1964


7. Memorandum From Patricia Newcomb, Motion Picture Industry Coordinator, Motion Picture Service, United States Information Agency to the President’s Press Secretary (Salinger)

Source: Johnson Library, White House Central Files, Subject Files, Foreign Affairs, EX FO 6–3, Box FO–60, FO 6–3 Publicity, International 11/22/63–4/7/64. No classification marking. In the upper right-hand corner of the first page of the memorandum an unknown hand wrote “Did not see President.”


8. Memorandum From the Acting Director of the United States Information Agency (Wilson) to President Johnson

Source: Johnson Library, White House Central Files, Subject Files, EX FG 296–1, Box FG–317, FG 296–1 Voice of America. No classification marking. In the upper left-hand corner of the first page of the memorandum an unknown hand wrote “For Pres. desk.”


9. Letter From President Johnson to the Chairman of the United States Advisory Commission on Information (Stanton)

Source: Johnson Library, White House Central Files, Country Files GEN CO 302 (South Africa, Republic of), Box 72, CO 303 Union of Soviet Socialist Republics 11/22/63–5/3/64. No classification marking. Drafted by Valenti.


10. Memorandum From the Director of the United States Information Agency (Rowan) to President Johnson

Source: Johnson Library, White House Central Files, Subject Files, Foreign Affairs, EX FO, Box FO–1, FO Foreign Affairs 2/1/64–3/8/64. No classification marking.


11. News Release Prepared in the Office of Public Information, United States Information Agency

Source: National Archives, RG 306, USIA Historical Collection, Agency History Program, Subject Files, 1926–1975, Entry A1–1072, Box 13, Speeches, Carl T. Rowan, 1964. No classification marking. Rowan delivered these remarks at the Waldorf Astoria Hotel in New York on March 11.


12. Memorandum From the Deputy Director for Policy and Plans of the United States Information Agency (Sorensen) to All Heads of Elements and United States Information Service Posts

Source: National Archives, RG 306, USIA Historical Collection, Agency History Program Subject Files: 1967–1975, Entry A1–1072, Box 5, Mission Statements 1964–1967. Unclassified.


13. Memorandum From the Director of United States Information Agency (Rowan) to President Johnson

Source: National Archives, RG 306, DIRCTR Subj. Files, 1963–69, Bx 6–29 63–69: Acc: #72A5121, Entry UD WW 257, Box 16, Field—Far East (IAF) January–April. Secret. Drafted by Rowan. Copies were sent to Rusk, McGeorge Bundy, and William Bundy. Notations in an unknown hand indicate that copies were sent to Wilson, to McNamara on April 22, to Sullivan and Ball on April 23, and to Lodge in Saigon on April 24. Also printed in Foreign Relations, 1964–1968, vol. I, Vietnam, 1964, Document 122.


14. Memorandum From the Assistant Secretary of State for Educational and Cultural Affairs (Battle) to the President’s Special Assistant (Dungan)

Source: National Archives, RG 306, DIRCTR Subj. Files, 1963–69, Bx 6–29 63–69: Acc: #72A5121, Entry UD WW 257, Box 16, Government Agencies—State. No classification marking. A copy was sent to Wilson, which is the copy printed here. Wilson initialed the memorandum indicating he saw it.


15. Circular Airgram From the United States Information Agency to All United States Information Service Posts

Source: National Archives, RG 306, DIRCTR Subj. Files, 1963–69, Bx 6–29 63–69: Acc: #72A5121, Entry UD WW 257, Box 16, Far East (IAF) May/Dec. 1964. Confidential. Drafted by Payeff and Bunce on May 7; cleared by Sorensen, Ryan, Roberts, Lincoln, Miller, Brady, Green, Guthrie, and McKisson; approved by Rowan. In the upper right-hand corner of the first page, Rowan signed his initials “CTR.” According to a time stamp in the lower right-hand corner, the message was cleared for transmission on May 15. Sent for information to Bucharest, Budapest, Prague, Sofia, Moscow, and Warsaw (from Rusk). Sent via air pouch.


