197. Paper Prepared in the Office of the Special Representative for Trade Negotiations

Source: Johnson Library, National Security File, Subject File, Trade—General, Vol. I [1 of 2], Box 47. Limited Official Use. The U.S. amendments to the text were given to British representatives in Washington on January 10 and also to Canadian, Australian, and Argentine representatives on January 13. These amendments, along with a U.S. explanatory note, were transmitted in telegram 4288 to London, January 16. (Department of State, Central Files, INCO–GRAINS UK)

198. Memorandum From the Special Representative for Trade Negotiations (Herter) to President Johnson

Source: Johnson Library, National Security File, Subject File, Trade General, Vol. I [1 of 2], Box 47. Limited Official Use. A handwritten note at the top of the source text reads: “Hold for response to P[rime] M[inister] letter.” For this response, see Document 200.

199. Editorial Note

200. Telegram From the Department of State to the Embassy in the United Kingdom

Source: Department of State, Central Files, INCO–GRAINS 17 UK. Limited Official Use; Priority. Drafted by Joseph A. Greenwald (E/OT) on February 4; cleared by William M. Roth (STR), Jack M. Fleischer (E), and Frank M. Tucker (EUR); and approved by Greenwald. Repeated to Canberra, Ottawa, and Buenos Aires.

201. Memorandum From the Assistant Secretary of State for Economic Affairs (Johnson) to the Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs (Harriman)

Source: Department of State, EB/ICD/TRP Files: Lot 75 D 462, Sugar, New Legislation. Confidential. Drafted by Henry Brodie (E/OR). The memorandum was also addressed to the Assistant Secretaries of State for African Affairs, Inter-American Affairs, European Affairs, Far Eastern Affairs, and Near Eastern and South Asian Affairs. The source text bears a handwritten note from Harriman to Under Secretary Ball that reads: “What do we do about this? This is your pigeon, isn’t it?”

202. Memorandum From President Johnson to the Director of the White House Office of Emergency Planning (McDermott)

Source: Department of State, S/S–NSC Files: Lot 72 D 318. No classification marking. The source text is Attachment B to Document 370.

203. Action Memorandum From the Assistant Secretary of State for Economic Affairs (Johnson) to Secretary of State Rusk

Source: Department of State, EB/ICD/TRP Files: Lot 75 D 462, Sugar, New Legislation. Limited Official Use. Drafted by Jerome J. Jacobson (E) and cleared by Dutton (H) in substance.

204. Telegram From the Mission in Geneva to the Department of State

Source: Department of State, Central Files, INCO–GRAINS GATT. Unclassified. Repeated to Bonn, Luxembourg for USEC, Brussels for USEC, Paris for USRO, Rome, The Hague, London, Ottawa, Canberra, Buenos Aires, and Tokyo.

205. Telegram From the Mission in Geneva to the Department of State

Source: Department of State, Central Files, INCO–GRAINS GATT. Limited Official Use. Repeated to Bonn, Brussels for USEC, The Hague, Luxembourg for USEC, Paris for USRO, Rome, London, Buenos Aires, Canberra, Ottawa, and Tokyo. Passed to the White House for Herter at 3 a.m. on March 18.

206. Memorandum of Conversation

Source: Department of State, Central Files, INCO–WOOL US. Confidential. Drafted by Hirschfeld on March 18 and approved in S on March 23. The source text is labeled “Part II of II.”

207. Memorandum of Conversation

Source: Johnson Library, National Security File, Subject File, Trade—General, Vol. I [1 of 2], Box 47. Limited Official Use. Drafted by Stanley Nehmer and approved in U on March 26.

208. Telegram From the Mission in Geneva to the Department of State

Source: Department of State, Central Files, INCO–GRAINS GATT. Limited Official Use. Repeated to Bonn, Brussels for USEC, The Hague, Luxembourg for USEC, Paris for USRO, Rome, London, Buenos Aires, Canberra, Ottawa, and Tokyo and passed to the White House.

209. Memorandum From Acting Secretary of State Johnson to President Johnson

Source: Department of State, Central Files, INCO–WOOL US. No classification marking. Drafted by Stanley Nehmer (E/OR) on March 20 and cleared by Trezise (E) and Joseph A. Greenwald (E/OT). Attached to the source text is a March 20 transmittal memorandum from Benjamin H. Read (S/S) to Buddy.

210. Telegram From the Mission in Geneva to the Department of State

Source: Department of State, Central Files, INCO–GRAINS GATT. Unclassified; Priority. Repeated to Bonn, Brussels for USEC, The Hague, Luxembourg for USEC, Paris for USRO, Rome, London, Buenos Aires, Canberra, Ottawa, and Tokyo and passed to the White House.

211. Telegram From the Mission in Geneva to the Department of State

Source: Department of State, Central Files, INCO–GRAINS GATT. Limited Official Use. Repeated to Bonn, Brussels for USEC, The Hague, Luxembourg for USEC, Paris for USRO, Rome, London, Buenos Aires, Canberra, Ottawa, and Tokyo and passed to the White House on March 21.

212. Memorandum From the Department of State Executive Secretary (Read) to the President’s Special Assistant for National Security Affairs (Bundy)

Source: Department of State, EB/ICD/TRP Files: Lot 75 D 462, Sugar, New Legislation. Limited Official Use. Drafted by G. Hilliker (S/S) on March 21 and cleared by Jacobson (E).

