Pueblo Crisis
242. Report on Meeting of the Advisory Group
Source: Johnson Library, National Security File, Files of Walt W. Rostow, Material re: Vietnam and Pueblo, January–February 1968. Top Secret. Prepared on February 1.
243. Notes of Meeting
Source: Johnson Library, Tom Johnson’s Notes of Meetings, Pueblo, VIII. Top Secret. Drafted by Tom Johnson. The meeting was held in the Cabinet Room.
244. Notes of Meeting
Source: Johnson Library, Tom Johnson’s Notes of Meetings, Pueblo, IX. Top Secret. Drafted by Tom Johnson. The meeting took place in the family dining room at the White House.
246. Information Memorandum From the President’s Special Assistant (Rostow) to President Johnson
Source: Johnson Library, National Security File, Country File, Korea—Pueblo Incident, Vol. I, Part B (through January). Confidential.
248. Notes of Meeting
Source: Johnson Library, Tom Johnson’s Notes of Meetings, Pueblo XI, 1:00 p.m. Top Secret. Drafted by Tom Johnson. The meeting was held at the White House. The time of the meeting is from the President’s Daily Diary. (Ibid.)
249. Telegram From the Joint Intelligence Committee to the Central Intelligence Agency
[Source: National Security Agency, Center for Cryptologic History, Historical Files, Box 3, IV Pueblo—Attach and Seizure, Non-NSA Records. Top Secret; Trine. 3 pages of source text not declassified.]
250. Telegram From the Department of State to the Embassy in Korea
Source: National Archives and Records Administration, RG 59, Central Files 1967–69, POL 33–6 KOR N–US. Secret; Immediate; Nodis; Cactus. Repeated to the White House. Drafted by Berger, cleared by Read, and approved by Katzenbach.
251. Telegram From the Department of State to the Embassy in Korea
Source: National Archives and Records Administration, RG 59, Central Files 1967–69, POL 33–6 KOR N–US. Secret; Immediate; Nodis; Cactus. Repeated to USUN. Drafted by Meeker; cleared by Berger, Walsh, Sisco, and Rostow; and approved by Katzenbach. According to a copy of the telegram in the Johnson Library it was also cleared by President Johnson. (Johnson Library, National Security File, Country File, Korea—Pueblo Incident—Cactus I, Cactus State Cables, January 28, 1968 to February 10, 1968)
252. Memorandum From the Under Secretary of State (Katzenbach) to President Johnson
Source: National Archives and Records Administration, RG 59, Central Files 1967–69, POL 33–6 KOR N–US. Secret. Drafted by Meeker and Berger and redone in Katzenbach’s office.
253. 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.
254. Telegram From the Embassy in Korea to the Department of State
Source: Johnson Library, National Security File, Country File, Korea—Pueblo Incident—Cactus II, Cactus Seoul Cables, January 29, 1968 to February 9, 1968. Secret; Flash; Nodis; Cactus. Rostow sent this telegram to President Johnson under a covering note of February 2, stating that the North Korean representative “was obviously instructed to stonewall until the U.S. position was revealed. This looks like a slow track at the moment.” Porter made a similar point in his comments on the meeting in telegram 3892 from Seoul, February 2, also attached to Rostow’s February 2 note. Rostow’s note indicates that the President saw the telegram. (Ibid.)
255. Memorandum From the Director of the Korean Task Force (Berger) to Secretary of State Rusk
Source: National Archives and Records Administration, RG 59, Central Files 1967–69, POL 33–6 KOR N–US. Secret; Nodis; Cactus. A copy was sent to Katzenbach, Rostow, Read, Helms, and McNamara.
256. 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—Pueblo Incident, Vol. Ib, Part A (beginning February). Secret; Nodis; Cactus.
257. Paper Prepared by the Department of State
Source: Johnson Library, National Security File, Country File, Korea—Pueblo Incident, Vol. Ib, Part A (beginning February). Secret. Attached to a February 3 memorandum from Read to Rusk transmitting this and five additional papers covering other potential courses of action, including possible adjudication and arbitration, sending a Presidential letter to President Pak, making another advance to the USSR, and assessing third country approaches to the Soviets.
