...July 20: Johnson and Thieu in Hawaii issue joint communique reiterating strong stand...
...Johnson pledges no further move without evidence of Red willingness to de-escalate...