Commodities and Strategic Materials
287. Telegram From the Department of State to the Mission in Geneva
Source: Department of State, Central Files, INCO–GRAINS GATT. Limited Official Use. Drafted by Thomas O. Enders (EUR/RPE) and Fred H. Sanderson on October 8; cleared by Irwin R. Hedges (STR), Carl Schmidt (OT), Worthington (USDA), and James L. Colbert (EUR/SOV); and approved by George R. Jacobs (ICD). Repeated to Moscow and Ottawa.
288. Information Memorandum From Miklos Szabo-Pelsoczi of the Tropical Products Division, Office of International Commodities to the Director of the Office of International Commodities, Bureau of Economic Affairs (Jacobs)
Source: Department of State, EB/ICD/TRP Files: Lot 75 D 462, Sugar Conference 1965. No classification marking.
289. Telegram From the Mission in Geneva to the Department of State
Source: Department of State, Central Files, INCO–COTTON GATT. Limited Official Use; Priority. Repeated to Bonn, Brussels, for USEC, Cairo, Hong Kong, Karachi, London, Luxembourg for USEC, Paris for USOECD, New Delhi, Ottawa, Rome, Stockholm, The Hague, and Tokyo and passed to the White House for Herter.
290. Telegram From the Mission in Geneva to the Department of State
Source: Department of State, Central Files, INCO–COTTON GATT. Limited Official Use; Priority. Repeated to Bonn, Brussels for USEC, Cairo, Hong Kong, Karachi, London, Luxembourg for USEC, New Delhi, Ottawa, Paris for USOECD, Rome, Stockholm, The Hague, and Tokyo and passed to the White House for Herter at 3:10 p.m.
291. Telegram From the Embassy in Pakistan to the Department of State
Source: Department of State, Central Files, INCO–COTTON GATT. Confidential. There is no time of transmission on the source text; the telegram was received at 6:48 a.m. Also sent to Geneva.
292. Memorandum From the Under Secretary of State (Ball) to the President’s Special Assistant for National Security Affairs (Bundy)
Source: Johnson Library, National Security File, Subject File, Aluminum Problem, Box 1. Confidential.
294. Telegram From the Department of State to the Embassy in India
Source: Department of State, Central Files, INCO–COTTON GATT. Confidential. Drafted by Harald B. Malmgren and Charles T. York (E/OR/ICD/FTD) on November 4; cleared by Henry Hopp (FTD), Herbert N. Blackman (Labor), and Arthur C. Bauman (SOA/E), and in substance by Thomas W. Wolfe (Treasury), Tendler (Commerce), and Hornbeck (Agriculture); and approved by George R. Jacobs (ICD). Repeated to Geneva for GATT.
296. Memorandum From the Chairman of the Council of Economic Advisers (Ackley) to President Johnson
Source: Johnson Library, Confidential File, Oversize Attachments 12/65, Box 161. No classification marking.
298. Memorandum From the Director of the Bureau of the Budget (Shultze) to the President’s Special Assistant for National Security Affairs (Bundy)
Source: Johnson Library, National Security File, National Security Action Memoranda, NSAM 321, Review of Strategic Stockpile Materials, Box 6. Secret. The source text, which is marked “draft,” was an attachment to a November 11 memorandum from Shultze to Califano that recommended that a meeting be called of agencies involved in the stockpile study, in order to issue a new NSAM establishing new stockpile objectives. (Johnson Library, Confidential File, Oversize Attachments, 12/65, Box 161)
299. Report of the Special Committee on Stockpile Objectives
Source: Department of State, S/S Files: Lot 70 D 217. Secret. The source text, which is marked “Draft,” is attached to a December 6 memorandum from McGeorge Bundy to members of the Special Committee on Stockpile Objectives and the Executive Stockpile Committee that announced a meeting of these groups on December 9. A draft NSAM, November 10, on these revisions in strategic stockpile objectives is also attached.
300. Memorandum From the Chairman of the Council of Economic Advisers (Ackley) to Attorney General Katzenbach
Source: Johnson Library, Confidential File, Oversize Attachments 12/65, Box 161. No classification marking.
301. Memorandum From Attorney General Katzenbach to the Director of the Office of Emergency Planning (Ellington)
Source: Johnson Library, Confidential File, Oversize Attachments 12/65, Box 161. No classification marking.
302. Telegram From the Mission in Geneva to the Department of State
Source: Department of State, Central Files, INCO–COTTON GATT. Limited Official Use. Repeated to Brussels for USEC, Hong Kong, Karachi, London, New Delhi, Ottawa, Stockholm, and Tokyo and passed to the White House for Herter.
