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31. Memorandum From Secretary of State Rusk to President Johnson
Source: Johnson Library, National Security File, Country File, Iran, Shah’s Visit, 6/5/64. Secret. The date is from the Department of State copy. (Department of State, Central Files, POL 7 IRAN)
32. Special Talking Paper Prepared in the Department of State
Source: Johnson Library, National Security File, Country File, Iran, Shah’s Visit, 6/5/64. Confidential. Drafted by Bowling and cleared by Wheeler, John T. Hermansen (AID/PC), Kitchen, Colonel Taylor, and Jernegan.
33. Memorandum From Robert W. Komer of the National Security Council Staff to President Johnson
Source: Johnson Library, National Security File, Country File, Iran, Shah’s Visit, 6/5/64. Secret. The source text is attached to a memorandum to the President from Bundy which reads: “Here is another excellent memorandum from Bob Komer, this time on the Shah of Iran, which you may wish to read tonight. He will follow it up tomorrow with a last-minute one-pager on talking points.”
34. Memorandum From Robert W. Komer of the National Security Council Staff to President Johnson
Source: Johnson Library, National Security File, Country File, Iran, Shah’s Visit, 6/5/64. Secret.
35. Memorandum From the Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security Affairs (Solbert) to Secretary of Defense McNamara
Source: Washington National Records Center, RG 330, OASD/ISA Files: FRC 68 A 306, 452.1 Iran, 5 Jun 64. Confidential.
36. Memorandum From the Assistant Secretary of State for Near Eastern and South Asian Affairs (Talbot) to the Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs (Harriman)
Source: Department of State, NEA/IRN Files: Lot 69 D 30, Staff Studies. Confidential. Drafted by Tiger and cleared by Jernegan.
37. Memorandum of Conversation
Source: Johnson Library, National Security File, Files of Robert W. Komer, Visit of Shah of Iran, June 1964. Confidential. Drafted on June 9.
38. Memorandum of Conversation
Source: Department of State, Central Files, POL 7 IRAN. Confidential. Drafted by Thomas on June 9.
39. Telegram From the Department of State to the Embassy in Iran
Source: Department of State, Central Files, POL 7 IRAN. Confidential. Drafted by Tiger on June 5, cleared by Department of State Deputy Executive Secretary John A. McKesson and Komer, and approved by Talbot.
40. Telegram From the Department of State to the Embassy in Iran
Source: Department of State, Central Files, DEF 19–3 US–IRAN. Confidential. Drafted by Tiger and General Eckhardt, cleared by Colonel Taylor and Bartlett Harvey (AID/PC), and approved by Talbot. Repeated to CINCSTRIKE/CINCMEAFSA, and CINCSTRIKE/CINCMEAFSA for POLAD.
41. Telegram From the Department of State to the Embassy in Iran
Source: Department of State, Central Files, POL 7 IRAN. Confidential. Drafted by Tiger; cleared by Billings and Deputy Chief of Protocol William J. Tonesk, and in substance by Sidney T. Telford of the Office of Security, Welk of the Export-Import Bank, and Colonel Taylor; and approved by Bracken.
42. Memorandum of Conversation
Source: Department of State, NEA/IRN Files: Lot 69 D 178, Iran, 19-4-a, Five-Year Agreement, 1965–69. Secret. Drafted by Walsh.
43. Memorandum From the Acting Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security Affairs (McNaughton) to Secretary of Defense McNamara
Source: Washington National Records Center, RG 330, OASD/ISA Files: FRC 68 A 306, 381 Iran—13 June 1964. Secret. Attached to a control sheet with a typed notation by Lieutenant Colonel W.A. Forbes indicating that at a meeting on Five-Year MAP for Iran on June 11, Secretary McNamara requested a memorandum stating that all MAP commitments to Iran expressed in the September 1962 Memorandum of Understanding would be delivered by June 30, 1967, the terminal date of the agreement.
44. Telegram From the Department of State to the Embassy in Iran
Source: Department of State, Central Files, POL 7 IRAN. Confidential. Drafted by Tiger; cleared in draft by Chief of the Division of Protective Security Keith O. Lynch, Deputy Chief of Protocol Chester C. Carter, Joseph W. Reap (P), Donald A. Wehmeyer (L/NEA), and Deputy Administrator of the Bureau of Security and Consular Affairs Charles H. Mace; and approved by Bracken.
45. Memorandum 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, Country File, Iran, Vol. I, Memos & Miscellaneous, 1/64–12/65. Secret. Copies were sent to Talbot and Macomber.