258. Memorandum From Secretary of State Rusk to President Johnson
Source: Johnson Library, National Security File, Country File, Korea—Pueblo Incident, Vol. Ib. Part A (beginning February). Top Secret. A handwritten notation on the memorandum indicates it was received on February 3. Although the memorandum is on Department letterhead and is unsigned, presumably it is from Rusk.
259. Report Prepared by the Ball Committee
Source:Johnson Library, National Security File, Country File, Korea—Pueblo Incident, Ball Committee Briefing Book, February 1968. Confidential. The principal members of the committee were George Ball, Chairman, Admiral David McDonald, General Mark Clark, and General Laurence Kuter. An identical copy of this document, without the attachment, bears a typewritten notation “Revised 2/3/68,” and a memorandum for the record shows that the initial meeting of the committee to discuss its organization and terms of reference was held on February 3. (Department of State, INR/IL Historical Files, Pueblo, Envelope marked “Hold for Mr. Ball”)
260. Telegram From the Embassy in the Soviet Union to the Department of State
Source: National Archives and Records Administration, RG 59, Central Files 1967–69, POL 33–6 KOR N–US. Secret; Flash; Nodis; Cactus.
261. Memorandum From the Department of State to President Johnson
Source: National Archives and Records Administration, RG 59, Central Files 1967–69, POL 33–6 KOR N–US. Secret; Nodis. Drafted by Bundy.
262. Telegram From the Department of State to the Embassy in Korea
Source: National Archives and Records Administration, RG 59, Central Files 1967–69, POL 33–6 KOR N–US. Secret; Immediate; Nodis; Cactus. Drafted by Meeker; cleared by Berger, Sisco, and Walsh; and approved by Katzenbach. The President saw a copy of the telegram. (Memorandum from Rostow to President Johnson, February 3; Johnson Library, National Security File, Country File, Korea—Pueblo Incident—Cactus I, Cactus State Cables, January 28, 1968 to February 10, 1968)
263. 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; Flash;Nodis; Cactus.
264. Memorandum From the Director of the Korean Task Force (Berger) to Secretary of State Rusk
Source: National Archives and Records Administration, RG 59, Central Files 1967–69, POL 33–6 KOR N–US. Secret.
265. Telegram From the Department of State to the Embassy in Korea
Source: National Archives and Records Administration, RG 59, Central Files 1967–69, POL 33–6, KOR N–US. Secret; Flash;Nodis; Cactus. Drafted by Doherty; cleared by Berger, Walsh, Meeker, Steadman, and Sisco; and approved by Katzenbach.
266. Telegram From the Embassy in the Soviet Union 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.
267. Telegram From the Embassy in Korea to the Department of State
Source: Johnson Library, National Security File, Country File, Korea—Pueblo Incident—Cactus II, Cactus Seoul Cables, January 29 to February 9, 1968. Secret; Flash; Nodis; Cactus. Attached to a February 5 memorandum from Rostow to the President in which Rostow characterized the meeting as “inconclusive” and suggested a prompt decision be made “about the Moscow message in the light of Tommy’s cable.” See Document 266. Rostow’s memorandum indicates the President saw the telegram.
268. Telegram From the Department of State to the Embassy in the Soviet Union
Source: National Archives and Records Administration, RG 59, Central Files 1967–69, POL 33–6 KOR N–US. Secret; Priority;Nodis. Drafted by Rusk; cleared by Read, Rostow, and McNamara; and approved by Rusk.
269. Telegram From the Embassy in the Soviet Union 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.
270. Telephone Conversation Between President Johnson and George Ball
Source: Johnson Library, Recordings and Transcripts, Recording of Telephone Conversation between President Johnson and George Ball, February 7, 1968, 9:59 a.m., Tape F68.02, PNO 3. Secret. This transcript was prepared by the Office of the Historian specifically for this volume.
271. Memorandum for the Record
Source: National Defense University, Taylor Papers, Vietnam Policy, Memos to the President, T–167–69, Box 57, SPC–S–094–93. Secret. Drafted by Taylor.