Korea
31. National Intelligence Estimate
Source: National Archives and Records Administration, RG 59, S/P Files: Lot 72 D 139, Country Files. Secret; Controlled Dissem. According to a note on the cover sheet, the Central Intelligence Agency and the intelligence organizations of the Departments of State, Defense, the Atomic Energy Commission, and the National Security Agency participated in the preparation of this estimate. All members of the USIB concurred with this estimate on January 22 except the Federal Bureau of Investigation, who abstained because the subject was outside its jurisdiction.
33. Telegram From the Embassy in Korea to the Department of State
Source: National Archives and Records Administration, RG 59, Central Files 1964–66, DEF 19–2 US–KOR S. Secret; Priority. Repeated to CINCPAC for POLAD and the Department of Defense.
35. Special National Intelligence Estimate
Source: Department of State, INR/EAP Files: Lot 90 D 99, SNIE 10–4–65. Top Secret; Controlled Dissem; Limited Distribution. According to a note on the cover sheet, the Central Intelligence Agency and the intelligence organizations of the Departments of State and Defense and of the National Security Agency participated in the preparation of this estimate. All members of the USIB concurred with this estimate on March 19 except the representatives of the Atomic Energy Commission and the Federal Bureau of Investigation, who abstained on the grounds that the subject was outside their jurisdiction.
36. Letter From Secretary of State Rusk to Secretary of Defense McNamara
Source: Washington National Records Center, RG 330, OSD/OASD/ISA Files: FRC 70 A 1266, Korea 013. Secret.
37. Telegram From the Embassy in Korea to the Department of State
Source: National Archives and Records Administration, RG 59, Central Files 1964–66, POL 27–3 VIET S. Top Secret; Nodis.
38. Memorandum From the Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security Affairs (McNaughton) to the Deputy Secretary of Defense (Vance)
Source: Washington National Records Center, RG 330,OSD/OASD/ISA Files: FRC 70 A 1266, Korea 013. Secret. A copy of the attachment was sent to the Secretary of Defense.
39. Telegram From the Embassy in Korea to the Department of State
Source: National Archives and Records Administration, RG 59, Central Files 1964–66, POL 27–3 VIET S. Top Secret; Priority; Nodis. No time of transmission appears on the telegram.
40. Telegram From the Department of State to the Embassy in Korea
Source: National Archives and Records Administration, RG 59, Central Files 1964–66, POL 27–3 VIET S. Top Secret; Immediate; Exdis. Drafted by Bundy, cleared by Hilliker, and approved by Bundy. Repeated to Saigon.
41. Telegram From the Embassy in Korea to the Department of State
Source: National Archives and Records Administration, RG 59, Central Files 1964–66, POL 27–3 VIET S. Top Secret; Exdis. No time of transmission appears on the telegram. Also sent to the White House and repeated to Saigon for Lodge.
42. Memorandum of Conversation
Source: National Archives and Records Administration, RG 59, Central Files 1964–66, POL 7 KOR S. Secret. Attached to airgram A–551 from Seoul, May 13. The meeting was held at the Ministry of National Defense.
43. Memorandum of Conversation
Source: National Archives and Records Administration, RG 59, Central Files 1964–66, POL 7 KOR S. Secret. Attached to airgram A–550 from Seoul, May 13. The meeting was held in the Prime Minister’s Office.
44. Memorandum From James C. Thomson of the National Security Council Staff and the President’s Special Assistant for National Security Affairs (Bundy) to President Johnson
Source: Johnson Library, National Security File, Country File, Korea, Park Visit Briefing Book. Secret.
45. Telegram From the Embassy in Korea to the Department of State
Source: National Archives and Records Administration, RG 59, Central Files 1964–66, DEF 15–3 KOR S–US. Confidential; Priority. No time of transmission appears on the telegram. Also sent to the Department of Defense and repeated to Tokyo, Taipei, Manila, CINCPAC for POLAD, and SJA USARPAC.
46. Memorandum From Secretary of State Rusk to President Johnson
Source: Johnson Library, National Security File, Country File, Korea, Park Visit, May 1965. Secret.
47. Memorandum From James C. Thomson of the National Security Council Staff to President Johnson
Source: Johnson Library, National Security File, Country File, Korea, Park Visit Briefing Book. Secret.
48. Memorandum of Conversation
Source: Johnson Library, National Security File, Country File, Korea, Memos, Vol. II, July 1964 to August 1965. Secret. Drafted by Crane, and approved by the White House May 28. The meeting took place in the Oval Office. The time and place of the meeting are from the President’s Daily Diary. (Ibid.) Earlier in the day the President and Mrs. Johnson hosted the arrival ceremony for Pak, his wife, and members of his party on the South Grounds of the White House at 11:40 a.m. (Ibid.) The remarks made by Presidents Johnson and Pak at that time are in Department of State Bulletin, June 14, 1965, pp. 950–952.
49. Memorandum of Conversation
Source: Washington National Records Center, RG 330,OSD/OASD/ISA Files: FRC 70 A 3717, 333 Korea. Confidential.
50. Memorandum of Conversation
Source: Johnson Library, National Security File, Country File, Korea, Memos, Vol. 11, July 1964 to August 1965. Confidential. Drafted by Norred and approved in S on May 25. The meeting took place in the Secretary’s Office.
51. Memorandum of Conversation
Source: Johnson Library, National Security File, Country File, Korea, Memos, Vol. II, July 1964 to August 1965. Secret. Drafted by Thomson and Fearey and approved by the White House on June 5. The meeting took place in the Cabinet Room at the White House. The time and place of the meeting are from the President’s Daily Diary. (Ibid.) After the meeting Johnson and Pak met with members of the media. (Ibid.)
52. Memorandum of Conversation
Source: Washington National Records Center, RG 330,OSD/OASD/ISA Files: FRC 70 A 3717, 333 Korea. Secret. Drafted by Boyes, and approved by McNaughton on May 21. The meeting was held in McNamara’s office at the Pentagon.
53. Telegram From the Embassy in Korea to the Department of State
Source: National Archives and Records Administration, RG 59, Central Files 1964–66, DEF 19 KOR S–VIET S. Secret; Priority; Limdis. No time of transmission appears on the telegram.
54. Telegram From the Embassy in Korea to the Department of State
Source: National Archives and Records Administration, RG 59, Central Files 1964–66, DEF 19–2 US–KOR S. Secret; Limdis. Repeated to Tokyo.
55. Telegram From the Embassy in Korea to the Department of State
Source: National Archives and Records Administration, RG 59, Central Files 1964–66, POL 27–3 VIET S. Secret; Immediate; Exdis. Repeated to Saigon and passed to the White House. No time of transmission appears on the telegram.
56. Telegram From the Embassy in Korea to the Department of State
Source: National Archives and Records Administration, RG 59, Central Files 1964–66, DEF 19 KOR S-VIET S. Secret; Limdis. Repeated to Saigon, CINCPAC for POLAD, and COMUSMACV.
57. Telegram From the Embassy in Korea to the Department of State
Source: National Archives and Records Administration, RG 59, Central Files 1964–66, POL 27–3 VIET S. Secret; Priority; Limdis. Repeated to CINCPAC for POLAD.
59. Memorandum From the Assistant Director of the United States Operations Mission to Korea (Brown) to the Director of the United States Operations Mission to Korea of the Agency for International Development (Bernstein)
Source: National Archives and Records Administration, RG 59, Central Files 1964–66, DEF 12–5 KOR S. Secret. Attached to a September 28 letter from Roger Ernst, Acting Director of the United States Operations Mission to Korea, to Barnett.