Economic Defense Policy
148. Memorandum From Secretary of State Rusk to President Johnson
Source: Department of State, Central Files, AID (US) 15–10. No classification marking. Drafted by George S. Springsteen (U).
149. Minutes of Meeting of the Export Control Review Board
Source: Johnson Library, National Security File, National Security Council File, NSC Meetings, Vol. 1, Tab 8, 4/16/64, East-West Trade, Box 1. Secret. No drafting information appears on the source text. The time and place of the meeting, which was held at the Department of Commerce, are taken from Secretary Rusk’s Appointment Book. (Ibid.) Another account of this meeting, drafted by Trezise, is in Department of State, Secretary’s Memoranda of Conversation: Lot 65 D 330. The January 21 date of the meeting given in that memorandum of conversation has been corrected to January 20 on a note listing the participants in Rusk’s Appointment Book, which also confirms that the only meeting of the Board attended by Secretary Rusk in this period was on January 20.
150. Memorandum From Secretary of Commerce Hodges to the President’s Special Assistant for National Security Affairs (Bundy)
Source: Johnson Library, National Security File, Subject File, Trade, East-West, Vol. I [2 of 2], Box 49. Secret.
151. Memorandum From the President’s Special Assistant for National Security Affairs (Bundy) to President Johnson
Source: Johnson Library, National Security File, Subject File, Trade, East-West, Vol. I [2 of 2], Box 49. Secret.
153. Memorandum From the President’s Special Assistant for National Security Affairs (Bundy) to President Johnson
Source: Johnson Library, National Security File, Subject File, Trade, East-West, Vol. I [2 of 2], Box 49. Secret.
154. Summary of Record of the 527th Meeting of the National Security Council
Source: Johnson Library, National Security File, National Security Council File, NSC Meetings, Vol. 1, Tab 8, 4/16/64, East-West Trade, Box 1. Secret. Drafted by Bromley K. Smith.
155. National Security Council Record of Action No. 2481
Source: Department of State, S/PC Files: Lot 70 D 199, NSC Record of Actions. Secret. The action was taken at the 527th meeting of the NSC on April 16; see Document 154. A draft record of actions proposed by Secretary Hodges is in the Johnson Library, National Security File, National Security Council File, NSC Meetings, Vol. 1, Tab 8, 4/16/64, East-West Trade, Box 1.
156. Letter From Secretary of Agriculture Freeman to Secretary of Commerce Hodges
Source: Washington National Records Center, RG 40, Secretary of Commerce Files: FRC 69 A 6828, Agriculture. No classification marking. An attached note from an unidentified secretary, dated February 16, 1965, indicates that Thau (presumably Theodore L. Thau, Executive Secretary of the Advisory Committee on Export Policy) had requested this letter; and although the original could not be found, Thau was given a copy.
157. Memorandum From Acting Secretary of State Ball to President Johnson
Source: Department of State, Central Files, AID(US) 15–10. Confidential. An attached copy of the memorandum indicates that it was drafted by Peter F. Warker (EUR/EE) on May 8 and concurred in by U, E, L/E, E/MDC, the Export-Import Bank, and the White House.
158. Memorandum From the President’s Special Assistant for National Security Affairs (Bundy) to the President’s Deputy Special Assistant for National Security Affairs (Bator)
Source: Johnson Library, National Security File, Subject File, Trade—General, vol. I [1 of 2], Box 47. No classification marking.
159. Letter From Secretary of Commerce Hodges to President Johnson
Source: Washington National Records Center, RG 40, Secretary of Commerce Files: FRC 69 A 6828, White House, May–June. No classification marking. Drafted by Hodges. An attached abstract of secretarial correspondence prepared by Jack N. Behrman for Secretary Hodges on June 24 summarizes the status of an agricultural quid pro quo on East-West trade. Also attached is a note to Behrman saying that Secretary Hodges wanted him to see the Secretary’s letter before it was sent and asking him to initial the note after reading. Handwritten on this note is “O.K.” followed by Behrman’s initials and a June 25 date.
160. Report of Meeting
Source: Washington National Records Center, RG 40, Secretary of Commerce Files: FRC 69 A 6828, Balance of Payments. No classification marking. Drafted by John R. Collins on August 20. The meeting was held at 1201 E Street, N.W. A handwritten note on the first page of the source text from T. W. (not further identified) to Jack N. Behrman, August 25, reads: “I think this should be most thoroughly studied.” Attached to the source text is an August 25 handwritten note, from Behrman to Secretary Hodges, that reads: “This one you will want to read and follow.”
161. Report of the President’s Task Force on Foreign Economic Policy
Source: Department of State, S/P Files: Lot 70 D 199, Economic Policy—1964. Secret. The source text comprises pp. 22–24 of the Introduction and Summary and pp. 19–26 of Chapter Two, Trade. The full report was transmitted to President Johnson under cover of a November 25 letter from Carl Kaysen, Chairman of the Task Force. Kaysen’s letter, pages 1–5 of the Introduction and Summary, and Chapter Three, “Money,” are printed in vol. VIII, Document 18. For text of Chapter One, “Aid,” see Document 20.
162. Memorandum From Acting Secretary of State Ball to President Johnson
Source: Johnson Library, National Security File, Subject File, Trade, East-West, Vol. I [1 of 2], Box 49. Secret. Originally drafted in E and S/P and sent to Secretary Rusk along with an explanatory memorandum from Walt W. Rostow (S/P) and G. Griffith Johnson (E), drafted on December 10. Because a typed notation on another copy, attached to this explanatory memorandum, indicates that the memorandum printed here was retyped in U, Ball or his staff may have redrafted parts of it. No earlier draft has been found.
