Office of the Historian

452. Notes of Meeting1

Washington, August 8, 1967, 1:25–2:50 p.m.

NOTES OF THE PRESIDENT’S MEETING WITH SECRETARY McNAMARA UNDER SECRETARY KATZENBACH GEORGE CHRISTIAN WALT Rostow JOE CALIFANO

At the Tuesday luncheon

The following areas were discussed at the meeting:

1. Indian Wheat

The President said he had just completed discussions with Ambassador Chester Bowles,2 who reported that large quantities of wheat had been damaged by rains.

The President pointed out that he was unsure what course of action we should follow about additional requests for aid to India.

Mr. Rostow said he was forwarding to the President a set of alternatives for his consideration. The President said it would appeal to him if some other nation would recognize their responsibilities in this nation, even the Russians.

[Here follows discussion unrelated to South Asia.]

  1. Source: Johnson Library, Tom Johnson’s Notes of Meetings, Aug. 8, 1967—1:25 p.m., Tuesday Luncheon Group. Top Secret; Literally Eyes Only. Prepared by White House Deputy Press Secretary Tom Johnson. According to the President’s Daily Diary, the luncheon took place in the White House. (Ibid.)↩
  2. Bowles was in Washington for consultations and met with the President at noon on August 8. No other record of that meeting has been found.↩