Germany and Berlin
271. Memorandum of Telephone Conversation
Source: Johnson Library, National Security File, Country File, Germany, vol. 15. Secret. No drafting information is on the source text.
272. Memorandum From the Executive Secretary of the Department of State (Read) to the President’s Special Assistant (Rostow)
Source: Johnson Library, National Security File, Country File, Germany, vol. 15. Secret. A notation on the source text reads: “C[op]y sent Ranch at 3:30 PM 6/16.”
273. Telegram From the Embassy in Germany to the Department of State
Source: Johnson Library, National Security File, Country File, Germany, vol. 15. Secret; Immediate. Repeated to Paris, London, Moscow, Berlin, USNATO, USAFE, USAREUR, USNMRSHAPE, EUCOM, and USELMLO.
274. Telegram From the Embassy in Germany to the Department of State
Source: Johnson Library, National Security File, Country File, Germany, vol. 15. Secret; Immediate; Exdis.
275. Memorandum of Conversation
Source: Johnson Library, National Security File, Country File, Germany, vol. 15. Secret. Drafted by Johnpoll and approved in U and M on June 27. The meeting was held in the Under Secretary’s Conference Room.
276. Telegram From the Embassy in Germany to the Department of State
Source: Johnson Library, National Security File, Country File, Germany, vol. 15. Secret; Immediate; Limdis. Repeated to London, Paris, Moscow, Berlin, USNATO, USAREUR, EUCOM,USAFE, USNMR SHAPE, and USELMLO.
277. Memorandum of Conversation
Source: Department of State, Central Files, POL 28 GER B. Secret; Exdis. Drafted by Bohlen and approved in S/S on June 21.
278. Memorandum of Conversation
Source: Department of State, Conference Files: Lot 69 D 182, CF 303. Confidential. Drafted by Puhan and approved in S on June 25. The meeting was held at the U.S. Embassy Residence. The source text is labeled “Part I.” Part III, a discussion of NPT, is ibid. Part II, dealing with mutual force reductions, is printed in Foreign Relations, 1964–1968, vol. XIII, Document 314. Brandt discussed the NATO meeting in My Life in Politics, pp. 165–166.
279. Memorandum of Conversation
Source: Department of State, Conference Files: Lot 69 D 182, CF 303. Confidential. Drafted by Puhan and approved by S on June 27. The meeting was held at the British Embassy.
280. Memorandum From the President’s Special Assistant (Rostow) to President Johnson
Source: Johnson Library, National Security File, Country File, Germany, vol. 15. Confidential. A note on the source text reads: “Rec’d 9:21 a.m.” A copy of this memorandum was transmitted to Secretary Rusk in telegram Tosec 23 to Reykjavik, June 24. (Department of State, Conference Files: Lot 69 D 182, CF 300)
281. Telegram From the Embassy in Germany to the Department of State
Source: Department of State, Central Files,POL GER W–US. Confidential; Immediate; Exdis. Repeated to Madrid for Leddy.
282. Memorandum of Conversation
Source: Johnson Library, Clifford Papers, Memoranda of Conversation. Top Secret; Sensitive. There is no drafting information on the source text but it was typed on the stationery of the Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security Affairs.
283. Memorandum of Conversation
Source: Johnson Library, National Security File, Country File, Germany, vol. 15. Confidential. Drafted by Obst. The meeting was held at the White House. A memorandum of Rostow’s conversation with Defense Minister Schroeder, July 22, is ibid.
284. Memorandum for the Record
Source: Johnson Library, National Security File, Country File, Germany, vol. 15. Secret. Drafted by Fried on July 25. A memorandum of President Johnson’s conversation with Finance Minister Strauss, July 25, is ibid. Schroeder also held discussions with Secretary of State Rusk, July 22, and Secretary of Defense Clifford, July 23. Memoranda of these conversations are in Department of State, Central Files, POL 7 GER W.
285. Telegram From the Embassy in Germany to the Department of State
Source: Johnson Library, National Security File, Country File, Germany, vol. 16. Secret; Immediate; Limdis. Repeated to Moscow, Prague, Bucharest, Belgrade, Paris, London, Rome, The Hague, and USNATO. Brandt discussed West German reaction to the Czech crisis in My Life in Politics, pp. 166–168.
