Foreign Assistance Policy


31. Letter From Secretary of State Rusk to Secretary of Defense McNamara

Source: Washington National Records Center, RG 286, AID Administrator Files: FRC 68 A 2148, DEF 19 Military Assistance, February–June FY 1965. Secret.


33. Memorandum From the Administrator of the Agency for International Development (Bell) to President Johnson

Source: Johnson Library, National Security File, Subject File, Presidential Determinations, Vol. II [1 of 2], Box 40. Secret.


34. Memorandum From Robert W. Komer of the National Security Council Staff to President Johnson

Source: Johnson Library, National Security File, Name File, Komer Memos, Vol. II [1], Box 6. Secret. Copies were sent to McGeorge Bundy, Bill Moyers, and Douglas Cater.


35. Memorandum From the Administrator of the Agency for International Development (Bell) to Secretary of the Treasury Fowler

Source: Washington National Records Center, RG 286, AID Administrator Files: FRC 68 A 2148, DEF 19 Military Assistance, FY 1966. Confidential.


36. Memorandum From the Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security Affairs (McNaughton) to the Administrator of the Agency for International Development (Bell)

Source: Washington National Records Center, RG 286, AID Administrator Files: FRC 69 G 1866, DEF 19 Military Assistance, FY 1966. Confidential.


37. Memorandum From Secretary of State Rusk to President Johnson

Source: Washington National Records Center, RG 286, AID Administrator Files: FRC 69 G 1866, DEF 19 Military Assistance, FY 1966. Limited Official Use. A stamped notation on the source text indicates the memorandum was received in McGeorge Bundy’s office on August 7. A handwritten notation reads: “L[yndon] 8/7/65 7:30 PM.” An attached note reads: “Alice: For info: Bator scribbled on his copy of this: ‘FMB called Bell to say P. says O.K.’ Dorothy”


38. Letter From the Administrator of the Agency for International Development (Bell) to the Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security Affairs (McNaughton)

Source: Washington, National Records Center, RG 286, AID Administrator Files: FRC 69 G 1866, DEF 19 Military Assistance, FY 1966. Confidential. A copy was sent to Schultze.


40. Memorandum From the Acting Administrator of the Agency for International Development (Gaud) to President Johnson

Source: Washington National Records Center, RG 286, AID Administrator Files: FRC 69 G 1866, David E Bell (Speeches), FY 1966. No classification marking.


41. Memorandum From the President’s Special Assistant for National Security Affairs (Bundy) to Secretary of State Rusk, Secretary of Agriculture Freeman, and the Administrator of the Agency for International Development (Bell)

Source: Johnson Library, White House Central File, Confidential File, FO 3–2, 10/6/65, Box 47. Confidential. Copies were sent to Schultze, Reuter, and Califano. A handwritten note on the source text reads: “JAC[alifano] has seen.”


42. Minutes of Meeting

Source: Washington National Records Center, RG 286, Perkins Committee—President’s General Advisory Committee on Foreign Assistance Programs—C. Tyler Wood Files—CY 66 thru CY 70: FRC 73 A 159, GAC Minutes (1st-4th Meetings). Secret. No drafting information appears on the source text. The General Advisory Committee on Foreign Assistance Programs met for the third time October 11–12./1/


43. Memorandum From the Administrator of the Agency for International Development (Bell) to President Johnson

Source: Johnson Library, National Security File, Subject File, Presidential Determinations, Vol. III [1 of 2], Box 40. Confidential.


44. Memorandum From the Administrator of the Agency for International Development (Bell) to President Johnson

Source: Johnson Library, National Security File, Agency File, AID, Vol. II [2], Box 1. Confidential. A handwritten note on the source text reads: “Orig Buddy 10/21.”


45. Memorandum From the Administrator of the Agency for International Development (Bell) to the President’s Special Assistant for National Security Affairs (Bundy)

Source: Johnson Library, National Security File, Subject File, U.S. Food Aid Policy [2 of 2], Box 15. No classification marking. A handwritten note on the source text reads: “Francis: I seem to have got ahead of this last week (I promulgated a version not the one Ag suggests)—will you straighten out?” Attached to the source text are five additional documents; the first attachment is printed below. The second, not printed, an October 20 memorandum from Buddy to Secretaries Rusk and Freeman and Administrator Bell, states: “On October 6 I circulated to you a draft memorandum on the above subject. I have now heard from the Department of State that it is in complete agreement with these guidelines, and I have had no complaint from any other agency. Accordingly, I hope that we can all now agree to follow these guidelines until we get different instructions from the President.” A copy of the third attachment and its cover memorandum (the fourth attachment) are printed as Document 41. The fifth attachment, not printed, from Department of State Executive Secretary Benjamin H. Read to Buddy, is another covering memorandum to Document 41. It states: “The appropriate offices within the Department have reviewed your enclosed memorandum on the World Food Situation and US Food Policy. We are in complete agreement with the statement and the present guideline form.”


