The Southeast Asia Treaty Organization and President Johnsonʼs Plan for Economic Development of Southeast Asia
46. Memorandum of Conversation
Source: Department of State, Central Files, SEATO 3. Confidential. Drafted by Askew and approved by S on April 16. Rusk attended the SEATO Council meeting in Manila, April 13–15.
47. Telegram From the Delegation to the Southeast Asia Treaty Organization Council Meeting to the Department of State
Source: Department of State, Central Files, POL 27 VIET S. Secret; Nodis.
48. Telegram From the Delegation to the Southeast Asia Treaty Organization Council Meeting to the Department of State
Source: Department of State, Central Files, POL 27 VIET S. Secret; Flash; Nodis.
49. Telegram From the Delegation to the Southeast Asia Treaty Organization Council Meeting to the Department of State
Source: Department of State, Central Files, SEATO 3 PHIL (MA). Secret; Immediate; Exdis. Repeated to Saigon, Paris, London, and Vientiane and passed to the White House.
50. Memorandum for the Record
Source: Johnson Library, John McCone Memoranda of Meetings with the President, 4/3/64–5/20/64. No classification marking. The memorandum was dictated by McCone and transcribed by his secretary.
51. Memorandum of Conversation
Source: Johnson Library, National Security File, Agency File, SEATO. Confidential. The meeting was held at the White House. The time of the meeting is from the Presidentʼs Daily Diary. (Ibid.) On May 23, Rusk sent the President a briefing memorandum for Konthiʼs courtesy call. (Ibid.)
52. Telephone Conversation Between President Johnson and Senator Richard Russell
Source: Johnson Library, Recording and Transcripts, Telephone Conversation between the President and Russell, Tape F64.27, Side B PNO 121 and F 64.28, Side A PNO 1. No classification marking. This transcript was prepared in the Office of the Historian specifically for this volume.
53. Telephone Conversation Between President Johnson and the Presidentʼs Special Assistant for National Security Affairs (Bundy)
Source: Johnson Library, Recordings and Transcripts, Recording of a telephone conversation between the President and McGeorge Bundy, Tape 64.28 PNO 111. No classification marking. This transcript was prepared by the Office of the Historian specifically for this volume.
54. Telegram From the Department of State to the Embassy in France
Source: Department of State, Central Files, DEF 4 SEATO. Secret; Exdis. Drafted by Mendenhall and Manhard; cleared by Green, Bundy, Assistant Secretaries of State for European Affairs Wiliam R. Tyler and Congressional Relations Douglas MacArthur II; and approved by Rusk. Repeated to Bangkok.
55. Action Memorandum From the Assistant Secretary of State for Far Eastern Affairs (Bundy) to Secretary of State Rusk
Source: Department of State, S/S-Conference Files: Lot 66 D 347, CF 2498. Secret. Drafted by Mendenhall, cleared by Salans, Deputy Assistant Secretaries of State for European Affairs Robert C. Creel and Near Eastern Affairs William J. Hadley. The attached Scope Paper was drafted by Mendenhall on March 26.
56. Memorandum From the Counselor of the Department of State and Chairman of the Policy Planning Staff (Rostow) to the Presidentʼs Special Assistant for National Security Affairs (Bundy)
Source: Johnson Library, National Security File, Country File, Vietnam, Southeast Asia Development Program, Vol. I, 1965. Confidential.
57. Paper Prepared by Chester L. Cooper of the National Security Council Staff for the Presidentʼs Special Assistant for National Security Affairs (Bundy)
Source: Johnson Library, National Security File, Files of McGeorge Bundy, SE Asia Regional Development. Confidential.
58. Memorandum From the Presidentʼs Special Assistant for National Security Affairs (Bundy) to President Johnson
Source: Johnson Library, National Security File, Memos to the President, McGeorge Bundy, Vol. IX. Secret.
59. Telegram From the Mission to the United Nations to the Department of State
Source: Department of State, Central Files, POL 27 VIET S. Top Secret; Exdis.
61. Memorandum From the Administrator of the Agency for International Development (Bell) and the Under Secretary of State for Economic Affairs (Mann) to President Johnson)
Source: Department of State, Ball Files: Lot 74 D 272, Southeast Asia. Confidential.
62. National Security Action Memorandum No. 329
Source: Johnson Library, National Security File, NSAMs. Confidential.
63. Telegram From the Department of State to the Embassy in Thailand
Source: Department of State, Central Files, DEF 4 SEATO. Confidential. Drafted by Thomas C. Niblock and Richard A. Watters, respectively the Director and the regional affairs officer of the Office of Southeast Asian Affairs of AID, and by Mendenhall; cleared by Poats and Trueheart; and approved by Bundy. Repeated to Canberra, Karachi, London for Ambassador Martin, Manila, Paris, Wellington, and CINCPAC for POLAD.
64. Telegram From the Department of State to the Embassy in the United Kingdom
Source: Department of State, Central Files, SEATO 3 UK (LO). Secret. Drafted by Mendenhall, cleared with Acting Assistant Secretary of State for European Affairs Richard Davis and Under Secretary Ballʼs Special Assistant Robert Anderson, and approved by Bundy. Also sent to Canberra and Wellington and repeated to Bangkok, Karachi, Manila, Paris, Saigon, and CINCPAC for POLAD.
