Korea
91. Memorandum From the Deputy Assistant Secretary for Far Eastern Affairs (Berger) to the Ambassador at Large (Harriman)
Source: National Archives and Records Administration, RG 59, Central Files 1964–66, POL 32–4 KOR/UN. Secret. Drafted by O’Donohue (FE).
92. Telegram From the Commander in Chief, Pacific (Sharp) to the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff (Wheeler)
Source: Johnson Library, National Security File, Country File, Korea, Cables, Vol. III, November 1965 to December 1966. Secret;SPECAT. Repeated to CINCUARPAC. Passed to the White House, Department of Defense, Department of State, and Defense Intelligence Agency.
93. Telegram From the Embassy in Korea to the Department of State
Source: National Archives and Records Administration, RG 59, Central Files 1964–66, POL 7 US/JOHNSON. Top Secret; Immediate; Exdis. Repeated to Manila Eyes Only for Secretary and Bundy and passed to the White House.
94. Memorandum of Conversation Between President Johnson and President Pak
Source: Johnson Library, National Security File, Files of Walt W. Rostow, Asian Trip, Memoranda of Conversations, October–November 1966. Secret. Johnson and Pak were in Manila to attend the conference on Vietnam. Their conversation took place in Johnson’s suite.
95. Telegram From the Embassy in Korea to the Department of State
Source: National Archives and Records Administration, RG 59, Central Files 1964–66, POL 32–4 KOR/UN. Secret; Priority; Limdis. Repeated to Bangkok for the Secretary and Bundy and USUN.
96. Memorandum of Conversation Between President Johnson and President Pak
Source: Johnson Library, National Security File, Files of Walt Rostow, Asian Trip, Copies of Memos, etc. Secret. The memorandum indicates that the staffs of both Presidents were present.
98. Intelligence Memorandum
Source: Johnson Library, National Security File, Country File, Korea, Memos, Vol. III, November 1965 to December 1966. Secret; No Foreign Dissem/Background Use Only. Prepared by the Office of Current Intelligence of the Central Intelligence Agency and coordinated with the Office of National Estimates.
99. Telegram From the Commanding General, United States Eighth Army, Korea, and the Commander in Chief, United Nations Command, Korea (Bonesteel) to the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff (Wheeler)
Source: Johnson Library, National Security File, Country File, Korea, Cables, Vol. III, November 1965 to December 1966. Top Secret; Eyes Only. Repeated to Sharp and Beach at CINCPAC and to General Johnson, Chief of Staff-Army, Washington; forwarded by the Defense Intelligence Agency to Helms at the Central Intelligence Agency, Rusk at the Department of State, and Rostow at the White House.
100. 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 VIET S. Top Secret; Priority;Exdis. Repeated to Saigon and the Joint Chiefs of Staff. Drafted by Steadman (DOD), cleared by General Brown (JCS), and by Shostal (S/S), and approved by Bundy.
101. Telegram From the Embassy in Korea to the Department of State
Source: Johnson Library, National Security File, Country File, Korea, Memos, Vol. IV, January 1967 to August 1967. Top Secret; Priority; Exdis. Passed to the Department of Defense. Attached to an undated memorandum from Jorden to Rostow in which Jorden expressed his complete agreement with Brown’s views and advocated against pushing “the Koreans too hard. None of our other friends has nearly as good a record. A good deal more would not be unreasonable for the Australians, New Zealanders, Filipinos, Thai, Malaysians—to say nothing of our ‘staunch’ European friends.”
102. Telegram From the Embassy in Korea to the Department of State
Source: National Archives and Records Administration, RG 59, Central Files 1964–66, POL 27–14 KOR/UN. Secret; Priority; Limdis. Repeated to USUN and Moscow.
104. Memorandum of Conversation
Source: Department of State, INR/IL Historical Files, East Asia and Pacific General File, Weekly Staff Meetings, August through December 1966. Secret. Drafted on December 5. McAfee sent this memorandum to Hughes, Denney, and Evans.
105. Letter From the Ambassador to Korea (Brown) to the Assistant Secretary of State for East Asian and Pacific Affairs (Bundy)
Source: National Archives and Records Administration, RG 59, Central Files 1964–66, DEF 19 KOR S–US. Confidential.