16. Memorandum From the Director of the United States Information Agency (Rowan) to President Johnson

Source: National Archives, RG 306, DIRCTR Subj. Files, 1963–69, Bx 6–29 63–69: Acc: #72A5121, Entry UD WW 257, Box 16, Field—Far East (IAF) May–December. Secret. There is no indication on the memorandum that the President saw it. This memorandum is also printed in Foreign Relations, 1964–1968, vol. I, Vietnam, 1964, Document 177.


18. News Release Prepared in the Office of Public Information, United States Information Agency

Source: National Archives, RG 306, USIA Historical Collection, Agency History Program Subject Files, 1926–1975, Entry A1–1072, Box 13, Speeches, Carl T. Rowan, 1964. No classification marking. Rowan addressed the American Booksellers Association convention at the Shoreham Hotel in Washington on June 9.


19. Memorandum From the Director of the United States Information Agency (Rowan) to President Johnson

Source: Johnson Library, White House Central Files, Subject Files, Foreign Affairs, Box FO–1, EX FO, FO 6/1/64–7/10/64. No classification marking.


20. Memorandum From the Director of the United States Information Agency (Rowan) to President Johnson

Source: Johnson Library, White House Central Files, Confidential File, Federal Government Organizations, Box FG–33, FG 296 U.S. Information Agency (1964–1966). Confidential.


21. Memorandum From the Assistant Director for the Soviet Union and Eastern Europe, United States Information Agency (Brady) to the Director of the United States Information Agency (Rowan)

Source: National Archives, RG 306, DIRCTR Subj. Files, 1963–69, Bx 6–29 63–69: Acc: #72A5121, Entry UD WW 257, Box 16, Field—Soviet Bloc (IAS) 1964. Confidential. Copies were sent to Wilson, Sorensen, EUR/EE, EUR/SES, CU, and S/AL.


22. Memorandum From the Director of the United States Information Agency (Rowan) to President Johnson

Source: Johnson Library, White House Central Files, Subject Files, Foreign Affairs, EX FO Box FO–1, FO 6/1/64–7/10/64. No classification marking. The President initialed the memorandum in the top right-hand corner.


24. Memorandum From the Director of the United States Information Agency (Rowan) to President Johnson

Source: Johnson Library, White House Central Files, Subject Files, Countries, CO 312 Vietnam, Box CO–79, CO 312 Viet Nam, 6/15/64–9/30/64. No classification marking.


25. Memorandum From the Director of the United States Information Agency (Rowan) to United States Information Agency Heads of Elements and Country Public Affairs Officers

Source: National Archives, RG 306, Director’s Files: 1962–1965, Entry UD WW 191, Director’s Office 1964. Confidential.


27. Circular Airgram From the United States Information Agency to All United States Information Service Posts

Source: National Archives, RG 306, USIA Historical Collection, Subject Files, 1953–2000, Entry A1 1066, Box 219, Centers, Reports, and Studies, Guidelines and Mission, 1964. Unclassified. Drafted by Glatzer on September 11; cleared by Sorensen, Echols, Harris, Lewis, Lincoln, Bunce, Ryan, Miller, Tuch, and in substance by Jenkins (State SOV); classification cleared by Emond; approved by Glatzer. Repeated for information to Bucharest, Budapest, Prague, Sofia, Warsaw (from Rusk). Sent via pouch. There is no time of transmission on the message.


28. Memorandum From the Chairman of the Policy Planning Council (Rostow) to Secretary of State Rusk

Source: National Archives, RG 306, DIRCTR Subj. Files, 1963–69, Bx 6–29 63–69: Acc: #72A5121, Entry UD WW 257, Box 17, Government Agencies—White House, Warren Commission, Kennedy, 1964. Confidential. Sent through S/S. Printed from an uninitialed copy. Copies were sent to Lindley and Greenfield. Dizard’s and Wilson’s initials and Burnett Anderson’s name appear in the upper right-hand corner of the first page of the memorandum.


