China
302. Memorandum From Secretary of State Rusk to President Johnson
Source: Johnson Library, National Security File, Country File, China, Vol. XII. Secret. Filed with a covering note of the same date from Rostow to the President. No drafting information is indicated on the source text. The Department of State copy cites Bundy as the drafter of the memorandum but does not indicate the drafter of the attachment. That copy is filed with a February 22 covering note from Bundy to Rusk, which says the paper had been requested by the President through Walt Rostow the previous night. (Department of State, Central Files, POL 1 CHICOM-US)
303. Paper Prepared by Alfred Jenkins of the National Security Council Staff
Source: Johnson Library, National Security File, Country File, China, Vol. XII. Secret. Rostow sent the paper to the President with a covering note of the same date.
304. Memorandum Prepared in the Central Intelligence Agency
Source: Department of State, INR Historical Files, China, 1968. Secret. A copy is attached to a memorandum of February 27 from INR Deputy Director for Coordination William C. Trueheart to Hughes, Denney, and Evans, [text not declassified]. (Ibid., EA Weekly Meetings, 1968)
305. Memorandum From the President’s Special Assistant (Rostow) to President Johnson
Source: Johnson Library, National Security File, Country File, China, Codeword, Vol. II. Secret.
306. Action Memorandum From the Assistant Secretary of State for East Asian and Pacific Affairs (Bundy) to Secretary of State Rusk
Source: Department of State, ACA Files: Lot 72 D 175, Travel Controls (Gen.), Jan-Dec. 1968. Secret. Also sent by Deputy Legal Adviser Murray J. Belman and Acting Administrator for Security and Consular Affairs Barbara M. Watson. Drafted by Kreisberg and SCA Deputy Administrator Nathan Lewin. Cleared by Assistant Legal Adviser for SCA Frederick Smith, Jr., Jacobson, Shoesmith, and INR/REA Deputy Director John Holdridge. Macomber did not concur. He stated in a March 8 memorandum to Rusk that the proposed policy change would meet conservative opposition without gaining liberal support for the administration’s Vietnam policy. (Ibid.) A handwritten note from Katzenbach attached to the source text reads: “Dean—I do not think this is the time for new initiatives on China. NdBK.”
307. Telegram From the Department of State to the Embassy in the Republic of China
Source: Department of State, Central Files, POL CHINA–US. Secret; Exdis. Drafted by Shoesmith, cleared in draft by Jacobson and Holdridge, and approved by Bundy.
308. Telegram From the Department of State to the Embassy in the Republic of China
Source: Department of State, Central Files, DEF 15 CHINAT-US. Secret; Exdis. Drafted by Ridge; cleared by Steadman, Colonel Cavender of the Joint Staff, Colonel Miller of USAF, in draft by Shoesmith and Donald, and in substance by EA Deputy Assistant Secretary Philip C. Habib, Oscar V. Armstrong of EA/P, and Daniel N. Arzac of P; approved by EA Deputy Assistant Secretary G. McMurtrie Godley. Also sent to Hong Kong and repeated to JCS, CINCPAC, PACAF, USAF, SAC, COMUSTDC, and COMUSMACV.
309. Memorandum From Alfred Jenkins of the National Security Council Staff to the President’s Special Assistant (Rostow)
Source: Johnson Library, National Security File, Country File, China, Vol. XII. Secret. A copy was sent to Jorden.
310. Telegram From the Embassy in the Republic of China to the Department of State
Source: Department of State, Central Files, POL CHICOM-CHINAT. Secret; Noforn. Repeated to Hong Kong and CINCPAC for POLAD.
312. National Intelligence Estimate
Source: Department of State, S/S Files: Lot 90 D 110. Secret; Controlled Dissem. A note on the cover sheet states that it was submitted by Helms and prepared by the Central Intelligence Agency, the intelligence organizations of the Departments of State and Defense, and the National Security Agency. All members of the U.S. Intelligence Board concurred in the estimate on May 23 except the AEC and FBI representatives, who abstained because the subject was outside their jurisdiction. A May 22 memorandum from INR/REA Director Fred Greene to Hughes, filed with the source text, states that the estimate was the product of very lengthy discussions reflecting a long-standing disagreement within the Intelligence Community over the nature of the relationships among the top Chinese leaders. The key question, according to Greene, was whether Mao Tse-tung remained the architect of basic Chinese Communist policy and the prime mover in the regime or whether the underlying political dynamic was a factional struggle with Mao playing a relatively restricted role.
313. Memorandum From Alfred Jenkins of the National Security Council Staff to the President’s Special Assistant (Rostow)
Source: Johnson Library, National Security File, Country File, China, Vol. XII. Confidential.
314. Telegram From the Department of State to the Embassy in Canada
Source: Department of State, Central Files, POL CAN–CHICOM. Secret. Drafted by Donald on June 7, cleared by Straus in EUR/CAN, and Thayer in EA/ROC, and approved by William Bundy. Repeated to 12 posts, CINCPAC, US NATO (Brussels), USUN, and CINCPAC for POLAD.
