Communication Satellites
63. Position Paper for the United States Delegation
Source: National Archives and Records Administration, RG 59, Records of the Department of State, Central Files, 1964–66, TEL 6. Limited Official Use. This position paper, prepared for a meeting with members of the European Conference on Satellite Communications and Canadian officials, is an enclosure to a letter from Assistant Secretary of State for International Organization Affairs Harland Cleveland to Legal Adviser Abram Chayes.
64. Memorandum From the Deputy Secretary of Defense (Vance) to President Johnson
Source: Johnson Library, National Security File, Subject File, Communications (Nat’l Communications Systems, COMSAT, etc.), Vol. 1 [2 of 2]. Confidential.
65. Memorandum From the Legal Adviser (Chayes) to the Under Secretary of State (Ball)
Source: National Archives and Records Administration, RG 59, Records of the Department of State, Central Files, 1964–66, TEL 6. Drafted by Leonard Marks (USIA). Copies were sent to Cleveland (IO), Johnson (E), Nesbitt (SCI), and Edgar J. Beigel (WE).
67. Letter From the Chairman of the Military Operations Subcommittee of the House Committee on Government Operations (Holifield) to President Johnson
Source: Johnson Library, National Security File, Subject File, Communications (Nat’l Communications System, COMSAT, etc.), Vol. 1. No classification marking.
68. Telegram From the Embassy in Switzerland to the Department of State
Source: National Archives and Records Administration, RG 59, Records of the Department of State, Central Files, 1964–66, TEL 6. Confidential. Passed to Charyk and Ende (FCC). An advance copy was passed to Bushong (L) and the E message center was notified.
70. Memorandum From the President’s Special Assistant for Telecommunications (O’Connell) to Secretary of Defense McNamara
Source: Johnson Library, National Security File, Subject File, Communications (Nat’l Communications System, COMSAT, etc.), Vol. 1 [1 of 2]. No classification marking.
72. Memorandum From the President’s Special Assistant for Telecommunications (O’Connell) to the President’s Special Assistant (Watson)
Source: Johnson Library, White House Central Files, FG 806 COMSAT CORP. Confidential.
73. Policy Paper
Source: Johnson Library, National Security File, Charles E. Johnson Files, COMSAT—US Communication Policy NSAM No. 338, #1 [1 of 2], Box 13. Confidential. There is no drafting information on the source text.
74. Memorandum From the President’s Special Assistant for National Security Affairs (Bundy) to President Johnson
Source: Johnson Library, National Security File, Charles E. Johnson Files, COMSAT—US Communication Policy NSAM No. 338, #1 [1 of 2], Box 13. Confidential.
75. National Security Action Memorandum No. 3381
Source: Johnson Library, National Security File, Charles E. Johnson Files, COMSAT—US Communications Policy NSAM No. 338, #1 [1 of 2], Box 13. Confidential. Copies were sent to the Director, Bureau of the Budget; Executive Secretary, NASC; Special Assistant to the President for Science and Technology; and the Communications Satellite Corporation.
76. Memorandum From the President’s Special Assistant for Telecommunications (O’Connell) to President Johnson
Source: Johnson Library, White House Central Files, FG 806, COMSAT CORP. Confidential.
77. Memorandum From the President’s Special Assistant for Telecommunications (O’Connell) to President Johnson
Source: Johnson Library, National Security File, Subject File, Communications (Nat’l Comm. System, COMSAT, etc.), Vol. 1 [2 of 2], Box 6. Secret. Copies were sent to Moyers, Valenti, Bundy, Watson, and Califano.
78. Memorandum From Charles E. Johnson of the National Security Council Staff to the President’s Special Assistant (Cater)
Source: Johnson Library, National Security File, Charles E. Johnson Files, COMSAT, NSAM No. 342, #2, Box 12. No classification marking.
79. Memorandum From the Director of the United States Information Agency (Marks) to President Johnson
Source: Johnson Library, National Security File, Charles E. Johnson Files, COMSAT—Educational Purposes, Domestic and Foreign, NSAM No. 342, #1, Box 12. Confidential.
80. Letter From the President’s Special Assistant for Telecommunications (O’Connell) to the President’s Special Assistant for National Security Affairs (Bundy)
Source: Johnson Library, National Security File, Charles E. Johnson Files,COMSAT—US Communications Policy, NSAM No. 338, #1 [1 of 2], Box 13. Confidential. Copies were sent to Komer and Charles Johnson.
82. National Security Action Memorandum No. 342
Source: National Archives and Records Administration, RG 59, Records of the Department of State, NSAM Files: Lot 70 D 316. Confidential. Also printed in John M. Logsdon, ed., Exploring the Unknown: Selected Documents in the History of the U.S. Civilian Space Program, vol. III: Using Space (Washington, D.C.: National Aeronautics and Space Administration, 1998), pp. 95–96.
84. Memorandum From the President’s Special Assistant for Telecommunications (O’Connell) to President Johnson
Source: Johnson Library, National Security File, Subject File, Communications (Nat’l Communications System, COMSAT, etc.), Vol. II [2 of 2], Box 6. No classification marking.
85. Letter From the Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Economic Affairs (Loy) to the Director of the Defense Communications Agency (Starbird)
Source: National Archives and Records Administration, RG 59, Records of the Department of State, Central Files, 1964–66, TEL 6. Confidential. Drafted by Nelson (E) and cleared by Gil Carter (AID) and O’Connell.
86. Report Prepared in the Department of State and the Agency for International Development
Source: Johnson Library, National Security File, Charles E. Johnson Files, COMSAT—Educational Purposes, NSAM 342 (Domestic and Foreign), #3, Box 12. Confidential. Transmitted under cover of a memorandum from Read to Rostow through O’Connell. A typed cover note dated July 25 from Charles Johnson to William Bowdler, Edward Hamilton, William Jorden, and Howard Wriggins, reads: “This is an advance copy of a State Department report now being reviewed in the Office of Telecommunications Adviser prior to transmittal to the President through Walt Rostow. I would appreciate very much receiving your views with respect to the findings and conclusions covering the individual countries that you keep your eye on. For your information, those of us who have looked at the report feel that it does not reflect the urgency and importance attached to this project by the President in NSAM 342.”
The report was finally submitted to President Johnson on July 28; see Document 87.
87. Memorandum From the President’s Special Assistant for Telecommunications (O’Connell) to President Johnson
Source: Johnson Library, National Security File, Charles E. Johnson Files,COMSAT—Educational Purposes NSAM 342 (Domestic and Foreign), #3, Box 12. Confidential.
88. Letter From the Deputy Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs (Johnson) to the President’s Special Assistant for Telecommunications (O’Connell)
Source: National Archives and Records Administration, RG 59, Records of the Department of State, Central Files, 1964–66, SP 1–1. Confidential. Drafted by Nesbitt (SCI) and cleared by Loy (E), George (G), and Pattman (L).
90. Memorandum for the File
Source: Johnson Library, National Security File, Charles E. Johnson Files, COMSAT—US Communications Policy, NSAM No. 338, #2 [2 of 2], Box 13. Official Use Only. Drafted by Welsh.
91. Report Prepared in the Department of State and the Agency for International Development
Source: Department of State, NSAM Files: Lot 72 D 316. Confidential. A covering memorandum from Read to Rostow indicates the report was transmitted to the White House on January 4, 1967.
92. Memorandum by the President’s Special Assistant (Cater)
Source: Johnson Library, National Security File, Charles E. Johnson Files, COMSAT—Educational Purposes, NSAM 342 (Domestic and Foreign), #3, Box 12. Confidential.