Romania
139. Telegram From the Legation in Romania to the Department of State
Source: Department of State, Central Files, POL RUM–US. Confidential.
140. Telegram From the Legation in Romania to the Department of State
Source: Department of State, Central Files, POL RUM–US. Confidential. Repeated to Moscow, Hong Kong, Vienna, Prague, Budapest, Sofia, Warsaw, London, Paris, Bonn, Belgrade, Munich, and Berlin.
141. Telegram From the Legation in Romania to the Department of State
Source: Department of State, Central Files, POL 1 RUM. Confidential. Repeated to Belgrade, Bonn, Budapest, Hong Kong, London, Moscow, Paris, Prague, Rome, Sofia, Vienna, Warsaw, Berlin, and Munich.
142. Memorandum of Conversation
Source: Johnson Library, National Security File, Country File, Romania, Cables, Vol. 1. Confidential. Drafted by Trezise and approved in M.
143. Memorandum From the President’s Special Assistant for National Security (Bundy) to President Johnson
Source: Johnson Library, National Security File, Memoranda to the President, McGeorge Bundy, Vol. 5. Secret.
144. Memorandum of Conversation
Source: Department of State, Secretary’s Memoranda of Conversation: Lot 65 D 330. Confidential. Drafted by Warker and approved in S on August 11. The meeting was held in the Secretary’s office. The source text is labeled “Part I of IV Parts;” other memoranda of this conversation, dealing with East-West political relations and the visit of Foreign Minister Manescu to the United States, are ibid.
145. Telegram From the Embassy in Romania to the Department of State
Source: Johnson Library, National Security File, Country File, Romania, Cables, Vol. 2. Confidential; Limdis. Repeated to Moscow. The United States and Romania raised their respective diplomatic missions to the level of Embassy in August 1964.
146. Memorandum of Conversation
Source: Department of State, Secretary’s Memoranda of Conversation: Lot 65 D 330. Confidential. Drafted by Givan and approved in S on December 15. The meeting was held at USUN. The source text is labeled “Part I of II;” a second memorandum of this conversation, dealing with Communist China, is ibid.
147. Telegram From the Department of State to the Embassy in Romania
Source: Department of State, Central Files, POL 7 RUM. Confidential; Noforn. Drafted by Vedeler, cleared by Tyler, and approved by Davis.
148. Memorandum of Conversation
Source: Johnson Library, National Security File, Country File, Rumania, Memos, Vol. 2. Confidential. Drafted by Warker and approved in U on February 25. The meeting was held in Ball’s office.
149. Telegram From the Embassy in Romania to the Department of State
Source: Department of State, Central Files, POL 1 RUM. Confidential. Repeated to Paris.
150. Minutes of Meeting of the Export Control Review Board
Source: Johnson Library, National Security File, Memos to the President, McGeorge Bundy, Vol. 10. Secret.
151. 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, Rumania, Memos, Vol. 2. Top Secret; Sensitive.
152. Telegram From the Department of State to the Embassy in Romania
Source: Department of State, Central Files, POL 7 USSR. Confidential. Drafted in INR, cleared in EUR, and approved in INR. Also sent to Moscow and Paris for the Embassy and USNATO.
153. Memorandum of Conversation
Source: Department of State, Conference Files: Lot 66 D 347, CF 85. Confidential. The source text bears no drafting information; the memorandum was approved in S on October 18. The meeting was held in Rusk’s quarters. The source text is labeled “Part IV of VI;” memoranda of this conversation dealing with Romanian-German relations, East-West relations, Vietnam, Manescu’s travel, peacekeeping, and Cyprus are ibid.
154. Telegram From the Embassy in Romania to the Department of State
Source: Department of State, Central Files, POL RUM–US. Secret; Exdis.
155. Airgram From the Embassy in Romania to the Department of State
Source: Department of State, Central Files, POL ROM–US. Confidential; Limdis. Drafted by Davis.
