United Kingdom


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

Source: National Archives and Records Administration, RG 59, Central Files 1967-69, DEF 6 UK. Secret; Immediate; Limdis. Drafted by Brewer; cleared by Battle, BMI, and G; and approved by Rusk. Repeated to Dhahran, Jidda, Kuwait, Tehran, and Paris.


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

Source: Johnson Library, National Security File, Country File, UK, Vol. 13. Secret; Immediate; Exdis.


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

Source: National Archives and Records Administration, RG 59, Central Files 1967-69, DEF 1 UK. Secret; Immediate; Exdis. In telegram 5337 from London, Ambassador Bruce told Secretary Rusk: “I think it important you read in full, before your conversation with George Brown, London’s 5336, reporting rather extraordinary conversation between Healey and Spiers. In spite of Healey’s optimism about maintaining his position in Cabinet, I think it impossible at present to predict what compromise may finally be reached.” (Ibid.)


288. Memorandum of Conversation

Source: Johnson Library, National Security File, Country File, UK, Vol. 13. Secret; Exdis. Drafted by Cheslaw and approved in S on January 23. The memorandum is marked Part III of V. The meeting was held in the Secretary’s office.


289. Message From President Johnson to Prime Minister Wilson

Source: National Archives and Records Administration, RG 59, Central Files 1967-69, DEF 6 UK. Secret. An attached January 11 note from Bromley Smith of the NSC Staff to Benjamin Read, Executive Secretary of the Department of State, stated that the message was sent “via private wire” and authorized its relay to Bruce “eyes only.” In a January 11 memorandum to the President reporting the substance of the Rusk-Brown conversation, Under Secretary Katzenbach recommended the dispatch of this message, adding: “While I do not think it will do any good, I believe we cannot fail to express our views at the highest level and in the strongest possible terms.” (Ibid.)


290. Message From President Johnson to Prime Minister Wilson

Source: Department of State, Bruce Diaries: Lot 64 D 327. Secret. Bruce noted in his diaries that the message was transmitted through a “special channel.”


291. Telegram From Prime Minister Wilson to President Johnson

Source: National Archives and Records Administration, RG 59, Central Files 1967-69, POL UK-US. Top Secret; Eyes Only.


293. Diary Entry by the Ambassador to the United Kingdom (Bruce)

Source: Department of State, Bruce Diaries: Lot 63 D 327. Secret.


294. Telegram From Prime Minister Wilson to President Johnson

Source: Johnson Library, National Security File, Head of State Correspondence, UK. Top Secret.


295. Paper Prepared in the Department of State

Source: National Archives and Records Administration, RG 59, Central Files 1967-69, POL 1 UK. Secret. An attached memorandum from John P. Walsh, Acting Executive Secretary of the Department of State, to Bromley Smith, June 1, stated that the paper was prepared for submission at the June 5 meeting of the National Security Council. On June 3 the Department forwarded to the NSC a supplementary memorandum for inclusion, entitled “UK and France.” It is printed as section H at the end of this memorandum.


296. Summary Notes of the 587th Meeting of the National Security Council

Source: Johnson Library, National Security File, NSC Meetings File, Vol. 5. Secret; Sensitive; For the President Only.


297. Memorandum of Conversation

Source: Johnson Library, National Security File, Country File, UK, Vol. 14. Secret; Sensitive. Drafted by Fried.


298. Memorandum From the Under Secretary of State (Katzenbach) to President Johnson

Source: Johnson Library, National Security File, Country File, UK, Vol. 14. Secret.