Sources

Sources for Foreign Relations, 1969–1976, Volume V

The Foreign Relations statute requires that the published record in the Foreign Relations series include all records needed to provide comprehensive documentation on major U.S. foreign policy decisions and significant U.S. diplomatic activity. It further requires that government agencies, departments, and other entities of the U.S. Government engaged in foreign policy formulation, execution, or support cooperate with the Department of State Historian by providing full and complete access to records pertinent to foreign policy decisions and actions and by providing copies of selected records.

The editors of the Foreign Relations series have complete access to all the retired records and papers of the Department of State: the central files of the Department; the special decentralized files (“lot files”) of the Department at the bureau, office, and division levels; the files of the Department's Executive Secretariat, which contain the records of international conferences and high-level official visits, correspondence with foreign leaders by the President and Secretary of State, and memoranda of conversations between the President and Secretary of State and foreign officials; and the files of overseas diplomatic posts. All of the Department's indexed central files for these years have been permanently transferred to the National Archives and Records Administration (Archives II) at College Park, Maryland. Most of the Department's decentralized office (or lot) files covering this period, which the National Archives deems worthy of permanent retention, have been transferred from the Department's custody to Archives II.

The editors of the Foreign Relations series also have full access to the papers of President Lyndon B. Johnson and other White House foreign policy records. Presidential papers maintained and preserved at the Presidential libraries include some of the most significant foreign affairs-related documentation from the Department of State and other Federal agencies including the National Security Council, the Central Intelligence Agency, the Department of Defense, and the Joint Chiefs of Staff.

Department of State historians also have full access to records of the Department of Defense, particularly the records of the Secretaries of Defense and their major assistants, and full access to the records of the Central Intelligence Agency.

Sources for Foreign Relations, 1964–1968, Volume XXXII

In preparing this volume, the editors made extensive use of some of the most authoritative sources on President Johnson's policies on the Dominican Republic, Cuba, Haiti, and British Guiana/Guyana: the Presidential papers and other White House records at the Lyndon B. Johnson Library. Within the National Security File (NSF), the Country Files for the four countries covered were the most important. Next in importance in the NSF, and reflecting the strong intelligence emphasis of this volume, was the Intelligence File. Other important files in the NSF were the Aides Files, Files of Gordon Chase, which were valuable for the Dominican Republic and Cuba. Also of use from the NSF were Memos to the President (from McGeorge Bundy and Walt Rostow), the National Intelligence Estimates File, National Security Council Meetings, Special Head of State Correspondence, and the Agency Files, SIG (Senior Review Group). The SIG oversaw policy towards Cuba in the later part of the Johnson administration.

Of the collections outside the NSF at the Johnson Library, by far the most significant were the audiotapes of President Johnson's telephone conversations, to which the editors had full access for 1964–1968 thanks to the cooperation of the staff of the Johnson Library. Johnson frequently discussed the details of his foreign policy towards the Dominican Republic and Cuba with his key advisers and senior members of Congress. As such, the tape recordings provide an unparalleled perspective on decision-making often missing in more formal documentation. The editors transcribed numerous tape recordings specifically for this volume; these transcripts are printed both as documents and in the annotation as extracts. The Thomas C. Mann Papers, especially the transcripts of his telephone conversations with Johnson, were also valuable in revealing the thinking behind the President's policies.

