Financial and Monetary Policy
70. Letter From Secretary of the Treasury Dillon to Secretary of State Rusk
Source: Kennedy Library, National Security Files, Subjects Series, Balance of Payments and Gold, 6/62-6/63. Secret. The source text is a copy sent to McGeorge Bundy by Dillon on March 19. Dillon’s covering memorandum reads: “Since the attached letter deals with a matter of considerable importance to our balance of payments, I would appreciate it if you could bring it to the President’s attention.”
72. Memorandum of Conversation
Source: Department of State, Conference Files: Lot 66 D 110, CF 2275. Confidential. Drafted by Robert C. Creel (EUR/GER) on June 24 and approved by S on July 6 and by the White House on July 8. The meeting was held in the Palais Schaumburg. President Kennedy and Secretary Rusk arrived in Bonn on June 23 for a 4-day visit, including a trip to Berlin.
73. Memorandum of Conversation
Source: Department of State, Conference Files: Lot 66 D 110, CF 2275. Secret. No drafting information appears on the source text. Approved by the White House on July 22. The meeting was held at the Von Steuben Hotel.
74. Telegram From the Department of State to the Embassy in Germany
Source: Department of State, Central Files,FN 12 US. Confidential; Priority. Drafted by Louis C. Boochever (A/AID) on July 10; cleared by Creel (GER) and Richard H. Davis (EUR) in draft, W. Carter Ide (AID/AA/NESA) and James P. Grant (NEA) in substance, and Walter H. Lubkeman (S/S); and approved by Frederick F. Simmons (AID/EXSEC) for David E. Bell (A/AID). Repeated to Paris (OECD) and New Delhi.
75. Telegram From the Embassy in Germany to the Department of State
Source: Department of State, Central Files,FN 12 US. Secret; Priority. Relayed to the Department of Defense.
76. Circular Telegram From the Department of State to Certain Diplomatic Missions
Source: Department of State, Central Files,FN 12 US. Limited Official Use; Operational Immediate. Drafted by F. L. Widman (Treasury/OIA) and Benjamin Caplan (E/OFE), cleared by Roosa and Springsteen, and approved by Caplan. Sent to all NATO capitals except Ankara, Athens, Lisbon, and Reykjavik, and to Bern, Zurich, Buenos Aires, Canberra, Madrid, Manila, Mexico City, Moscow, New Delhi, Rio de Janeiro, Stockholm, Tokyo, and Vienna.
77. Telegram From the Department of State to the Embassy in the United Kingdom
Source: Department of State, Central Files,FN 16 US. Unclassified. Drafted by F. L. Widman (Treasury), cleared by Creel and Mortimer D. Goldstein (E/OFE), and approved for transmission by Vincent J. Monti (OC/OCT). Also sent to Paris (Embassy and USRO), Bonn, Rome, The Hague, Brussels (Embassy and BUSEC), Ottawa, and Tokyo. Attached to the source text is the typewritten text of the press release issued by the Department of the Treasury.
78. Telegram From the Embassy in Germany to the Department of State
Source: Department of State, Central Files,FN 12 US. Confidential; Priority. Repeated to Paris and USRO, London, Rome, Brussels (BUSEC), and Bern.
79. Circular Telegram From the Department of State to Certain Diplomatic Missions
Source: Department of State, Central Files,FN 12 US. Limited Official Use. Drafted by Widman (Treasury/OIN), cleared in substance by Goldstein, and approved by Monti. Sent to Tokyo; repeated to Bern, Bonn, Brussels, Canberra, The Hague, London, Ottawa, Paris, Rome, and Zurich; and pouched to Copenhagen, Luxembourg, Madrid, Oslo, Stockholm, and Vienna.
80. Telegram From the Department of State to the Embassy in Germany
Source: Department of State, Central Files,FN 12 US. Confidential; Operational Immediate. Drafted by Henry J. Kuss (Defense) and Robert M. Brandin (EUR/GER) on July 29; cleared by Sullivan (Treasury), Brandin, David Klein (White House), and Grant G. Hilliker (S/S); and approved by Jeffrey C. Kitchen (G/PM).
82. Memorandum of Conversation
Source: Department of State, Presidential Memoranda of Conversation: Lot 66 D 149, July-September 1963. Secret. Drafted by Richard B. Finn (EUR/GER) on September 30 and approved by U on September 30 and the White House on October 4.
83. Telegram From the Department of State to the Embassy in Japan
Source: Department of State, Central Files,FN 16 US. Limited Official Use; Priority. Drafted by Martin Y. Hirabayashi (FE/EA/J), cleared by Blaser (Treasury) in substance and Thelma E. Vettel (FE/EA), and approved by Leonard L. Bacon (FE/EA).