315. Telegram From the Embassy in the Republic of China to the Department of State
Source: Department of State, Central Files, POL CHINAT-US. Secret; Priority; Limdis.
316. Memorandum From Alfred Jenkins of the National Security Council Staff to the President’s Special Assistant (Rostow)
Source: Johnson Library, National Security File, Country File, China, Vol. XIII. Secret. A copy was sent to Jorden. Rostow sent the memorandum, along with some intelligence reports, to the President with a covering memorandum of the same date, noting that the disarray in China might help explain “the Soviet willingness to proceed with arms control measures with the U.S. and to interject itself so deeply in the Vietnam affair.” (Ibid.)
317. Telegram From the Embassy in the Republic of China to the Department of State
Source: Department of State, Central Files, POL CHICOM-CHINAT. Secret; Limdis. Repeated to CINCPAC.
318. Telegram From the Department of State to the Embassy in the Republic of China
Source: Department of State, Central Files, POL CHINAT-US. Secret; Priority; Limdis. Drafted by Shoesmith; cleared by Brown and Walt Rostow, and in draft by Donald, Kreisberg, Armstrong, Walt Rostow, Steadman, and Deputy Assistant Secretary for Public Affairs Robert J. McCloskey; and approved and initialed by Rusk.
319. Telegram From the Embassy in the Republic of China to the Department of State
Source: Department of State, Central Files, POL CHINAT-US. Secret; Priority; Limdis.
320. Memorandum From Marshall Wright of the National Security Council Staff to the President’s Special Assistant (Rostow)
Source: Johnson Library, National Security File, Country File, China, Vol. XIII. Secret.
321. National Intelligence Estimate
Source: Department of State, S/S Files: Lot 90 D 110. Secret; Controlled Dissem. A note on the cover sheet states that it was submitted by Helms and prepared by the Central Intelligence Agency, the intelligence organizations of the Departments of State and Defense, and the National Security Agency. All members of the U.S. Intelligence Board concurred in the estimate on August 1 except the FBI representative, who abstained because the subject was outside his jurisdiction.
322. Telegram From the Embassy in the Republic of China to the Department of State
Source: Department of State, Central Files, DEF 1 CHINAT. Secret; Priority. Repeated to CINCPAC for POLAD and to the Department of Defense.
323. Memorandum From the Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for East Asian Affairs (Barnett) to Harry E.T. Thayer of the Office of Republic of China Affairs
Source: Department of State, Central Files, DEF 1 CHINAT. Top Secret.
324. Telegram From the President’s Special Assistant (Rostow) to President Johnson in Texas
Source: Johnson Library, National Security File, Country File, China, Vol. XIII. Secret.
325. Memorandum From Alfred Jenkins of the National Security Council Staff to the President’s Special Assistant (Rostow)
Source: Johnson Library, National Security File, Country File, China, Vol. XIII. Secret. A copy was sent to Jorden.
326. Telegram From the Department of State to the Embassy in the Republic of China
Source: Department of State, Central Files, POL 16 CHICOM. Confidential. Drafted by Thomas H. Walsh of IO/UNP; cleared by Gleysteen, Shoesmith, and Rufus Z. Smith of EUR/CAN; approved by Sisco. Repeated to USUN and Ottawa.
327. Telegram From the Department of State to the Embassy in the Republic of China
Source: Department of State, Central Files, POL CHINAT-US. Secret; Limdis. Drafted by Shoesmith; cleared by Kreisberg, Dennis F. Aughavin of G/PM–MASP, Barnett, Godley, Steadman, Lieutenant General Warren in DOD/ISA/OMA, Colonel Ridge in DOD/ISA, Major General Orwat in Joint Staff/J–5, and Brigadier General Banning in Joint Staff/J–3; and approved by Brown. Also sent to CHMAAG, USTDC, and Hong Kong, and repeated to CINCPAC for POLAD, CSAF, CNO, CMC, CSA, 327 AD, and 5th AF.
328. Paper Prepared by Alfred Jenkins of the National Security Council Staff
Source: Johnson Library, National Security File, Country File, China, Vol. XIII. Secret. Jenkins sent the paper to Rostow with a covering memorandum of the same date, stating that it was the sequel to Document 303 that Rostow had requested and that its delay was primarily due to “agonizing over its basic theme and pondering contrary advice from some whom I respect.”
329. Telegram From the Department of State to the Embassy in the Republic of China
Source: Department of State, Central Files, DEF 19–8 US–CHINAT. Secret; Limdis. Drafted by Shoesmith; cleared by Admiral Shepard, Colonel Ridge, and Lieutenant General Warren of DOD/ISA, Brigadier General Glick and Colonel Mayland of the Joint Staff; and approved by Winthrop Brown. Repeated to CINCPAC for POLAD, CHMAAG Taiwan, COMUSTDC, and Hong Kong.
330. Memorandum From Alfred Jenkins of the National Security Council Staff to the President’s Special Assistant (Rostow)
Source: Johnson Library, National Security File, Country File, China, Vol. XIII. Secret.