Conversation with EVERETT DIRKSEN and OFFICE SECRETARY, August 31, 1966

DIRKSEN REPORTS THAT MIKE MANSFIELD, RICHARD RUSSELL, STUART SYMINGTON, OTHERS PLAN TO OFFER RESOLUTION IN SENATE TODAY PROPOSING REDUCTION OF US TROOPS IN EUROPE; LBJ DISCUSSES TALKS WITH BRITISH, GERMANS, FRENCH, SOVIETS TO REDUCE OVERALL TROOP STRENGTH