The records of the Department of State were also indispensable in documenting foreign policy formulation. Although the President made the important decisions, the Department of State was primarily responsible for the development, coordination, and implementation of the administration's policy in the region. The editors of this volume relied heavily upon the Department's “subject-numeric” central files, which contain the essential telegrams, memoranda, correspondence, and other records of U.S. diplomacy. The most valuable subject numeric central file for the Dominican Republic was 23–9 DOM REP, used for rebellion and coups, but, in effect, often a virtual catchall for Department of State documents on the Dominican Republic. Other files of special note for the Dominican Republic were POL 1 DOM REP, POL 2 DOM REP and POL 15 DOM REP. For Cuba the subject-numeric central files were not as significant, in part because there was no Embassy in Cuba and therefore no telegraphic exchanges. The best central file documentation is concentrated in the general POL CUBA–US and POL 1 CUBA–US files. POL 33–4 CUBA–US is the file for the dispute over Cuban fishermen in U.S. waters that escalated into the Guantanamo water crisis. Haitian documents in the central files are spread over a variety of files, the most significant of which is POL HAI–US, the general file for U.S.-Haitian relations. For British Guiana (after 1966 Guyana) a variety of central files were useful. The ones most cited in the volume are POL 7 GUYANA, covering the visit of Prime Minister Linden Burnham to the United States, POL 14 BR GU dealing with elections in the colony before independence, and POL 15 BR GU the general file for the government of the then British colony. There is also a specific file for the colonial government of British Guiana, POL 19 BR GU, which was also of use. All the central files consulted and cited in the volume are in the list of sources with an explanation of what topics or issues they cover.

The editors also did extensive research in the Department's “lot” files. By far the most significant was a file that is still under the custody of the Department of State, the INR/IL Historical Files: the Department's files on intelligence issues, liaison with the Central Intelligence Agency, and covert operations. Without access to this collection, this volume would have been incomplete. These files were crucial for all four chapters—Dominican Republic, Cuba, Haiti, and Guyana. Also of special significance were the following office files of Assistant Secretaries for Inter-American Affairs: Lot 66 D 65, Lot 70 D 150, and Lot 70 D 295. The Inter-American Affairs Bureau's files for the Caribbean, ARA/CAR, Lot 69 D 158, and the Files for the Coordinator of Cuban Affairs, ARA/CCA Files, Lot 73 D 191, were also of special value. Secretary of State Dean Rusk's memoranda of conversations for 1964, Lot 65 D 330, and the Policy Planning Staff's files, S/P Files, Lot 72 D 139, were also of note. All lot files consulted and cited in the volume are in the list of sources.

The files of the Central Intelligence Agency were a crucial source for this volume. In the case of the Dominican Republic and Cuba, accounts of many key inter-agency meetings—including meetings with the President—were found only in CIA files. These were in the Director of Central Intelligence (Helms) Files, Job 80–B01285A, and Executive Registry Files, Job 80–R01580R and Job 80–B016776R. The National Intelligence Center (NIC) Files, Job 79–R01012A, provided access to National Intelligence Estimates and Special Intelligence Estimates and related documents. All CIA files consulted and cited in the volume are in the list of sources. Related intelligence files for the Johnson administration under the custody of the National Security Council (when the research was done) were also valuable, especially for the Dominican Republic. Department of Defense Files, both the Office of the Secretary of Defense and the Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security Affairs, were consulted for all chapters for 1964–1968. They are cited in the list of sources.

Almost all of this documentation has been made available for use in the Foreign Relations series thanks to the consent of the agencies mentioned, the assistance of their staffs, and especially the cooperation and support of the National Archives and Records Administration.

The following list identifies the particular files and collections used in the preparation of this volume. The declassification and transfer to the National Archives of these records is in process. Most of the sources consulted in the preparation of this volume have been declassified and are available for review at the National Archives and Records Administration.

Unpublished Sources

Department of State

Central Files. See National Archives and Records Administration below.

Lot Files. For lot files already transferred to the National Archives and Records Administration, see RG 59, National Archives and Records Administration.