163. Airgram From the Mission to the North Atlantic Treaty Organization and European Regional Organizations to the Department of State
Source: Department of State, Central Files, STR 4. Secret; Priority. Drafted by Philip M. Lindsay and F. D. Hockersmith (ST) on January 5, and contents approved by Patten D. Allen (ST). Repeated to the NATO capitals except Luxembourg, Ottawa, and Reykjavik, and to Berlin, Algiers, Beirut, Belgrade, Bern, Bucharest, Budapest, Helsinki, Madrid, Prague, Rabat, Sofia, Stockholm, Vienna, Warsaw, Amsterdam, Antwerp, Barcelona, Bilbao, Birmingham, Bremen, Casablanca, Dusseldorf, Frankfurt, Genoa, Goteborg, Hamburg, Liverpool, Munich, Naples, Rotterdam, Stuttgart, Trieste, Zurich, EUCOM J4, USA-COMZEUR, USAFE, and PDD-Frankfurt.
165. Memorandum From the President’s Special Assistant for National Security Affairs (Bundy) to President Johnson
Source: Johnson Library, National Security File, Memos to the President, McGeorge Bundy, Vol. 8, Box 2. No classification marking.
166. Letter From the Chairman of the Board of Radio Corporation of America (Sarnoff) to President Johnson
Source: Department of State, Central Files, TEL 9. No classification marking. An attached short covering letter from Sarnoff to Secretary Rusk, March 5, indicates that he was sending Rusk a copy of his letter to the President. Also attached is a letter from G. Griffith Johnson to Sarnoff, March 19, which thanked him for sending a copy of his letter to the President and concluded: “I trust that you find the recent interagency decision a satisfactory resolution of the matter.” Johnson was apparently referring to a recent interdepartmental meeting during which it was agreed that if the Soviet Union was seriously interested in buying the U.S. color television system, then the U.S. Government would also be willing to include the video recorders. U.S. officials believed that COCOM would probably approve export of the recorders as part of a larger package. RCA was to be informed of the U.S. decision on March 15. (E Bureau Staff Minutes, March 15; Washington National Records Center, E/CBA/REP Files: Lot 72 A 6248)
167. National Security Action Memorandum No. 324
Source: Johnson Library, National Security File, NSAM File, NSAM 324, Box 6. Secret. An attached March 9 note from Bator to Buddy reads: “If you think it appropriate, would you sign?”
168. Memorandum From the Deputy Director of Central Intelligence (Carter) to Secretary of Commerce Connor
Source: Johnson Library, National Security File, Intelligence File, Miscellaneous CIA Intelligence Memorandum [2 of 3], Box 5. Top Secret;[codeword not declassified]. Copies were sent to Secretaries Rusk and McNamara and McGeorge Bundy.
169. Telegram From the Embassy in the Soviet Union to the Department of State
Source: Johnson Library, National Security File, Committee File, Miller Committee, Meetings, Box 16. Confidential. Sent via pouch and received on March 22 at 5:27 p.m. Repeated to Paris for USRO.
170. Memorandum From the Under Secretary of State of Economic Affairs (Mann) to the Under Secretary of State (Ball)
Source: Department of State, Central Files, STR 1. Limited Official Use. Sent through S/S. A handwritten note on the source text reads: “U saw.”
171. Memorandum From the President’s Special Assistant for National Security Affairs (Bundy) to President Johnson
Source: Johnson Library, National Security File, Memos to the President, McGeorge Bundy, Vol. 10, Box 3. No classification marking.
172. Letter From the Chairman of the President’s Special Committee on Trade With East European Nations and the Soviet Union (Miller) to President Johnson
Source: Johnson Library, National Security File, Committee File, Miller Committee, Box 25. No classification marking. A memorandum from Bator to the President, May 3, notes that Miller prepared this letter “at the suggestion of Under Secretary Mann” and that “None of the people on whom Miller called appeared to oppose release” of the report. He added that if the President decided on an early release of the report, Miller could provide the Business Council with a brief account of the contents at its May 7 meeting. (Ibid.) Regarding the actual release, see Document 173.
173. Memorandum From the Under Secretary of State for Economic Affairs (Mann) to the President’s Special Assistant for National Security Affairs (Bundy)
Source: Johnson Library, National Security File, NSAM File, NSAM 333, Box 7–8. Confidential. Copies were sent to the Secretary of Commerce and the Deputy Secretary of Defense.
174. Memorandum From Secretary of Commerce Connor to the President’s Special Assistant for National Security Affairs (Bundy)
Source: Department of State, S/S–NSC Files: Lot 72 D 316. Confidential. Copies were sent to Mann and Deputy Secretary of Defense Vance.
175. Memorandum From the President’s Special Assistant for National Security Affairs (Bundy) to President Johnson
Source: Johnson Library, National Security File, Subject File, Trade, East-West, Vol. I [1 of 2], Box 49. No classification marking.
176. Memorandum From the President’s Special Assistant for National Security Affairs (Bundy) to Holders of NSAM Nos. 324 and 333
Source: Johnson Library, National Security File, NSAM File, NSAM 324, Box 6. No classification marking.
177. Memorandum From Secretary of State Rusk to President Johnson
Source: Department of State, S/S Files: Lot 70 D 217. Confidential. Drafted by Rusk.