Arab-Israeli Dispute, 1964–1967


361. Memorandum From the President’s Special Assistant (Rostow) to President Johnson

Source: Johnson Library, National Security File, Country File, Jordan, Vol. III. Secret. The memorandum, filed as an attachment to Rostow’s December 12 memorandum to the President (Document 361) was apparently drafted by Wriggins, who sent it to Rostow with a December 10 covering memorandum.


362. Telegram From the Embassy in Jordan to the Department of State

Source: National Archives and Records Administration, RG 59, Central Files 1964–66, POL JORDAN–US. Secret; Immediate; Exdis; Noforn. Repeated to London, CINCSTRIKE, OSD, Cairo, Beirut, Damascus, Jerusalem, Tel Aviv, Baghdad, Kuwait, and Jidda and passed to the White House. Rostow sent a copy to the President with a covering memorandum stating that he would want to read “this rather ominous cable.” (Johnson Library, National Security File, Country File, Jordan, Vol. III)


363. Memorandum From the President’s Special Assistant (Rostow) to President Johnson

Source: Johnson Library, National Security File, Country File, Jordan, Vol. III. Secret.


364. Memorandum From the President’s Special Assistant (Rostow) to President Johnson

Source: Johnson Library, National Security File, Country File, Jordan, Vol. III. Top Secret; Sensitive.


365. Memorandum From Acting Secretary of State Katzenbach to President Johnson

Source: Johnson Library, National Security File, Country File, Jordan, Vol. III. Secret. Filed with a December 12 covering memorandum from Rostow to the President, which also forwarded the draft letter to King Hussein cited in footnote 3, Document 363.


366. Telegram From the Department of State to the Embassy in Israel

Source: National Archives and Records Administration, RG 59, Central Files 1964–66, POL 32–1 ISR–JORDAN. Secret; Limdis. Drafted by Davies on December 13, cleared by Handley, and approved by Katzenbach. Repeated to Amman, Cairo,USUN, and CINCSTRIKE.


367. Memorandum of Conversation

Source: Washington National Records Center, RG 330, OASD/ISA Files:FRC 70 A 6648, 333 Jordan. Secret. Drafted by Hoopes and approved by Secretary McNamara on December 17. Filed with a December 16 covering memorandum from Hoopes.


369. Memorandum From the President’s Special Assistant (Rostow) to President Johnson

Source: Johnson Library, National Security File, Country File, Israel, Vol. VI. Confidential.


370. Telegram From the Department of State to the Embassy in Jordan

Source: National Archives and Records Administration, RG 59, Central Files 1964–66, DEF 12–5 JORDAN. Secret; Immediate; Exdis. Drafted by Atherton and Marshall W. Wiley; cleared by Handley, Macomber, and in substance by Wriggins and Hoopes; and approved by Katzenbach. Repeated to London.


371. Telegram From the Department of State to the Embassy in Israel

Source: National Archives and Records Administration, RG 59, Central Files 1964–66, DEF 19–8 US–JORDAN. Secret. Drafted by Davies, cleared by Handley, and approved by Katzenbach.


372. Memorandum From W. Howard Wriggins of the National Security Council Staff to the President’s Special Assistant (Rostow)

Source: Johnson Library, National Security File, Country File, Jordan, Vol. III. Confidential.


373. Telegram From the Embassy in Jordan to the Department of State

Source: National Archives and Records Administration, RG 59, Central Files 1964–66, POL 7 US/MACOMBER. Secret; Immediate; Exdis.


374. Telegram From the Department of State to the Embassy in Israel

Source: National Archives and Records Administration, RG 59, Central Files 1964–66, DEF 19–8 US–JORDAN. Secret; Priority; Nodis. Drafted by Davies, cleared by Handley, and approved by Katzenbach.


375. Telegram From the Department of State to the Embassy in Israel

Source: National Archives and Records Administration, RG 59, Central Files 1964–66, AE 11–2 ISR. Secret; Exdis. Drafted by Michael Sterner of NEA/IAI; cleared by Wolle, Davies, and Saunders, and in substance by Trevithick and Rochlin; and approved by Handley.


376. Telegram From the Embassy in the United Arab Republic to the Department of State

Source: National Archives and Records Administration, RG 59, Central Files 1967–69, AID (US) 15 UAR. Secret; Immediate; Exdis. Passed to the White House.


377. Telegram From the Embassy in Israel to the Department of State

Source: National Archives and Records Administration, RG 59, Central Files 1967–69, AE 13 ISR. Secret; Exdis. Repeated to Cairo.


