Trade and Commercial Policy
238. Telegram From the Embassy in Japan to the Department of State
Source: Department of State, Central Files, 411.006/12-1261. Confidential; Priority.
239. Memorandum of Conversation
Source: Department of State, Secretary’s Memoranda of Conversation: Lot 65 D 330. Official Use Only. Drafted by Vettel and approved in U on January 19, 1962. Attached to the source text is a note from Battle (S/S) to Freeman (U), January 17, 1962, requesting his approval of the memorandum prior to its distribution.
240. Circular Telegram From the Department of State to Certain Diplomatic Missions
Source: Department of State, Central Files, 411.004/1-3062. Official Use Only. Drafted by Trezise (E), Leonard Weiss (E/OT), and Selma G. Kallis (E/TA) on January 29; cleared by Philander P. Claxton (H), Leonard Wilson (P), and Myer Rashish (White House); and approved by Trezise. Sent to 34 Embassies and Consulates and pouched to all other missions except Moscow, Budapest, Prague, Bucharest, and Sofia.
241. Memorandum From the Under Secretary of State (Ball) to Secretary of State Rusk
Source: Department of State, Central Files, 394.41/2-1062. Confidential; Eyes Only. Ball sent this memorandum to Rusk under cover of a February 10 memorandum that reads in part: “Since dictating the attached memorandum a couple of days ago Mike Blumenthal has succeeded in concluding the negotiation of a long-term textile agreement in Geneva. This agreement has been reached, however, on an ad referendum basis and it has been made clear on behalf of the Japanese and several other governments that final approval will depend on our willingness to yield on the equalization fee.” (Ibid.)
243. Memorandum From the Under Secretary of State (Ball) to President Kennedy
Source: Department of State, Central Files, 394.41/2-2662. Confidential. Transmitted under cover of a similar memorandum, February 26, from Ball to Secretary Hodges.
244. Memorandum From the Chairman of the Interdepartmental Committee on Trade Agreements (Walker) to President Kennedy
Source: Department of State, Central Files, 394.41/2-2662. Confidential. Drafted on February 20. This memorandum was another enclosure submitted to President Kennedy under cover of the February 26 memorandum from Ball to Secretary Hodges (see the source note, Document 243).
245. Memorandum From the Under Secretary of State (Ball) to President Kennedy
Source: Department of State, Central Files, 411.006/3-2962. No classification marking.
246. Telegram From the Department of State to the Embassy in Germany
Source: Department of State, Central Files, 411.004/3-3162. Secret. Drafted by Robert M. Beaudry (EUR/WE) on March 31, cleared by Leonard Weiss (E/OT) and Arthur A. Hartman (U) in substance, and approved by Trezise (E). Repeated to Brussels for the Embassy and USEC.
248. Memorandum of Conversation
Source: Department of State, Central Files, 411.004/6-962. Confidential. Drafted by Douglas MacArthur II and approved in S on June 15.
249. Memorandum From the Under Secretary of State (Ball) to President Kennedy
Source: Department of State, Central Files, 411.006/8-2162. Confidential. Drafted by Ball on August 21.
250. Message From Foreign Secretary Home to Secretary of State Rusk
Source: Department of State, Central Files, 411.414/8-2462. Confidential. Transmitted under cover of a letter from Lord Hood, the British Charge, to Secretary Rusk, August 24.
251. Circular Telegram From the Department of State to Certain Diplomatic Missions
Source: Department of State, Central Files, 611.0041/9-2762. Unclassified. Drafted by Selma G. Kallis (OTF) on September 26, cleared by John Bertram Rehm (L/E) in draft, and approved by Leonard Weiss (OTF). Sent to 30 posts and pouched to all others except Moscow, Budapest, Prague, Bucharest, and Sofia.
252. Memorandum From Secretary of State Rusk to President Kennedy
Source: Department of State, Central Files, 411.006/10-1262. No classification marking. Drafted by Bayless A. Manning (U) and cleared in substance by W. Michael Blumenthal (E) and Herman Barger (E/OTF). A typed notation on the source text reads: “Withholding approval. See Press Release from W.H. 10/22/62.” The attached press release is printed in Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: John F. Kennedy, 1962, p. 805.
