National Security Policy
61. Memorandum From the Deputy Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs (Johnson) to Secretary of State Rusk
Source: Department of State, Central Files, 711.5/11-2961. Top Secret.
62. Draft Paper Prepared by the Policy Planning Council
Source: Department of State, S/S-NSC (Miscellaneous) Files: Lot 66 D 95, BNSP 1961-1962. Secret. The complete paper is 78 pages long, in addition to the summary printed here. For text, see the Supplement. It forms the attachment to a memorandum from McGhee to the Under Secretary and most Assistant Secretaries, stating that the paper represented a “major effort of the entire Policy Planning Staff during recent months” but would need to “undergo many changes of detail before it can hope to meet general approval.” McGhee asked for comments.
63. Memorandum From the President’s Deputy Special Assistant for National Security Affairs (Kaysen) to President Kennedy
Source: Kennedy Library, National Security Files, Departments and Agencies Series, DOD FY 1963 Defense Budget. Top Secret.
65. National Security Action Memorandum No. 119
Source: Kennedy Library, National Security Files, Meetings and Memoranda Series, NSAM 119. Secret. Copies were sent to Robert Kennedy, David Bell, Allen Dulles, and General Taylor. In a December 13 memorandum to McGeorge Bundy, Harold Saunders of the NSC Staff stated that a draft of this NSAM had been approved by General Taylor, DOD/ISA, the Bureau of the Budget, and the Department of State. In an attached memorandum for the President, Saunders argued that an NSAM was necessary because, although most Defense planners accepted the desirability of individual military civic action projects in underdeveloped countries, they lacked a concept for a broad program that would contribute to long-range development. In a December 18 memorandum to Bundy, Komer “agreed” that the NSAM was “marginal, and that we have too many little bits and pieces, largely overlapping, being issued as NSAMs on whole complex internal security problems,” but “nonetheless, a jog on civic action is desirable in general,” particularly while budget decisions were being made. The memorandum bears Bundy’s handwritten approval. (All ibid.)
66. Memorandum for the Record
Source: National Defense University, Taylor Papers, T-138-69. Top Secret. Drafted by Gilpatric on January 9.
67. Memorandum From President Kennedy to Secretary of Defense McNamara
Source: Kennedy Library, President’s Office Files, Defense 1/62-3/62. Secret.
68. National Security Action Memorandum No. 124
Source: Kennedy Library, National Security Files, Meetings and Memoranda Series, NSAM 124. Secret.
69. Summary of President Kennedy’s Remarks to the 496th Meeting of the National Security Council
Source: Kennedy Library, National Security Files, Meetings and Memoranda Series, 496th NSC Meeting. Top Secret; No Distribution. The source text bears no drafting information. The President’s remarks partially follow an outline prepared for him by McGeorge Bundy on January 17. (Ibid.) The other item discussed at this meeting was the military aid program.
71. Memorandum From the President’s Special Assistant for National Security Affairs (Bundy) to the President’s Military Representative (Taylor)
Source: Kennedy Library, National Security Files, National Security Action Memoranda, NSAM 114. Secret. A copy was sent to Robert Komer.
72. National Security Action Memorandum No. 132
Source: Department of State, S/S-NSC Files: Lot 70 D 265, Interdepartmental Committee on Police. Secret. Copies were sent to Rusk, McNamara, Robert Kennedy, McCone, Bell, General Taylor, and the Director of the Peace Corps. Another copy of this memorandum indicates that it apparently was sent as a letter to Fowler. (Kennedy Library, National Security Files, National Security Action Memoranda, NSAM 114) Several NSAMs with lower numbers have later dates. A February 19 note from Komer to Bundy states that Komer drafted this text. Komer commented: “Frank Coffin’s weak follow-up on police programs last Thursday convinces me that now is the time for a hortatory JFK prod to Hamilton.” Coffin was Deputy Administrator of AID. Parrott’s memorandum for the record of the meeting of the Special Group (Counter-Insurgency) held on Thursday, February 15, is in Department of State, Special Group (CI) Files: Lot 68 D 451, SG(CI) 1/1-7/31/62.
