31. Memorandum From the Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security Affairs (Earle) and the Deputy Director of Plans and Policy for the Joint Chiefs of Staff (Orwat) to the Deputy Secretary of Defense (Nitze) and the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff (Wheeler)

Source: Washington National Records Center, RG 330, OSD Files: FRC 73 A 1250, Middle East, 092. Secret. Drafted by Murray (DOD/NESA) on November 20.

32. National Intelligence Estimate

Source: Central Intelligence Agency, Job 79-R01012A, ODDI Registry of NIE and SNIE Files. Secret; Controlled Dissem. According to a note on the cover sheet, the estimate was submitted by Deputy Director of Central Intelligence Rufus Taylor, and concurred in by the U.S. Intelligence Board on December 19. The Central Intelligence Agency and the intelligence organizations of the Departments of State, Defense, and NSA participated in its preparation. The State, Defense, and NSA representatives concurred; the AEC and FBI representatives abstained because the subject was outside their jurisdiction.

A note on the first page of the estimate reads: “A detailed presentation of the postwar posture of the eastern Arab states is contained in the Arab-Israeli Handbook (revised 15 February 1968, with most recent information to be included in a new edition to be published in January 1969).”