378. Memorandum of Conversation

Source: National Archives and Records Administration, RG 59, Central Files 1967–69, POL UAR-US. Secret. Drafted by Bergus and approved in S on January 17. The memorandum is Part VI of VI. The other five memoranda of conversation are ibid.


379. Telegram From the Department of State to the Embassy in Lebanon

Source: National Archives and Records Administration, RG 59, Central Files 1967– 69, POL 7 LEB. Confidential; Priority. Drafted by Gamon and John T Morgan of E/OMA and approved by Davies.


380. Memorandum From the President’s Special Assistant (Rostow) to President Johnson

Source: Johnson Library, National Security File, Country File, Israel, Vol. VI. Secret. A handwritten “L” on the memorandum indicates that it was seen by the President.


381. Memorandum of Conversation Between the UAR Ambassador (Kamel) and Harold H. Saunders of the National Security Council Staff

Source: Johnson Library, National Security File, Country File, United Arab Republic, Vol. V. Secret. A copy was sent to the Department of State.


382. Telegram From the Department of State to the Embassy in Israel

Source: National Archives and Records Administration, RG 59, Central Files 1967–69, POL 32–1 ISR–SYR. Secret; Priority; Nodis. Drafted by Sterner and Wolle; cleared by Davies, Atherton, Handley, Walt Rostow, and in draft by Buffum; and approved by Katzenbach. A note to Rostow from LN, dated January 17 at 7:35 p.m., attached to a draft of the telegram, states that Walsh had called to say that the telegram should go that evening and that Walsh had talked to Katzenbach who had not seen it but agreed that it should go; a handwritten note in the margin indicates that Rostow cleared with the President. The draft telegram and the note are attached to a January 18 memorandum from Wriggins to Rostow warning that the message might have given the Israelis an unintended signal because it was softer than the message Johnson sent to Eshkol after the Israeli raid into Jordan in November. (Johnson Library, National Security File, Special Head of State Correspondence File, Israel, 10/1/66–6/30/67)


383. Telegram From the Department of State to the Embassy in Israel

Source: National Archives and Records Administration, RG 59, Central Files 1967–69, DEF 19–8 US–ISR. Secret. Drafted by Davies and approved by Walsh for Katzenbach.


384. Action Memorandum From the Acting Assistant Secretary of State for Near Eastern and South Asian Affairs (Handley) to Secretary of State Rusk

Source: National Archives and Records Administration, RG 59, Central Files 1967–69, AID (US) 15–8 UAR. Secret: Exdis. Drafted by George Bennsky of NEA/UAR. A January 27 memorandum from Deputy Executive Secretary Herbert B. Thompson to Katzenbach states that he understood the memorandum had been revised according to instructions from Katzenbach’s office. A February 9 note, unsigned, attached to the action memorandum states: “Walt Rostow called to say that Eugene Black and Robert Anderson had called today to urge that we give another look at the food package for the UAR, despite Congressional problems, because of the urgency of the situation.” An attached April 25 note to CMS from Walsh states: “Both of these seem to have been OBEd.”


385. Telegram From the Department of State to the Embassy in Israel

Source: National Archives and Records Administration, RG 59, Central Files 1967–69, DEF 19–8, US–JORDAN. Secret; Exdis; College Run. Drafted by Atherton on January 26, cleared by Robert B. Houghton and Hoopes, and approved by Davies. Repeated to Amman.


386. Telegram From the Embassy in the United Arab Republic to the Department of State

Source: National Archives and Records Administration, RG 59, Central Files 1967–69, POL UAR-US. Secret. Repeated to Amman, Beirut, Damascus, Jidda, London, and Tel Aviv.


387. Memorandum From the Joint Chiefs of Staff to Secretary of Defense McNamara

Source: Washington National Records Center, RG 330, OSD Files: FRC 72 A 2468, Israel 091.3 MAP. Secret. A stamped notation on the memorandum indicates that it was seen by McNamara.


388. Information Memorandum From the Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Near Eastern and South Asian Affairs (Davies) to Secretary of State Rusk

Source: National Archives and Records Administration, RG 59, Central Files 1967–69, POL 23–8 ISR. Secret; Limit Distribution. Drafted by Atherton.


389. Memorandum From the President’s Special Assistant (Rostow) to President Johnson

Source: Johnson Library, National Security File, Country File, Israel, Vol. VI. Secret.


390. Memorandum From the President’s Special Assistant (Rostow) to President Johnson

Source: Johnson Library, National Security File, Country File, United Arab Republic, Vol. V. Secret.