H Files: Lot 83 D 358

Official Correspondence and files of Ambassador W. Tapley Bennett, Jr., 1947–1969

INR/IL Historical Files

Historical files of the Office of Intelligence Liaison of the Bureau of Intelligence and Research under the custody of the Department of State, 1940s–1980s

PA/HO Files: Lot 71 D 411

Research projects prepared by the Office of the Historian, including research project 481, “History of the Dominican Crisis of 1965”

National Archives and Records Administration, College Park, Maryland

Record Group 59, Records of the Department of State

Subject-Numeric Central Files. The subject-numeric system is divided into broad categories: Administration, Consular, Culture and Information, Economic, Political and Defense, Science, and Social. Within each of these divisions are subject subcategories. For example, Political and Defense contain four sub topics: POL (Politics), DEF (Defense), CSM (Communism), and INT (Intelligence). Numerical subdivisions further define the sub topics according to the Department Record Classification Handbook. The following are the principal central files consulted and cited in this volume.

AID (US) BR GU: U.S. aid to British Guiana, general

AID (US) 9 BR GU: U.S.-British Guiana economic aid negotiations

AID (US) DOM REP: U.S. economic aid to the Dominican Republic, general policy and plans

AID (US) 1 DOM REP: U.S. economic aid to the Dominican Republic, general policy and plans

AID (US) 1–1 DOM REP: U.S. presidential aid determinations on the Dominican Republic

AID (US) 4 DOM REP: U.S. economic aid agreements with the Dominican Republic

AID (US) 7 DOM REP: U.S. aid to the Dominican Republic, program operation

AID (US) 8 DOM REP: U.S. grants and technical assistance to the Dominican Republic

AID (US) 8–4 DOM REP: U.S. grants and technical assistance agreements with the Dominican Republic

AID (US) 9 DOM REP: U.S.-Dominican Republic economic aid negotiations

AID (US) 10 DOM REP: U.S. supporting assistance to the Dominican Republic

AID (US) 15 DOM REP: U.S. PL–480 food aid to the Dominican Republic

AID (US) 15–6 DOM REP: U.S. PL–480 food aid to the Dominican Republic, surplus commodities

AID (US) 15–8 DOM REP: U.S. PL–480 food aid to the Dominican Republic, commodity sales for foreign currency

AID (US) HAI: U.S. economic aid to Haiti, general policy and plans

AID (US) 8.5 HAI: U.S. aid to Haiti, health and sanitation

AID (US) 9 HAI: U.S.-Haiti economic aid negotiations

AID (US) 15–8 HAI: U.S. PL–480 food aid to Haiti, commodity sales for foreign currency

DEF 12 CUBA: Cuban armaments

DEF DOM REP (US): Defense affairs between the Dominican Republic and the United States, general

DEF 1–3 DOM REP: Dominican military capabilities

DEF 1–6 DOM REP: Dominican civilian defense

DEF 2 DOM REP: Dominican defense reports

DEF 6 DOM REP: Dominican armed forces

DEF 6 GUYANA: Guyana armed forces

DEF UK: U.K. Defense affairs

FN 1 DOM REP: Dominican finance, general policy and plans

FN 1–1 DOM REP: General Dominican finance policy

FN 2 DOM REP: Dominican general reports and statistics

FN 4 DOM REP: Dominican finance agreements

FN 10 DOM REP/IMF: Dominican and International Monetary Fund agreements on foreign exchange

