Japan


351. Letter From the Ambassador to Japan (Reischauer) to the Under Secretary of State (Ball)

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 033.1100-KE/2-1262. Secret; Eyes Only.


352. National Security Action Memorandum No. 133

Source: Department of State, NSAM Files: Lot 72 D 316, NSAM 133. Confidential. Copies were sent to Robert Kennedy, the Director of USIA, and General Taylor. The President discussed some of the subject matter of this memorandum with McNamara and the JCS on March 1. (Memorandum of conference with the President by Clifton; Kennedy Library, National Security Files, Clifton Series, Conferences with the President, 10/61-11/62)


353. Paper Prepared in the Department of State

Source: Kennedy Library, National Security Files, Countries Series, Japan, 3/62. Confidential. Attached to a covering note from Battle to McGeorge Bundy. A handwritten note, signature illegible, indicates that this paper was prepared pursuant to the President’s request for information on the subject.


354. Department of State Guidelines Paper

Source: Department of State, S/S Country Files: Lot 70 D 209, Japan. Secret. Fearey was the principal drafter. In connection with preparation of this paper, the NSC rescinded NSC 6008/1, “U.S. Policy Toward Japan,” June 11. (Memorandum from Bromley Smith to holders of NSC 6008/1, January 2, 1962; ibid.) By approving on April 18 a memorandum dated April 12 from Harriman to Rusk, McGhee authorized the publication and distribution of this paper. (Ibid.) CA-6760 to Tokyo, December 21, 1962, enclosed the paper and termed it “the primary formulation of U.S. policy toward Japan.” (Ibid., Central Files, 611.94/12-2162) For text of NSC 6008/1, see Foreign Relations, 1958–1960, vol. XVIII, pp. 335-349.


355. Memorandum From the Assistant Secretary of State for Far Eastern Affairs (Harriman) to the Deputy Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs (Johnson)

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 794C.0221/4-662. Confidential. Drafted by King Swayne.


358. Memorandum From the Chairman of the Working Group of the United States Japan Joint Committee on Trade and Economic Affairs (Yager) to the Working Group

Source: Department of State, Conference Files: Lot 65 D 533, CF 2189. Confidential.


359. Letter From the Ambassador to Japan (Reischauer) to the Assistant Secretary of State for Far Eastern Affairs (Harriman)

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 102.201/8-2261. Top Secret.


360. Position Paper

Source: Department of State, Conference Files: Lot 65 D 533, CF 2187. Limited Official Use. Drafted by R.M. Klein of the Department of Commerce and cleared at the Departments of Agriculture, Labor, and the Treasury, and with the Council of Economic Advisers. Cleared by Trezise in the Department of State. This paper was prepared for the Second Meeting of the U.S.-Japan Committee on Trade and Economic Affairs; see Document 361.


362. Memorandum of Conversation

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 794.5/12-362. Confidential. Drafted by Leonard Bacon of FE/EA; and approved in S on December 9. The conversation was held in the Secretary’s Office at the Department of State.


363. Memorandum of Conversation

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 411.9441/12-462. Confidential. Drafted by John F. Knowles of EA/J.


364. Telegram From the Department of State to the Embassy in Japan

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 411.9441/12-562. Confidential; Limit Distribution. Drafted by Vettel and approved by Yager.


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

Source: Washington National Records Center, RG 330, OSD/ISA Files: FRC 65 A 3501, 680.1 Japan 7 December 62. Top Secret. Attached to a December 17 memorandum to the President in which Gilpatric noted his concurrence “in the judgment of the Joint Chiefs of Staff that U.S. strategic interests require the retention of our bases in Japan in essentially their present status,” described the U.S. proposal to Japan set forth in Document 362, and stated that the next steps would be taken by himself or McNamara during a trip to Japan in January or February. See Document 368.


366. Airgram From the Embassy in Japan to the Department of State

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 494.0012/12-2862. Official Use Only. Drafted by Andrew B. Wardlaw, Commercial Attache; Millard L. Gallop, Commercial Officer; and Clyde R. Keaton, an attache in the Agricultural Section.


367. Memorandum From the Assistant Secretary of State for Far Eastern Affairs (Harriman) to Secretary of State Rusk

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 794C.0221/12-2862. Confidential. Drafted by Rice.


368. Memorandum From the Deputy Secretary of Defense (Gilpatric) to President Kennedy

Source: Department of State, Central Files, ORG 7 OSD. Secret. Attached to a copy of Document 369.


369. Letter From Secretary of State Rusk to the Deputy Secretary of Defense (Gilpatric)

Source: Kennedy Library, National Security Files, Countries Series, Japan, 2/63. Drafted by Kingdon W. Swayne of EA/J and cleared in FE/EA, U, and G/PM. Attached to a covering note from Brubeck to McGeorge Bundy, February 25.


371. Memorandum From the Director of the Office of East Asian Affairs (Yager) to the Assistant Secretary of State for Far Eastern Affairs (Harriman)

Source: Department of State, EA/J Files: Lot 68 D 373, Cotton Textiles January-June 1963. Confidential. Drafted by Vettel.


372. Memorandum for the Record

[Source: Kennedy Library, National Security Files, Meetings and Memoranda Series, Meetings with the President, 3/63. Top Secret. 2 pages of source text not declassified.]


373. Telegram 1810 From the Department of State to the Embassy in Japan

[Source: Kennedy Library, National Security Files, Countries Series, Japan, 3/63. Secret; Operational Immediate. 4 pages of source text not declassified.]


374. Telegram 2335 From the Embassy in Japan to the Department of State

[Source: Kennedy Library, National Security Files, Countries Series, Japan, 4/63. Secret; Operational Immediate; Limit Distribution. 5 pages of source text not declassified.]


375. Memorandum of Conversation

Source: Department of State, Central Files, POL JAPAN-US. Confidential. Drafted by Rice and approved by the White House on April 30. The meeting was held at the White House. Ryuji Takeuchi succeeded Koichiro Asakai as Japanese Ambassador to the United States.


376. Memorandum of Conversation

Source: Department of State, Central Files, POL JAPAN-US. Confidential. Drafted by Wickel and John F. Knowles of EA/J and approved in U on September 18.


377. Memorandum of Conversation

Source: Department of State, Presidential Memoranda of Conversation: Lot 66 D 149. Confidential. Drafted by Wickel and Knowles. Approved in S and the White House on August 28.


378. Memorandum of Conversation

Source: Kennedy Library, National Security Files, Countries Series, Japan, 8/63. Secret. No drafter is indicated on the source text but it was approved by Gilpatric on August 6.


379. Briefing Paper Prepared in the Embassy in Japan

Source: Department of State, Central Files, E 1 JAPAN-US. Limited Official Use. The paper was transmitted as enclosure 1 to airgram A-549 from Tokyo, November 15. Drafted by William H. Bruns, First Secretary and Political Officer, and Chadwick Johnson, Second Secretary and Industrial Officer.


380. Telegram From the Embassy in Japan to the Department of State

Source: Department of State, Central Files, E 1 JAPAN-US. Confidential; Priority.