303. Memorandum From Charles E. Johnson of the National Security Council Staff to the President’s Special Assistant for National Security Affairs (Bundy)
Source: Johnson Library, National Security File, National Security Action Memoranda, NSAM 321, Review of Strategic Stockpile Objectives, Box 6. Confidential.
304. Memorandum of Meeting
Source: Johnson Library, National Security File, National Security Action Memoranda, NSAM 321, Review of Strategic Stockpile Objectives, Box 6. Confidential. Drafted by Charles E. Johnson on December 2. The meeting was held in Buddy’s office.
305. Memorandum From the Assistant Secretary of State for Economic Affairs (Solomon) to the President’s Special Assistant (Califano)
Source: Johnson Library, National Security File, National Security Action Memoranda, NSAM 321, Review of Strategic Stockpile Objectives, Box 6. Secret; Eyes Only. Drafted by E.E. Getzin (E/OR/ICD/ISM) on December 6. On the source text is the handwritten notation, “Sent.”
306. Telegram From the Mission in Geneva to the Department of State
Source: Department of State, Central Files, INCO–COTTON GATT. Limited Official Use. Repeated to Bonn, Brussels for USEC, The Hague, Kingston, London, Madrid, New Delhi, Paris for USOECD, Rawalpindi, Rome, and Tokyo.
307. Record of Action
Source: Department of State, S/S Files: Lot 70 D 217. Secret. No drafting information appears on the source text and there is no indication that Bundy, Chairman of the Special Committee, or Ellington, Chairman of the Executive Stockpile Committee, approved the Record of Action. An attached list of participants includes the following officials: Henry Rowen (Bureau of the Budget); John T. Connor (Commerce); Gardner Ackley (Council of Economic Advisers); Cyrus Vance (Defense); Lawson B. Knott (General Services Administration); Stewart L. Udall and William E. Florey (Interior); Seymore Wolfbein (Labor); Buford Ellington (Office of Emergency Planning); Thomas C. Mann and Edmund Getzin (State); McGeorge Bundy, Joseph Califano, Donald Hornig, Charles E. Johnson, and Henry Wilson (White House).
308. Memorandum From the Under Secretary of State for Economic Affairs (Mann) to President Johnson
Source: Johnson Library, National Security File, National Security Action Memoranda, NSAM 321, Review of Strategic Stockpile Objectives, Box 6. Secret.
309. Telegram From the Embassy in the United Kingdom to the Department of State
Source: Department of State, Central Files, INCO–GRAINS 4 UK. Limited Official Use. Repeated to Buenos Aires, Canberra, Geneva, and Ottawa and passed to the White House.
310. Memorandum From the Assistant Secretary of State for Economic Affairs (Solomon) to the Under Secretary of State for Economic Affairs (Mann)
Source: Department of State, EB/ICD/TRP Files: Lot 79 D 354, Coffee Memoranda, 1966–67. No classification marking. Drafted by Jack B. Button (E/OR/ICD/TRP) and cleared by Edward R. Fried (OR) and George R. Jacobs (ICD). The date is the drafting date. This memorandum, although initialed by Solomon, was apparently not sent, because the introductory address lines have been crossed out and the following handwritten note added: “Mr. Solomon briefed Mr. Mann orally on this. He expanded the briefing book item for the Secretary a bit to cover his commitment to inform him of the outcome of the meeting.”
311. Telegram From the Mission in Geneva to the Department of State
Source: Department of State, Central Files, INCO–COTTON GATT. Confidential. Repeated to Karachi and New Delhi, and passed to the White House.
313. Memorandum From the President’s Deputy Special Assistant for National Security Affairs (Bator) and the President’s Special Counsel (McPherson) to President Johnson
Source: Johnson Library, National Security File, Name File, Bator Memos [2 of 2], Box 1. Sensitive. Drafted by Bator.
314. Telegram From the Department of State to the Mission to the European Communities
Source: Department of State, Central Files, INCO–COFFEE 4. Limited Official Use. Drafted by Paul E. Callanan (E/OR/ICD/TRP) on February 7; cleared by Bashkin (Commerce), Barbara F. Thomson (EUR/RPE), and George R. Jacobs (E/OR/ICD); and approved by Edward Fried.
315. Telegram From the Department of State to the Embassy in the United Kingdom
Source: Department of State, Central Files, INCO–GRAINS 4 UK-US. Limited Official Use. Drafted by Irwin R. Hedges (STR) on March 10; cleared by Schnittker (Agriculture), Julius L. Katz (E/OT), and Fred H. Sanderson (E/OR/ICD/TEP), all in draft; and approved by Herter. Repeated to Brussels for USEC, Buenos Aires, Canberra, Ottawa, and Geneva for GATT.