Foreign Assistance Policy
114. Memorandum for the Files
Source: Washington National Records Center, RG 286, AID Administrator Files: FRC 65 A 481, Labouisse. Confidential. Drafted by Labouisse.
115. Memorandum From the President’s Deputy Special Assistant for National Security Affairs (Rostow) to President Kennedy
Source: Kennedy Library, National Security Files, Meetings and Memoranda Series, Staff Memoranda, Rostow, 2/61-6/62. No classification marking. Copies were sent to McGeorge Bundy, Ralph Dungan, and Theodore Sorensen.
118. Memorandum From the President’s Deputy Special Assistant for National Security Affairs (Rostow) to President Kennedy
Source: Kennedy Library, National Security Files, Meetings and Memoranda Series, Staff Memoranda, Rostow, 2/61-6/62. Confidential.
119. Letter From the Deputy Director of the Office of Food for Peace (Symington) to the Administrator of the Agency for International Development (Hamilton)
Source: Washington National Records Center, RG 286, AID Administrator Files: FRC 65 A 481, Food for Peace, FY 1962. No classification marking.
120. Memorandum From the Under Secretary of State (Bowles) to the Administrator of the Agency for International Development (Hamilton)
Source: Washington National Records Center, RG 286, AID Administrator Files: FRC 65 A 481, Administration—State, FY 1962. Official Use Only. Drafted by A.E. Rice (U) and transmitted through S/S and EXSEC (AID). The handwritten notation, “Thank you F.H.,” appears on the source text.
121. Memorandum From the Chairman of the Policy Planning Council (McGhee) to the Administrator of the Agency for International Development (Hamilton)
Source: Washington National Records Center, RG 286, AID Administrator Files: FRC 65 A 481, Hamilton, Oct. 10 Memo “Foreign Assistance”. No classification marking.
122. Memorandum From the Assistant Secretary of State for Economic Affairs (Martin) to the Administrator of the Agency for International Development (Hamilton)
Source: Washington National Records Center, RG 286, AID Administrator Files: FRC 65 A 481, Oct. 11 Memo “Terms of Reference for AID Negotiations”. Official Use Only.
123. Memorandum for the Record
Source: Washington National Records Center, RG 286, AID Administrator Files: FRC 65 A 481, White House, FY 1962. Secret. Drafted by Komer. Copies were sent to McGeorge Bundy, Rostow, Bell, Dungan, and Kenneth Hansen. Attached to the source text is an October 24 memorandum from McGeorge Bundy to Hamilton, which indicates that Komer was conducting a White House review of major MAP programs and that he would be available if Hamilton “should want to talk with him about it.” Bundy added that, although Jeffrey Kitchen was the formal chairman of the review, most of the energy for it came from Komer and Kenneth Hansen of the Bureau of the Budget. Also attached to the source text is a copy of an October 25 memorandum from Don Easum (AID) to Battle (S/S), indicating that AID was taking no action on Komer’s memorandum and was giving a copy only to Frank Coffin, but that a copy could be given to G/PM at Battle’s discretion.
124. Report Prepared by the Policy Planning Council
Source: Washington National Records Center, RG 286, AID Administrator Files: FRC 65 A 481, State Department Policy Planning, FY 1962. Confidential. The portion of the source text printed here comprises pages 1-4 of the 40-page report.
125. Memorandum From Secretary of State Rusk to the Chairman of the Policy Planning Council (McGhee)
Source: Washington National Records Center,RG 286, AID Administrator Files: FRC 65 A 481, State Department Policy Planning, FY 1962. Confidential. An undated, mimeographed notice attached to the source text indicates that the Secretary’s memorandum should be considered an addendum to the Policy Planning Council paper (Document 124).
