Office of the Historian

Kuwait

202. Telegram From the Department of State to the Embassy in Kuwait

Washington, January 2, 1964, 4:45 p.m.

Source: National Archives and Records Administration, RG 59, Central Files 1964-66, POL IRAQ-KUW. Secret; Immediate; Limited Distribution. Repeated to COMIDEASTFOR. Drafted by Seelye; cleared by Davies, NEA/NR Officer in Charge of Politico-Military Affairs Donald W. Bunte, and Judd (BNA); and cleared by Jernegan.

203. Airgram From the Embassy in Kuwait to the Department of State

Kuwait, March 26, 1964.

Source: National Archives and Records Administration, RG 59, Central Files 1964-66, ORG 7 NEA. Secret. Drafted by Cottam.

204. Telegram From the Department of State to the Embassy in Kuwait

Washington, September 10, 1964, 2:25 p.m.

Source: National Archives and Records Administration, RG 59, Central Files 1964-66, DEF 12-5 KUW-US. Confidential. Drafted by Moore on September 9; cleared by Bunte, and Colonel Evans (G/PM), and in substance by Steve Koumanelis (G/MC) and Quinn (DOD/ISA); and approved by Davies. Also sent to London and repeated to CINCSTRIKE/CINCMEAFSA for Ramsey.

205. Telegram From the Department of State to the Embassy in Kuwait

Washington, January 14, 1965, 7:24 p.m.

Source: National Archives and Records Administration, RG 59, Central Files 1964-66, POL 7 KUW. Secret. Drafted by Moore, cleared by NEA/NE Officer in Charge of Economic Affairs George M. Bennsky and Special Assistant to the Deputy Under Secretary for Political Affairs Windsor G. Hackler, and approved by Davies. Repeated to London.

206. Telegram From the Department of State to the Embassy in Kuwait

Washington, May 3, 1965, 6:31 p.m.

Source: National Archives and Records Administration, RG 59, Central Files 1964-66, DEF 12-5 KUW. Secret. Drafted by Bunte; cleared by Quinn, Stevens (ILN), Moore, G/PM Office of Politico-Military Affairs Director for Operations Howard Meyers, G/MC Policy and Intelligence Division Chief J. Harold Darby, and NEA/NR Director of the Office of Near Eastern, South Asian Regional Affairs Guy A. Lee; and approved by Jernegan. Repeated to London, CINCSTRIKE/CINCMEAFSA, and CINCSTRIKE POLAD for Ramsey.

207. Memorandum of Conversation

Washington, February 25, 1966.

Source: National Archives and Records Administration, RG 59, Central Files 1964-66, POL 6 KUW. Confidential. Drafted by David A. Korn (NEA/NE).

208. Telegram From the Department of State to the Embassy in the United Kingdom

Washington, June 7, 1966, 7:14 p.m.

Source: National Archives and Records Administration, RG 59, Central Files 1964-66, DEF 12-5 KUW. Secret. Drafted by Moore; cleared by Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense Townsend Hoopes, NEA/NR Officer in Charge of Politico-Military Affairs Lieutenant Colonel Billy R. Byrd, Meyers, Officer in Charge of United Kingdom Affairs Thomas M. Judd, and Symmes, and in substance by Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Logistics Negotiations Henry J. Kuss and Dwight M. Cramer (G/MC); and approved by Davies. Repeated to Kuwait and USCINCMEAFSA and pouched to Jidda and Dhahran.

209. Telegram From the Department of State to the Embassy in Kuwait

Washington, April 27, 1967, 6:03 p.m.

Source: National Archives and Records Administration, RG 59, Central Files 1967-69, POL 32-1 IRAQ-KUW. Secret. Drafted by Korn; cleared by Quinn and Thieberger (DOD/ISA), G/PM Assistant for Special Facilities Joseph J. Wolf, Judd, NEA/RA Political-Military Adviser Colonel Edgar J. Fredericks, and Brewer; and approved by Rockwell. Repeated to London, Baghdad, Tehran, COMIDEASTFOR, and CINCSTRIKE/ CINCMEAFSA.

210. Telegram From the Embassy in Kuwait to the Department of State

Kuwait, June 7, 1967, 1130Z.

Source: Johnson Library, National Security File, Country File, Middle East Cables, Vol. IV. Secret; Flash; Exdis. Repeated to London. Another copy of this telegram is filed in the National Archives and Records Administration, RG 59, Central Files 1967-69, POL 27 ARAB-ISR. Handwritten notations on the telegram read: “Mr. President—This is good news! Walt” and “Another place to hold the line.”

