National Security Policy
91. National Security Action Memorandum No. 162
Source: Department of State, S/S-NSC Files: Lot 72 D 316, NSAM 162. Secret.
93. Draft Paper Prepared by the Policy Planning Council
Source: Department of State, S/P Files: Lot 69 D 121, BNSP Draft 6/22/62. Secret. For information on previous drafts, see Documents 70, 83, and 90. The underlined text represents the portions that were intended to be included in short version of the paper, which was circulated on August 2. (Attachment to memorandum from U. Alexis Johnson to McNamara, October 15; Washington National Records Center, RG 330, OSD Files: FRC 65 A 3464, 381 (Relo) BNSP 31 Mar 62)
96. National Intelligence Estimate
Source: Department of State, S/S-NSC Files: Lot 70 D 265, NSC Meeting 7/9/62. Top Secret. A note on the cover sheet indicates the estimate was submitted by the Director of Central Intelligence. The note reads in part: “The following intelligence organizations participated in the preparation of this estimate: The Central Intelligence Agency and the intelligence organizations of the Departments of State, Defense, the Army, the Navy, the Air Force, AEC, and NSA.” The members of the U.S. Intelligence Board concurred except the Assistant Director, Federal Bureau of Investigation, who abstained because the subject was outside his jurisdiction.
98. Notes for Action
Source: Central Intelligence Agency, DCI (McCone) Files: Job 80-B01285A, Box 9, Folder 5, DCI Memoranda 3/1/62-4/30/65. Secret; Eyes Only. Drafted by McCone.
99. Memorandum From the Interagency Committee on Police Assistance Programs to President Kennedy
Source: Department of State, S/S-NSC Files: Lot 70 D 265, Interdepartmental Committee on Police. Secret.
100. Memorandum From the Deputy Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs (Johnson) to the President’s Military Representative (Taylor)
Source: Department of State, S/S-NSC Files: Lot 70 D 265, NSC Meeting 7/9/62. Top Secret; Limited Distribution. Also addressed to General Lemnitzer, Nitze, and Sherman Kent, Assistant Director for National Estimates, Central Intelligence Agency. Copies were sent to Bohlen, Kohler, Hilsman, General Holtoner, and Garthoff.
101. Memorandum From the Deputy Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs (Johnson) to Secretary of State Rusk
Source: Department of State, S/S-NSC Files: Lot 70 D 265, NSC Meeting 7/9/65. Top Secret; Limited Distribution. Drafted by Raymond L. Garthoff, Johnson’s Special Assistant and Executive Secretary of the Special Committee. Copies were sent to Bohlen, Kohler, Kitchen, and Hilsman.
102. Memorandum From the President’s Military Representative (Taylor) to President Kennedy
Source: Department of State, Special Group (CI) Files: Lot 68 D 451, Special Group (CI) 1/1/62-7/31/62. Secret. Attached to an undated covering note from U. Alexis Johnson to the President. Also attached to the note is a similar memorandum from Taylor to the President dated June 2.
103. Memorandum for President Kennedy
Source: National Defense University, Taylor Papers, Strategic Balance. Top Secret; Limited Distribution. The memorandum was sent jointly to the President by Rusk, McNamara, McCone, and Lemnitzer on August 23. The source text and its attachments are enclosures to a letter from U. Alexis Johnson to Taylor in which Johnson stated that he had accepted McNamara’s language on the AICBM question but was “pointing this out to” Rusk in case he wanted to pursue the matter further. There is no record of Rusk having done so. Johnson concluded that he knew “of no other issues of substance except that of the Soviet MRBMs, and nobody has suggested exactly what additional we should do about this.”
104. Memorandum From the President’s Military Representative (Taylor) to President Kennedy
Source: Kennedy Library, National Security Files, Departments and Agencies Series, Department of Defense 7/62-8/62. Top Secret.
105. National Security Action Memorandum No. 182
Source: Department of State, S/S-NSC Files: Lot 72 D 316, NSAM 182. Secret.
107. Memorandum From the President’s Deputy Special Assistant for National Security Affairs (Kaysen) to the President’s Special Assistant for National Security Affairs (Bundy)
Source: Kennedy Library, National Security Files, Departments and Agencies Series, Defense Budget FY 1964, Miscellaneous Volume I. Top Secret.
108. Memorandum From the President’s Special Assistant for National Security Affairs (Bundy) to President Kennedy
Source: Kennedy Library, National Security Files, Departments and Agencies Series, NSC Organization and Administration. No classification marking. This memorandum was apparently written in response to remarks by former President Eisenhower and in preparation for the President’s news conference on November 20. The subject of the memorandum was not raised at the news conference.
110. Memorandum From the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff (Taylor) to Secretary of Defense McNamara
Source: Washington National Records Center, RG 330, OSD Files: FRC 66 A 3542, 110.01 Package I—12 Apr 62. Top Secret.
111. Draft Memorandum From Secretary of Defense McNamara to President Kennedy
Source: Kennedy Library, National Security Files, Departments and Agencies Series, FY 1964 Defense Budget Volume I. Top Secret.
112. Draft Memorandum From Secretary of Defense McNamara to President Kennedy
Source: Kennedy Library, National Security Files, Departments and Agencies Series, Defense Budget FY 1964 Volume I. Top Secret.
113. Memorandum for the Record
Source: Washington National Records Center, RG 330, OSD Files: FRC 66 A 3542, 110.01 FY 64 (23 Nov 62). No classification marking. Drafted by Gilpatric.
114. Letter From Secretary of State Rusk to Secretary of Defense McNamara
Source: Washington National Records Center, RG 330, OSD Files: FRC 66 A 3542, 452 10 Jan 62. Top Secret.
115. Draft Memorandum From Secretary of Defense McNamara to President Kennedy
Source: Kennedy Library, National Security Files, Departments and Agencies Series, Defense Budget FY 1964 Volume I. Top Secret. This memorandum is 70 double-spaced typewritten pages long.
116. Draft Memorandum From Secretary of Defense McNamara to President Kennedy
Source: Kennedy Library, National Security Files, Departments and Agencies Series, Defense Budget 1964 Miscellaneous Volume I. Secret.
117. National Intelligence Estimate
Source: Department of State, INR/EAP Files: Lot 90 D 110. Secret. A table of contents is not printed. A note on the source text reads in part: “The following intelligence organizations participated in the preparation of this estimate: The Central Intelligence Agency and the intelligence organizations of the Departments of State, Defense, the Army, the Navy, the Air Force, AEC, and NSA.” The members of the U.S. Intelligence Board concurred except the Assistant Director, Federal Bureau of Investigation, who abstained because the subject was outside his jurisdiction.
119. Memorandum From the Joint Chiefs of Staff to Secretary of Defense McNamara
Source: Department of State, S/P Files: Lot 69 D 121, BNSP 1962. Top Secret. Another copy is in the Washington National Records Center, RG 330, OSD Files: FRC 65 A 3464, 381 (Relo) BNSP 31 Mar 62.
120. Address by Secretary of Defense McNamara at the Ministerial Meeting of the North Atlantic Council
Source: Department of State, Central Files, 396.1-PA/12-2162. Top Secret. The source text is the enclosure to circular airgram CA-6769, December 21. The Ministerial Meeting of the North Atlantic Council was held December 13-15 in Paris.