Haiti


325. Telegram From the Embassy in Haiti to the Department of State

Source: Johnson Library, National Security File, Country File, Haiti, Vol. I. Secret; Priority; Limdis.


326. Telegram From the Embassy in Haiti to the Department of State

Source: National Archives and Records Administration, RG 59, Central Files 1964–67, POL HAITI–US. Secret; Priority; Limit Distribution.


327. Memorandum From Secretary of State Rusk to President Johnson

Source: Johnson Library, National Security File, Country File, Haiti, Vol. II. Secret.


328. Memorandum From Gordon Chase of the National Security Council Staff to the Presidentʼs Special Assistant for National Security Affairs (Bundy)

Source: Johnson Library, National Security File, Country File, Haiti, Vol. II. Secret.


329. Policy Paper Prepared in the Embassy in Haiti and the Office of Caribbean Affairs, Department of State

Source: Johnson Library, National Security File, Country File, Haiti, Vol. III. Secret. Drafted in the Office of Caribbean Affairs with contributions from the Embassy in Port-au-Prince. The memorandum is attached to a May 5 covering memorandum from Executive Secretary James M. Frey to the Latin American Policy Committee. The Latin American Policy Committee approved the Plan of Action on May 21, according to various records, including Document 338. No copy of the approved plan has been found, and there is no record of the draft paper having been revised. Annex I, “Summary of Developments from December 15, 1963 to March 15, 1964” was attached but not printed.


330. Memorandum From Robert M. Sayre of the National Security Council Staff to the Presidentʼs Special Assistant for National Security Affairs (Bundy)

Source: Johnson Library, National Security File, Country File, Haiti, Vol. III. Confidential. The memorandum was mistakenly dated 1961.


331. Memorandum From Robert M. Sayre of the National Security Council Staff to the Presidentʼs Special Assistant for National Security Affairs (Bundy)

Source: Johnson Library, National Security File, Country File, Haiti, Vol. IV. Confidential.


332. Memorandum From Robert M. Sayre of the National Security Council Staff to the Presidentʼs Special Assistant for National Security Affairs (Bundy)

Source: Johnson Library, National Security File, Country File, Haiti, Vol. IV. Confidential.


333. Telegram From the Embassy in Haiti to the Department of State

Source: National Archives and Records Administration, RG 59, Central Files 1964–66, POL US–HAITI. Secret; Priority; Limdis.


334. Telegram From the Department of State to the Embassy in the Dominican Republic

Source: National Archives and Records Administration, RG 59, Central Files 1964–67, POL 23–9 HAITI. Secret; Immediate. Drafted and approved by Mann. Repeated to Port-au-Prince.


335. Memorandum From the Director of the Office of Caribbean Affairs (Crockett) to the Assistant Secretary of State for Inter-American Affairs (Mann)

Source: National Archives and Records Administration, RG 59, Central Files 1964–66, POL 15–1 HAITI. Secret.


336. Memorandum of Conversation

Source: National Archives and Records Administration, RG 59, Central Files 1964–67, POL HAITI–US. Confidential. Drafted by Irwin and approved in S on December 30. The memorandum is part V of VII.


337. Memorandum From Robert M. Sayre of the National Security Council Staff to the Presidentʼs Special Assistant for National Security Affairs (Bundy)

Source: Johnson Library, National Security File, Country File, Haiti, Vol. IV. Secret.


338. Airgram From the Embassy in Haiti to the Department of State

Source: National Archives and Records Administration, RG 59, Central Files 1964–66, POL 1 HAI–US. Secret. Drafted and approved by Timmons; cleared by Curtis, Political Counselor Warner, Economic Counselor Breaux, Military Attaché Lieutenant Colonel Warren, USIS Attaché Moss, and Consul General Maule.


339. Memorandum From the Assistant Secretary of State for Inter-American Affairs (Vaughn) to the Deputy Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs (Thompson)

Source: Department of State, INR/IL Historical Files, Country Files, Haiti. Secret; Eyes Only.


340. Memorandum of Conversation

Source: Johnson Library, National Security File, Country File, Haiti, Vol. IV. Confidential. Drafted by von Thurn. The memorandum is part II of V. The meeting was held in the Secretaryʼs office.


341. Memorandum From the Assistant Secretary of State for Inter-American Affairs (Vaughn) to the Director of the Bureau of Intelligence and Research (Hughes)

Source: Department of State, INR/IL Historical Files, 303 Committee Records. Secret.


