Conversation with GEORGE SMATHERS, TELEPHONE OPERATOR and OFFICE SECRETARY, November 23, 1968

HUGH SCOTT'S ALLEGATION THAT LBJ'S ANNOUNCEMENT OF VIETNAM BOMBING HALT WAS POLITICALLY MOTIVATED; CONTINUED DISCUSSION OF LBJ'S MEETING WITH HHH ABOUT RICHARD NIXON'S OFFER TO NAME HHH AS UN AMBASSADOR; SMATHER'S PERSONAL PROBLEMS