211. Telegram From the Embassy in Kuwait to the Department of State

Kuwait, June 10, 1967, 1020Z.

Source: National Archives and Records Administration, RG 59, Central Files 1967-69, POL 27 ARAB-ISR. Secret; Immediate. Repeated to Algiers, Amman, Beirut, Jidda, Rabat, Tel Aviv, Tripoli, Tunis, London, USUN, Paris, Moscow, Dhahran, COMAC POLAD, and COMIDEASTFOR. Passed to S/S-O, the White House, and USIA.

212. Telegram From the Department of State to the Embassy in Kuwait

Washington, June 15, 1967, 4:09 p.m.

Source: National Archives and Records Administration, RG 59, Central Files 1967-69, POL 27 ARAB-ISR. Secret; Immediate; Exdis. Drafted by Brewer on June 9, text revised in the White House; cleared by Davies, Battle, Saunders, and Eugene Rostow; and approved by Herbert B. Thompson (S/S).

213. Memorandum From Acting Secretary of State Katzenbach to President Johnson

Washington, June 27, 1967.

Source: National Archives and Records Administration, RG 59, Central Files 1967-69, POL 7 KUW. Secret. Drafted by Korn.

214. Telegram From the Department of State to the Embassy in Kuwait

Washington, June 30, 1967, 8:48 p.m.

Source: National Archives and Records Administration, RG 59, Central Files 1967-69, POL 7 KUW. Secret; Exdis. Drafted by Brewer on June 29, cleared by Saunders, and approved by Davies. Repeated to USUN.

215. Telegram From the Department of State to the Embassy in Kuwait

Washington, November 25, 1967, 1942Z.

Source: National Archives and Records Administration, RG 59, Central Files 1967-69, POLKUW-US. Confidential. Drafted by Brewer, cleared by UNP Director Elizabeth Ann Brown and Davies, and approved by Rusk.

216. Airgram From the Embassy in Kuwait to the Department of State

Kuwait, February 21, 1968.

Source: National Archives and Records Administration, RG 59, Central Files 1967-69, POL 1 KUW-US. Secret. Drafted by Cottam, Deputy Chief of Mission John N. Gatch, Jr., Political Officer Robert H. Carlson, Public Affairs Officer John W. Vonier, and Economic Officer James A Placke; and approved by Cottam. Pouched to Arab capitals, Ankara, Karachi, London, Moscow, New Delhi, Paris, Tehran, Tel Aviv, Tokyo, CINCSTRIKE/CINCMEAFSA for POLAD, and USUN.

217. Record of Meeting

Washington, June 4, 1968.

Source: Department of State, NEA/IRG Files: Lot 70 D 503, IRG/NEA 68-21—Record of IRG Mtg June 4 on Current Near East Military Problems. Secret. Drafted by IRG Staff Director Sidney Sober on June 6.

218. Memorandum From Secretary of State Rusk to President Johnson

Washington, December 3, 1968.

Source: National Archives and Records Administration, RG 59, Central Files 1967-69, POL 7 KUW. Confidential. Drafted by Brewer; cleared by William H. Hallman (NEA/IRN), Atherton, Hart, Officer in Charge of UN Political Affairs Betty-Jane Jones, Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for ISA/NESA Harry H. Schwartz, and Heyward Isham (EA/VN). A typed notation reads: “Signed original to Amir of Kuwait briefing book 12/5/68.”

219. Memorandum of Conversation

Washington, December 11, 1968, 11:56 a.m.-1 p.m.

Source: Johnson Library, National Security File, Country File, Kuwait, Cables & Memos, Vol. I, 11/63-1/69. Secret; Exdis. Drafted by Saunders on December 17 and approved by the White House on December 31. The meeting was held in the Oval Office. The time of the meeting was taken from the President’s Daily Diary. (Ibid.)

220. Telegram From the Department of State to the Embassy in Kuwait

Washington, December 13, 1968, 1344Z.

Source: National Archives and Records Administration, RG 59, Central Files 1967-69, POL 7 KUW. Secret; Exdis. Drafted by Brewer on December 12; cleared by Cottam, Eliot, and Davies; and approved by Hart. Repeated to Tehran, Jidda, London, and Dhahran.