46. Memorandum From Harold H. Saunders of the National Security Council Staff to the President’s Special Assistant for National Security Affairs (Bundy)
Source: Johnson Library, National Security File, Country File, Iran, Vol. I, Memos & Miscellaneous, 1/64–12/65. Secret. McGeorge Bundy initialed his approval.
47. Telegram From the Department of State to the Embassy in Iran
Source: Department of State, Central Files, DEF 19 U.S.-IRAN. Confidential;Priority. Drafted by Walsh; cleared in draft by Director of the Office of Developement and Planning Alfred D. White, AID Near East/South Asia Coordinator Daniel Arrill, Towsley, Stoddart (DOD), and Tiger; and approved by Deputy Assistant Secretary for Near Eastern and South Asian Affairs James P. Grant.
48. Telegram From the Department of State to the Embassy in Iran
Source: Department of State, Central Files, DEF 19 US–IRAN. Confidential; Priority. Drafted by Walsh; cleared by Solbert (DOD), Macomber, Arrill (AID), G/PM Director for Operations Howard Meyers, Tiger, and Saunders; and approved by Talbot.
49. Telegram From the Embassy in Iran to the Department of State
Source: Department of State, Central Files, DEF 19 US–IRAN. Confidential. Repeated to CINCSTRIKE and Department of Defense.
50. Airgram From the Embassy in Iran to the Department of State
Source: Department of State, Central Files, POL 7 IRAN. Confidential. Drafted by Eliot; coordinated with [text not declassified], First Secretary John A. Armitage; and approved by Rockwell. Repeated to Ankara, Baghdad, Cairo, Dhahran, Jidda, Kabul, Karachi, Kuwait, London, Moscow, Paris, and CINCMEAFSA for POLAD.
51. Airgram From the Embassy in Iran to the Department of State
Source: Department of State, Central Files, POL 23–9 IRAN. Confidential; Noforn. Drafted by Political Officer Victor Wolf, Jr., on September 21. Repeated to Ankara, Baghdad, Cairo, CINCMEAFSA for POLAD, Jidda, Karachi, and Kuwait.
52. Telegram From the Embassy in Iran to the Department of State
Source: Department of State, Central Files, DEF 15–3 IRAN–US. Confidential; Priority.
53. Memorandum From the Director of the Office of Greek, Turkish, and Iranian Affairs (Bracken) to the Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Near Eastern and South Asian Affairs (Jernegan)
Source: Department of State, NEA/IRN Files: Lot 69 D 513, Iran, 1964, AID 15, PL 480 Food for Peace Program. Confidential. Drafted by Tiger and cleared by Deputy Assist-ant Administrator of the AID Office of Material Resources John W. Johnston, Jr. A handwritten note on the source text reads: “JDJ saw Ioanes 2:30—10/28/64.” A memorandum of conversation recording the meeting is ibid.: Lot 69 D 30, Memoranda of Conversation.
54. Telegram From the Embassy in Iran to the Department of State
Source: Department of State, Central Files, DEF 19–3 US–IRAN. Confidential. Sent also to DOD for Kuss. Repeated to Baghdad, Kuwait, CINCSTRIKE for POLAD, Ankara, Cairo, Karachi, London, and Moscow.
55. Telegram From the Embassy in Iran to the Department of State
Source: Department of State, Central Files, DEF 15–3 IRAN–US. Confidential. Repeated to CINCSTRIKE for POLAD.
56. Telegram From the Embassy in Iran to the Department of State
Source: Department of State, Central Files, POL 23–9 IRAN. Confidential; Priority. Repeated to Ankara, Baghdad, CINCMEAFSA for POLAD, Jidda, Karachi, and Kuwait.
57. Telegram From the Embassy in Iran to the Department of State
Source: Department of State, Central Files, POL 15–1 IRAN. Confidential.
58. Telegram From the Embassy in Iran to the Department of State
Source: Department of State, Central Files, POL 23–9 IRAN. Confidential. Repeated to Ankara, Baghdad, Cairo, CINCMEAFSA for POLAD, Jidda, Karachi, and Kuwait.
59. Telegram From the Embassy in Iran to the Department of State
Source: Department of State, Central Files, DEF 15–3 IRAN-U.S.. Confidential. Repeated to CINCSTRIKE and CINCSTRIKE for POLAD.
60. Letter From the Assistant Administrator of the Agency for International Development for Near East and South Asia (Macomber) to the Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security Affairs (Solbert)
Source: Washington National Records Center, RG 330, OASD/ISA Files: FRC 68 A 306, 121 Iran—11 Dec 64. Confidential. A stamped notation on the source text indicates that Solbert saw it.