AT LEAST $9 BILLION WILL BE REQUESTED FOR CURRENT BUDGET

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• Publication Date: December 7, 1966
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specific weapons systems pro-
posals as the Nike-X antimissile
missile and a super manned
bomber force, said final deci-
sions were still pending on
several of these proposals.
While emphasizing America's
lead over Russia in ICBMs, he
seemed to imply an argument
that no new weapons systems
beyond those already planned
are needed. But he would notj
say so.
Ile reviewed the ICBM situa-
tion after a reporter noticed him
holding some papers and asked 1
if he had a statement he wanted!
to read.
McNamara said he had antici-1
pated a question about an!
important matter" and was
prepared to respond. "since it
was a major point of discussion
with the President,"
Johnson said he expects to seel
Eugene Black, who has been on I
a trip to Asia as his special
representative for promoting;
cooperation in regional develop-
ment plans, sometime this week
or early next week-probably
in Washington.
The President, who said he
feels fine three weeks after
having a polyp removed from
his throat and an incisional
hernia repaired, is expected to
fly back to Washington this
weekend to spend a few days in
the capital.
Johnson also said Lincoln
Gordon, assistant secretary of
state for inter-American affairs,
and Sol Linowitz, U.S. ambassa-
dor to the Organization of
American States, will be travell-
ing in South America between
now and Dec. 18 consulting
about the proposed inter-Ameri-
can summit conference.
13e said they will report to
him, either at his ranch or in
Washington, on their return.
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By GARNETT D. HORNER
Star Staff Writer
AUSTIN, Tex.-The war in Viet Nam will cost another $9 bil-
lion to $10 billion in this fiscal year. President Johnson will ask
Congress for the supplemental funds in January.
Johnson told reporters here yesterday that this request will
raise the current defense budget to between $67 billion and $68
billion.
Both the President and Secretary of Defense Robert S. Mc-
Namara shied away from giv- I--
ing any estimate of defense
spending for the 1968 fiscal year
which starts next July 1.
There are indications that the
military budget will rise at least
$7 billion or $8 billion, helping
to push total federal spending
up to a level between $137 bil-
lion and 140 billion.
The President's figures under-
scored the dilemma he faces
over raising taxes. He repeated
that he still hasn't made a de-
cision on that.
McNamara disclosed that the
Soviet Union is producing and
deploying intercontinental bal-
listic missiles faster than previ-
ously estimated. But he empha-
sized that American defense
planning had hedged against
such a possibility.
Seek to Avoid Supplementals
The President said he plans
to make the defense spending
estimate in his January budget
message big enough to avoid
asking another supplemental ap-
propriation a year from Jan-
uary.
He drew up the budget he
submitted last January on the
assumption that supplemental
funds would be asked at the
halfway point in the fiscal year.
if Viet Nam war costs were still
rising.
Asked if he planned the same
technique next year, Johnson
said: "No, 1 think we will re-
view every request on the basis
of a full year's operation and
ask for all the funds that the
chief, the secretary and the
President agree will be needed
without a supplemental."
.Johnson and McNamara
joined in the press conference in
the President's o'fiee in Austin's
new federal building after
conferring for much of the day
with the joint Chiefs of Staff.
Review Military Plans
In addition to supplemental
needs, the President said they
r e v i e w e d recommendations
made by the armed services for
the fiscal 1968 defense budget.
While there was "general
agreement," he said "there are
a few specific items yet to be
resolved." He said there would
be more such conferences before
the budget is submitted to
Congress.
McNamara, refusing to indi-
cate plans regarding such
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