The Department of State and the Coordination and Supervision of U.S. Foreign Policy
91. Paper Prepared in the White House
Source: Johnson Library, White House Central Files, Subject Files, EX FG 105. No classification marking. Drafted by Robert G. Cox of the White House staff. (Memorandum from Cox to Macy, September 1; ibid., Office Files of John W. Macy, Box 693, State-General-1966) It was handed to President Johnson by Macy during their meeting on September 1. (Memorandum from Macy to the President, September 19; ibid.) The paper indicates that the President saw it. Under cover of a September 19 memorandum, 2 days before Johnson announced his appointments to the three posts, Macy forwarded to the President a second list of suggestions consisting of 6 teams. Macy explained that the list was “based on the same general assumptions but with suggested names from outside of the government.” (Ibid.)
92. Memorandum From the President’s Special Assistant (McPherson) to President Johnson
Source: Johnson Library, White House Central Files, Subject Files, Ex FG 105. No classification marking. Handwritten notations on the memorandum include the following: “recd 9/13/66, 12:17 p”; “from Pres’ desk, 12/26/68”; and “From the President’s middle desk drawer, 12/27/68.”
93. Telephone Conversation Between President Johnson and Secretary of State Rusk
Source: Johnson Library, Recordings and Transcripts, Recording of a Telephone Conversation between the President and Rusk, Tape 66.24, Side A, PNO 1. No classification marking. This transcript was prepared in the Office of the Historian specifically for this volume.
95. Memorandum From the Deputy Director for Plans of the Central Intelligence Agency (FitzGerald) to the Executive Director-Comptroller of the Central Intelligence Agency (White)
Source: Central Intelligence Agency, Executive Registry, Job 80–B01580R, FAPS. Secret.
97. Letter From the Executive Director-Comptroller of the Central Intelligence Agency (White) to the Deputy Under Secretary of State for Administration (Crockett)
Source: Central Intelligence Agency, Executive Registry, Job 80–B01580R, FAPS. Secret.
99. Memorandum From the Under Secretary of State (Katzenbach) to Secretary of State Rusk
Source: National Archives and Records Administration, RG 59, S/S-Katzenbach Files: Lot 74 D 271, Hitch. Unclassified; Nodis.
100. Memorandum Prepared by Nathaniel Davis of the National Security Council Staff
Source: Johnson Library, White House Central Files, Subject Files, Ex FG 105. No classification marking. Davis forwarded the memorandum to Cater under cover of an undated note stating, “This is a non-memo.” Under cover of a November 10 memorandum, Cater forwarded Davis’ memorandum to Moyers, indicating that Davis had prepared it at Cater’s suggestion after discussing “the problem of innovation in the State Department and, particularly, revitalization of the foreign services.” Cater asked Moyers if the memorandum was “worthy of pursuit with the President?” There is no indication that it was brought to the President’s attention.
102. Report Prepared in the Central Intelligence Agency
Source: Central Intelligence Agency, Executive Registry, Job 80–R01580R, SIG. Secret. The report was forwarded to Helms by Clandestine Services Special Group Officer [name not declassified] under cover of a memorandum dated November 25, 1966. (Ibid.)
103. Memorandum From the Staff Director of the Senior Interdepartmental Group (Schwartz) to the Under Secretary of State (Katzenbach)
Source: National Archives and Records Administration, RG 59, Central Files 1964–66, ORG 1. No classification marking.
104. Memorandum From John J. Adams of the Foreign Affairs Programming System Development Office to the Deputy Under Secretary of State for Administration (Crockett)
Source: Kennedy Library, Crockett Papers, MS 75–45, Rpt. on Recent Trips to Eur & Latin Amer Regarding Prospective For Affairs Program-Budgeting. No classification marking. Adams was a management analyst with the FAPS Development Program in the Office of the Deputy Under Secretary of State for Administration. Adams’ report and a similar one by Mosher (Document 113) “received considerable circulation within the Department and in other foreign affairs agencies,” according to Mosher and Harr, Programming Systems and Foreign Affairs Leadership, p. 177.
