Near East, 1962–1963


391. Telegram From the Department of State to the Embassy in the United Arab Republic

Source: Department of State, Central Files, POL 1 UAR-US. Secret; Limit Distribution. Drafted by Jones and redrafted in the White House by Komer, cleared by Harriman and McKesson, and approved by Talbot. Repeated to Jidda, London, Taiz, and USUN. The Department of State proposed that a Presidential message be sent to Nasser in a memorandum from Read to Bundy, December 12. (Ibid.) A note attached to the memorandum, dated December 23, from Bundy to Read, indicates that the President cleared the draft prepared at the White House.


392. Circular Telegram From the Department of State to Certain Posts

Source: Department of State, Central Files, POL 27 YEMEN. Secret; Limit Distribution. Drafted by Seelye on December 21; cleared by Davies, Bunte, Robinson, Stoddart, Jernegan, Buffum, and McKesson; and approved by Talbot. Sent to Jidda and Cairo and repeated to Taiz, London, Dhahran, USUN, POLAD CINCSTRIKE/CINCMEAFSA and by pouch to Amman, Tel Aviv, Kuwait, Aden, Baghdad, Beirut, and Damascus.


393. Memorandum From the Joint Chiefs of Staff to Secretary of Defense McNamara

Source: Washington National Records Center, RG 330, OSD Files: FRC 69 A 3131, Saudi Arabia 1963. Secret. In a December 24 covering memorandum to McNamara (CM-1094–63), General Taylor advised that he had learned after JCSM-1003–63 had been prepared that the decision had already been made to extend Hard Surface deployment to Saudi Arabia until January 31, 1964. He noted that while the memorandum printed here had been overtaken by events, he still considered the reasoning contained in it to be valid and worthy of transmittal to the Secretary of State.


394. Memorandum for the Record

Source: Central Intelligence Agency, Job 80 B 01285A, Box 7, DCI Files, DCI (McCone) Memos for the Record, Meetings with the President. Secret. Drafted by McCone on December 29. A handwritten note in the margin reads: “Noted by DCI & NE.”


395. Memorandum From Robert W. Komer of the National Security Council Staff to the President’s Special Assistant for National Security Affairs (Bundy)

Source: Johnson Library, National Security File, Country File, UAR, Vol. 1. Secret. Copies were sent to Harriman and Feldman.