346. Memorandum of Conversation

Source: National Archives and Records Administration, RG 59, Conference Files: Lot 66 D 347, CF 2482. Secret. Drafted by Shullaw and approved in S on March 31. The memorandum is Part 1 of 5. The meeting was held in the Secretary’s Conference Room.

347. Memorandum From the Executive Secretary of the Department of State (Read) to the President’s Special Assistant for National Security Affairs (Bundy)

Source: Johnson Library, National Security File, Agency File, State Department. Limited Official Use.

348. Intelligence Information Cable

Source: Johnson Library, National Security File, Country File, United Nations, Article 19, Vol. 2. Secret; No Foreign Dissem; Controlled Dissem; No Dissem Abroad; Background Use Only. Prepared in the Central Intelligence Agency.

349. Memorandum From Gordon Chase of the National Security Council Staff to the President’s Special Assistant for National Security Affairs (Bundy)

Source: Johnson Library, National Security File, Agency File, United Nations, Vol. 1. Secret; Eyes Only.

350. Memorandum From the Representative to the United Nations (Stevenson) to President Johnson

Source: Johnson Library, National Security File, Agency File, United Nations, U.S. Representative—Stevenson. Confidential. A typewritten note on the memorandum reads: “Dictated via telephone.” Printed in the Papers of Adlai E. Stevenson, vol. VIII, pp. 746–748.

351. Memorandum From the President’s Special Assistant for National Security Affairs (Bundy) to President Johnson

Source: Johnson Library, National Security File, Country File, United Nations, Article 19, Vol. 2. Confidential.

352. Telegram From the Mission to the United Nations to the Department of State

Source: Johnson Library, National Security File, Country File, United Nations, Article 19, Vol. 2. Confidential; Priority.

353. Telegram From the Mission to the United Nations to the Department of State

Source: Johnson Library, National Security File, Agency File, United Nations, Vol. 1. Secret; Exdis.

354. Telegram From the Mission to the United Nations to the Department of State

Source: Johnson Library, National Security File, Agency File, United Nations, Vol. 1. Secret; Limdis.

355. Telegram From the Department of State to the Mission to the United Nations

Source: Johnson Library, National Security File, Country File, United Nations, Article 19, Vol. 4. Confidential; Priority. Drafted on June 13 and approved by Cleveland, cleared in substance by Plimpton, EUR, and in draft by Rusk. Also sent to London and Ottawa.

356. Telegram From the Mission to the United Nations to the Department of State

Source: Johnson Library, National Security File, Agency File, United Nations, Vol. 1. Confidential; Priority; Limdis.

357. Memorandum From Secretary of State Rusk to President Johnson

Source: Johnson Library, National Security File, Country File, United Nations, Article 19, Vol. 2. Confidential.

358. Memorandum of Conversation

Source: Johnson Library, National Security File, Agency File, United Nations, Vol . 2. Secret; Exdis. Drafted by Cleveland and approved by S on July 23. In a July 22 memorandum attached to a copy of this memoranda of conversation sent to Arthur Goldberg, Cleveland wrote: “I think you will find it useful as a summary of the kind of dialogue we have been having with the Secretary General right along. But this was the sharpest confrontation yet.” (Department of State, U.S. Mission to the United Nations, Subject File, Reel 127, Frame 302)

359. Special Report Prepared in the Central Intelligence Agency

Source: Johnson Library, National Security File, Country File, United Nations, Article 19, Vol. 2. Secret; No Foreign Dissem. Prepared in the CIA’s Office of Current Intelligence. The charts included in this report are not printed.

360. Memorandum From Gordon Chase 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, United Nations, Vol. 1. Confidential.

361. Telegram From the Department of State to the Mission to the United Nations

Source: Johnson Library, National Security File, Country File, United Nations, Article 19, Vol. 4. Confidential; Priority. Drafted by Stephen Schwebel (L), cleared in L and UNP, and approved by Cleveland. Repeated to London.

362. Memorandum of Conversation

Source: Johnson Library, National Security File, Country File, United Nations, Article 19, Vol. 2. Confidential. Drafted by Judd and approved in S on August 10. The memorandum is Part 2 of 3. The meeting was held in the Secretary’s office.

363. Memorandum From the Representative to the United Nations (Goldberg) to President Johnson

Source: Johnson Library, National Security File, Agency File, United Nations, Goldberg Correspondence. No classification marking. President Johnson appointed Arthur Goldberg as Permanent Representative to the United Nations on July 26 and Goldberg presented his credentials on July 28. Goldberg’s nomination took place against the background of a further escalation of U.S. involvement in Vietnam. Documentation relating to the escalation and Goldberg’s initial efforts to seek a solution through the United Nations is in Foreign Relations, 1964–1968, vol. III, Documents 82, 99, 106, 114, 116, 119, and 129.

364. Telegram From the Mission to the United Nations to the Department of State

Source: Johnson Library, National Security File, Agency File, United Nations, Vol. 1. Secret; Limdis. Repeated to Moscow.

365. Circular Telegram From the Department of State to All Posts

Source: Johnson Library, Administrative Histories, Department of State During the Presidency of Lyndon B. Johnson, Vol. 2, Part 5. Confidential; Priority. Drafted by Pelcovits on August 16; cleared in AF, NEA, EUR, ARA, UNP, and L/UNA; and approved by Sisco.

366. Telegram From the Mission to the United Nations to the Department of State

Source: Johnson Library, National Security File, Country File, United Nations, Article 19, Vol. 4. Confidential; Limdis.

367. Memorandum From Gordon Chase of the National Security Council Staff to the President’s Special Assistant for National Security Affairs (Bundy)

Source: Johnson Library, National Security File, Agency File, United Nations, Vol. 2. Secret. Copies were sent to Bator, Cooper, Johnson, Keeny, and Komer.

368. Telephone Conversation Between President Johnson and the Representative to the United Nations (Goldberg)

Source:Johnson Library, Recordings and Transcripts, Recording of Telephone Conversation between President Johnson and Ambassador Goldberg, September 18, 1965, 1:27 p.m., Tape 65.04, Side A, PNO 2. No classification marking. Goldberg called the President from New York City. This transcript was prepared in the Office of the Historian specifically for this volume.

369. Memorandum From the President’s Special Assistant for National Security Affairs (Bundy) to President Johnson

Source: Johnson Library, National Security File, Agency File, United Nations, Vol. 2. Confidential.

370. Memorandum From Gordon Chase of the National Security Council Staff to the President’s Special Assistant for National Security Affairs (Bundy)

Source: Johnson Library, White House Central Files, Confidential File, IT 47 UN. Confidential.

371. Memorandum From Gordon Chase of the National Security Council Staff to the President’s Special Assistant for National Security Affairs (Bundy)

Source: Johnson Library, National Security File, Agency File, United Nations, Vol. 3. Confidential.

372. Letter From the Representative to the United Nations (Goldberg) to President Johnson

Source: Johnson Library, National Security File, Agency File, United Nations, Vol 3. Confidential.

373. Memorandum From Gordon Chase 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, United Nations, Vol. 1. Secret. For additional documentation on the U.S. position on a world disarmament conference, see Foreign Relations, 1964–1968, volume XI.

374. Memorandum of Conversation

Source: Johnson Library, National Security File, Agency File, United Nations, Vol. 2. Secret; Exdis. Drafted by Sisco.

375. Memorandum From the Representative to the United Nations (Goldberg) to President Johnson

Source: Johnson Library, White House Central Files, Confidential File, IT 47 UN. Confidential.

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