Office of the Historian

Horn of Africa

275. Telegram From the Department of State to the Embassy in Somalia

Washington, January 15, 1964, 4:02 p.m.

Source: Department of State, Central Files, POL SOMALI–US. Confidential. Drafted by Galanto and Newsom on January 13; cleared by Hadsel, AFE Deputy Director for Eastern African Affairs Wendell B. Coote, and Director of AID’s Office of Eastern/Southern African Affairs Willard Muller; and approved by Tasca. Sent by pouch to Nairobi, Addis Ababa, Bonn, Dar-es-Salaam, Kampala, London, Moscow, and Rome.

276. Memorandum From William H. Brubeck of the National Security Council Staff to the President’s Special Assistant (Moyers)

Washington, January 21, 1964.

Source: Johnson Library, National Security File, Hamilton Files, Ethiopia. No classification marking.

277. Telegram From the Department of State to the Embassy in Somalia

Washington, January 21, 1964, 6:39 p.m.

Source: Department of State, Central Files, POL 32–1 ETH–SOMALI. Secret. Immediate. Drafted by AFN Deputy Director James J. Blake and Galanto, cleared by W. Paul O’Neill of AFE, and approved by Tasca. Repeated to Addis Ababa, Nairobi, and POLAD CINCSTRIKE/CINCMEAFSA.

278. Telegram From the Department of State to the Embassy in Ethiopia

Washington, January 21, 1964, 7:22 p.m.

Source: Department of State, Central Files, POL 32–1 ETH–SOM. Secret; Immediate. Drafted by Blake and Newsom on January 20; cleared by George L. Warren of G/PM, AFI Politico-Military Adviser Eric E. Oulashin, Muller, Colonel Heffner in DOD/ISA, Harriman, and Brubeck; and approved by Williams. Repeated to Mogadiscio and POLAD CINCSTRIKE/CINCMEAFSA, and to Asmara.

279. Information Memorandum From the Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs (Williams) to Secretary of State Rusk

Washington, February 10, 1964.

Source: Department of State, Central Files, POL 32–1 ETH–SOMALI. Secret. Drafted by Blake.

280. Telegram From the Department of State to the Embassy in Sudan

Washington, February 16, 1964, 11:01 a.m.

Source: Department of State, Central Files, POL 32–1 ETH–SOMALI. Confidential; Immediate. Drafted by Newsom and Galanto; cleared by Tasca; and approved by Newsom. Also sent to Dar-es-Salaam, Addis Ababa, and Mogadiscio, and repeated to Nairobi.

281. Telegram From the Department of State to the Embassy in Ethiopia

Washington, February 20, 1964, 11:33 a.m.

Source: Department of State, Central Files, POL 32–1 ETH–SOMALI. Secret. Drafted by Officer in Charge of Ethiopian Affairs Richard St. F. Post on February 19; cleared by Stephen Christmas of AID’s Office of Eastern/Southern African Affairs, Colonel Junkermann in DOD/ISA, and Newsom; and approved by Tasca. Repeated to Mogadiscio.

282. Telegram From the Department of State to the Embassy in Somalia

Washington, February 20, 1964, 4:31 p.m.

Source: Department of State, Central Files, POL SOMALI–US. Confidential; Immediate. Drafted by Galanto, cleared by Newsom, and approved by Tasca. Repeated to Addis Ababa, Khartoum, Lagos, and Nairobi.

284. Memorandum From the Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs (Williams) to the Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs (Harriman)

Washington, February 21, 1964.

Source: Department of State, Central Files, POL 32–1 ETH–SOMALI. Secret. Drafted by Newsom.

285. Telegram From the Department of State to the Embassy in Somalia

Washington, February 21, 1964, 5:53 p.m.

Source: Department of State, Central Files, POL 32–1 ETH–SOMALI. Secret; Immediate; Limit Distribution. Drafted by Newsom, cleared by Harriman and Brubeck, and approved by Tasca.

286. Telegram From the Department of State to the Embassy in Ethiopia

Washington, February 21, 1964, 5:59 p.m.

Source: Department of State, Central Files, POL 32–1 ETH–SOMALI. Secret; Immediate; Limit Distribution. Drafted by Newsom and Post on February 20, cleared by Brubeck and Harriman, and approved by Tasca.

287. Telegram From the Department of State to the Embassy in the Soviet Union

Washington, March 6, 1964, 4:59 p.m.

Source: Department of State, Central Files, POL 32–1 ETH–SOMALI. Secret. Drafted by Ben M. Zook of the Office of Research and Analysis for the Soviet Bloc in INR; cleared by Director of the Office of Soviet Union Affairs John C. Guthrie and Chief of the Soviet Bloc International Political Activities Division in INR Helmut Sonnenfeldt; and approved by Director of the Office of Research and Analysis for the Soviet Bloc in INR Howard Trivers.

288. Memorandum for the Files

Washington, March 17, 1964.

Source: Department of State, Central Files, POL 32–1 ETH–SOMALI. Secret. Drafted by Newsom. Copies were sent to Edward Little in the Office of Secretary, William Lewis in INR, and Wendell Coote in AFE.

289. Telegram From the Department of State to the Embassy in Ethiopia

Washington, March 18, 1964, 4:06 p.m.

Source: Department of State, Central Files, POL 32–1 ETH–SOMALI. Confidential. Drafted by Post; cleared by Galanto, Officer in Charge of Sudanese Affairs Robert N. Stookey, and Newsom; and approved by Tasca. Also sent to Mogadiscio and Khartoum, and repeated to Asmara.