65. Memorandum From the Presidentʼs Special Assistant for Southeast Asia (Black) to President Johnson
Source: Johnson Library, National Security File, Memos to the President, McGeorge Bundy, Vol. X, 4/5/65–5/31/65. Confidential. Bundy sent this memorandum to the President under a memorandum of May 11 in which Bundy stated that Tex Goldschmidt had subsequently reported that the Mekong Valley Development meeting in Bangkok was going well and that the Asian Development Bank planned a meeting June 28–29, which Black would attend. Bundy suggested that Goodwin include a sentence or two on the effort in Johnsonʼs speech of May 13. (Ibid.) On another copy of the covering memorandum there is an indication that Johnson saw it. (Ibid., Country File, Vietnam, Southeast Asia Development, Vol. I, 1965) For text of the speech, “The Challenge of Human Need in Viet-Nam,” see Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: Lyndon B. Johnson, 1965, Book I, pp. 522–526.
66. Circular Airgram From the Department of State to Certain Diplomatic and Other Posts
Source: Department of State, Central Files, SEATO 3. Secret; Limdis. Drafted by Mendenhall; cleared in draft with Salans, Martin, Special Assistant Frank A. Sieverts of P, and with Admiral Blouin of DOD/ISA; and approved by Bundy. Sent to Bangkok, Canberra, Djakarta, Karachi, Kuala Lumpur, London, Manila, New Delhi, Paris, Saigon, Vientiane, Wellington, and CINCPAC for POLAD.
67. Memorandum From Francis M. Bator of the National Security Council Staff to President Johnson
Source: Johnson, Library, National Security File, Country File, Vietnam, SEA Development Program, Vol. I, 1965. Confidential.
68. Telegram From the Embassy in Laos to the Department of State
Source: Department of State, Central Files, POL 1 ASIA SE-USSR. Confidential; Limdis. Repeated to Bangkok, Moscow, London, Saigon, Paris, Tokyo, New Delhi, Hong Kong, USUN, and CINCPAC. McGeorge Bundy had this telegram retyped and sent it to President Johnson who saw it. Bundy described it as an “extremely thoughtful telegram from Bill Sullivan suggesting a shift of Soviet Policy in Southeast Asia.” Bundy summarized Sullivanʼs argument as “the Soviets may be moving with some confidence back into Southeast Asia with the double purpose of expanding their own influence in the East and containing the Chinese.” Bundy stated that he shared “Sullivanʼs implied feeling that if this happens, we can probably make a little money on it.” (Johnson Library, National Security File, Country File, Laos, Vol. XV, Cables, 4/65–1/66)1
69. Memorandum From the Director of the Office of Soviet Union Affairs (Toon) to the Assistant Secretary of State for Far Eastern Affairs (Bundy)
Source: Department of State, Central Files, POL 1 ASIA SE-USSR. Confidential; Limdis. Drafted by J. Stapleton Roy and Vladimir I. Toumanoff of EUR/SOV.
70. Memorandum From the Under Secretary of the Treasury (Barr) to President Johnson
Source: Johnson Library, National Security File, Country File, Vietnam, Southeast, Asian Development, Vol. I, 1965. No classification marking. Secretary of the Treasury Henry Fowler sent this memorandum to the President under a covering memorandum of November 18 indicating that he concurred with all three points made by Barr and “should particularly like to emphasize the importance of his balance of payments argument.” (Ibid.)
71. Letter From the Presidentʼs Special Adviser on Southeast Asia (Black) to President Johnson
Source: Johnson Library, National Security File, Country File, Vietnam, SEA Development Program, Vol. II, 1966. Secret. A note on the source text indicates that it was received at the Johnson Ranch in Texas at 3:10 p.m. on April 10.
72. Memorandum of Conversation
Source: Department of State, Central Files, POL 27 ASIA SE. Secret; Limit Distribution. Part II of three memoranda comprising the entire discussion. Drafted by Ronald I. Spiers and approved in S on June 20. Rusk was visiting London after attending the NATO Ministerial Council Meeting in Brussels, June 7–8. The meeting took place at 10 Downing Street.
73. Action Memorandum From the Assistant Secretary of State for Far Eastern Affairs (Bundy) to Secretary of State Rusk
Source: Department of State, S/S-Conference Files: Lot 67 D 305, CF 48. Confidential. Drafted by Bacon with concurrences from Poats and Barnett.
74. Memorandum From Donald W. Ropa of the National Security Council Staff to the Presidentʼs Special Assistant (Rostow)
Source: Johnson Library, National Security File, Agency File, SEATO. Confidential.
75. Memorandum of Conversation
Source: Department of State, S/S-Conference Files: Lot 66 D 305, CF 49. Secret. No drafting information appears on the source text. Approved in S on July 19. The memorandum is part I of VII. The meeting was held at the Ambassadorʼs residence.