China
31. Letter From the Charge to the Republic of China (Clough) to the Assistant Secretary of State for Far Eastern Affairs (Bundy)
Source: Department of State, Central Files, POL 27 CHICOM-CHINAT. Secret; Limit Distribution.
32. Memorandum From the Central Intelligence Agency’s Deputy Director for Plans (Helms) to the President’s Special Assistant for National Security Affairs (Bundy)
[Source: Johnson Library, National Security File, Country File, China, Volume I. Top Secret. 4 pages of source text not declassified.]
33. Memorandum From the Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Far Eastern Economic Affairs (Barnett) to the Director of the Office of Asian Communist Affairs (Grant)
Source: Department of State, Central Files, POL CHICOM-US. Confidential. Copies were sent to Green, Popple, McNutt, and Thomson.
34. National Intelligence Estimate
Source: Department of State, INR/EAP Files: Lot 90 D 110, NIE 10–2–64. Secret; Controlled Dissem. According to a note on the cover sheet, the estimate was submitted by the Director of Central Intelligence and concurred in by the U.S. Intelligence Board on June 10. The Central Intelligence Agency and the intelligence organizations of the Departments of State and Defense, the National Security Agency, and the Federal Bureau of Investigation participated in the preparation of the estimate. All members of the U.S. Intelligence Board concurred, except the Atomic Energy Commission Representative, who abstained on the grounds that the subject was outside his jurisdiction.
35. Memorandum From James C. Thomson, Jr., of the National Security Council Staff to the President’s Special Assistant for National Security Affairs (Bundy)
Source: Johnson Library, National Security File, Country File, Poland, Cabot-Wang Talks. Secret. A note in Komer’s handwriting on the source text reads as follows: “Jim Thomson and Rice make sense on this one! We may want to use Warsaw channel for real signals, so better not to clog it with a lot of useless noise. RWK.”
36. Memorandum From William E. Colby, Chief, Far East Division, Plans Directorate of the Central Intelligence Agency to That Agency’s Deputy Director for Plans (Helms)
[Source: Johnson Library, National Security File, Agency File, Central Intelligence Agency, Volume I. Top Secret. 4 pages of source text not declassified.]
37. Telegram From the Department of State to the Embassy in Poland
Source: Department of State, Central Files, POL CHICOM-US. Confidential; Priority; Limit Distribution. Drafted by Dean and Grant. Cleared in substance by William Bundy, and in draft by Carl Salans of L/FE, Allen Whiting of INR/RFE, William C. Trueheart of SEA, Special Assistant to the Secretary for Vietnamese Affairs Michael Forrestal, and Thomson. Approved by Grant. Repeated to London, Stockholm, Taipei, and Hong Kong.
38. Memorandum for the Record
Source: Central Intelligence Agency, DCI (McCone) Files: JOB 80–B01285A, DCI Mtgs with the Pres, May–Oct 1964. Secret; Eyes Only. Drafted by McCone.
39. Telegram From the Department of State to the Embassy in Poland
Source: Department of State, Central Files, POL CHICOM-US. Confidential; Priority; Limit Distribution. Drafted by Grant, cleared by William Bundy and in substance by Harriman and Thomson, approved and initialed by Rusk. Repeated to London, Stockholm, Taipei, and Hong Kong.
40. Telegram From the Embassy in Poland to the Department of State
Source: Department of State, Central Files, POL CHICOM-US. Confidential; Priority; Limdis. Repeated to Hong Kong, Taipei, Geneva, Moscow, and Stockholm.
41. Memorandum From James C. Thomson, Jr., of the National Security Council Staff to the President’s Special Assistant for National Security Affairs (Bundy)
Source: Johnson Library, National Security File, Country File, Poland, Cabot-Wang Talks. Secret.
42. Memorandum for the Record
Source: Central Intelligence Agency, DCI (McCone) Files: Job 80–B01285A, 303 Committee Meetings (1964). Secret; Eyes Only. Drafted by McCone.
43. Special National Intelligence Estimate
Source: Central Intelligence Agency, NIE Files. Top Secret; Ruff/[codeword not declassified]. According to a note on the cover sheet, it was submitted by the Director of Central Intelligence and concurred in by the U.S. Intelligence Board on August 26. The Central Intelligence Agency and the intelligence organizations of the Departments of State and Defense, AEC, and NSA participated in its preparation. All USIB members concurred, except the FBI Assistant Director who abstained because the subject was outside his jurisdiction.
44. Letter From the Ambassador to the Republic of China (Wright) to the Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs (Harriman)
Source: Library of Congress, Manuscript Division, Harriman Papers, Special Files: Public Service, Kennedy-Johnson Administrations, Subject File, Wooe-Wz. Secret; Eyes Only.
