Trade and Commercial Policy
268. Memorandum From the Under Secretary of State (Ball) to President Kennedy
Source: Department of State, Central Files, INCO-WOOL US. Confidential. Drafted by Ball.
269. Memorandum From the Under Secretary of State (Ball) to President Kennedy
Source: Kennedy Library, National Security Files, Kaysen Series, Trade Policy, Trade Expansion. Confidential.
270. Memorandum From the President’s Deputy Special Counsel (Feldman) to President Kennedy
Source: Kennedy Library, National Security Files, Kaysen Series, Trade Policy, Trade Expansion Act. No classification marking.
271. Memorandum From the Under Secretary of State (Ball) to President Kennedy
Source: Kennedy Library, National Security Files, Kaysen Series, Trade Policy, Trade Expansion Act. Confidential.
272. Memorandum From the Under Secretary of State (Ball) to President Kennedy
Source: Department of State, Ball Files: Lot 74 D 272, Wool. Confidential. A handwritten notation on the source text reads: “All other copies burned.”
273. Telegram From the Department of State to the Embassy in Italy
Source: Department of State, Central Files, INCO-WOOL IT. Confidential. Drafted by A. Eugene Frank (EUR/WE); cleared by Stanley Nehmer (OR), Emory C. Swank (S) and Warren E. Slater (S/S-S); and approved by Galen L. Stone (EUR/WE). Also sent to London.
274. Memorandum From the Under Secretary of State (Ball) to President Kennedy
Source: Department of State, Central Files, INCO-COTTON. Official Use Only. Drafted by Ball on April 17. Copies were sent to U, S/S-S, Governor Herter, and the White House for Kaysen.
275. Memorandum From the Special Representative for Trade Negotiations (Herter) to President Kennedy
Source: Kennedy Library, National Security Files, Kaysen Series, Trade Policy, Trade Expansion Act, 5/1/63-5/15/63. No classification marking. In preparation for the President’s May 2 meeting with EEC Commissioners Jean Rey and Robert Margolin, Carl Kaysen forwarded this memorandum to President Kennedy under cover of a memorandum, May 1, that reads in part: “There may be some virtue in your not pressing our balance of payments problems as hard with them as you did with Mansholt. We are getting into the kind of bargaining atmosphere in which if we indicate too much eagerness on our part it may redound to our disadvantage.”
276. Memorandum for the Record
Source: Kennedy Library, National Security Files, Kaysen Series, Trade Policy, Trade Expansion Act, 5/1/63-5/15/63. No classification marking. The source text, labeled “Draft,” bears no drafting information.
277. Memorandum From the President’s Deputy Special Assistant for National Security Affairs (Kaysen) to President Kennedy
Source: Kennedy Library, National Security Files, Kaysen Series, Trade Policy, Trade Expansion Act, 5/1/63-5/15/63. Confidential.
278. Circular Telegram From the Department of State to Certain Diplomatic Missions
Source: Department of State, Central Files, FT7 GaTT. Limited Official Use. Drafted by Selma G. Kallis (E/OT) on May 3; cleared by James H. Lewis (TA), W. Michael Blumenthal (E), Richard D. Vine (EUR/RPE) in substance, and Herter; and approved by Leonard Weiss (OT). Repeated to all NATO capitals except Reykjavik, Athens, and Ankara, and to Bern, Canberra, Stockholm, Tokyo, Vienna, Wellington, Cairo, Helsinki, Karachi, Lima, Montevideo, New Delhi, Pretoria, and Rio de Janeiro.
279. Telegram From the Department of State to the Mission to the European Communities
Source: Department of State, Central Files, FT 7 GATT. Confidential; Emergency. Drafted by Kaysen, cleared by Herter by telephone and Benjamin H. Read (S/S), and approved by Ball. Repeated to Bonn, London, Luxembourg, Paris, Rome, and The Hague.
280. Memorandum of Conversation
Source: Department of State, Central Files, FT 7. Secret. Drafted by Imhof and approved in S on May 16.
