Word: rusk
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Moscow, U.S. Ambassador Foy Kohler met in the Kremlin with Soviet President Nikolai Podgorny just before a high-level Soviet group headed by Aleksandr Shelepin, the party's No. 2 man, left for Hanoi. And in Washington, Secretary of State Dean Rusk met with Hungarian officials, who had made it clear that they, too, wanted to join the lengthening procession of countries hopeful of mediating...
Even before Lyndon's gesture, there had been over the past year no fewer than 225 negotiating approaches to Hanoi from various sources. Said Dean Rusk last week: "Hanoi denies it has made any peace feelers, and in this case Hanoi's denials are accurate. I am not aware of any initiative from Hanoi. The initiative always comes from others...
Plainly, nothing had changed the issues at stake in Viet Nam. With characteristic bluntness, Dean Rusk summarized the situation for a friend: "All that's left is the question of what we do about North Viet Nam's attempt to take over South Viet Nam by force. We're down to the bare bone. Do we stand aside and let them take...
...About your quotes from Dean Rusk's speech [Dec. 17]: Won't Government spokesmen ever face the essential Viet Nam issue? Whether or not Hanoi "leaves South Viet Nam alone," many experts believe that the situation in South Viet Nam is a revolutionary one and that the Viet Cong is primarily a civil-revolutionary force. Will Mr. Rusk never acknowledge this possibility? Will he persist in evading the real point...
...President Johnson, in 37 days touched down for talks with high officials in 16 countries. Main topic of conversation: Viet Nam. Last week Mansfield's band returned to the capital and the majority leader reported his still secret findings to L.B.J., later talked with Secretary of State Dean Rusk and Secretary of Defense Robert McNamara...