Foreign Relations of the United States, 1964–1968, Volume XIII, Western Europe Region

Western Europe Region

301. Telegram From the Embassy in the Netherlands to the Department of State

The Hague, April 19, 1968, 1800Z.

Source: Department of State, Central Files, DEF 12 NATO. Secret; Immediate. Also sent to the Secretary of Defense and to the Mission to NATO and repeated to the other NATO capitals, Geneva, and USUN.

302. Telegram From the Department of State to the Embassy in Switzerland

Washington, April 23, 1968, 1655Z.

Source: Department of State, Central Files, EEC 6 UK. Confidential. Drafted by Fina, cleared by Wells Stabler (AIS), and approved by Leddy. Repeated to 13 European posts.

303. Memorandum of Conversation

Washington, April 30, 1968, 4:30 p.m.

Source: Department of State, Central Files, DEF 6 EUR. Secret; Exdis. Drafted by Smith and approved in S on May 6. The conversation was held in Rusk’s office.

304. Memorandum of Conversation

Washington, May 1, 1968.

Source: Department of State, Central Files, POL 1 EUR W–US. Confidential. Drafted by Malin and approved in M on May 9. The source text is labeled “Part II of IV.”

305. Telegram From the Department of State to the Mission to the North Atlantic Treaty Organization

Washington, May 9, 1968, 2018Z.

Source: Department of State, Central Files, DEF 4 NATO. Secret; Immediate. Drafted by Irving G. Cheslaw (EUR/BMI), cleared by McAuliffe and EUR/BMI, and approved by Springsteen. Repeated to Bonn and London.

306. Memorandum of Conversation

Washington, May 10, 1968, noon.

Source: Department of State, Central Files, POL 3 EUR W. Confidential. Drafted by Johnpoll and approved in S on May 13. The conversation was held in Rusk’s office.

307. Letter From the Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs (Rostow) to Foreign Minister Harmel

Washington, May 25, 1968.

Source: Department of State, Central Files, DEF 18. No classification marking.

308. Memorandum of Conversation

Washington, June 5, 1968, 3:50 p.m.

Source: Department of State, Central Files, EEC 7. Limited Official Use. Drafted by Katz and approved in S on June 15. The time of the conversation is from Rusk’s Appointment Book. (JOHNSON Library)

309. Memorandum of Conversation

Washington, June 6, 1968, 1 p.m.

Source: Department of State, Central Files, DEF 6 US. Secret. Drafted by Ingram. The conversation was held in the Madison Room at the Department of State. The source text is labeled “Part II of IV.”

310. Telegram From the Mission to the North Atlantic Treaty Organization to the Department of State

Brussels, June 8, 1968, 1313Z.

Source: Department of State, Central Files, DEF 4 NATO. Secret; Priority. Repeated to the Secretary of Defense and the other NATO capitals.

311. Research Memorandum No. REU–35

Washington, June 11, 1968.

Source: Department of State, Central Files, DEF 12 NATO. Secret; No Foreign Dissem; Controlled Dissem. Transmitted from Thomas L. Hughes, Director of INR, to Secretary Rusk.

312. Paper Prepared in the Department of State

Washington, undated.

Source: Department of State, S/S–NSC Files: Lot 72 D 318, NSC File. Secret. Attached to the source text, which bears no drafting information, are: a June 15 memorandum of transmittal from Executive Secretary Benjamin Read to Walt Rostow, a June 17 memorandum from NSC Secretary Bromley Smith to the Council stating that the paper would serve as the basis of discussion for the NSC meeting on June 19, and the agenda for the NSC meeting.

313. Memorandum for the Record

Washington, June 19, 1968.

Source: Johnson Library, National Security File, NSC Meetings File, Vol. 5. Secret. Drafted by E. R. Fried. A shorter set of notes on this meeting are ibid., Meetings Notes File.

314. Memorandum of Conversation

Reykjavik, June 23, 1968, 1 p.m.

Source: Department of State, Conference Files: Lot 69 D 182, CF 303. Confidential. Approved in S on June 25. The meeting was held at the Embassy Residence.

315. Telegram From the Department of State to Secretary of State Rusk, at Reykjavik

Washington, June 26, 1968, 0046Z.

Source: Department of State, Conference Files: Lot 69 D 182, CF 300. Secret; Priority;Nodis.

316. Intelligence Note No. 512

Washington, June 28, 1968.

Source: Department of State, Central Files, NATO 3 ICE(RE). Secret; No Foreign Dissem; Controlled Dissem. Prepared in the Bureau of Intelligence and Research and sent from INR Deputy Director George C. Denney, Jr., to Secretary Rusk.

317. Memorandum of Conversation

Washington, July 10, 1968.

Source: Department of State, Central Files, POL EUR-US. Confidential. Drafted by Rogers and approved in M on July 23.

318. Talking Paper Prepared in the Department of Defense

Washington, undated.

Source: Department of State, SIG Files: Lot 74 D 164, Luncheon Meetings with the President. Secret. Attached to a July 11 memorandum from Clifford to Rusk, which stated that the Department of Defense was continuing to examine the military threat to Europe, the NATO Alliance, U.S. troop levels in Europe, and alternative ways to meet the threat with a reduced troop presence. This talking paper was intended to help in the continuing discussions of these problems.

319. Memorandum of Conversation

Washington, July 15, 1968.

Source: Department of State, Central Files, ECIN 3 EEC. Limited Official Use. Drafted by Allen and Barreda on August 2.

320. Memorandum of Conversation

Washington, July 25, 1968, 11:45 a.m.

Source: Johnson Library, Meetings Notes File, Folder 7. Confidential. Drafted by Obst. The conversation was held at the White House.

321. Telegram From the Mission to the North Atlantic Treaty Organization to the Department of State

Brussels, August 26, 1968, 2146Z.

Source: Department of State, Central Files, DEF 1 NATO. Secret; Priority. Repeated to the Secretary of Defense, the Chairman of the JCS, and the other NATO capitals.

322. Telegram From the Department of State to the Mission to the North Atlantic Treaty Organization

Washington, August 29, 1968, 2122Z.

Source: Department of State, Central Files, DEF 4 NATO. Secret; Immediate; No Distribution Outside Department. Drafted by Myerson, cleared by McAuliffe, and approved by Leddy.

323. Paper Prepared in the Department of State

Washington, undated.

Source: Johnson Library, Meetings Notes File, Folder 7. Secret. The source text bears no drafting information. Attached to a September 4 memorandum from Walt Rostow to President Johnson, which transmitted the order of business for a meeting of the National Security Council on that day.