126. Summary Minutes of Meeting of the Interdepartmental Committee of Under Secretaries on Foreign Economic Policy
Source: Department of State, E Files: Lot 65 D 68, Interdepartmental Committee of Under Secretaries on Foreign Economic Policy. Official Use Only. Presumably drafted by Ruth S. Donahue, who is listed as Recording Secretary. Regarding the formation and functions of the ICFEP, see Document 5.
128. Memorandum From the Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Politico-Military Affairs (Kitchen) to Secretary of State Rusk and Secretary of Defense McNamara
Source: Department of State, S/S-NSC Files: Lot 70 D 265, Guidelines for Military Aid Program. Secret. Attached to the source text were the conclusions of the Steering Group Report, paragraphs 7-19, which are in the Supplement, and the country alternatives and recommendations, paragraphs 54-85, not printed. Attached to an earlier, nearly identical draft of Kitchen’s memorandum, December 9, which was addressed only to Secretary Rusk, was the entire report of 40 typescript pages.
129. Memorandum From the Acting Administrator of the Agency for International Development (Gaud) to Secretary of State Rusk
Source: Washington National Records Center,RG 286, AID Administrator Files: FRC 65 A 481, Military Assistance, FY 1962. Confidential. The source text is Tab D to an attached memorandum from Chenery to the Acting Administrator, January 12, which also summarizes the Steering Group Report. The other tabs, not found, were the text of the report, country annexes, and comments on the report by members of the steering group and Department of State and AID officials. Also attached to the source text are a covering memorandum from Chenery to the Acting Administrator, January 12, recommending that Gaud familiarize himself with the Steering Group Report and sign the memorandum to Secretary Rusk, and a memorandum from Carol Carter Moor (S/S-RO) to Easum (AID), January 10, indicating that G/PM wanted AID comments on the report by January 12.
130. National Security Council Record of Action No. 2447
Source: Department of State, S/S-NSC (Miscellaneous) Files: Lot 66 D 95, Records of Action by the National Security Council. Secret. The Action was taken at the 496th NSC meeting on January 18, along with Record of Action No. 2446. The source text is attached to a transmittal memorandum from Battle to several Department of State principals, January 23. A draft Record of Action was not discussed until an NSC Standing Group meeting on January 19 (Record of Action, January 19; Department of State,S/S-NSC Files: Lot 70 D 265, NSC Standing Group, 1/19/62), and was apparently not approved until some time between January 19 and 23.
131. Memorandum From the Administrator of the Agency for International Development (Hamilton) to President Kennedy
Source: Washington National Records Center,RG 286, AID Administrator Files: FRC 65 A 481, Development Financing, FY 1962. Official Use Only. The source text, which was sent through the Secretary of State, bears the notation “DR per GWB” in the Secretary’s handwriting. The source text also bears a second date, February 12, 1962, which is elsewhere given as the document control date and is presumably the day the memorandum was forwarded to the White House. (Memorandum from Easum to Executive Staff (AID), March 13; ibid.).
132. Memorandum From the Administrator of the Agency for International Development (Hamilton) to President Kennedy
Source: Washington National Records Center,RG 286, AID Administrator Files: FRC 65 A 481, Development Financing, FY 1962. Official Use Only. The source text, which was sent through the Secretary of State, bears the notation “DR per GWB” in the Secretary’s handwriting. Three charts and two tables of statistical material attached to the source text are not printed.
133. Memorandum From President Kennedy to the Administrator of the Agency for International Development (Hamilton)
Source: Washington National Records Center, RG 286,AID Administrator Files: FRC 65 A 481, Development Financing,FY 1962. No classification marking. An attached memorandum from Dungan to Hamilton, March 5, stressed that the President wanted AID loan policy to be applied in a flexible way and that he was concerned about the United States picking up the soft loans in consortia with other countries. Dungan added that it would be useful during the upcoming review of the AID program with the President “to discuss AID loan term policy along with the other matters under consideration.” Regarding this review, see Document 134.