286. Letter From President Johnson to Chancellor Kiesinger
Source: Department of State, Presidential Correspondence: Lot 71 D 370, Germany. Top Secret; Sensitive. A typed note on the source text reads: “Signed original picked up by Captain Hanks DOD/ISA for transmittal 9/9/68.”
287. Memorandum of Conversation
Source: Johnson Library, National Security File, Country File, Germany, vol. 16. Secret. The meeting was held in the Secretary’s Dining Room. The source text is marked “Part I of V”; other memoranda of conversation covering the meeting are ibid. A memorandum of conversation between Birrenbach and President Johnson, September 13, is in Foreign Relations, 1964–1968, vol. XIII, Document 326.
288. Telegram From the Department of State to the Embassy in Germany
Source: Department of State, Central Files,POL 15–1 GER W. Secret. Drafted by Malin; cleared by Puhan and Moffat, and approved by Johnpoll. Repeated to Paris, London, and USNATO.
289. Telegram From the Embassy in Germany to the Department of State
Source: Johnson Library, National Security File, Country File, Germany, vol. 16. Secret; Priority; Limdis. Repeated to Moscow, Paris, London, and USNATO. A memorandum attached to the source text indicates that Walt Rostow transmitted the telegram to President Johnson at the LBJ Ranch.
290. Memorandum of Conversation
Source: Johnson Library, National Security File, Rostow Files, Non-Proliferation. Secret. No drafting information is on the source text, which was approved in S/S on September 24.
291. Telegram From the Embassy in Germany to the Department of State
Source: Johnson Library, National Security File, Country File, Germany, vol. 16. Secret; Nodis.
292. Paper Prepared in the Department of State
Source: Department of State, SIG Files: Lot 74 D 344, SIG Memo 87. Top Secret. An attached October 1 memorandum from Arthur Hartman, Staff Director, Senior Interdepartmental Group, to members stated that the paper was prepared for discussion at the October 4 SIG meeting.
293. Action Memorandum From the President’s Special Assistant (Rostow) to President Johnson
Source: Johnson Library, National Security File, Country File, Germany, vol. 16. Secret. A notation on the source text reads: “Rec’d 10:20 a.m.”
294. Telegram From the Embassy in the Soviet Union to the Department of State
Source: Department of State, Central Files,POL 28 GER B. Secret; Priority; Limdis. Repeated to Bonn, Berlin, London, Paris, and USUN.
295. Memorandum of Conversation
Source: Department of State, Central Files, POL 38–8. Secret; Nodis. Drafted by Rusk. Rusk and Gromyko met in New York in conjunction with the opening of the 23d session of the UN General Assembly. An attached note from Read to Rusk, dated October 19, reads: “John Leddy recommends strongly that you dictate a brief note covering the assurances you got from Gromyko on Berlin, which you have mentioned to Leddy and Willy Brandt but not recorded as far as we know.”
296. Telegram From Secretary of State Rusk to the Embassy in Germany
Source: Department of State, Central Files,POL GER W–US. Confidential; Priority; Exdis. Also sent to the Department of State and repeated to all NATO capitals and USNATO.
297. Memorandum of Conversation
Source: Johnson Library, National Security File, Country File, Germany, vol. 16. Secret. No drafting information is on the source text, which was approved by Secretary Clifford on October 12. The meeting was held at the Palais Schaumberg.
298. Telegram From the Department of State to the Embassy in Germany
Source: Department of State, Central Files,POL 28 GER B. Confidential; Immediate. Drafted by Johnpoll and Leddy, cleared by Puhan, and approved by Rusk. Repeated to London, Moscow, Paris, and Berlin.
299. Telegram From the Department of State to Secretary of State Rusk in Brussels
Source: Johnson Library, National Security File, Memos to the President, Walt Rostow, vol. 105. Secret; Priority; Limdis. The telegram was sent to Rusk at the U.S. Mission to NATO. Repeated to Berlin, Bonn, London, Moscow, and Paris.
300. Telegram From Secretary of State Rusk to the Department of State
Source: Department of State, Central Files, ORG 7 S. Secret; Immediate. Repeated to Bonn, London, Paris, Moscow, USEC, and Berlin.