Arms Control and Disarmament
151. Memorandum of Conversation
Source: Department of State, Conference Files: Lot 67 D 586, CF 84. Secret; Exdis. No drafting information appears on the source text. Approved in S on September 26. The conversation was held at the Waldorf Towers. Secretary Rusk and Foreign Minister Gromyko headed their respective delegations to the opening of the 21st session of the U.N. General Assembly, September-October 1966.
152. Memorandum of Conversation
Source: Department of State, Conference Files: Lot 67 D 586, CF 84. Secret; Exdis. No drafting information appears on the source text. Approved in S on September 26. The conversation was held at the Waldorf Towers. Secretary Rusk and Foreign Minister Gromyko headed their respective delegations to the opening of the U.N. General Assembly.
153. Memorandum of Conversation
Source: Department of State, Conference Files: Lot 67 D 586, CF 84. Secret; Exdis. Drafted by William D. Krimer (OPR/LS (Interpreter)) and approved by Thompson (S/AL) and by S on September 26. This conversation was held during Foreign Minister Gromyko’s dinner for Secretary Rusk at the Soviet Mission to the United Nations. Rusk visited New York September 19-25 and October 4-8 during the general debate at the U.N. General Assembly. (Johnson Library, Rusk’s Appointment Book)
154. Memorandum From the Assistant Secretary of State for International Organization Affairs (Sisco) to Secretary of State Rusk
Source: Department of State,S/AL Files: Lot 67 D 2, 1966. Secret; Limdis. A copy was sent to Under Secretary of State Katzenbach.
155. Information Memorandum From the Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for International Organization Affairs (Popper) to Acting Secretary of State Katzenbach
Source: Department of State, Central Files, SP 4. Confidential. Drafted by Datus C. Proper (IO/UNP). A handwritten note on the source text indicates that the “Acting Secretary saw.”
156. Memorandum of Conversation
Source: Department of State, S/S-I Files: Lot 79 D 246, US-USSR Officials Memoranda of Conversation 1966. Secret. Drafted and approved by Thompson(S/AL), October 10.
157. Memorandum of Conversation
Source: Department of State, S/S-I Files: Lot 79 D 246, US-USSR Officials, Memoranda of Conversation, 1966. Secret; Nodis. Drafted by Thompson (S/AL) and approved by the White House, October 13. The time of the meeting is taken from Rusk’s Appointment Book. (Johnson Library)
158. Memorandum of Conversation
Source: Department of State, S/S-I Files: Lot 79 D 246, US-USSR Officials, Memoranda of Conversation, 1966. Confidential; Exdis. Drafted by Malcolm Toon (EUR/SOV) on October 11 and approved by S on October 13. This conversation took place in the Department of State, probably at an informal dinner that the Secretary hosted in the Madison Room. (Johnson Library, Rusk Appointment Book)
159. Memorandum of Conversation
Source: Washington National Records Center, RG 330, OSD Files: FRC 70 A 4443, 388.3, Nuclear Free Zone, 1966. Confidential; Exdis. Drafted by Malcolm Toon (EUR/SOV), October 18, and cleared in S/S and S, October 19. Although the source text provides no time, this conversation apparently took place at the same informal dinner referenced in footnote 1, Document 158.
160. Memorandum of Conversation
Source: Department of State, Central Files, AE 6. Confidential; Exdis. Drafted by Malcolm Toon (EUR/SOV) on October 18 and cleared in S/S and S on October 19. Regarding the location and time of this conversation, see footnote 1, Document 158.
161. Memorandum of Conversation
Source: Department of State, Central Files, DEF 12 NATO. Secret; Exdis. Drafted by Mortimer D. Goldstein (EUR/BMI) and approved in S, October 28. The source text is labeled “Part 2 of 7.” The conversation was held in the James Madison Room of the Department of State. Foreign Secretary Brown was in New York in early October to attend meetings of the U.N. General Assembly and visited Washington to confer with U.S. officials.
162. Memorandum From the Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security Affairs (McNaughton) to Secretary of Defense McNamara
Source: Washington National Records Center, RG 330, OSD Files: FRC 70 A 4443, 388.3, Non-Proliferation, September, 1966. Secret. The source text bears the stamped indicator, “15 Oct 1966, Sec Def has seen.”
