Korea


121. Memorandum of Conversation

[Source: Department of State, INR/IL Historical Files, East Asia and Pacific General File, East Asia, FE Weekly Meetings, 1967. Secret. 3 pages of source text not declassified.]


123. Memorandum From Alfred Jenkins of the National Security Council Staff to the President’s Special Assistant (Rostow)

Source: Johnson Library, National Security File, Country File, Korea, Vol. IV. Secret.


124. Telegram From the Embassy in Korea to the Department of State

Source: National Archives and Records Administration, RG 59, Central Files 1967–69, POL 7 US. Secret; Priority; Exdis. Repeated to Saigon and CINCPAC.


125. Telegram From the Embassy in Korea to the Department of State

Source: National Archives and Records Administration, RG 59, Central Files 1967–69, POL 23–7 KOR S. Secret; Limdis. Repeated to the Department of Defense and CINCPAC for POLAD.


127. Memorandum of Conversation

Source: Department of State, INR/IL Historical Files, East Asia and Pacific General File, East Asia, FE Weekly Meetings, 1967. Secret. Drafted on September 19. Sent to Hughes, Denney, and Evans.


128. Telegram From the Embassy in Korea to the Department of State

Source: National Archives and Records Administration, RG 59, Central Files 1967–69, POL 27–3 VIET S. Secret; Priority; Exdis.


129. Telegram From the Embassy in Korea to the Department of State

Source: Johnson Library, National Security File, Country File, Korea, Vol. V. Top Secret; Exdis. Attached to a September 21 memorandum from Rostow to President Johnson that indicates the President saw it. The source text is the retyped copy given to the President. Telegram 1392 is in National Archives and Records Administration, RG 59, Central Files 1967–69, POL 23–7 KOR S.


130. Special National Intelligence Estimate

Source: Department of State, INR/EAP Files: Lot 90 D 99, SNIE 14.2–67. Secret; Controlled Dissem. According to a note on the cover sheet, the Central Intelligence Agency and the intelligence organizations of the Departments of State and Defense and of the National Security Agency participated in the preparation of this estimate. All members of the USIB concurred with this estimate on September 21 except the representatives of the Atomic Energy Commission and the Federal Bureau of Investigation, who abstained on the grounds that the subject was outside their jurisdiction.


131. Memorandum From the Assistant Secretary of State for East Asian and Pacific Affairs (Bundy) to the Deputy Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs (Kohler)

[Source: Department of State, INR/IL Historical Files, 303 Committee Meeting 61, October 27, 1967. Secret; Eyes Only. 1 page of source text not declassified.]


132. Telegram From the Embassy in Vietnam to the Department of State

Source: National Archives and Records Administration, RG 59, Central Files 1967–69, POL 7 US/HUMPHREY. Secret; Immediate;Exdis.


133. Memorandum of Conversation

Source: National Archives and Records Administration, RG 59, Central Files 1967–69, POL 27 VIET S. Confidential. Drafted by Fleck and approved in S on November 17. The memorandum is Part III of VII. Memoranda of the remaining parts of the Rusk-Choe conversations are: Part I, “Korean Question in the United Nations” (ibid., POL 32–4 KOR/UN); Part II, “ROK Assistance Program in Africa” (ibid., AID(KOR S) 8 AFR); Part IV, “ROK Internal Developments” (ibid., AID(US) 15–9 KOR S); Part V, “ROK-Japan Relations” (ibid., POL JAPAN–KOR S); Part VI, “Summit Conference” (ibid., POL 27 KOR); and Part VII, “ROK Retaliation Against North Korea” (ibid., POL KOR N–KOR S). During his visit Choe also met with Bundy on November 13 and with McNamara on November 16. Memoranda of those conversations are ibid., POL 7 KOR S, and Washington National Records Center, RG 330,OSD/OASD/ISA Files: FRC 72 A 2468, KOREA 091.112, respectively.