FN 17–1 DOM REP: Dominican monetary policy

FT 18 GUYANA: Guyana import of arms

INT 6 GUYANA: Guyana collection of intelligence

FN 9–3 HAI: foreign investment in Haiti

POL BR GU: British Guiana political affairs

POL BR GU–US: U.S.-British Guiana relations

POL 1 BR GU: British Guiana, general policy and background

POL 1 BR GU–US: U.S.-British Guiana relations, general policy and background

POL 2 BR GU: general political reporting on British Guiana

POL 7 BR GU: British Guiana visits and meetings

POL 12 BR GU: British Guiana political parties

POL 13–1 BR GU: British Guiana labor organizations

POL 14 BR GU: British Guiana elections

POL 15 BR GU: British Guiana Government

POL 15–1 BR GU: British Guiana Head of State

POL 16 BR GU: British Guiana independence

POL 19 BR GU: colonial government of British Guiana

POL 23 BR GU: British Guiana internal security

POL 23–9 BR GU: British Guiana internal security, rebellion, and coups

POL 23–8 BR GU: British Guiana demonstrations, riots, and protests

POL 32 BR GU: British Guiana territory and boundaries

POL 32–1 BR GU–VEN: British Guiana–Venezuela territory and boundary dispute

POL 32–2 BR GU–VEN: British Guiana–Venezuela boundary delimitation

POL GUYANA: Guyana political affairs, general

POL GUYANA–US: U.S.-Guyana relations, general

POL 1 GUYANA: Guyana, general policy and background

POL 1 GUYANA–US: U.S.-Guyana relations, general policy and background

POL 7 GUYANA: Guyana visits and meetings

POL 14 GUYANA: Guyana elections

POL 15 GUYANA: Guyana Government

POL 15–1 GUYANA: Guyana Head of State

POL 23–9 GUYANA: Guyana internal security, rebellion, and coups

POL 32–1 GUYANA–VEN: British Guiana–Venezuela territory and boundary dispute

POL 32 GUYANA: Guyana territory and boundaries

POL CHILE–US: U.S.-Chilean relations, general

POL 15–1 COSTA RICA: Costa Rican head of state

POL CUBA: Cuba political affairs, general

POL CUBA–US: U.S.-Cuba relations, general

POL CUBA–USSR: Cuba-USSR relations, general

POL 1 CUBA: Cuba, general policy and background

POL 1 CUBA–US: U.S.-Cuba relations, general policy and background

POL 1 US–CUBA: U.S.-Cuba relations, general policy and background

POL 2 CUBA: general political reporting on Cuba

POL 15 CUBA: Cuba Government

POL 15–1 CUBA: Cuba Head of State

POL 17 CUBA–US: Cuba diplomatic representation

POL 22 CUBA–US: Cuba incidents and disputes

POL 23 CUBA: Cuba internal security

POL 24 CUBA: Cuba sanctions

POL 31–1 CUBA: Cuba air space and overflights

POL 32 CUBA: Cuba territory and boundaries

POL 33–4 CUBA–US: U.S.-Cuba territorial waters issues

POL 36 CUBA: travel between Cuba and other countries

POL DOM REP: Dominican political affairs, general

POL DOM REP–US: Dominican-U.S. political relations, general

POL 1 DOM REP: Dominican political relations, general policy and background

POL 1 DOM REP–US: Dominican-U.S. political relations, general policy and background

POL 2 DOM REP: Dominican political relations, general reports and guidelines

POL 2–1 DOM REP: Dominican Joint Weekas (weekly reports)