46. Memorandum From the Director of the Bureau of the Budget (Schultze) to President Johnson

Source: Johnson Library, National Security File, Subject File, U.S. Food Aid Policy [2 of 2], Box 15. No classification marking.


47. Memorandum From Secretary of State Rusk to President Johnson

Source: Johnson Library, National Security File, Foreign Assistance Programs—President’s Advisory Committee on [Perkins Committee], [3 of 3], Box 17. Secret. A stamped notation on the source text indicates that McGeorge Bundy’s office received the memorandum on February 2 at 2:20 p.m.


48. Memorandum From President Johnson to Secretary of State Rusk

Source: Department of State, Central Files, STR 6. Confidential. The memorandum was also directed to the Under Secretary of State for Economic Affairs, probably for action.


49. Memorandum From the President’s Special Assistant (Rostow) to President Johnson

Source: Washington National Records Center, RG 286, AID Administrator Files: FRC 69 G 1866, LEG 6, Foreign Assistance Legislation FY 1966. Confidential.


50. Memorandum From the President’s Special Assistant (Rostow) to President Johnson

Source: Johnson Library, National Security File, AID, Vol. III [2], Box 2. No classification marking. The handwritten notations “L[yndon]” and “Retd for Pres 6/2/66” appear on the source text. According to the President’s Daily Diary, Senators Anderson and Fulbright met with President Johnson in the Oval Office from 6:20 to 8:13 p.m. to discuss Vietnam and the foreign aid bill. (Ibid., President’s Daily Diary)


51. Action Memorandum From the President’s Special Assistant (Rostow) to President Johnson

Source: Johnson Library, National Security File, Subject File, Foreign Aid, [2 of 3], Box 16. Confidential. A handwritten note on the source text reads: “Mr. O’Brien notified”.


52. Memorandum From the President’s Special Assistant (Hamilton) to the President’s Special Assistant (Rostow)

Source: Johnson Library, National Security File, Foreign Aid [2 of 3], Box 16. No classification marking. A handwritten note from Rostow to Hamilton on the upper right corner of the source text reads: “E.H. The battle must be fought for Bell’s requirements: —a national balance of payments education for all hands; —could EX–IM be used more? —What about IDA? —What about more intensive use of IBRD regular loans? —What about accelerating country-by-country and otherwise private capital flows? Let’s talk. W.”


53. Minutes of the Meeting of the President’s General Advisory Committee on Foreign Assistance Programs

Source: Washington National Records Center, RG 286, Perkins Committee—President’s General Advisory Committee on Foreign Assistance Programs—C. Tyler Woods Files—CY 66 thru CY 70: FRC 73 A 159, GAC Minutes (5th-8th Meetings). Limited Official Use. No drafting information appears on the source text. The meeting was held at the White House. The source text was attached to two covering memoranda. The first, September 27, from C. Tyler Wood, Gaud’s Special Assistant, in part asks Gaud for permission to send the minutes to Rostow for his review and his advice as to whether they should be distributed to the Committee members. Gaud indicated his approval on September 28 with his handwritten initials. The second covering memorandum, September 30, from C. Tyler Wood to Rostow informs Rostow of Gaud’s approval of the minutes and seeks Rostow’s permission to distribute them to the Committee members.


54. Memorandum From the President’s Administrative Assistant (Manatos) to President Johnson

Source: Johnson Library, National Security File, Subject File, Foreign Aid [1 of 3], Box 16. No classification marking. A handwritten note on the source text presumably by President Johnson to Rostow reads: “W—send to Schultze for comment—L”


55. Memorandum From the Administrator of the Agency for International Development (Gaud) to President Johnson

Source: Johnson Library, National Security File, Subject File, Foreign Aid [1 of 3], Box 16. Limited Official Use. A handwritten note on the source text by Rostow reads: “OK W”


56. Memorandum From the President’s Special Assistant (Rostow) to President Johnson

Source: Johnson Library, National Security File, Subject File, Foreign Aid [1 of 3], Box 16. No classification marking. A handwritten note on the source text indicates the memorandum was received at 12:40 p.m. Another handwritten note by the President reads: “Walt—See me L”.


57. Memorandum From the Administrator of the Agency for International Development (Gaud) to President Johnson

Source: Johnson Library, National Security File, Agency File, AID, Vol. III [1], Box 2. Confidential.


58. Memorandum From the President’s Special Assistant (Rostow) to President Johnson

Source: Johnson Library, National Security File, Subject File, Presidential Determinations, Vol. IV [2 of 2], Box 40. No classification marking.


60. Memorandum From the President’s Special Assistant (Rostow) to President Johnson

Source: Johnson Library, National Security File, Subject File, Presidential Determinations, Vol. IV [1 of 2]. Box 40. No classification marking.