106. Memorandum of Conversation
Source: National Archives and Records Administration, RG 59, Central Files 1964–66, POL KOR S–US. Confidential. Drafted by Fleck and approved in S on January 4. The memorandum is Part I of II.
107. Memorandum From the Executive Secretary of the National Security Council (Smith) to the President’s Special Assistant (Rostow)
Source: Johnson Library, National Security File, Country File, Korea, Vol. IV. Top Secret. According to an attached memorandum from Donald Ropa of the NSC Staff to Smith, January 19, both he and Walter Jenkins of the NSC Staff did not object to the proposed telegram.
108. Telegram From the Embassy in Korea to the Department of State
Source: National Archives and Records Administration, RG 59, Central Files 1967–69, POL 27–3 VIET S. Secret; Priority;Exdis; Louisiana. Repeated to Saigon.
109. Memorandum From the Representative to the United Nations (Goldberg) to President Johnson
Source: National Archives and Records Administration, RG 59, Rusk Files: Lot 72 D 192, Secretary’s Miscellaneous Correspondence. Secret. Attached to a March 9 letter from Goldberg to Rusk transmitting the memorandum as a supplement to Goldberg’s “oral report to the President on my trip to Asia” and noting that he “restricted its distribution because of its sensitive nature to the President” and to Rusk.
110. Memorandum of Conversation
Source: National Archives and Records Administration, RG 59, Central Files 1967–69, POL 7 KOR S. Secret; Nodis. The meeting took place in the Oval Office. The Prime Minister, accompanied by the Minister of Defense and the Minister of Commerce, visited the United States March 14 and 15. U.S. objectives of the visit were to maintain close and warm relations with the ROK, to continue bilateral U.S.-Korean relations on Vietnam, to assure Korea of continued U.S. military and economic support, and to demonstrate U.S. support for Pak. (Memorandum from Rusk to Johnson, March 11; ibid., POL 15–1 KOR S) A summary of the topics discussed and the U.S. responses was transmitted in telegram 157793 to Seoul, March 17. (Ibid., POL 7 KOR S) A joint statement issued at the conclusion of this meeting is in American Foreign Policy: Current Documents, 1967, pp. 775–776.
112. Letter From President Johnson to President Pak
Source: Johnson Library, National Security File, Special Head of State Correspondence, Korea, November 1, 1966 to March 31, 1967. Secret.
113. Memorandum of Conversation
[Source: Department of State, INR/IL Historical Files, East Asia and Pacific General File, East Asia, FE Weekly Meetings, 1967. Secret. 2 pages of source text not declassified.]
114. Memorandum From the President’s Special Assistant (Rostow) to President Johnson
Source: Johnson Library, National Security File, Country File, Korea, Vol. IV. Confidential. The memorandum indicates that the President saw it.
115. Memorandum From the President’s Special Assistant (Rostow) to President Johnson
Source: Johnson Library, National Security File, Country File, Korea, Vol. IV. Confidential. The memorandum indicates that the President saw it.
116. Letter From the Ambassador to Korea (Brown) to the Assistant Secretary of State for East Asian and Pacific Affairs (Bundy)
Source: Johnson Library, National Security File, Country File, Korea, Vol. IV. Secret. Attached to a memorandum from Rostow to the President, May 8, in which Rostow noted that the campaign showed “much progress between 1963 and 1967 in a working democracy.” The memorandum indicates that the President saw it.
117. Telegram From the Embassy in Korea to the Department of State
Source: Johnson Library, National Security File, Country File, Korea, Vol. IV. Secret; Nodis. Attached to a memorandum from Rostow to President Johnson, June 7, in which Rostow noted that the telegram contained “a wise observation” on approaching the Koreans for more troops “with perhaps a bit more iron than he suggests.” The memorandum indicates the President saw it.
119. Memorandum of Conversation
Source: Department of State, INR/IL Historical Files, East Asia and Pacific General File, East Asia, FE Weekly Meetings, 1967. Secret. Drafted on June 29. Sent to Hughes, Denney, and Evans.
120. Report Prepared by the Office of National Estimates of the Central Intelligence Agency
Source: Johnson Library, National Security File, Country File, Korea, Vol. IV. Secret. Transmitted to the White House under cover of a June 24 memorandum from the CIA Operations Center to Rostow.