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Katzenbach's first month in the State Department - which included four days in Viet Nam and two weeks as Acting Secretary of State while Dean Rusk was attending the Manila Conference...
...bearish Nick Katzenbach-one of the few men in Washington who call Rusk by his first name-could not present a greater physical contrast to George Ball, who ably occupied State's No. 2 post for more than five years. The elegantly attired Ball was never seen in shirtsleeves or without a vest; Katzenbach makes the most expensively tailored suit look as if it came from the thrift shop. (Yet, as he explained to amused associates, he will always be U-the traditional designation of the Under Secretary in the department's phone book.) The Under Secretary...
...previous evening, the President had met with Lodge, Secretary of State Dean Rusk, General William Westmoreland and Press Secretary Bill Moyers at Malacanang to discuss a side trip to Viet Nam. Westmoreland strongly recommended it as a morale booster for U.S. troops and the South Vietnamese as well. Johnson agreed, decided to schedule it the very next day, when he had a full program and nobody would suspect what was afoot. In the event of a security leak, the President said, the whole thing would be canceled-right up to the moment of landing...
Turning a Page. Winding up the first leg of his trip, the President flew to Townsville on Australia's northeastern coast to attend church, then flew into Manila to join Secretary of State Dean Rusk and the heads of state and Foreign Ministers of the six other nations attending the conference. The Philippine capital had a bright, brushed-and-combed look for his arrival: most of the potholes on main avenues had been filled; the pimps, prostitutes and "bini boys" (homosexuals) had been hustled out of sight; Malacañang Palace had been refurbished; and the aging Manila Hotel...
...sooner had Secretary of State Dean Rusk canceled a November lecture at Cornell University because of "conflicts of schedule" than a Vietnik coed fired off a letter to the Cornell Daily Sun charging that the Secretary was plain afraid of all the antiwar pickets his appearance would attract. Cornell Sophomore Richard Rusk sent the Sun a sonly note of his own. "I can assure you that the reasons for his cancellation are legitimate," wrote Richard. "Being on more intimate terms with Mr. Rusk, I think it is possible that the Secretary might muster up his courage and run the gauntlet...