Conversation with DEAN RUSK and TELEPHONE OPERATOR, December 17, 1968

LBJ DISCUSSES PRESS STORIES THAT LBJ WAS ANGRY WITH CLARK CLIFFORD AT MEETING TODAY OVER CLIFFORD'S RECENT REMARKS ABOUT US DISAGREEMENT WITH NGUYEN CAO KY; PARIS PEACE TALKS; LBJ EXPRESSES CONCERN ABOUT PRESS LEAKS AND STORIES OF DIVISION WITH OUR ALLIES