POL 2–2 DOM REP: Dominican political summaries

POL 2–3 DOM REP: Dominican political-economic reports

POL 2–4 DOM REP: Dominican political-military reports

POL 4 DOM REP: Dominican political agreements and treaties

POL 6 DOM REP: Dominican prominent persons

POL 12 DOM REP: Dominican political parties

POL 13 DOM REP: Dominican non-party blocs

POL 14 DOM REP: Dominican elections

POL 15 DOM REP: Dominican Republic Government

POL 23–7 DOM REP: Dominican Republic infiltration, subversion, and sabotage

POL 23–8 DOM REP: Dominican Republic demonstrations, riots, and protests

POL 15–1 DOM REP: Dominican Republic Head of State

POL 23 DOM REP: Dominican Republic internal security

POL 23–9 DOM REP: Dominican rebellion and coups

POL 30–2 DOM REP: Dominican political exiles

POL HAI: Haiti political affairs, general

POL HAI–US: U.S.-Haiti relations, general

POL 1 HAI: Haiti, general policy and background

POL US–HAI: U.S.-Haiti relations, general

POL 1 HAI–US: U.S.-Haiti relations, general policy and background

POL 6 HAI: Haiti biographic data

POL 15 HAI: Haiti Government

POL 15–1 HAI: Haiti Head of State

POL 17 HAI: Haiti, diplomatic representation

POL 23–7 HAI: Haiti infiltration, subversion, and sabotage

POL 23–9 HAI: Haiti internal security, rebellion, and coups

POL 27 HAI: Haiti military operations

POL 29 HAI: Haiti political prisoners

POL 30 HAI: Haiti defectors and expellees

POL UK–US: U.S.–U.K. relations, general

POL 1 UK–US: U.S.–U.K. relations, general policy and background

POL 7 UK: U.K. visits and meetings

POL 15–1 UK: U.K. Head of State

SIOC 12–1 HAI: churches in Haiti

Lot Files. These are the special decentralized files at the policymaking level of the Department of State, including the Executive Secretariat, overseas Foreign Service posts, and U.S. special missions.

ARA Files: Lot 66 D 192

Files of Assistant Secretary of State for Inter-American Affairs Edwin M. Martin, 1963–1964

ARA Files: Lot 69 D 243

Files of Assistant Secretary of State for Inter-American Affairs Covey T. Oliver, August 1967–December 1968

ARA Files: Lot 70 D 150

Subject and country files of Assistant Secretary of State for Inter-American Affairs, 1967

ARA Files: Lot 70 D 295

Subject and country files of Assistant Secretary of State for Inter-American Affairs, 1965–1967

ARA Files: Lot 72 D 33

Country and chronological files of the Bureau of Inter-American Affairs, 1967–1969

ARA/CAR Files: Lot 67 D 8

Files on the Dominican Republic including telegrams, general memoranda, memoranda of conversations, letters and other correspondence, 1964

ARA/CAR Files: Lot 69 D 158

Files of the Office of Caribbean Affairs, 1965

ARA/CAR/DR Files: Lot 70 D 124

Files on the Dominican Republic including telegrams, general memoranda, memoranda of conversations, letters and other correspondence, 1966

ARA/CAR/DR Files: Lot 70 D 442

Files on the Dominican Republic including telegrams, general memoranda, memoranda of conversations, letters and other correspondence, 1965

ARA/CAR/DR Files: Lot 71 D 54

Files on the Dominican Republic including telegrams, general memoranda, memoranda of conversations, letters and other correspondence, 1967

ARA/CAR/DR Files: Lot 72 D 1

Files on the Dominican Republic including telegrams, general memoranda, memoranda of conversations, letters and other correspondence, 1968

ARA/CCA Files: Lot 71 D 201

Files of the Coordinator of Cuban Affairs, including correspondence with the Under Secretary of State, 1967–1968

ARA/CCA Files: Lot 73 D 201

Files of the Coordinator of Cuban Affairs, 1967–1968

ARA/CCA Files: Lot 73 D 245

Files of the Coordinator of Cuban Affairs, 1967–1968

ARA/IRG Files: Lot 70 D 122

Meetings and subject files of the Interdepartmental Review Group on Latin America including office memoranda, policy papers, policy decisions, minutes of meeting, 1966–1968

ARA/LA Files: Lot 66 D 65

Subject and country files of Assistant Secretary of State for Inter-American Affairs Thomas C. Mann 1964

ARA/LA Files: Lot 68 D 93

Subject and country files of Assistant Secretary of State for Inter-American Affairs Lincoln Gordon, 1966

ARA/LA Files: Lot 74 D 467

Files of Assistant Secretaries of State for Inter-American Affairs Charles Meyer and Covey T. Oliver, 1967–1971

Rusk Files: Lot 72 D 192

Records of the Secretary of State Rusk, 1961–1969, including texts of speeches, miscellaneous correspondence files, White House correspondence, chronological files, and memoranda of telephone conversation