253. Letter From President Kennedy to Christian A. Herter
Source: Kennedy Library, Herter Papers, Herter Appointment. No classification marking. The date is handwritten on the source text as the date the letter was received.
254. Memorandum From the Assistant Secretary of State for Economic Affairs (Johnson) to the Under Secretary of State (Ball)
Source: Department of State, Central Files, 400.11/11-2962. Confidential. Drafted by Gerald A. Pollack (E/OTF/FN) on November 29 and concurred in by Herman Pollack (A) and Theodore Hadraba (E) in draft, Leonard Weiss (E), Bernard Norwood (E/CPT), and Mortimer Goldstein (E/FN).
255. Letter From the Under Secretary of State (Ball) to the President’s Deputy Special Counsel (Feldman)
Source: Department of State, Central Files, 411.006/12-562. Confidential.
256. Report by the Cabinet Committee on Balance of Payments to President Kennedy
Source: Kennedy Library, Herter Papers, Balance of Payments. Official Use Only. Copies were attached to a January 29 memorandum from Dillon to members of the Cabinet Committee on Balance of Payments. For further documentation on the balance-of-payments problem, See Documents 1 ff. and 40 ff.
257. Memorandum From Secretary of the Treasury Dillon to President Kennedy
Source: Kennedy Library, Dillon Papers, Memoranda to the President. No classification marking.
258. Memorandum of Conversation
Source: Department of State, Secretary’s Memoranda of Conversation: Lot 65 D 330. Confidential; Limited Distribution. Drafted by Vettel on January 29 and approved in U on February 18. The source text is labeled “Part III of III.”
259. Circular Telegram From the Department of State to Certain Diplomatic Missions
Source: Department of State, Central Files, 411.006/1-2962. Confidential; Priority; Limit Distribution; No Distribution Outside Department. Drafted by Stanley Nehmer (E/OR), cleared by W. Michael Blumenthal (E), and approved by Ball. Sent to Bonn, Brussels, Canberra, Geneva, The Hague, London, Paris, Rome, and Tokyo.
260. Letter From Senators Warren G. Magnuson, Henry M. Jackson, and Clair Engle to President Kennedy
Source: Department of State, Central Files, INCO-POULTRY US. No classification marking.
262. Memorandum From the Under Secretary of State (Ball) to Secretary of State Rusk
Source: Kennedy Library, National Security Files, Kaysen Series, Trade Policy, 1962. No classification marking.
263. Memorandum From President Kennedy to Secretary of State Rusk and the Under Secretary of State (Ball)
Source: Department of State, Central Files, FTU 4 US/TEA. Confidential.
264. National Security Action Memorandum No. 224
Source: Kennedy Library, National Security Files, Subjects Series, Trade Policy, Trade Expansion Act, March 16, 1963-April 30, 1963. Confidential.
265. Memorandum From the Under Secretary of State (Ball) to President Kennedy
Source: Department of State, Central Files, INCO-WOOL US. Confidential. Drafted by Ball.
266. Record of Meeting
Source: Kennedy Library, National Security Files, Kaysen Series, Trade Policy, Trade Expansion Act. Confidential. Drafted by Kaysen on March 6. The meeting was held in the Cabinet Room in the White House. The time of the meeting is from the President’s Appointment Book. (Ibid.)
267. Letter From the Under Secretary of State (Ball) to Senator Clair Engle
Source: Department of State, Central Files, INCO-POULTRY US. No classification marking. Drafted by Under Secretary Ball on March 6. The source text bears Ball’s initials as drafter, but it was drafted in E and forwarded to Ball under cover of a February memorandum from Assistant Secretary for Economic Affairs Johnson who recommended that Ball sign the proposed reply. Also attached to the source text is a February 25 memorandum from P. W. Kriebel (S/S-S) to Marilyn H. Moninger (E), which requested that a response to the three Senators’ letter of February 20 (Document 260) be ready for Ball’s signature by 5 p.m. on February 26, specifically refuting the statement in the letter that U.S. poultry exports to Germany have been reduced to “nearly nothing.”