73. Memorandum for the Record
Source: Kennedy Library, National Security Files, Departments and Agencies Series, State Department, General, Volume IV. Top Secret. Drafted by Hilsman. Marked for the attention of Thomas L. Hughes, Deputy Director of Intelligence and Research, and Allan Evans, Deputy Director for Research.
74. Memorandum From Thomas A. Parrott to President Kennedy
Source: Kennedy Library, National Security Files, Departments and Agencies Series, Department of Defense Special Warfare II 1962-1963. Secret.
75. Letter from the Representative to the United Nations (Stevenson) to the Chairman of the Policy Planning Council and Counselor of the Department of State (Rostow)
Source: Department of State, S/P Files: Lot 69 D 121, BNSP 3/26/62. Secret.
76. Memorandum From the Joint Chiefs of Staff to Secretary of Defense McNamara
Source: National Defense University, Taylor Papers, Folder 40A22. Secret. Forwarded to Taylor with a covering note from Vice Admiral Herbert D. Riley, Director of the Joint Staff. Another copy is in Department of State, S/P Files: Lot 69 D 121, BNSP 3/26/52.
77. Memorandum From the President’s Special Assistant for National Security Affairs (Bundy) to the Chairman of the Policy Planning Council and Counselor of the Department of State (Rostow)
Source: Department of State, S/P Files: Lot 69 D 121, BNSP Draft 3/26/62. No classification marking.
78. Memorandum From the Acting Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security Affairs (Rowen) to Secretary of Defense McNamara
Source: National Archives and Records Administration, RG 218, JCS Records, JCS 2101/469, JMF 3001 (26 Mar 62). Secret. Enclosed with a note from the Secretaries of the Joint Staff to the JCS dated April 20.
79. Memorandum From the President’s Deputy Special Assistant for National Security Affairs (Kaysen) to the Chairman of the Policy Planning Council and Counselor of the Department of State (Rostow)
Source: Department of State, S/P Files: Lot 69 D 121, BNSP 3/26/62. Secret.
80. Letter From the President’s Military Representative (Taylor) to the Chairman of the Policy Planning Council and Counselor of the Department of State (Rostow)
Source: National Defense University, Taylor Papers, T-138-69. Secret.
82. Address by Secretary of Defense McNamara at the Ministerial Meeting of the North Atlantic Council
Source: Department of State, S/P Files: Lot 69 D 121, Europe. Top Secret. Attached to Instruction No. CW-9106, May 15. The Ministerial Meeting of the North Atlantic Council was held in Athens May 4-6. Secretary McNamara delivered a similar address in unclassified form in Ann Arbor, Michigan, on June 16. For text, see Department of State Bulletin, July 9, 1962, p. 64.
84. Letter From the President’s Military Representative (Taylor) to the Chairman of the Policy Planning Council and Counselor of the Department of State (Rostow)
Source: National Defense University, Taylor Papers, #11 Miscellaneous H. Secret.
85. Letter From the Ambassador to Yugoslavia (Kennan) to the Chairman of the Policy Planning Council and Counselor of the Department of State (Rostow)
Source: Department of State, S/P Files: Lot 69 D 121, BNSP 3/26/62. Secret.
86. Memorandum From Secretary Defense McNamara to the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff (Lemnitzer)
Source: National Defense University, Taylor Papers, Tactical Nuclear Weapons Study. Top Secret.
87. Memorandum From the President’s Military Representative (Taylor) to President Kennedy
Source: Kennedy Library, National Security Files, Meetings and Memoranda Series, Maxwell D. Taylor 5/62. Top Secret.
88. Memorandum From Major William Y. Smith to the President’s Military Representative (Taylor)
Source: National Defense University, Taylor Papers, WYS Chronological File April-June 1962. Top Secret.
89. Memorandum From the Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security Affairs (Nitze) to Secretary of Defense McNamara
Source: Washington National Records Center, RG 330, OSD Files: FRC 66 A 3543, 381 (Relo) BNSP (31 Mar 62). Secret. A stamped notation on the source text reads: “Dep Sec has seen.”