Tunisia
145. Memorandum for the Record
Source: Johnson Library, National Security File, Country File, Tunisia, Vol. I, Memos & Miscellaneous, 12/63–9/68. Secret. Prepared by Robert W. Komer. Copies were sent to Assistant Secretary Williams, Tasca, and Hutchinson.
146. Memorandum for the Record
Source: Johnson Library, National Security File, Country File, Tunisia, Vol. I, Memos & Miscelleanous, 12/63–9/68. Secret. Prepared by Komer. Copies were sent to Harriman, McGeorge Bundy, Williams, and Newsom.
147. Memorandum From Robert W. Komer of the National Security Council Staff to the Deputy Administrator of the Agency for International Development (Gaud)
Source: Johnson Library, National Security File, Files of Robert W. Komer, Tunisia, December 1963–March 1966. Secret. Also sent to Hutchinson and Williams.
148. Memorandum for the Record
Source: Johnson Library, National Security File, Files of Robert W. Komer, Tunisia, December 1963–March 1966. Confidential. Prepared by Komer. Copies were sent to Williams and Hutchinson.
149. Paper Prepared in the Department of State
Source: Department of State, Central Files, POL 7 TUN. Secret. Drafted by Charles J. Nelson, Director of the Office of Mediterranean Affairs in AID’s Bureau for Africa, on April 24. The source text was attached to an April 27 briefing memorandum Williams sent to Rusk prior to Rusk’s meeting with Foreign Minister Habib Bourguiba, Jr. on April 28. The memorandum of conversation of their meeting is ibid., POL TUN–US.
150. Memorandum From the President’s Special Assistant for National Security Affairs (Bundy) to President Johnson
Source: Johnson Library, National Security File, Country File, Tunisia, Vol. I, Memos & Miscellaneous, December 1963–September 1968. Confidential.
151. Memorandum of Conversation
Source: Johnson Library, National Security File, Country File, Tunisia, Vol. I, Memos & Miscellaneous, December 1963–September 1968. Confidential. Drafted by Ambassador Russell on April 30. The meeting was held at the White House.
152. Memorandum From Secretary of State Rusk to the Administrator of the Agency for International Development (Bell)
Source: Department of State, Central Files, AID (US) TUN. No classification marking. Drafted by Nelson in AFN.
153. Information Memorandum From the Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs (Trimble) to Secretary of State Rusk
Source: Department of State, Central Files, POL TUN–US. Confidential. Drafted by Chase. A note on the source text indicates Secretary Rusk saw the memorandum.
154. Letter From Secretary of State Rusk to Secretary of Defense McNamara
Source: Washington National Records Center, RG 330, OASD/ISA Files: FRC 70 A 3717, 091.3 Tunisia. Secret.
155. Telegram From the Department of State to the Embassy in Tunisia
Source: Department of State, Central Files, DEF 19 US–TUN. Secret; Limdis. Drafted by Blake and McClanahan on May 27; cleared by Black in AID/PC, Colonel Dregne in DOD/ISA, Trimble, Warren in G/PM, and Rusk; and approved by Carol C. Moor in S/S.
156. Telegram From the Department of State to the Embassy in Tunisia
Source: Department of State, Central Files, POL 15–1 TUN. Secret. Drafted by McClanahan and Blake on July 27; cleared by Lang in DOD and by Warren; and approved by Trimble. Repeated to Tripoli, CINCEUR, and CINCUSAFE.
157. Memorandum From Harold H. Saunders of the National Security Council Staff to Robert W. Komer of the National Security Council Staff
Source: Johnson Library, National Security File, Files of Robert W. Komer, Tunisia, December 1963–March 1966. Secret.
158. Memorandum of Conversation
Source: Department of State, Central Files, DEF 19 US–TUN. Secret. Drafted by Blake on September 22 and approved in S on September 30. The meeting was held in the Secretary’s office. The source text is labeled “Part II of III.”
159. Memorandum of Conversation
Source: Johnson Library, National Security File, Files of Robert W. Komer, Tunisia, December 1963–March 1966. Secret. Drafted by O’Neill and approved in S on October 25. The meeting was held at USUN. The source text is labeled “Part 1 of 4.”