Secretary's Memoranda of Conversations: Lot 65 D 330

Rusk's meetings memoranda of conversations, 1964

S/PC Files: Lot 72 D 139

Country files of Walt W. Rostow and Henry Owen of the Policy Planning Staff, 1965–1969

S/S–I Files: Lot 72 D 318

National Security Council meeting memoranda and cabinet files as maintained by the Executive Secretariat, Department of State, 1966–1968

S/S–S Files: Lot 66 D 380

Secretary of State Rusk and Under Secretary Ball memoranda of conversations, 1965

S/S–S Files: Lot 70 D 209

S/S Country files, copies of memoranda and correspondence submitted to the Executive Secretariat for action and information, 1954–1966

S/S–S Files: Lot 70 D 217

White House and Central Intelligence Agency memoranda and letters sent to the Secretary of State and Under Secretary of State, 1963–1966

RG 233, John F. Kennedy Assassination Files

Report of Inspector General of the Central Intelligence Agency J.S. Earman to Director of Central Intelligence Richard Helms, April 23, 1967, on plots to assassinate Fidel Castro

Washington National Records Center, Suitland, Maryland

Record Group 330, Records of the Office of the Secretary of Defense

OASD/ISA Files: FRC 330 69 A 1925

Top secret subject decimal files of the Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security Affairs, 1964–1965

OASD/ISA Files: FRC 330 70 A 1265

Top secret subject decimal files of the Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security Affairs, 1965

OASD/ISA Files: FRC 330 70 A 1266

Secret and below subject files of the Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security Affairs, 1965

OASD/ISA Files: FRC 330 70 A 3717

Secret and below subject decimal files of the Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security Affairs, 1965

OASD/ISA Files: FRC 330 70 A 5127

Top secret subject decimal files of the Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security Affairs, 1965

OASD/ISA Files: FRC 330 70 A 6648

Secret and below subject decimal files of the Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security Affairs, 1966

OASD/ISA Files: FRC 330 70 A 6649

Top secret subject decimal files of the Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security Affairs, 1966

OASD/ISA Files: FRC 330 71 A 4546

Secret and below subject decimal files of the Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security Affairs, 1967

OASD/ISA Files: FRC 330 71A 4919

Top secret subject decimal files of the Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security Affairs, 1967

OASD/ISA Files: FRC 330 72 A 1498

Secret and below subject decimal files of the Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security Affairs, 1968

OASD/ISA Files: FRC 330 72 A 1499

Top secret subject decimal files of the Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security Affairs, 1967–1968

OSD Files: FRC 330 69 A 7425

Top secret subject decimal files of the Secretary of Defense, Deputy Secretary of Defense, and their Special Assistants, 1964

OSD Files: FRC 330 70 A 1265

Top secret subject decimal files of the Secretary of Defense, Deputy Secretary of Defense, and their Special Assistants, 1965

OSD Files: FRC 330 70 A 4662

Top secret subject decimal files of the Secretary of Defense, Deputy Secretary of Defense, and their Special Assistants, 1966

OSD Files: FRC 330 70 A 4443

Secret and below subject decimal files of the Office of the Secretary of Defense, Deputy Secretary of Defense, and their Special Assistants, 1966

OSD Files: FRC 330 72 A 2467

Top secret subject decimal files of the Secretary of Defense, Deputy Secretary of Defense, and their Special Assistants, 1967

OSD Files: FRC 330 72 A 2468

Secret and below subject decimal files of the Secretary of Defense, Deputy Secretary of Defense, and their Special Assistants, 1967

OSD Miscellaneous Files: FRC 330 71 A 6489

Top secret miscellaneous sensitive decimal files of the Secretary of Defense, Deputy Secretary of Defense, and their Special Assistants, 1951–1966

