The Technology Gap
1. Telegram From the Embassy in France to the Department of State
Source: National Archives and Records Administration, RG 59, Records of the Department of State, Central Files, 1964–66, SCI 3 OECD. Limited Official Use; Priority. Passed to the White House.
2. Telegram From the Department of State to Secretary of State Rusk in Belgium
Source: National Archives and Records Administration, RG 59, Records of the Department of State, Central Files, 1964–66, SCI 1–1 EURW–US. Secret; Nodis. Drafted by Under Secretary Ball on June 6, cleared by John Walsh (S/S), and approved by Ball. Secretary Rusk was in Brussels attending a NATO meeting. After stopping briefly in Bonn and London, he returned to Washington on June 10.
3. Memorandum From the President’s Special Assistant for Science and Technology (Hornig) to President Johnson
Source: Johnson Library, Papers of Donald F. Hornig, Box 4. Secret. Drafted by Spurgeon Keeny on June 7. Attached to the source text is a June 7 note from Hornig to Rostow indicating that the memorandum was transmitted to Rostow for action and that a copy was sent to Francis Bator.
4. Memorandum From the Acting Deputy Director of the Office of International Scientific and Technological Affairs (Joyce) to the Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs (Rostow)
Source: National Archives and Records Administration, RG 59, Records of the Department of State, Central Files, 1964–66, SCI 1–1 EURW–US. Confidential. Drafted by Henri Bader (SCI) and Eugene Kovach (SCI) and cleared by George S. Springsteen (EUR).
5. National Security Action Memorandum No. 357
Source: Department of State, S/S Files: Lot 72 D 316, NSAM 357. Confidential.
6. Memorandum by the President’s Special Assistant for Science and Technology (Hornig)
Source: Johnson Library, Papers of Donald F. Hornig, Box 4. Confidential. Drafted by David Beckler.
7. Circular Telegram From the Department of State to the Embassy in France
Source: National Archives and Records Administration, RG 59, Records of the Department of State, Central Files, 1967–69, SCI 1–1 EURW–US. Confidential. Repeated to all NATO and OECD capitals and USRO. Drafted by Percival (EUR) on January 11; cleared by Jacob M. Myerson (RPM), Oswald H. Ganley (SCI), William M. Kerrigan (E), Jonathan Dean (C), and Springsteen (EUR); and approved by Bowie.
8. Telegram From the Embassy in France to the Department of State
Source: National Archives and Records Administration, RG 59, Records of the Department of State, Central Files, 1967–69, SCI 1–1 EURW–US. Confidential. Repeated to the White House for Hornig, to the Office of the Secretary of Defense, and to Brussels and Rome.
9. Letter From the President’s Special Assistant for Science and Technology (Hornig) to President Johnson
Source: Johnson Library, National Security File, Agency File, Office of Science and Technology, Vol. I [1967], Box 42. Confidential.
10. Telegram From the Mission to the North Atlantic Treaty Organization to the Department of State
Source: National Archives and Records Administration, RG 59, Records of the Department of State, Central Files, 1967–69, SCI 1–1 EURW–US. Confidential. Repeated to the Office of the Secretary of Defense, Brussels for BUSEC, London, and Rome.
11. Memorandum From the President’s Special Assistant for Science and Technology (Hornig) to President Johnson
Source: Johnson Library, Papers of Donald F. Hornig, Box 4. Secret. Drafted by Daniel F. Margolies, Beckler, and Hornig.
12. Memorandum of Conversation
Source: National Archives and Records Administration, RG 59, Records of the Department of State, Central Files, 1967–69,SCI 1–1 EURW–US. Secret. The source text is Part IV of VI. Drafted by Neil Seidenman (LS), approved in S on September 2 and by the White House (Edward Fried) on October 5. The meeting was held at the White House.
13. Memorandum of Conversation
Source: National Archives and Records Administration, RG 59, Records of the Department of State, Central Files, 1967–69,SCI 1–1 EURW–US. Secret. This memorandum is Part IV of IV. The meeting was held in the Prime Minister’s office. In an attached memorandum from Bowie to Rusk of December 22, Bowie told the Secretary that the idea of a major speech by President Johnson on the technological gap had been considered by the Interdepartmental Committee and rejected. Rusk agreed to discuss the issue with the President in light of the Hornig committee’s decision if the Belgian Prime Minister raised the issue again, but there is no indication that he did so.
14. Memorandum From the President’s Special Assistant for Science and Technology (Hornig) to President Johnson
Source: Johnson Library, Papers of Donald F. Hornig, Box 4. No classification marking.
15. Memorandum From the Interdepartmental Committee on the Technological Gap to President Johnson
Source: Johnson Library, National Security File, Agency File, State Department, Senior Interdepartmental Group, Memos and Misc. [II], Box 60. Confidential. Transmitted to the President under cover of a memorandum from Hornig, Document 14.
16. Telegram From the Mission to the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development to the Department of State
Source: National Archives and Records Administration, RG 59, Records of the Department of State, Central Files, 1967–69, SCI 3 OECD. Limited Official Use. Also sent to Brussels for USEC and pouched to all OECD capitals.
17. Memorandum From the President’s Special Assistant for Science and Technology (Hornig) to President Johnson
Source: Johnson Library, Papers of Donald F. Hornig, Box 6. Confidential. Drafted by Beckler.
18. Information Memorandum From the Acting Director of the Office of International Scientific and Technological Affairs (Pollack) to the Under Secretary of State (Katzenbach)
Source: Johnson Library, National Security File, Agency File, State Department, Senior Interdepartmental Group, Memos and Misc. [II], Box 60. Confidential. Drafted by Oswald H. Ganley (SCI) and cleared by William M. Kerrigan (E), William G. Barraclough (EUR/RPE), and Donald R. Lesh (U/SIG). The source text is Attachment A to a July 2 memorandum from Arthur Hartman to SIG members, informing them that after Presidential review, the report had been referred to the SIG and circulated to U.S. overseas missions in OECD countries for information. The memorandum also indicated that no immediate action was required.
19. Airgram From the Mission to the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development to the Department of State
Source: National Archives and Records Administration, RG 59, Records of the Department of State, Central Files, 1967–69, SCI 1–1 EURW–US. Limited Official Use. Drafted by Lester E. Edmunds, cleared by Philip R. Cook, and approved by Ambassador Trezise.
20. Airgram From the Embassy in France to the Department of State
Source: National Archives and Records Administration, RG 59, Records of the Department of State, Central Files, 1967–69, SCI 1–1 EURW–US. Confidential; Noforn; Priority. Drafted by Edgar L. Piret and Harding W. Ballough (SCI) on July 30; cleared by Jack R. Perry (POL), Robert J. Morris (ECON), the Minister, and Ambassador Shriver; and approved by Piret.