Conversation with DEAN RUSK and OFFICE CONVERSATION, August 31, 1966

RUSK REPORTS THAT MIKE MANSFIELD WILL SUBMIT SENATE RESOLUTION ON REDUCTION OF US TROOPS IN EUROPE DESPITE ADMINISTRATION'S DISPLEASURE WITH IT; RUSK'S AND MCNAMARA'S EARLIER BRIEFING OF MANSFIELD ON NATO, SOVIET NEGOTIATIONS; POSSIBLE WH STATEMENT