China
151. Telegram From the Mission to the United Nations to the Department of State
Source: Department of State, Central Files, UN 6 CHICOM. Secret; Nodis.
152. Action Memorandum From the Assistant Secretary of State for Far Eastern Affairs (Bundy) to Secretary of State Rusk
Source: Department of State, Central Files, POL CHICOM-US. Secret; Exdis.
153. Telegram From the Department of State to the Embassy in Poland
Source: Department of State, Central Files POL CHICOM-US. Confidential; Immediate; Limdis. Drafted by Dean; cleared by Jacobson, George B. Roberts, Jr., of FE/VN, Barber of Defense, Jacob D. Beam of ACDA, Assistant Legal Adviser for Far Eastern Affairs George H. Aldrich, Sisco, Bundy, and Rostow; and approved by Rusk. Repeated to Hong Kong, Taipei, and Saigon.
155. Telegram From the Embassy in Poland to the Department of State
Source: Department of State, Central Files, POL CHICOM-US. Confidential; Immediate; Limdis. Repeated to Hong Kong, Taipei, and USUN. Passed to the White House and USIA.
156. Memorandum From the Ambassador at Large (Harriman) to the President’s Special Assistant (Moyers)
Source: Library of Congress, Manuscript Division, Harriman Papers, Kennedy-Johnson Administrations, L.B. Johnson, Jan.–July 1966. Secret; Personal.
157. Telegram From the Embassy in the Republic of China to the Department of State
Source: Department of State, Central Files, ORG 7 S. Top Secret; Exdis.
158. Telegram From the Department of State to the Consulate General at Hong Kong
Source: Department of State, Central Files, POL 15–1 CHICOM. Confidential; Limdis. Drafted by Dean, cleared by Robert W. Drexler in INR/RFE, and approved by Jacobson. Repeated to Saigon and London.
159. Letter From Secretary of Defense McNamara to Defense Minister of the Republic of China Chiang Ching-kuo
Source: Washington National Records Center, RG 330, OSD Files: FRC 70 A 4443, China Nats 373.24. Secret. Drafted by T.L. Ridge of OASD/ISA/FER.
160. Memorandum From the Executive Secretary of the National Security Council (Smith) to President Johnson
Source: Johnson Library, National Security File, Country File, China, Vol. VI. No classification marking. A handwritten “L” on Smith’s note indicates that it was seen by the President. The attachment is a retyped copy of telegram 2327 from Hong Kong, June 25, and is identical in substance to the telegram as received, a copy of which is ibid. Another copy is in Department of State, Central Files, POL CHICOM.
161. Study Prepared by the Special State-Defense Study Group
Source: Johnson Library, National Security File, Country File, China—Communist China Long Range Study by the Special State-Defense Study Group. Top Secret; Special Handling Required; Not Releasable to Foreign Nationals. According to the foreword, the study was undertaken on March 8, 1965, as a result of an agreement between the Deputy Secretary of Defense and the Deputy Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs. The Study Group operated under the policy guidance of those two officials and the JCS Chairman. It was directed by Joseph A. Yager of the Policy Planning Council and Brigadier General Stephen W. Henry, USAF. Its mission was to examine the politico-military position of the United States vis-a-vis “Communist China and other potentially hostile or disruptive forces in the Far East” through 1976. Before preparing the Long Range Study, the Study Group prepared a Short Range Report, dated April 30, 1965; see Document 92 and footnote 2 thereto.
On October 19 the Far East Interdepartmental Regional Group (a sub-group of the Senior Interdepartmental Group) endorsed the basic policy concepts developed in the Long Range Study, as summarized by the FE/IRG China Working Group. The minutes of the October 19 meeting and the China Working Group report are filed in Department of State, FE/IRG Files: Lot 70 D 56.
162. Telegram From the Embassy in the Republic of China to the Department of State
Source: Department of State, Central Files, UN 6 CHICOM. Secret; Priority; Exdis. Repeated to Canberra and Manila for the Secretary and Bundy.
163. Telegram From the Embassy in the Republic of China to the Department of State
Source: Johnson Library, National Security File, Country File, China, Vol. 6A. Secret; Exdis. Repeated to Tokyo for the Secretary and Bundy.
164. Telegram From the Embassy in the Republic of China to the Department of State
Source: Department of State, Central Files, ORG 7 S. Top Secret; Exdis. Repeated to Tokyo for Rusk.
165. Telegram From the Embassy in the Republic of China to the Department of State
Source: Johnson Library, National Security File, Country File, China, Vol. 6A. Secret; Exdis. Repeated to Tokyo for Rusk.