Subsequently, it was decided to distribute the memorandum, along with Dungan’s memorandum, in the NSAM series, and they became National Security Action Memorandum No. 130, March 2. (Memorandum from Charles E. Johnson (NSC Staff) to Battle, Charles Sullivan (Treasury), Joseph Toner (AID/EXSEC), and Osborne Hague (Budget), March 8; Department of State, S/S-NSC Files: Lot 72 D 316, NSAM No. 130)
134. Memorandum of Conversation
Source: Washington National Records Center, RG 286, AID Administrator Files: FRC 65 A 481, White House, FY 1962. Confidential. Drafted by Chenery on March 10 and approved in the White House on April 20. The meeting was held at the White House. Attached to the source text is a note from Easum to Hamilton, March 20, indicating that a draft of the memorandum of conversation had been approved with minor changes by Lingle and Coffin, and Easum initialed clearance for Hamilton on the note. An attached undated memorandum from Battle to Dungan indicates that the memorandum of conversation had also been approved by Ball.
135. Paper Prepared in the Agency for International Development
Source: Washington National Records Center,RG 286, AID Administrator Files: FRC 65 A 481, Development Financing, FY 1962. No classification marking. The source text, labeled “FINAL DRAFT,” was forwarded under cover of a memorandum from Easum to AID Executive Staff, April 4, for discussion at a meeting of the Executive Staff on April 5 at 8:30 a.m. For an unofficial record of discussion of this meeting, April 5 (ES/RA-23), which was attached to the source text, see the Supplement.
136. Memorandum From the President’s Deputy Special Assistant for National Security Affairs (Kaysen) to the President’s Special Assistant (Dungan)
Source: Washington National Records Center, RG 286, AID Administrator Files: FRC 65 A 481, Development Financing, FY 1962. Official Use Only. Forwarded under cover of a memorandum from Dungan to Lingle, April 19, which noted in part: “I thought you might be interested in having Carl’s comments which appear to be quite pertinent.”
137. National Security Action Memorandum No. 146
Source: Department of State, S/S-NSC Files: Lot 72 D 316, NSAM No. 146. Confidential. An information copy was sent to General Maxwell D. Taylor.
138. Letter From the President’s Military Representative (Taylor) to the Deputy Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs (Johnson)
Source: Department of State, S/S-NSC Files: Lot 72 D 316, NSAM No. 146. Secret.
139. National Security Action Memorandum No. 150
Source: Department of State, S/S-NSC Files: Lot 72 D 316, NSAM No. 150. Confidential. Information copies were sent to General Taylor and David E. Bell. NSAM No. 150 apparently originated with a suggestion from Chester Bowles who, after traveling in Iran, Ethiopia, Egypt, Pakistan, and Afghanistan, observed that the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers could make a “massive contribution” to the U.S. overseas development effort. (Airgram 355 from Karachi, March 6; Department of State, Central Files, 611.90D/3-662) A memorandum from Harold Saunders to McGeorge Bundy, April 16, followed up on Bundy’s request for an NSAM on this subject. (Kennedy Library, National Security Files, Meetings and Memoranda Series, NSAM No. 150)
140. Memorandum From the Administrator of the Agency for International Development (Hamilton) to President Kennedy
Source: Kennedy Library, National Security Files, Meetings and Memoranda Series, NSAM No. 159. Confidential.
141. National Security Action Memorandum No. 159
Source: Department of State, S/S-NSC Files: Lot 72 D 316, NSAM No. 159. Secret. A copy was sent to David Bell.
142. Letter From President Kennedy to the Ambassador to India (Galbraith)
Source: Kennedy Library, National Security Files, Countries Series, India, General, 6/11/62-6/24/62. Confidential; Eyes Only.
143. Memorandum From the President’s Deputy Special Assistant for National Security Affairs (Kaysen) to the Ambassador to India (Galbraith)
Source: Kennedy Library, National Security Files, Countries Series, India, General. Confidential. The source text accompanied the President’s June 22 letter to Galbraith, Document 142.