Conversation with JOHN PASTORE, CHARLES SCHULTZE and WILLIAM GAUD, December 27, 1966

DISCUSSION OF FOREIGN ECONOMIC ASSISTANCE BUDGET; PASTORE SUGGESTS LBJ REQUEST MINIMUM NEEDED AND NOT MORE IN ANTICIPATION OF BUDGET CUTS BECAUSE INFLATED REQUESTS UNDERMINE LBJ'S PRESTIGE; LBJ OFFERS CONDOLENCES ON DEATH OF PASTORE'S MOTHER- IN-LAW