213. Memorandum of Conversation

Source: Department of State, Central Files, INCO–WOOL 17 US–JAPAN. Limited Official Use. Drafted by Claus W. Ruser (E/OR/FTD) and approved in E on June 12.

214. Telegram From the Mission in Geneva to the Department of State

Source: Department of State, Central Files, INCO–GRAINS GATT. Limited Official Use. Repeated to Bonn, Brussels for USEC, The Hague, Luxembourg for USEC, Paris for USRO, Rome, London, Buenos Aires, Canberra, Ottawa, and Tokyo and passed to the White House for Herter on April 10.

215. Editorial Note

216. Telegram From the Department of State to the Mission to the European Communities

Source: Department of State, Central Files, INCO–WOOL 4 GATT. Limited Official Use. Drafted by Hugh W. Wolff (E/OR/FTD) and Stanley Nehmer (E/OR); cleared by Julius L. Katz (E/OT), Deane R. Hinton (EUR/RPE), Robert Anderson (U), and David Rowe (S/S); and approved by Philip H. Trezise (E). Repeated to Geneva.

217. Memorandum of Conversation

Source: Department of State, Central Files, INCO–WOOL 17 US. Unclassified. Drafted by Hugh W. Wolff (E/OR/FTD), cleared by Robert Anderson (U) and Nehmer, approved in U on May 12.

218. Memorandum of Conversation

Source: Department of State, Central Files, INCO–WOOL 17 US–JAPAN. Limited Official Use. Drafted by Thelma E. Vettel (FE/EA) on May 21 and approved in U on May 22. The source text is labeled “Part II of III.”

219. Memorandum of Conversation

Source: Department of State, Central Files, INCO–WOOL 17 US–IT. Limited Official Use. Drafted by Hugh W. Wolff and approved in E on June 2.

220. Memorandum From the Under Secretary of Agriculture (Murphy) to the President’s Deputy Special Counsel (Feldman)

Source: Johnson Library, National Security File, Subject File, Trade—General, Vol. I [1 of 2], Box 47. No classification marking.

221. Memorandum From the Department of State Executive Secretary (Read) to the President’s Special Assistant for National Security Affairs (Bundy)

Source: Johnson Library, National Security File, Subject File, Trade—General, Vol. I [1 of 2], Box 47. Limited Official Use.

222. Note 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, Subject File, Trade—General, Vol. I [1 of 2], Box 47. Secret. An attached note from Bator to Buddy, dated June 8, notes that a meeting had been scheduled for Thursday, June 11, at 2:30 p.m. to resolve the dispute between the Departments of State and Agriculture over whether the Commodity Credit Corporation should be authorized to export domestic extra-long staple cotton at a subsidized price.

223. Memorandum for the Record

Source: Johnson Library, National Security File, Subject File, Trade—General, Vol. I [1 of 2], Box 47. No classification marking. Prepared by Francis M. Bator. An attached note from Bator to McGeorge Bundy, dated June 11, reads: “Mac: I have checked this with Murphy and Johnson’s man, Nehmer. They are content.” A further handwritten note by Buddy reads: “Good work. Told D. Walker, 6/12/64.” Bator’s typed notes, June 11, which he apparently drafted in preparation for this meeting, are ibid.

224. Memorandum From the Department of State to Members of the President’s Cabinet Textile Advisory Committee

Source: Washington National Records Center, RG 40, Secretary of Commerce Files: FRC 69 A 6828, Textiles, Cabinet Committee on Textiles. Limited Official Use. According to a covering memorandum from Nehmer to Read, also dated June 13, copies of the memorandum were distributed to Secretary of Commerce Hodges, Secretary of Labor Wirtz, Under Secretary of Agriculture Murphy, Assistant Secretary of the Treasury Wallace, and the President’s Deputy Special Counsel Feldman.

225. Memorandum From the Department of Commerce and the Department of State to President Johnson

Source: Washington National Records Center, RG 40, Secretary of Commerce Files: FRC 69 A 6828, Textiles, Wool Advisory Committee. Limited Official Use. Drafted by James S. Love (Commerce), assisted by Stanley Nehmer. (Memorandum from Love to Hodges, June 17; ibid.) Love referred it to Myer Feldman, the President’s Deputy Special Counsel, the same day, along with a letter indicating that he was still awaiting Department of State clearance. (Letter from Love to Feldman, June 17; ibid.)

226. Memorandum From the Under Secretary of State (Ball) and the Special Representative for Trade Negotiations (Herter) to President Johnson

Source: Johnson Library, National Security File, Subject File, Trade—General, Vol. I [1 of 2], Box 47. Limited Official Use. Attached to another copy of this memorandum is a June 18 note from Bator to Secretary Hodges, indicating that he wanted Hodges’ “decision about how to proceed,” and that Herter and Ball “would like to meet with you before the issue goes up to the President.” (Washington National Records Center, RG 40, Secretary of Commerce Files: FRC 69 A 6828, Textiles—Wool Advisory Committee) Attached to another copy is a handwritten note, June 19, indicating that the original was signed by Ball and handcarried to the White House by E. (Department of State, Central Files, INCO–WOOL 4)