Germany and Berlin
241. Telegram From Secretary of State Rusk to the Department of State
Source: Department of State, Central Files,NATO 3 BEL (BR). Confidential; Immediate. Repeated to Bonn, London, Paris, Moscow, and Berlin.
242. Telegram From the Embassy in Germany to the Department of State
Source: Department of State, Central Files,POL GER W–US. Confidential; Priority. Repeated to Berlin, Geneva, USNATO, USUN, Paris, London, Brussels, Rome, and Moscow.
243. Letter From the First Secretary of Embassy in Germany (Imhof) to the Director of the Office of German Affairs (Puhan)
Source: Department of State, Central Files, POL GER W–US. Secret; Nodis.
244. Memorandum of Conversation
Source: Department of State, Central Files, POL 28 GER B. Confidential. Drafted by Puhan and approved in S on February 7. The meeting was held in the Secretary’s office. The source text is marked “Part I of V.” Schuetz also met with Vice President Humphrey and had a non-substantive talk with President Johnson. Memoranda of these conversations are ibid., POL 7 GER W.
245. Telegram From the Embassy in Germany to the Department of State
Source: Johnson Library, National Security File, Country File, Germany, vol. 14. Secret; Immediate; Exdis. Repeated to Berlin for McGhee.
246. Telegram From the Mission in Berlin to the Department of State
Source: Department of State, Central Files,POL 28 GER B. Confidential. Repeated to Bonn, Paris, Moscow, London, USNATO, CINCUSAREUR, CINCEUR, USELMLO, and USAFE.
247. Telegram From the Embassy in Germany to the Department of State
Source: Department of State, Central Files,POL GER W–US. Confidential; Priority. Repeated to London, Paris, Brussels, USNATO, Geneva, and USUN. McGhee summarized and commented on this telegram in At the Creation of New Germany, pp. 243–245.
248. Memorandum of Conversation
Source: Johnson Library, National Security File, Country File, Germany, Filed by Johnson Library. Confidential; Sensitive. Drafted by Obst. A note on the source text reads: “Not verbatim; approximate account from interpreting notes.”
249. Telegram From the Embassy in Germany to the Department of State
Source: Department of State, Central Files,POL GER W–US. Confidential; Limdis. Repeated to Paris, London, Moscow, Brussels, and USNATO.
250. Telegram From the Department of State to the Embassy in Germany
Source: Department of State, Central Files,POL 7 GER W. Confidential; Immediate; Exdis. Drafted by Puhan, cleared by Leddy and EA, and approved by Rusk. Also sent to Saigon.
251. Memorandum From Nathaniel Davis of the National Security Council Staff to the President’s Special Assistant (Rostow)
Source: Johnson Library, National Security File, Country File, Germany, vol. 15. Secret. Also sent to General Robert Ginsburgh.
252. Telegram From the Department of State to the Embassy in Germany
Source: Johnson Library, National Security File, Special Head of State Correspondence, Germany. Secret; Immediate; Nodis. Text received from the White House.
253. Telegram From the Embassy in Germany to the Department of State
Source: Department of State, Central Files,POL GER W–US. Confidential; Immediate; Exdis. McGhee summarized this telegram and commented on it in At the Creation of a New Germany, pp. 249–250.
254. Telegram From the Mission in Berlin to the Department of State
Source: Department of State, Central Files,POL GER W–US. Confidential. Repeated to Bonn and Moscow.
255. Telegram From the Department of State to the Embassy in Germany
Source: Department of State, Central Files,POL GER W–US. Secret; Nodis. Drafted by Stoessel, cleared by Leddy and Walt Rostow, and approved by Rusk. Repeated to Brussels for USEC.
256. Telegram From the Embassy in Germany to the Department of State
Source: Department of State, Central Files,POL GER W–US. Secret; Exdis. Repeated to Brussels.
257. Telegram From the Embassy in Germany to the Department of State
Source: Department of State, Central Files,POL GER W–US. Confidential; Priority. Repeated to the Secretary of Defense and USCINCEUR.
258. Letter From the Ambassador to Germany (McGhee) to Secretary of State Rusk
Source: Department of State, Central Files,POL GER W–US. Confidential. A notation on the source text reads: “Weekend. A copy of this letter has been sent thru S/S to EUR (copies to U and M) for information.”
259. Telegram From the Embassy in Germany to the Department of State
Source: Department of State, Central Files,POL 28 GER B. Confidential; Immediate. Repeated to Berlin, Paris, London, Moscow, USNATO, USAREUR,EUCOM, and USELMLO.
260. Telegram From the Embassy in the Soviet Union to the Department of State
Source: Department of State, Central Files,POL 28 GER B. Confidential. Repeated to Bonn, London, Paris, USNATO, Berlin, USAREUR, EUCOM, and USELMLO.
261. Memorandum of Conversation
Source: Department of State, Central Files, POL 28 GER B. Confidential. Drafted by Bohlen.
262. Paper Prepared in the Department of State
Source: Department of State, NSC and Cabinet Papers: Lot 72 D 318. Confidential. An attached memorandum indicates that the paper was prepared for a May NSC meeting. Subsequently, the meeting was postponed to May 15 and then May 22. Page 8 of the paper and page 2 of the summary were revised to reflect the results of May 9–10 U.S.-FRG talks on military cost neutralization. (Memorandum by Benjamin Read, May 10, 1968; ibid.) The revised version of page 8 is printed here. The summary is not printed. The summary notes of the discussion at the May 22 NSC meeting is Document 266.
263. Telegram From the Embassy in Germany to the Department of State
Source: Department of State, Central Files,POL 28 GER B. Confidential. Repeated to Berlin, London, Moscow, Paris, and USNATO.
264. Telegram From the Department of State to the Embassy in Germany
Source: Department of State, Central Files,POL 28 GER B. Secret. Drafted by Johnpoll and Landfair, cleared by Toon and Stoessel, and approved by Leddy. Repeated to Berlin, London, Moscow, Paris, and USNATO.
265. Telegram From the Embassy in Germany to the Department of State
Source: Department of State, Central Files,POL 28 GER B. Confidential. Repeated to London, Moscow, Paris, Berlin, and USNATO. Brandt discussed his meetings with Tsarapkin in My Life in Politics, pp. 161–163.
266. Summary Notes of the 586th Meeting of the National Security Council
Source: Johnson Library, National Security File, NSC Meetings File, vol. 5. Secret; Sensitive; For the President Only. Drafted by Bromley Smith.
267. Memorandum From the Ambassador at Large (McGhee) to President Johnson
Source: Johnson Library, National Security File, Country File, Germany, vol. 15. Confidential. A notation on the source text reads: “For the President From Walt Rostow: Herewith George McGhee’s [Final Report on Germany].” The report was transmitted to the President at the LBJ Ranch in telegram CAP 81232, June 3. (Ibid.)
268. Memorandum From the Under Secretary of State (Katzenbach) to President Johnson
Source: Johnson Library, National Security File, Country File, Germany, Berlin, General, vol. 1. Confidential.
269. Telegram From the President’s Special Assistant (Rostow) to President Johnson, in Texas
Source: Johnson Library, National Security File, Country File, Germany, vol. 15. Confidential. Received at the Communications Center at the LBJ Ranch at 6:10 p.m.
270. Memorandum of Conversation
Source: Department of State, Central Files, POL 28 GER B. Secret; Exdis. Drafted by Thompson. Secretary Rusk flew to New York on June 14 for meetings with Secretary-General U Thant and Romanian and Soviet officials. He returned to Washington that evening.