166. Telegram From the Embassy in the Republic of China to the Department of State
Source: Department of State, Central Files, POL CHINAT-US. Secret; Priority; Limdis. Repeated to CINCPAC.
167. Memorandum for the Record
Source: Department of State, INR Historical Files, 303 Committee Files, 303 c.41, August 5, 1966. Secret; Eyes Only. Drafted by Peter Jessup of the NSC staff on July 9.
169. Telegram From the Embassy in the Republic of China to the Department of State
Source: Department of State, Central Files, POL 15–1 US/JOHNSON. Confidential; Priority. Repeated to USUN and Hong Kong.
170. Telegram From the Department of State to the Embassy in Canada
Source: Department of State, Central Files, UN 6 ChiCom. Secret; Priority; Exdis. Drafted by Bundy on July 23, cleared by Deputy Assistant Secretary for IO William B. Buffum, and approved by Rusk. Also sent to Geneva for Goldberg and repeated to Taipei, USUN, Tokyo, and London.
171. Memorandum From the President’s Special Assistant (Rostow) to President Johnson
Source: Johnson Library, National Security File, Country File, China, Vol. VI. Secret. Filed with a covering memorandum of July 25 from Rostow to the President.
172. Memorandum From the President’s Special Assistant (Rostow) to President Johnson
Source: Johnson Library, National Security File, Country File, China, Vol. VI. Confidential; No Foreign Dissem. A handwritten “L” on the source text indicates that the President saw the memorandum. Another handwritten notation reads: “Rec’d 11:45 a.m.”
173. Memorandum From James C. Thomson, Jr., of the National Security Council Staff to the President’s Special Assistant (Rostow)
Source: Johnson Library, National Security File, Country File, China, Vol. VII. Secret; Eyes Only. Filed with a covering note of August 4 from Thomson to Rostow that indicates that William J. Jorden of the NSC staff had read Thomson’s memorandum and concurred.
174. Telegram From the Embassy in Japan to the Department of State
Source: Department of State, Central Files, POL CHICOM. Secret; Exdis. A copy was sent to the President with an August 16 covering memorandum from Komer supporting Reischauer’s arguments. A note in Johnson’s handwriting on Komer’s memorandum reads, “Ask Rostow to contact Rusk & comment. L.” An attached note in an unknown hand reads, “Call Bill Moyers before you do anything about attached.” (Johnson Library, National Security File, Country File, China, Vol. VI)
175. Memorandum of Conversation
Source: Department of State, Central Files, UN 6 CHICOM. Secret. Drafted by Smith; approved at the White House on August 30. The source text is labeled “Part 5 of 9.”
176. Memorandum From the President’s Special Assistant (Rostow) to President Johnson
Source: Johnson Library, National Security File, Country File, China, Vol. VII. No classification marking. A handwritten “L” on the source text indicates that it was seen by the President.
177. Telegram From the Department of State to the Embassy in Poland
Source: Department of State, Central Files, POL CHICOM-US. Confidential; Limdis. Drafted by Kreisberg on August 19; cleared in draft by Vietnam Working Group Director Robert H. Miller, Aldrich, UNP Deputy Director William Gleysteen, and J. Stapleton Roy of SOV, and by SCA Deputy Administrator Barbara M. Watson, Dr. Creech of USDA, Anderson of DOD/ISA, Bundy, Harriman, and William Jorden; and approved by Rusk. Repeated to Moscow, Saigon, Taipei, and Hong Kong.
178. 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, China, Vol. VII. Confidential.
179. Memorandum From Alfred Jenkins of the National Security Council Staff to the President’s Special Assistant (Rostow)
Source: Johnson Library, National Security File, Agency File, United Nations, Vol. 4. Secret. Filed as an attachment to a September 6 memorandum from Harold K. Saunders of the NSC staff to Rostow, which transmitted NSC staff views on the main issues to be discussed at Rusk’s UNGA strategy meeting. Concerning the Jenkins memorandum, Saunders commented, “I have deliberately stayed an outsider on this one, but I am wondering whether we shouldn’t soon give the President a rundown on where we stand. Time is getting very short. The ticklish aspect of this problem is that the Secretary is somewhat alone in resisting change.”
180. Telegram From the Embassy in Poland to the Department of State
Source: Department of State, Central Files POL CHICOM-US. Confidential; Immediate; Limdis. Repeated to Hong Kong, Moscow, Saigon, and Taipei and passed to the White House, CIA, and USIA.