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448. National Security Action Memorandum No. 2340

Washington, April 18, 1963.

MEMORANDUM FOR

  • The Secretary of State
  • The Secretary of Defense
  • The Secretary of the Treasury
  • The Secretary of Commerce
  • The Secretary of the Interior
  • The Attorney General
  • The Director of Central Intelligence
  • The Chairman, Atomic Energy Commission
  • Special Representative for Trade Negotiations

The advent of a new government in Canada has naturally stirred nearly all branches of the government to new hope that progress can be made in effective negotiations with this most important neighbor on all sorts of problems. It is the President’s wish that these negotiations should be most carefully coordinated under his personal direction through the Department of State. It is therefore requested that any department or agency which intends to pursue important discussions or negotiations with the new Canadian Government should discuss its plans with the Office1 of European Affairs of the Department of State so that, in the event that further coordination is needed, it may be appropriately arranged.

McGeorge Bundy
  1. Source: Department of State, NSAMs: Lot 72 D 316. Confidential. No drafting information appears on the source text.↩
  2. At this point on the source text the words “(sic) Bureau” are written.↩