156. Memorandum of Conversation
Source: Department of State, Central Files, POL 7 ROM. Secret; Limit Distribution. Drafted by Lisle and approved in S on June 26. The meeting was held during the Secretary’s dinner at the Waldorf Astoria. Rusk and Maurer were in New York for the U.N. General Assembly meeting. Memoranda of their discussion of the Middle East and Vietnam are ibid., POL 7 ROM and POL 27 VIET S, respectively.
157. Memorandum of Conversation
Source: Department of State, Central Files, POL RUM–US. Secret; Exdis. Drafted by Stoessel.
158. Airgram From the Embassy in Romania to the Department of State
Source: Department of State, Central Files, POL 1 ROM. Confidential. Drafted by deMartino. Repeated to Belgrade, Berlin, Bonn, Budapest, London, Moscow, Munich, Paris, Prague, Rome, Sofia, and Warsaw.
159. Memorandum of Conversation
Source: Department of State, Central Files, POL ROM–US. Limited Official Use. Drafted by Stoessel. The meeting was held at Ambassador Bogdan’s residence. A typed note on the source text indicates that this was a “draft.” No cleared copy of the memorandum was found.
160. Telegram From the Department of State to the Embassy in Romania
Source: Johnson Library, National Security File, Country File, Romania, Cables, Vol. 3. Secret; Immediate; Nodis. Drafted by Lisle and approved by Katzenbach.
161. Memorandum for the Record
Source: Department of State, Central Files, POL 17–8 ROM. Limited Official Use. Drafted by Davis.
162. Memorandum of Conversation
Source: Department of State, Central Files, POL 7 ROM. Confidential. Drafted by Kaplan and approved in S on July 11. The meeting was held in the Secretary’s office. The source text is labeled “Part II of III;” a memorandum of the portion of their conversation dealing with Vietnam is in the Johnson Library, National Security File, Country File, Romania, Cables, Vol. 3. A July 10 memorandum from Read to Shlaudeman, attached to the source text, noted that at the request of Secretary Rusk no notes were taken for the portion of the conversation dealing with a heavy water plant.
163. Memorandum of Conversation
Source: Department of State, Bohlen Files: Lot 74 D 379, Memoranda of Conversation—General. Confidential. Drafted by Kaplan and approved in G on August 27.
164. Information Memorandum From the Assistant Secretary of State for European Affairs (Leddy) to Secretary of State Rusk
Source: Johnson Library, National Security File, Country File, Romania, Cables, Vol. 3. Secret. Drafted by Beaudry.
165. Memorandum of Conversation
Source: Department of State, Bohlen Files: Lot 74 D 379. Secret; Limdis. No drafting information is on source text; the memorandum was approved in S on September 3. The meeting was held in Secretary Rusk’s office. For a telegraphic report of this meeting, see Document 90.
166. Telegram From the Department of State to the Embassy in Romania
Source: Department of State, Central Files, POL 27–1 COMBLOC–CZECH. Secret; Priority; Limdis. Drafted by Kaplan and approved by Leddy. Repeated to Moscow, Belgrade, and Prague.
167. Telegram From the President’s Special Assistant (Rostow) to President Johnson
Source: Johnson Library, National Security File, Country File, Czech Crisis. Secret. Received at the LBJ Ranch on August 31 at 11:01 p.m., CDT.
168. Telegram From the Embassy in Romania to the Department of State
Source: Department of State, Central Files, POL ROM–US. Secret; Immediate; Limdis. Repeated to Belgrade, Moscow, and Prague.
- Beginning in spring of 1965, the dates and transmission times of all incoming Department of State telegrams were in six-figure date-time-groups. The “Z” refers to Greenwich mean time.↩
- Beginning in 1967, the dates and transmission times of all outgoing Department of State telegrams were in six-figure date-time-groups. The “Z” refers to Greenwich mean time.↩