45. Letter From the Assistant Secretary of State for Far Eastern Affairs (Bundy) to the Ambassador to the Republic of China (Wright)
Source: Department of State, ROC Files: Lot 75 D 76, Blue Lion Consultations. Top Secret. Drafted by Officer in Charge of Republic of China Affairs John B. Dexter on August 31.
46. Telegram From the Department of State to the Embassy in the Republic of China
Source: Department of State, Central Files, POL CHINAT-US. Secret; Exdis. Drafted by Dexter, cleared by SEA Director William C. Trueheart and Bundy, and approved and initialed by Rusk. Repeated to Bangkok and Rangoon.
47. Circular Telegram From the Department of State to Certain Posts
Source: Department of State, Central Files, POL 16 CHINAT. Secret. Drafted by Green and William J. Cunningham of the ROC desk, cleared by UNP Director William B. Buffum, and approved and initialed by Rusk. Sent to all U.S. diplomatic missions except those in the Soviet bloc and to Hong Kong, Lusaka, Valletta, USUN, the Mission at Geneva, and USRO Paris.
48. National Policy Paper
Source: Department of State, S/P Files: Lot 70 D 199, National Policy Paper, Republic of China. Secret. Portions of the paper, entitled “Future U.S. Role in External Defense” and “Present U.S. Role in External Defense,” are filed ibid. under a cover sheet dated June 1964. Drafted by Joseph A. Yager of the Policy Planning Council and approved by Rusk on September 11. The preface states: “All agencies with major responsibilities affecting U.S. relations with the Republic of China participated in drafting the paper and concur in the Strategy and Courses of Action which it sets forth.”
49. Memorandum for the Record
Source: Johnson Library, National Security File, Memos to the President, McGeorge Bundy, Vol. 6. Top Secret; Sensitive.
50. Memorandum for the Record
Source: Central Intelligence Agency, DCI (McCone) Files: Job 80–B01285A, DCI (McCone) Memo for the Record, 11 Sept-31 Oct 1964. Secret; Eyes Only. Dictated by McCone on September 17.
51. Memorandum From Robert W. Komer of the National Security Council Staff to the President’s Special Assistant for National Security Affairs (Bundy)
Source: Johnson Library, National Security File, Nuclear Testing—China. Top Secret. A marginal note in Bundy’s handwriting reads: “Very interesting. McGB.“
52. Telegram From the Embassy in Poland to the Department of State
Source: Department of State, Central Files, POL CHICOM-US. Confidential; Priority; Limdis. Repeated to Hong Kong, Taipei, Geneva, Moscow, and Stockholm.
53. Telegram From the Embassy in Poland to the Department of State
Source: Department of State, Central Files, POL CHICOM-US. Confidential; Priority; Limdis. Repeated to Hong Kong, Taipei, Geneva, Moscow, and Stockholm.
54. Memorandum of Conversation
Source: Johnson Library, National Security File, Country File, USSR, Dobrynin Conversations, 11/63–4/68, Vol. I. Secret.
55. Memorandum for the Record
Source: Central Intelligence Agency, DCI (McCone) Files: Job 80–B01285A, DCI Mtgs with the Pres, May–Oct 1964. Secret; Eyes Only. Drafted by McCone on October 7.
56. Memorandum From the Assistant Director for Scientific Intelligence of the Central Intelligence Agency (Chamberlain) to the Deputy Director of Central Intelligence (Carter)
Source: Central Intelligence Agency, DCI (McCone) Files: Job 80–B01676R, DDCI Trip to the Far East, 17–31 October 1964. Top Secret. Concurred in by the Deputy Director for Science and Technology, with the notation that a memorandum to holders of the estimate was planned for the following week. A paper entitled “Indications Relating to a Chinese Communist Nuclear Test in the Near Future,” neither signed nor dated, is attached to the source text, along with a second memorandum of October 15 from Chamberlain to Carter entitled “The Chinese Atomic Energy Program.”
57. Memorandum for the Record
Source: Central Intelligence Agency, DCI (McCone) Files: Job 80–B01285A, DCI Mtgs with the Pres, Oct-Dec 1964. Top Secret.
58. Memorandum for the Record
Source: Central Intelligence Agency, DCI (McCone) Files: Job 80–B01285A, Box 6, Folder 10, DCI Mtgs with the Pres, Oct-Dec 1964. Secret; Eyes Only. Dictated by McCone.
59. Telegram From the Embassy in the Republic of China to the Department of State
Source: Department of State, Central Files, DEF 12–1 CHICOM. Secret. Repeated to Hong Kong, Tokyo, and CINCPAC for Polad. Received at 1 p.m.
60. Memorandum for the Record
Source: Johnson Library, National Security File, Bundy Files, Miscellaneous Meetings, Vol. I. Secret. The memorandum is dated October 20.