General Foreign Economic Policy
31. Letter From John Kenneth Galbraith to President Kennedy
Source: Kennedy Library, National Security Files, Subjects Series, Balance of Payments and Gold. Personal; Secret.
32. Memorandum From John Kenneth Galbraith to President Kennedy
Source: Kennedy Library, President’s Office Files, Treasury, 8/63-11/63. No classification marking.
33. Memorandum for the Record
Source: Kennedy Library, National Security Files, Subjects Series, Balance of Payments and Gold. Secret. A slightly different version, as indicated in footnotes 2-10 below, was prepared as a memorandum from President Kennedy to McNamara, Dillon, Ball, Roosa, Bell, Heller, Gordon, Sorensen, Bundy, Galbraith, Kaysen, and Tobin, September 12. (Department of State, Central Files, E 1 US) This memorandum was apparently not distributed or was recalled after distribution. An undated note by “sw” (presumably Seymour Weiss (U)), attached to this memorandum, reads: “Original copy—to U—returned to Anderson, 2:20 PM, who is eager for our copies to be destroyed. G/PM copy back.” Anderson is presumably Robert Anderson, Staff Assistant in U. A later version of this memorandum is summarized in Document 35.
34. Memorandum From Secretary of State Rusk to President Kennedy
Source: Kennedy Library, National Security Files, Subjects Series, Balance of Payments and Gold, 8/63-9/63. Top Secret. The source text is undated, but a copy is dated September 18. (Department of State, Central Files, FN 12 US)
36. Draft Memorandum From Secretary of Defense McNamara to President Kennedy
Source: Kennedy Library, National Security Files, Subjects Series, Balance of Payments and Gold, 8/63-9/63. Top Secret.
37. Memorandum for the Record
Source: Kennedy Library, National Security Files, Subjects Series, Balance of Payments and Gold, 8/63-9/63. Top Secret. Drafted by Bundy.
38. National Security Action Memorandum No. 270
Source: Kennedy Library, National Security Files, Subjects Series, Balance of Payments and Gold. Top Secret.
39. Memorandum From Secretary of the Treasury Dillon to President Johnson
Source: Kennedy Library, Dillon Papers, Memos to President, 1963. Limited Official Use.