290. Circular Airgram From the Department of State to Certain African Posts

Washington, March 21, 1964, 10:32 a.m.

Source: Department of State, Central Files, POL 1 ETH–US. Secret. Drafted by Post and Newsom on March 17; cleared by Fuller in CIA, Colonel Heffner in DOD, Deputy Director of AID’s Office of Eastern/Southern African Affairs David E. Alter, Warren, Charles R. Stout of EUR/WE, Coote, Sol Polansky of EUR/SOV, and Herbert V. Olds of AFI; and approved by Tasca. Sent to Addis Ababa, Nairobi, Khartoum, Lagos, Asmara, Mogadiscio, Dar-es-Salaam, Cairo, Accra, Aden, London, Rome, and POLAD/CINCMEAFSA.

291. Telegram From the Department of State to the Embassy in Ethiopia

Washington, April 1, 1964, 6:20 p.m.

Source: Department of State, Central Files, POL 31–1 ETH–SOMALI. Secret; Priority. Drafted by Blake and Newsom and approved by Tasca. Repeated to Khartoum, POLAD CINCMEAFSA Tampa, and Mogadiscio.

292. National Intelligence Estimate

Washington, April 29, 1964.

Source: Central Intelligence Agency: Job 79–R01012A, ODDI Registry of NIE and SNIE Files. Secret; Controlled Dissem. According to a note on the source text, the estimate was submitted by Director of Central Intelligence John A. McCone and concurred in by the U.S. Intelligence Board on April 29.

293. Memorandum for the Record

Washington, June 5, 1964.

Source: Washington National Records Center, RG 330, OASD/ISA Files: FRC 68 A 306, 091.3 Ethiopia. Confidential. Drafted on June 5 by William M. Leffingwell, Deputy Director of Military Assistance in DOD/ISA. Copies were sent to Sloan and General Wood in DOD/ISA, Ambassador Korry, and to the Offices of Plans and Programs and NESA Region in ISA.

294. Telegram From the Department of State to the Embassy in Ethiopia

Washington, June 18, 1964, 3:28 p.m.

Source: Department of State, Central Files, DEF 19 US–ETH. Secret. Drafted by Newsom, cleared by Colonel Junkermann in DOD/ISA and Christmas, and approved by Tasca. Repeated to Mogadiscio and CINCMEAFSA.

295. Memorandum From the Joint Chiefs of Staff to Secretary of Defense McNamara

Washington, July 11, 1964.

Source: Washington National Records Center, RG 330, OSD Files: FRC 70 A 1266, 381 Ethiopia. Secret.

296. Memorandum From the Deputy Director for Coordination, Bureau of Intelligence and Research (Wells) to the Acting Deputy Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs (Thompson)

Washington, July 22, 1964.

[Source: Department of State, INR/IL Historical Files, Somali Republic, 1963 Thru. Secret. 1 page of source text not declassified.]

297. Telegram From the Department of State to the Embassy in Ethiopia

Washington, September 1, 1964, 6:03 p.m.

Source: Department of State, Central Files, DEF 19 US–ETH. Secret; Priority; No Distribution Outside Department. Drafted by Blake and Newsom, cleared by Lang and G/PM Director for Operations Howard Meyers, and approved by Tasca.

298. Telegram From the Department of State to the Embassy in Ethiopia

Washington, November 10, 1964, 9:36 p.m.

Source: Department of State, Central Files, DEF 19–3 US–ETH. Secret. Drafted by Galanto; cleared by Williams, Newsom, Warren, Lang, Muller, and General Pinkston in ODMA; and approved by Harriman.

299. Telegram From the Department of State to the Embassy in Ethiopia

Washington, November 20, 1964, 8:16 p.m.

Source: Department of State, Central Files, DEF 19–3 US–ETH. Secret. Drafted by Galanto, cleared by Blake, and approved by Tasca. Repeated to Mogadiscio, Asmara, and CINCMEAFSA, and by pouch to Nairobi, London, and Rome.

300. Telegram From the Department of State to the Embassy in Ethiopia

Washington, December 2, 1964, 7 p.m.

Source: Department of State, Central Files, DEF 19 US–ETH. Secret; Priority. Drafted by Galanto; cleared by Colonel Heffner in DOD/ISA, Muller, and Blake; and approved by Tasca. Repeated to CINCMEAFSA and also for POLAD/CINCMEAFSA.

301. Action Memorandum From the Director of the Office of Northern African Affairs (Newsom) to the Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs (Williams)

Washington, March 15, 1965.

Source: Department of State, Central Files, POL ETH–SOMALI. Secret. Drafted by Galanto.

302. Information Memorandum From the Deputy Director of the Office of Northern African Affairs (Blake) to the Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs (Williams)

Washington, March 22, 1965.

Source: Department of State, Central Files, POL 32–1 ETH–SOMALI. Confidential. Drafted by Officer in Charge of Somalian Affairs Peter C. Walker.

303. Memorandum for the Files

Washington, March 25, 1965.

Source: Department of State, Central Files, POL ETH–US. Secret. No drafting information appears on the source text.

304. Letter From Robert W. Komer of the National Security Council Staff to the Ambassador to Ethiopia (Korry)

Washington, April 26, 1965.

Source: Johnson Library, National Security File, Country File, Ethiopia, Vol. 2, Memos & Miscellaneous, 7/65–1/69. Secret; Personal; via Classified Diplomatic Pouch.