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April 26, 1967

Memorandum of Conversation between President Johnson and Chancellor Kiesinger

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In this conversation, Johnson and Kiesinger discussed the state of U.S.-German relations, Johnson’s irritation with German critical press coverage and public opinion, Kiesinger’s worries about the NPT and the withdrawal of U.S. forces, Johnson’s concern about the high costs of keeping troops in Western Europe, and U.S. interest in a “different relationship with the Soviet Union.”

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Lyndon B. Johnson Presidential Library, National Security Files, Files of Walt Rostow, box 12, "Chrono [Adenauer Funeral], also available at Declassified Documents Reference Service; expurgated version in FRUS, 1964-1968, Volume XV, Germany and Berlin (Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office, 1999). Contributed to NPIHP by Bill Burr.

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2018-06-12

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Memorandum of Conversation

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177805

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