163. Telegram From the Department of State to the Embassy in Korea
Source: Department of State, Central Files, DEF 18 UN. Secret; Limdis. Drafted by Alan F. Neidle (ACDA/IR) and Lawrence D. Weiler (ACDA/DD); cleared by Fisher (ACDA), McNamara (DOD) (in substance), McNaughton (DOD/ISA), and Sherrod McCall (S/S); and approved by Acting Secretary of State Katzenbach. The President and Secretary Rusk were in Seoul October 31-November 2 to meet with Korean President Park Chung Hee.
165. Memorandum From the Acting Director of the Arms Control and Disarmament Agency (Fisher) to Secretary of State Rusk
Source: Washington National Records Center, RG 383, ACDA/D Files: FRC 77 A 52, Memoranda to the Secretary of State, 1966. Secret. A notation on the source text reads: “Secretary Saw.”
166. Memorandum From Secretary of State Rusk to President Johnson
Source: Department of State, Central Files, AE 6. Confidential. Drafted by Scott George (G/PM) on November 22. A typed notation on the source text reads: “ORIG hand carried to President by Secretary per S/S—JPWalsh.”
168. Memorandum of Conversation
Source: Department of State, Central Files, DEF 12. Secret; Nodis. Drafted by Thompson. The source text is labeled “Part V of V.”
169. Memorandum From Acting Secretary of State Katzenbach to the President’s Special Assistant (Rostow)
Source: Washington National Records Center, RG 330, OSD Files: FRC 70 A 4662, 471.94, ABM, November-December, 1966. Top Secret; Eyes Only. A stamped notation on the source text reads “Mr. Vance has seen.”
170. Memorandum From the Ambassador at Large (Thompson) to the President’s Special Assistant (Rostow)
Source: Washington National Records Center, RG 330, OSD Files: FRC 70 A 4662, 471.94, ABM, November-December, 1966. Top Secret. A stamped notation on the source text reads: “Mr. Vance has seen.” For context of this memorandum, see footnote 2, Document 169.
171. Memorandum From Director of Central Intelligence Helms to the President’s Special Assistant (Rostow)
Source: Washington National Records Center, RG 330, OSD Files: FRC 70 A 4662, 471.94, ABM, November-December, 1966. Top Secret. A stamped notation on the source text reads: “Mr. Vance has seen.”
172. Memorandum From the Director of the Arms Control and Disarmament Agency (Foster) to Secretary of State Rusk
Source: Washington National Records Center, RG 383, ACDA/D Files: FRC 77 A 52, Memoranda to the Secretary of State, 1967. Secret;Limdis.
173. Memorandum From Secretary of Defense McNamara to President Johnson
Source: Washington National Records Center, RG 383, Central Policy File: FRC 86 A 5, Folder 2752. Top Secret; Restricted Data. A typewritten note on the source text reads “Draft 1/4/67 (Revised 1/17/67).”
174. Memorandum of Conversation
Source: Washington National Records Center, RG 383, Central Policy File: FRC 86 A 5, Folder 3541. Top Secret; Sensitive; Nodis. Drafted by Kohler.
175. Memorandum of Conversation
Source: Department of State, Central Files, DEF 18. Confidential;Nodis. Drafted by Kohler. This conversation is presumably part of the 7 p.m. meeting between Dobrynin and Rusk. See Document 174.
176. Memorandum From the Joint Chiefs of Staff to Secretary of Defense McNamara
Source: Johnson Library, National Security File, Agency File, Department of Defense, Vol. IV, June 1966. Secret.
178. Letter From President Johnson to Chairman Kosygin
Source: Johnson Library, National Security File, Rostow Files, Kosygin, Box 10. Secret. The source text, which the President had cleared on January 14, was submitted for the President’s signature under cover of a January 23 memorandum from Rostow to the President.
179. Telegram From the Department of State to the Embassy in the Soviet Union
Source: Washington National Records Center, RG 383, Central Policy File: FRC 86 A 5, Folder 3543. Top Secret; Nodis. Drafted by Fisher (ACDA) and Garthoff (G/PM); cleared by Rostow, McNamara, Kohler, Foster, and Walsh; and approved by Secretary Rusk on January 21.
180. Memorandum of Conversation
Source: Department of State, Central Files, DEF 18-6. Secret. Drafted by Alfred Puhan (EUR/GER) and approved by S, M, and G on February 17. The source text is labeled “Part 1 of 2.” The meeting was held in the Secretary’s conference room.