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Walt Rostow/Mr. Kissinger
May 17, 1971
11:25 a. m.
jlj
K: Hello Walt.
R: Good morning. How are you. How is your counter offensive
coming along.
K: I think we are going to win.
R: You are doing a very good job. The reason I am calling does not
involve President Johnson. It is something the University of Texas has
developed here. The LBJ School is involved but other major people
in social science, economics, etc. They asked me to go
bixxexxxx to a meeting of the bicenntenial committee last week in Dallas
and make a presentation of this idea. It is how the State of Texas can
become involved in the Bicentennial. The presentation was made to
the
Committee which is headed by the President's appointment of H Mahoney.
Texas has the idea of launching a 5 year program in education which would
involve the universities and television and radio. Would be a general
education thing about looking back at 200 years of success and failure.
Study of how our democracy worked and its successes and failures
and perhaps take a look at Texas in a less provincial way as one
example.
serious way in engaging all the communities. Some of
them on the xxx periferal have a feeling of being left out. Mahoney and
the Secretariat thought the idea was attractive and met the criteria
that
President Nixon laid down on it. This is just the beginning of a plan.
We will have to raise money in Texas. It seemed barely possible that
it might be something President Nixon wants to make reference to in
his remarks down here. Might want to make reference to this in a general
way in addition to Penn State and Football. You know, 1976 is the
Bicentennial year and there are ideas generating all over the country
and I understand that Texas has done this.
K: Could you send me a paragraph or two on what you want him to say.
R: Mahoney's man called down and they may be trying to work on something.
But this is only if President Nixon feels comfortable on it. Maybe I should
send you something and you can see what you think. That way it will not
get lost.
I think that is the best way to handle it.
K:/ We really appreciated the President's statement on Saturday. We said
to the press that we were really not expecting it. That is true because I
talked to President Johnson and he said he would not endorse it.
R: Well, he had some major reservations about it but (a) if a President
thinks he can help his nation he is going to do so. I am glad the net you
regard it as useful.
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