281. Telegram From the Department of State to the Mission to the European Communities
Source: Department of State, Central Files, FT 4 US/TEA. Confidential. Drafted by Barbara C. Fagan (EUR/RPE); cleared by Bernard Norwood (STR), Leonard Weiss, and Robert M. Beaudry (EUR/WE) in substance; and approved by Stanley M. Cleveland (EUR/RPE). Also sent to the EEC capitals and Geneva.
283. Memorandum From the President’s Deputy Special Counsel (Feldman) to President Kennedy
Source: Kennedy Library, Feldman Papers, Wool. No classification marking.
284. Memorandum From the Special Representative for Trade Negotiations (Herter) to President Kennedy
Source: Kennedy Library, Herter Papers, Memoranda to the President. Limited Official Use.
285. Memorandum of Telephone Conversation Between the Under Secretary of State for Economic Affairs (Ball) and Marquis Childs
Source: Kennedy Library, Ball Papers, Telephone Conversations. No classification marking. Childs was chief Washington correspondent for the St. Louis Post-Dispatch.
286. Memorandum From Acting Secretary of State Ball to President Kennedy
Source: Department of State, Central Files, INCO-WOOL 4. Limited Official Use. Drafted by Joseph A. Greenwald on August 20 (E/OT) and cleared by G. Griffith Johnson. Sent to President Kennedy under cover of a memorandum from Benjamin H. Read to McGeorge Bundy.
287. Letter From Secretary of Commerce Hodges to Secretary of State Rusk
Source: Department of State, Central Files, FT(EX) US. No classification marking.
288. Memorandum of Conversation
Source: Department of State, Secretary’s Memoranda of Conversation: Lot 65 D 330. Limited Official Use. Drafted by Vettel on October 2, and approved in U on October 7. The source text is labeled “Part III of IV.”
289. Memorandum of Conversation
Source: Department of State, Secretary’s Memoranda of Conversation: Lot 65 D 330. Confidential. Drafted by Meade and approved in U on October 15. The meeting was held in Ball’s office. The source text is labeled “3 of 3 parts.”
290. Memorandum From the Under Secretary of State (Ball) to President Kennedy
Source: Kennedy Library, National Security Files, Subjects Series, 11/8/63-11/20/63. Confidential. A handwritten notation on the source text reads: “Taken from President’s week-end reading 11/16-18/63 Tab 6.”
291. Memorandum From the Special Representative for Trade Negotiations (Herter) to President Johnson
Source: Kennedy Library, Herter Papers, Memoranda to the President, USTR. No classification marking. Lyndon B. Johnson became President following the assassination of President Kennedy in Dallas on November 22.
292. Circular Telegram From the Department of State to Certain Diplomatic Missions
Source: Department of State, Central Files, INCO-POULTRY US. Limited Official Use; Immediate. Drafted by Michael W. Moynihan (STR) on December 2 and approved by William M. Roth (STR). Sent to Brussels for the Mission to the EC and the Embassy, Geneva for the delegation to GATT, Athens, Bern, Bonn, Buenos Aires, Canberra, Copenhagen, Dublin, The Hague, Lima, Lisbon, London, Luxembourg, Madrid, Ottawa, Paris for the Embassy and USRO, Rio de Janeiro, Rome, Stockholm, Tel Aviv, Tokyo, and Vienna.
293. Memorandum From the Deputy Special Representative for Trade Negotiations (Roth) to the President’s Special Assistant for National Security Affairs (Bundy)
Source: Kennedy Library, Herter Papers, Subject Files, Disparities (Tariff), Box 8. Confidential.
294. Memorandum of Conversation
Source: Department of State, Conference Files: Lot 66 D 110, CF 2354. Confidential. Drafted by Finn and approved in S and U on January 1, 1964, and in the White House on January 8, 1964. The full text of this memorandum is printed in vol. XIII, pp. 242–248.
295. Letter From the Special Representative for Trade Negotiations (Herter) to the Deputy Special Representative for Trade Negotiations (Blumenthal)
Source: Kennedy Library, Herter Papers, Subject File, Michael Blumenthal, Box 7. Personal and Confidential