29. Memorandum From the Director of the United States Information Agency (Rowan) to the Assistant Secretary of State for Public Affairs (Greenfield)

Source: National Archives, RG 59, Office of the Assistant Secretary of State for Public Affairs, Subject Files, 05/17/1961–10/15/1965, Lot 67D131, Entry A1–5226, Box 1, U.S. Information Agency. Confidential. Greenfield’s response to Rowan’s memorandum is printed as Document 31.


30. Memorandum From the Director of the United States Information Agency (Rowan) to President Johnson

Source: Johnson Library, White House Central Files, Subject Files, Federal Government Organizations, FG 266–1–1, Box FG 33, FG 296 U.S. Information Agency (1964–1966). Confidential. Handwritten notations indicate that Johnson saw this memorandum and underlined portions of the text.


31. Letter From the Assistant Secretary of State for Public Affairs (Greenfield) to the Director of the United States Information Agency (Rowan)

Source: National Archives, RG 306, DIRCTR Subj. Files, 1963–69, Bx 6–29 63–69: Acc: #72A5121, Entry UD WW 257, Box 18, Policy and Plans—General, 1964. Confidential. Dizard sent Wilson a copy of the letter under an undated typed note in which he indicated he had “checked out Greenfield’s proposals with Burnett Anderson” commenting that “Burnett buys all the ideas in the letter—particularly the one of having IOP make a late-afternoon policy check with the P.” Dizard asked Wilson if he should “draft a short Rowan-to-Greenfield letter, accepting his proposals” and if Wilson wanted to “set up a fixed time each week for the proposed meeting between Greenfield and [Rowan].” In a handwritten notation initialed by Wilson on Dizard’s original note Wilson requested that the latter draft the reply and confirmed that he had already agreed with Greenfield to meet every Wednesday at 10 a.m.


32. Memorandum From James N. Tull of the Office of the Assistant Director for Far East, United States Information Agency to the Assistant Director, Far East (Bunce)

Source: National Archives, RG 306, DIRCTR Subj. Files, 1963–69, Bx 6–29 63–69: Acc: #72A5121, Entry UD WW 257, Box 16, Field—Far East (IAF) May/December (1964). Secret. Bunce sent a copy of the memorandum to Rowan, Wilson, and Sorensen under a November 10 covering memorandum in which he described Tull’s memorandum as of “considerable interest.” He noted further that the “major problems” that USIS faced in Vietnam persisted. (Ibid.)


33. Telegram From the United States Information Agency to the Embassy in the Congo

Source: National Archives, RG 306, DIRCTR Subj. Files, 1963–69, Bx 6–29 63–69: Acc: #72A5121, Entry UD WW 257, Box 19, Congo Reaction—Telegrams. Limited Official Use; Immediate. Drafted and approved by Lewis; cleared by Wilson.


34. Memorandum From the Director of the United States Information Agency (Rowan) to President Johnson

Source: National Archives, RG 306, DIRCTR Subj. Files, 1963–69, Bx 6–29 63–69: Acc: #72A5121, Entry UD WW 257, Box 16, Field—Africa (IAA), 1964. Secret. Drafted by Edmond and Anderson. There is no indication that the President saw this memorandum. Under a December 21 covering memorandum, Rowan sent to Harriman a version of the memorandum, dated December 18, signed by Anderson, and sent to Richard Kover of the Central Intelligence Agency.


35. Memorandum From the Director of the United States Information Agency (Rowan) to Secretary of State Rusk

Source: Johnson Library, White House Central Files, Confidential File, Federal Government Organizations, Box FG–33, FG 296 U.S. Information Agency (1964–1966). Confidential. No drafting information appears on the memorandum. Copies were sent to William Bundy, Talbot, Mann, and G. Mennen Williams. Rowan’s memorandum is attached to a December 31 memorandum from Rowan to President Johnson, in which Rowan expressed that he had “been very disturbed by the recent attacks on USIS libraries overseas, and by anti-American demonstrations in general.”