Lyndon B. Johnson Presidential Library, Austin, Texas

Papers of Lyndon B. Johnson

National Security File

Agency File, SIG

Country File, Latin America, British Guiana

Country File, Latin America, Cuba

Country File, Latin America, Dominican Republic

Country File, Latin America, Haiti

Country File, Latin America, Guyana

Files of McGeorge Bundy

Files of Gordon V. Chase

Files of C.V. Clifton

Files of Walt W. Rostow

Intelligence Files

Memos to the President: McGeorge Bundy and Walt Rostow

Name File: Gordon Chase

Name File: Jack Valenti

National Intelligence Estimates

National Security Action Memorandums

National Security Council Meetings

Special Head of State Correspondence

Personal Papers

George Ball Papers

Thomas C. Mann Papers

Special Files

Meeting Notes File

Office of the President File

President's Appointment File (Diary Backup)

President's Daily Diary

Recordings and Transcripts of Telephone Conversations and Meetings

Rusk Appointment Books

White House Central Files, National Defense

ND 19/CO 62 Wars/Dominican Republic

ND 19/CO 62/PR Wars/Dominican Republic/Public Relations

White House Aides Files

Horace Busby

Douglass Cater

Bill D. Moyers

National Security Council

Special Group/303 Committee Files

Subject Files, Dominican Republic, 1964–1968; Special Group/303 Committee Meetings

Central Intelligence Agency

Director of Central Intelligence (Helms) Files, Job 80–B01285A

Records when Helms was Deputy Director of Central Intelligence

Deputy Director for Operations/Deputy Director for Plans Files, Job 78–3805

Records for Dominican Republic

Deputy Director for Operations Files, Job 78–5505

Records for Dominican Republic

Executive Registry Files, Job 80–R01580R

Files of Director of Central Intelligence Raborn

Executive Registry Subject Files, Job 80–B01676R

Deputy Directorate of Operations (DDO) Files, Job 89–00998R

Files of the Western Hemisphere Division

Deputy Directorate of Operations (DDO) Files, Job 94–00394R

Files of the Western Hemisphere Division

Deputy Directorate of Operations (DDO) Files, Job 90–01178R

Files of the Western Hemisphere Division

National Intelligence Center, Job 79–R01012A

Files of National Intelligence Estimates and Special Intelligence Estimates

Published Sources

Official Histories, Congressional Publications, and Documentary Collections

The History of the Joint Chiefs of Staff: The Joint Chiefs of Staff and National Policy, Vol. IX: 1965–1968, Part II. Washington: Joint Chiefs of Staff, Joint Secretariat, Historical Division, May 1985.

U.S. Congress, Senate. Executive Sessions of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee. (Historical Series, vol. XVII [1965]) Washington: U.S. Government Printing Office, 1990.

———. Executive Sessions of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee. (Historical Series, vol. XVIII [1966]) Washington: U.S. Government Printing Office, 1993.

———. Interim Report of the Senate Select Committee to Study Government Operations with Respect to Intelligence Activities, Report N. 94–465, “Alleged Assassination Plots Involving Foreign Leaders,” November, 1975.

U.S. Department of State. American Foreign Policy: Current Documents, 1964, 1965, 1966, 1967. Washington: U.S. Government Printing Office.

———. Department of State Bulletin, 1964–1968. Washington: U.S. Government Printing Office.

U.S. National Archives and Records Administration. Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: Lyndon B. Johnson, 1964, 1965, 1966, 1967, 1968. Washington: U.S. Government Printing Office.

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Ball, George W. The Past Has Another Pattern: Memoirs. New York: W. W. Norton, 1982.

Johnson, Lyndon B. The Vantage Point: Perspectives of the Presidency, 1963–1969. New York: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1971.

Martin, John Bartlow. Overtaken By Events. New York: Doubleday, 1966.

Palmer, General Palmer General Bruce, Jr. Intervention in the Caribbean: The Dominican Crisis of 1965. Kentucky: University of Kentucky Press, 1989.

Rusk, Dean, as told to Richard Rusk. As I Saw It. New York: W.W. Norton, 1990.