342. Intelligence Memorandum

Source: Department of State, INR/IL Historical Files, 303 Committee Records. Secret. Prepared in the Office of Current Intelligence of the CIA. Secret; No Foreign Dissem.; Controlled Dissem. A May 14 memorandum from Murat W. Williams (INR) to Vaughn noted that this memorandum was circulated at the May 13 meeting of the 303 Committee. The Committee agreed that “a small group of determined insurgents could unseat Duvalier.” Bundy directed that State and the CIA “coordinate on investigating alternative sources of political power in Haiti,” since Duvalierʼs days might be numbered and the United States “should not be caught short.” (Ibid., Country File, Haiti)


343. Memorandum Prepared for the 303 Committee

Source: Department of State, INR/IL Historical Files, Country Files, Haiti. Secret. Drafted in the Western Hemisphere Division, forwarded with a June 3 covering memorandum through the Deputy Director for Plans and the Director of Central Intelligence, with the signed concurrence of Thomas H. Karamessines, Assistant Deputy Director for Plans, Central Intelligence Agency. The covering memorandum stated that this CIA–State coordinated paper was the response to McGeorge Bundyʼs May 13 request for a plan of pre-emptive action in Haiti; see footnote 1, Document 342. The covering memorandum was attached but not printed.


344. Telegram From the Embassy in Haiti to the Department of State

Source: National Archives and Records Administration, RG 59, Central Files 1964–66, AID (US) HAITI. Confidential; Limdis.


346. Memorandum Prepared for the 303 Committee

Source: Department of State, INR/IL Historical Files, 303 Committee Records. Secret; Eyes Only. In a June 23 memorandum to Thompson, attached but not printed, Vaughn recommended that Thompson support the CIAʼs proposal in the 303 Committee.


347. Memorandum of Conversation

Source: Johnson Library, National Security File, Country File, Haiti, Vol. IV. Confidential. Drafted by Hemba and DeSeabra, and approved in S on October 19. The memorandum is part I of II.


348. Action Memorandum From the Assistant Secretary of State for Inter-American Affairs (Vaughn) to Secretary of State Rusk

Source: National Archives and Records Administration, RG 59, Central Files 1964–66, POL HAITI-US. Secret. Drafted by Maureen Harris (ARA/CAR).


349. Telegram From the Embassy in Haiti to the Department of State

Source: National Archives and Records Administration, RG 59, Central Files 1964–66, POL 1 HAI-US. Secret; Priority; Limdis. Received at 9:26 p.m.


350. Memorandum From William G. Bowdler of the National Security Council Staff to the Presidentʼs Special Assistant for National Security Affairs (Bundy)

Source: Johnson Library, National Security File, Special Head of State Correspondence File, Haiti-Duvalier Correspondence. Confidential. A notation in Bundyʼs handwriting at the top of the memorandum reads: “You tell ʼem [illegible] to do it your way. Itʼs absurd to answer an August letter in December. MGB.”


351. Information Memorandum From the Assistant Secretary of State for Inter-American Affairs (Vaughn) to the Under Secretary of State for Economic Affairs (Mann)

Source: National Archives and Records Administration, RG 59, Central Files 1964–66, POL 1 HAI-US. Secret. Drafted by Osborne (ARA/CAR). A note in Mannʼs handwriting in the upper right-hand corner of the memorandum reads: “Jack-Hope you will have a talk with the Secy soon about Haiti on a) your plans for CARE, the Israelis, possibly the Mexicans, Venezuelans, and Colombians and b) the possibility of a US base of some kind.”


352. Paper Prepared in the Bureau of Inter-American Affairs for the Latin American Policy Committee

Source: National Archives and Records Administration, RG 59, S/S Files: Lot 70 D 209, Latin American Policy Committee Folder. Secret. The paper was approved by the Committee on January 19; see Document 353.


353. Draft Contingency Plan

Source: National Archives and Records Administration, RG 59, S/S SIG Files: Lot 70 D 263. Secret. Forwarded under an April 29 covering memorandum for consideration at the May 3 meeting of the Senior Interdepartmental Group (SIG). The paper indicates it was the third draft; see footnote 3, Document 351.


354. Memorandum From William G. Bowdler of the National Security Council Staff to the Presidentʼs Special Assistant (Rostow)

Source: Johnson Library, National Security File, Agency File, SIG, 6th Mtg., 4/19/66, Vol. I. Secret.