Relations on “Dead Center,” July 1967–June 1968
269. Memorandum From the President’s Special Assistant (Rostow) to President Johnson
Source: Johnson Library, National Security File, Country File, USSR, Vol. XIX. Confidential. Included in the President’s Night Reading.
270. Memorandum of Conversation Between McGeorge Bundy and the Soviet Ambassador (Dobrynin)
Source: National Archives and Records Administration, RG 59, Central Files 1967–69, POL US–USSR. Secret. Drafted by Bundy on April 30. Notations on Bundy’s April 30 covering memorandum to Walsh indicate that Rusk saw Bundy’s memorandum of conversation and that copies were sent to Katzenbach, Kohler, Harriman, EUR, and NEA. Walt Rostow forwarded a copy to the President under a May 4 covering memorandum, which is marked with an indication that the President saw it. (Johnson Library, National Security File, Country File, USSR, Vol. XIX)
272. Memorandum From the Under Secretary of State (Katzenbach) to President Johnson
Source: National Archives and Records Administration, RG 59, Central Files 1967–69, EDX 4 US–USSR. Confidential. Drafted by Boris H. Klosson and Arthur I. Wortzel (both EUR/SES) and cleared by Toon, CU/EUR, and USIA. Rostow forwarded the memorandum to the President under a May 31 covering memorandum. (Johnson Library, National Security File, Country File, USSR, Vol. XIX)
273. Memorandum From the President’s Special Assistant (Rostow) to President Johnson
Source: Johnson Library, National Security File, Rostow Files, Trip to Soviet Union. Secret; Sensitive. In a June 4 note to the President, Rostow asked: “Do you wish me to have an unofficial, exploratory word with Dobrynin on a Soviet trip, which you mentioned the other day?” The President wrote on Rostow’s note in response: “ask Rusk to give judgment & explore.”
275. Telegram From the Embassy in the Soviet Union to the Department of State
Source: National Archives and Records Administration, RG 59, Central Files 1967–69, EDX 4 US–USSR. Confidential; Immediate.
276. Memorandum From the Under Secretary of State (Katzenbach) to President Johnson
Source: Johnson Library, National Security File, Country File, USSR, Vol. XX. Confidential. Rostow forwarded the memorandum to the President under a June 30 covering memorandum. (Ibid.) Another copy of the memorandum indicates that it was drafted by Arthur Wortzel (EUR/SES) and concurred in by SCI, CU, USIA, and Toon. (National Archives and Records Administration, RG 59, Central Files 1967–69, EDX 4 US–USSR)