Foreign Relations of the United States, 1961–1963, Volume XXIII, Southeast Asia

Cambodia

126. Memorandum From Clifford L. Alexander, Jr., of the National Security Council Staff to the President’s Special Assistant for National Security Affairs (Bundy)

Washington, December 2, 1963.

Source: Johnson Library, National Security File, Country File, Cambodia, Vol. I. Secret.

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

Washington, December 2, 1963.

Source: Johnson Library, National Security File, Country File, Cambodia, Vol. I. Secret.

128. Memorandum for the Record

Washington, December 3, 1963.

Source: National Defense University, Taylor Papers, Chairman’s Staff Group, Dec. 1963, WH Staff Memos, T–213–69. Secret; Eyes Only. Prepared by William Y. Smith.

129. Editorial Note

130. Memorandum of Conversation

Washington, December 4, 1963, 11 a.m.

Source: Department of State, Central Files, POL 7 CAMB. Confidential. Drafted by Frazier Meade of EUR/BNA and approved in S on December 9. The meeting was held in the Secretary’s office. The source text is labeled “Part 1 of 6.”

131. Telegram From the Embassy in Cambodia to the Department of State

Phnom Penh, December 7, 1963, 7 p.m.

Source: Department of State, Central Files, POL CAMB–S.VIET. Secret; Priority; Limit Distribution. Repeated to Bangkok, Saigon, and CINCPAC.

132. Editorial Note

133. Memorandum of Telephone Conversation Between the Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs (Harriman) and Dean Acheson

Washington, December 9, 1963, 12:25 p.m.

Source: Library of Congress, Manuscript Division, Harriman Papers, Telephone Conversations. No classification marking. Transcribed in Harriman’s office.

134. Memorandum for the Record

Washington, December 10, 1963.

Source: National Defense University, Taylor Papers, Chairman’s Staff Group, Dec. 1963, WH Staff Memos, T–213–69. Secret; Eyes Only. Prepared by Smith.

135. Memorandum of Telephone Conversation Between the Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs (Harriman) and Michael V. Forrestal of the National Security Council Staff

Washington, December 11, 1963, 6:45 p.m.

Source: Library of Congress, Manuscript Division, Harriman Papers, Memoranda of Telephone Conversations. No classification marking. Transcribed in Harriman’s office.

136. Memorandum of Telephone Conversation Between the Administrator of the Agency for International Development (Bell) and the Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs (Harriman)

Washington, December 14, 1963, 5:15 p.m.

Source: Library of Congress, Manuscript Division, Harriman Papers, Memoranda of Telephone Conversations. No Distribution. Transcribed in Harriman’s office.

137. Memorandum From the Assistant Secretary of State for Far Eastern Affairs (Hilsman) to the Deputy Director of the Office of Southeast Asian Affairs (Hannah)

Washington, December 16, 1963.

Source: Department of State, EA/Burma Union–Cambodia Files: Lot 66 D 492, 1963 Cambodia, July thru Dec. Confidential. Also sent to Czyzak of L/FE.

138. Telegram From the Embassy in Cambodia to the Department of State

Phnom Penh, December 17, 1963, 8 p.m.

Source: Department of State, Central Files, AID (US) CAMB. Secret; Immediate. Passed to the White House and repeated to CINCPAC.

139. Current Intelligence Memorandum

Washington, December 19, 1963.

Source: Johnson Library, National Security File, Country File, Cambodia, Vol. I. Secret; No Foreign Dissem. Prepared in the Directorate of Intelligence, Central Intelligence Agency. At the request of the Acting Director of Central Intelligence, Deputy Director (Intelligence) Ray S. Cline sent this memorandum to McGeorge Bundy for his personal attention. Much of the information in this memorandum and its attachment was incorporated into the Office of Current Intelligence’s Special Report on “The Situation in Cambodia,” SC No. 00623/63B, December 20. (Ibid.)