1. Telegram From the Department of State to the Embassy in Germany

Source: Department of State, Central Files,POL 23–10 GER. Confidential; Priority. Drafted by Penberthy; cleared by McGhee, Tyler, GER, EUR, and Thompson; and approved by Ausland. Repeated to Berlin, Paris for the Embassy and USRO, London, Moscow,USAREUR, CINCEUR, SHAPE, and USELMLO.

2. Paper Presented by the German Government to the Washington Ambassadorial Group

Source: Department of State, German Desk Files: Lot 76 D 170, Pol 32–4. Secret. In telegram 2465 from Bonn, January 14, the Embassy reported that the plan had been handed to representatives of the Allied powers by the German Foreign Office the same day. (Ibid., Central Files, POL 28 GER) The Washington Ambassadorial Group comprised representatives of the United States, Federal Republic of Germany, France, and Great Britain.

3. Memorandum From David Klein of the National Security Council Staff to the President’s Special Assistant for National Security Affairs (Bundy)

Source: Johnson Library, National Security File, Country File, Germany, vol. 1. Confidential.

4. Telegram From the Embassy in Germany to the Department of State

Source: Department of State, Central Files,POL 23–10 GER B. Confidential. Repeated to Berlin, Paris, Moscow, London, Rome, Bremen, Dusseldorf, Frankfurt, Hamburg, Munich, Stuttgart, USAREUR,CINCEUR, and USELMLO.

5. Telegram From the Embassy in Germany to the Department of State

Source: Department of State, Central Files,POL 32–1 GER. Secret; Limdis. Repeated to Moscow.

6. Telegram From the Embassy in the Soviet Union to the Department of State

Source: Department of State, Central Files,POL 32–4 GER. Secret; Priority; Limdis. Repeated to Bonn.

7. Memorandum of Conversation

Source: Department of State, Central Files, POL 28 GER B. Secret. Drafted by Burdett.

8. Editorial Note

9. Telegram From the Department of State to the Embassy in Germany

Source: Department of State, Central Files,POL 32–4 GER. Secret; Limdis. Drafted by Creel; cleared by Tyler, Thompson, and SOV; and approved by Ball. Repeated to Moscow.

10. Memorandum of Conversation

Source: Department of State, Central Files, POL 28 GER B. Secret; Exdis. Drafted by Tyler. Prime Minister Home visited Washington February 12–14 for talks with President Johnson. Preparatory documents, briefing papers, and memoranda of conversation from the visit are ibid., Conference Files: Lot 66 D 110, CF 2368–2369.

11. Telegram From the Embassy in Germany to the Department of State

Source: Department of State, Central Files,POL 7 GER W. Confidential; Limdis. Repeated to London, Rome, Paris for the Embassy and USRO, Moscow, Taipei, and Tokyo.

12. Telegram From the Embassy in Germany to the Department of State

Source: Department of State, Central Files,POL 7 GER W. Confidential; Limdis. Repeated to Berlin, London, Moscow, Paris for the Embassy and USRO, and USAREUR for POLAD.

13. Memorandum of Conversation

Source: Department of State, Central Files, POL 32–4 GER. Secret; Exdis; Limit Distribution. Drafted by Tyler.

14. Memorandum of Conversation

Source: Department of State, Secretary’s Memoranda of Conversation: Lot 65 D 330. Secret. Drafted by Imhof and approved in S on March 16. The source text is marked “Part IV of IV.”

15. Letter From President Johnson to Chancellor Erhard

Source: Johnson Library, National Security File, Head of State Correspondence, Germany, Chancellor Erhard, vol. 1. Secret. Drafted by Bundy.

16. Memorandum of Conversation

Source: Department of State, Central Files, POL 32–4 GER. Secret. Drafted by Tyler.

17. Telegram From the Embassy in Germany to the Department of State

Source: Department of State, Central Files,POL 32–4 GER. Secret; Limdis. Repeated to Paris, London, Moscow, and Berlin.

18. Memorandum of Conversation

Source: Department of State, Central Files, POL 32–4 GER. Secret. Drafted by Penberthy and approved in S on March 18.

19. Telegram From the Headquarters, U.S. Air Force, to the Commander in Chief, U.S. Air Force in Europe

Source: Johnson Library, National Security File, Country File, Germany, RB–66. Secret; Immediate. No time of transmission is on the source text. The message was written by General William F. McKee, USAF. On March 10, Soviet aircraft intercepted and shot down a U.S. RB–66 airplane that was in East German air space.

20. Memorandum From David Klein of the National Security Council Staff to the President’s Special Assistant for National Security Affairs (Bundy)

Source: Johnson Library, National Security File, Country File, Germany, RB–66. Secret.

21. Memorandum of Conversation

Source: Department of State, Central Files, POL 31–1 GER E–US. Confidential. Drafted by Valdes and approved in S on March 19. The meeting was held in Secretary Rusk’s office.

22. Memorandum of Conversation

Source: Johnson Library, National Security File, Country File, Germany, vol. 1. Confidential. Drafted by McGhee who had returned to Washington for consultations. The meeting was held at the White House.

23. Letter From Secretary of State Rusk to the British Ambassador (Harlech)

Source: Department of State, Presidential Correspondence: Lot 66 D 204. Secret Drafted by Stuart H. McIntyre on April 2.

24. Memorandum of Conversation

Source: Department of State, Secretary’s Memoranda of Conversation: Lot 65 D 330. Confidential. Drafted by O’Mahony and approved in U on April 10. The meeting was held in Under Secretary Ball’s Conference Room.

25. Telegram From the Embassy in Germany to the Department of State

Source: Department of State, Central Files,POL GER W–US. Secret; Exdis. Passed to the White House.

26. Memorandum of Conversation

Source: Department of State, Central Files, POL 32–4 GER. Secret. Drafted by Tyler.

27. Letter From President Johnson to Chairman Khrushchev

Source: Johnson Library, National Security File, Memos to the President, McGeorge Bundy, vol. 3. No classification marking. A handwritten notation on the source text reads: “To be given to Dobrynin at Pres Mtg w/him 4/17/64.”

28. Memorandum for the Files

Source: Department of State, Central Files, POL 28 GER B. Secret. Drafted by Penberthy.

29. Memorandum of Conversation

Source: Department of State, Central Files, POL 32–4 GER. Secret. Drafted by Ausland on April 23.

30. Memorandum From David Klein of the National Security Council Staff to the President’s Special Assistant for National Security Affairs (Bundy)

Source: Johnson Library, National Security File, Country File, Germany, vol. 2. Secret.