134. Telegram From the Embassy in Korea to the Department of State

Source: National Archives and Records Administration, RG 59, Central Files 1967–69, POL 27–3 VIET S. Secret; Priority; Exdis.


135. Telegram From the Embassy in Korea to the Department of State

Source: National Archives and Records Administration, RG 59, Central Files 1967–69, POL 23–7 KOR S. Secret. Repeated to the Department of Defense and CINCPAC for POLAD.


136. Telegram From the Department of State to the Embassy in Korea

Source: National Archives and Records Administration, RG 59, Central Files 1967–69, POL 27–3 VIET S. Secret. Also sent to Saigon and Tokyo. Drafted by Bundy; cleared by Rostow, Meehan (S/S), and McNamara; and approved by Rusk.


137. Telegram From the Embassy in Korea to the Department of State

Source: Johnson Library, National Security File, Country File, Korea, Vol. V. Secret; Nodis. Attached to a memorandum from Rostow to President Johnson, December 7, which indicates that the President saw it. The source text is the retyped copy given to the President.


138. Memorandum From the Director of Defense Research and Engineering (Foster) to Secretary of Defense McNamara

Source: Washington National Records Center RG 330, OSD/OASD/ISA Files: FRC 72 A 2468, Korea 370.64. Secret. The memorandum indicates that McNamara saw it.


139. Telegram From the Embassy in Australia to the Department of State

Source: National Archives and Records Administration, RG 59, Central Files 1967–69, POL KOR S-US. Secret; Immediate; Nodis.


140. Notes on Conversation Between President Johnson and President Pak

Source: National Archives and Records Administration, RG 59, Central Files 1967–69, POL KOR S-US. Secret. Prepared by Walt Rostow on December 26.


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

Source: Johnson Library, National Security File, Special Head of State Correspondence, Korea, April 1, 1967 to December 31, 1967. Secret; Nodis.


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

Source: Johnson Library, National Security File, Country File, Vietnam, 1967–1969, 5D(2), Allies, Troop Commitments and Other Aid. Top Secret.


145. Telegram From the Embassy in Korea to the Department of State

Source: National Archives and Records Administration, RG 59, Central Files 1967–69, POL 33–6 KOR N–US. Secret; Immediate;Exdis. President Johnson received a retyped copy of this telegram attached to a January 24 memorandum from Rostow stating, “This will give you the flavor of President Pak’s reaction to recent events in Korea.” The memorandum indicates that President Johnson saw it. (Johnson Library, National Security File, Country File, Korea, Cables, Vol. V)


146. Telegram From the Commander in Chief of the United Nations Command and of United States Forces, Korea (Bonesteel) to the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff (Wheeler)

Source: Johnson Library, National Security File, Country File, Korea—Pueblo Incident, Events Leading up to; … . Secret; Immediate; Limdis; Specat; Exclusive. Also sent to CINCPAC.


147. Telegram From the Department of State to the Embassy in Korea

Source: National Archives and Records Administration, RG 59, Central Files 1967–69, POL 27–14 KOR/UN. Top Secret; Immediate; Nodis. Drafted by Rusk; cleared by Berger, Rostow, and McNamara; and approved by Rusk.


148. Telegram From the Commander in Chief of the United Nations Command and of United States Forces, Korea (Bonesteel) to the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff (Wheeler)

Source: Johnson Library, National Security File, Country File, Korea—Pueblo Incident, Military Cables, Vol. I, January 1968. Secret; Immediate. Also sent to CINCPAC.


149. Memorandum From the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Systems Analysis (Enthoven) to Secretary of Defense McNamara

Source: Washington National Records Center, RG 330, OSD/OASD/ISA Files: FRC 73 A 1250, Korea 370. Secret.


150. Telegram From the Embassy in Korea to the Department of State

Source: National Archives and Records Administration, RG 59, Central Files 1967–69, POL 33–6 KOR N–US. Secret; Immediate;Nodis; Cactus.