Panama
392. National Security Council Report
Source: National Archives and Records
Administration, RG 59, S/S-NSC Files: Lot 63 D 351, NSC 6102. Secret. A January 10 note
from NSC Executive Secretary James
S. Lay, Jr., to the National Security Council, attached to the
source text, states that at the 473d NSC meeting on January 5, the Council adopted the
statement of policy in NSC 6026
subject to the amendments set forth in NSC Action No. 2368-b and that on January 10 the
President had approved the statement as amended, which was enclosed
as NSC 6102. NSC 6026 was dated December 29, 1960. (Ibid., NSC 6026) A memorandum of the NSC discussion on NSC 6026 is in the Eisenhower Library,
Whitman File, NSC Records; NSC Records of Action are in Department
of State, S/S-NSC (Miscellaneous) Files: Lot 66 D 95.
A note
dated January 22, 1963, from NSC
Executive Secretary Bromley
Smith to all holders of NSC 6102, attached to the source text, indicates that
the President had authorized the rescission of NSC 6102.
393. Telegram From the Embassy in Honduras to the Department of State
Source: Department of State, Central Files, 611.19/7-2261. Secret; Priority.
394. Telegram From the Department of State to the Embassy in Panama
Source: Department of State, Central Files, 611.19/8-2461. Confidential; Niact. Drafted by Katherine W. Bracken, Director of the Office of Central American and Panamanian Affairs; cleared in draft with U/PR, L, H, B, G; and approved by Woodward.
395. Memorandum From the Deputy Secretary of Defense (Gilpatric) to President Kennedy
Source: Washington National Records Center, RG 330, Records of the Office of the Secretary of Defense, OSD/ISA Files: FRC 64 A 2382, 821 Panama. Secret. Drafted in the Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security Affairs.
396. Memorandum of Conversation
Source: Department of State, Central Files, 611.1913/9-1561. Limited Official Use. Drafted by Bracken and approved by the White House on September 27. The time of the meeting is taken from Kennedy’s Appointment Book. (Kennedy Library)
397. National Security Action Memorandum No. 95
Source: Department of State, NSAM Files: Lot 72 D 316, NSAM 95. Secret. A September 15 memorandum from NSC Executive Secretary Bromley K. Smith states that after Kennedy’s memorandum had been distributed, it had been decided to include it in the NSAM series and to insert a subject line. Smith’s memorandum is filed with a copy of NSAM 95, which includes the subject line, “Renegotiation of Panama Canal Treaty.” (Kennedy Library, National Security Files, Countries Series, Panama, General)
398. Memorandum From Secretary of State Rusk to President Kennedy
Source: Department of State, NSAM Files: Lot 72 D 316, NSAM 95. Secret. No drafting information appears on the source text, but it was approved by Goodwin on October 18.
399. Memorandum of Conversation
Source: Department of State, Central Files, 611.1913/1-1962. Confidential. Drafted by Bracken and approved in U on January 23.
400. Memorandum From the President’s Press Secretary (Salinger) to President Kennedy
Source: Department of State, Central Files, 611.19/3-1562. Secret. Filed with a March 15 covering memorandum from Charles E. Johnson of the NSC staff to Carol Moor of the Department of State Executive Secretariat, which states that it was to be treated as an unnumbered NSAM, so that the White House would be informed of actions relating to it. A March 12 memorandum from Kennedy’s personal secretary, Evelyn Lincoln, to Ball, also attached to the source text, states that the President had asked her to send it to Ball and that he would like an up-to-date report on “these negotiations.” A handwritten note indicates that Ball had talked to Special Assistant to the President Ralph Dungan, who would inform the President that the canal study was underway.
401. Memorandum From the Under Secretary of State (Ball) to President Kennedy
Source: Kennedy Library, National Security Files, Countries Series, Panama, General. Secret. No drafting information appears on the source text. Filed with an April 30 covering memorandum from Deputy Special Assistant for National Security Affairs Carl Kaysen, which commented: “The sum and substance of all this is that we recognize that any firm decision on a second canal cannot be made for as much as five years.”
402. National Security Action Memorandum No. 152
Source: Department of State, NSAM Files: Lot 72 D 316, NSAM 152. Secret. A copy was sent to the Secretary of Commerce. Kennedy apparently revised the draft sent to him with Document 401. Kaysen reported at a May 2 White House staff meeting that the President “had signed off on his Panama papers but had modified them somewhat to indicate his judgment that we would probably be forced to renegotiate the treaty in the not too distant future regardless of any delaying action we might conduct.” (Memorandum for the record by Colonel Julian J. Ewell of the White House staff, May 2; National Defense University, Taylor Papers, Box 24, Daily Staff Meetings)
403. Letter From President Kennedy to President Chiari
Source: Kennedy Library, President’s Office Files, Panama, General. No classification marking. Telegram 716 to Panama City, May 1, transmitted the text of the letter. (Department of State, Central Files, 719.11/5-162)
404. Memorandum of Conversation
Source: Kennedy Library, National Security Files, Countries Series, Panama, General. Confidential. Drafted by Martin and approved in the White House on July 2. The time of the meeting is from Kennedy’s Appointment Book. (Ibid.)
405. Memorandum of Conversation
Source: Kennedy Library, National Security Files, Countries Series, Panama, General. Confidential. No drafting information appears on the source text, but it was approved in U on July 21 and by the White House on August 8. The meeting was held at the White House.
406. National Security Action Memorandum No. 164
Source: Department of State, NSAM Files: Lot 72 D 316, NSAM 164. Confidential.
407. Memorandum of Conversation
Source: Department of State, Central Files, 611.19/10-1262. Confidential. Drafted by Farland.
408. Memorandum of Conversation
Source: Department of State, Central Files, 611.19/11-862. Official Use Only. Drafted by Fisher on November 13.
409. Memorandum of Conversation
Source: Department of State, Central Files, POL 7 COSTA RICA. Secret. Filed with an April 2 covering memorandum from Department of State Executive Secretary William H. Brubeck to McGeorge Bundy. Drafted by McManus, approved in S on April 2 and in the White House on April 4.
410. Memorandum of Conversation
Source: Kennedy Library, National Security Files, Countries Series, Panama, General. Confidential. Drafted by Collins.
411. Telegram From the Department of State to the Embassy in Panama
Source: Department of State, Presidential Correspondence: Lot 66 D 476. Secret; Priority; Limit Distribution. Drafted and approved by Collins; cleared by Martin, Springsteen, Kent, and Dungan at the White House.