160. Memorandum From the President’s Special Assistant (Rostow) to President Johnson
Source: Johnson Library, National Security File, Country File, Tunisia, Vol. I, Memos & Miscellaneous, 12/63–9/68. Confidential. A handwritten note on the source text indicates that the memorandum was received at 6:15 p.m.
161. Memorandum From the President’s Special Assistant (Rostow) to President Johnson
Source: Johnson Library, National Security File, Country File, Tunisia, Vol. I, Memos & Miscellaneous, 12/63–9/68. Confidential.
162. Telegram From the Department of State to the Embassy in Tunisia
Source: Department of State, Central Files, POL 7 TUN. Secret; Limdis. Drafted by Polk in AFN and approved by Root.
163. Memorandum From Secretary of State Rusk to President Johnson
Source: Johnson Library, National Security File, Country File, Tunisia, Vol. I, Memos & Miscellaneous, 12/63–9/68. Secret.
164. Memorandum for the Record
Source: Johnson Library, National Security File, Country File, Tunisia, Vol. I, Memos & Miscellaneous, 12/63–9/68. Secret. Prepared by Saunders. Copies were sent to Bromley Smith and James Clark.
165. Memorandum of Conversation
Source: Department of State, Central Files, POL TUN–US. Confidential. Drafted by Spicer and approved in S on September 1. The source text is labeled “Part I of IV.”
166. Memorandum From the President’s Special Assistant (Rostow) to President Johnson
Source: Johnson Library, National Security File, Country File, Tunisia, Vol. I, Memos & Miscellaneous, 12/63–9/68. Secret.
167. Memorandum From Harold H. Saunders of the National Security Council Staff to the President’s Special Assistant (Rostow)
Source: Johnson Library, National Security File, Country File, Tunisia, Vol. I, Memos & Miscellaneous, 12/63–9/68. Secret.
168. Memorandum From the President’s Special Assistant (Rostow) to President Johnson
Source: Johnson Library, National Security File, Memos to the President, Walt W. Rostow, Vol. 17. Secret.
169. Telegram From the Department of State to the Embassy in Tunisia
Source: Department of State, Central Files, DEF 19 US–TUN. Secret; Priority. Drafted by Sacksteder in AFN and Colonel Kissinger in OSD/ISA; cleared by Colonel Alba in JCS/J–5, Commander Peters in JCS/SAMAA, Litmans in DOD/GC, Dunlap in DOD/ODMA, Malmborg in L/E, Post in AFN, Colonel Megna in AFI, and Meinecke in AID/AFR/NA; and approved by Trimble. Repeated to Paris, Rabat for Root and Lang, and USCINCEUR for ECMAP–IA.
170. Memorandum of Conversation
Source: Department of State, Central Files, POL 7 TUN. Confidential. Drafted by Sacksteder and approved in S on March 13. The meeting was held in Secretary Rusk’s office.
171. Memorandum From the President’s Special Assistant (Rostow) to President Johnson
Source: Johnson Library, National Security File, Country File, Tunisia, Visit of President Bourguiba, Cables & Memos, 5/15–16/68. Confidential.
172. Telegram From the Department of State to the Embassy in Tunisia
Source: Department of State, Central Files, POL 7 TUN. Secret; Priority; Noforn/Limidis. Drafted by Root on June 7 and approved by Palmer. Repeated to Rabat.
173. Telegram From the Department of State to the Embassy in Tunisia
Source: Department of State, Central Files, POL 27 ARAB–ISR. Confidential; Immediate; Limdis. Drafted by Sacksteder and Palmer (text revised in the White House); cleared by Battle, Harold Saunders, and Eugene V. Rostow; and approved by Herbert B. Thompson of S/S.
174. Telegram From the Department of State to the Embassy in Tunisia
Source: Department of State, Central Files, AID (US) 9 TUN. Confidential. Drafted by Baron in AFR/NA and by Root, McClanahan, and Post; cleared by Straus in AA/AFR, Meinecke in AFR/NA, and SIG Staff Director Arthur A. Hartman; and approved by Palmer.
- Beginning in 1967, the dates and transmission times of all outgoing Department of State telegrams were in 6-figure date-time-groups. The “Z” refers to Greenwich mean time.↩