105. Draft Paper Prepared in the Department of State
Source: Washington National Records Center, OASD/ISA Files: FRC 330 71 A 4546, 381 1967 February. Confidential. An attached covering letter from Kohler to Vance, January 5, 1967, indicated that the draft paper was prepared in response to the SIG decision of July 26, 1966, to revise “U.S. Overseas Internal Defense Policy,” and asked for the early comments of the agencies that were members of the SIG. Regarding the July 26 decision, see Document 82. For other agency comments, see Documents 108 and 109.
106. Memorandum for the Record
Source: National Archives and Records Administration, RG 59, S/S-Katzenbach Files: Lot 74 D 271, Department of State-Rusk. No classification marking. Drafted by Crockett. Copies were sent to Katzenbach, Steeves (DG), MacArthur (H), Lyerly (L/O), Hoofnagle (O/DG), and Stutesman (O/DG).
107. Memorandum From the President’s Special Assistant (Rostow) to President Johnson
Source: Johnson Library, National Security File, Memos to the President-Walt R. Rostow, Vol. 18. Confidential.
109. Memorandum From Edward Hamilton of the National Security Council Staff to the President’s Special Assistant (Rostow)
Source: Johnson Library, National Security File, Agency File, SIG, Vol. I, 13th Meeting, 7/26/66. Confidential. The memorandum is misdated January 9, 1966. An undated, handwritten note from Bator at the end of the memorandum reads: “Walt—I won’t do a separate memo since the above is a fair representation of my views. I am especially concerned about the point in par. 3 of page 1.”
110. Memorandum From the Under Secretary of State (Katzenbach) to Secretary of State Rusk
Source: National Archives and Records Administration, RG 59, S/S-Katzenbach Files: Lot 74 D 271, Chron, Mr Katzenbach, 1966–67. Limited Official Use. Rusk initialed the memorandum at the top of page 1.
111. Memorandum From the Executive Secretary of the Department of State (Read) to the President’s Special Assistant (Rostow)
Source: Johnson Library, National Security File, Agency File, State Department, Consultants Panels. Confidential. Rostow penned a note to Bromley Smith on the memorandum that reads: “Remind me to check again at, say, the end of April.”
113. Report Prepared by Professor Frederick Mosher
Source: National Archives and Records Administration, RG 59, Central Files 1967–69, ORG 1–1. No classification marking. Mosher served as a consultant to the State Department during the summer of 1966 and then worked under contract to the Department. He also served on the Hitch Committee. In the introduction to the report he states that it was based on: his experience on the Hitch Committee; interviews with officials of the Departments of State, Defense, and Agriculture, AID, USIA, BOB, and the Peace Corps; and interviews during October and November 1966 with officials at U.S. missions in Germany, France, Great Britain, Guatemala, Brazil, Chile, and Mexico, conducted together with John Adams (see Document 104). The report is attached to a January 19 memorandum from Francis Lambert, Staff Director for the ARA Interdepartmental Regional Group, to Robert Sayre, Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Inter-American Affairs, in which Lambert makes a number of comments on the report and calls it “a first-rate paper. I have no quarrel with anything he says.” Regarding the report’s circulation, see also footnote 1, Document 104.
115. Letter From the Deputy Under Secretary of State for Administration (Crockett) to the Under Secretary of State (Katzenbach)
Source: National Archives and Records Administration, RG 59, S/S-Katzenbach Files: Lot 74 D 271, Administrative & Personnel. No classification marking.
116. Memorandum Prepared by the Inspector General of the Foreign Service (Wilkins)
Source: National Archives and Records Administration, RG 59, S/S–SIG Files: Lot 70 D 263, SIG Documents—Instructions and Authority. Limited Official Use. Attached to a February 2 memorandum from John Steeves, Acting Deputy Under Secretary of State for Administration, to Katzenbach.
117. Memorandum From the President’s Special Assistant (Rostow) to President Johnson
Source: Johnson Library, National Security File, NSAMs, NSAM 341. Confidential. The memorandum was included in the President’s Night Reading. A handwritten note at the top of the memorandum reads: “Mr. Rostow notified Mr. Katzenbach.”
118. Notes Prepared by the President’s Deputy Special Assistant for National Security Affairs (Bator)
Source: Papers in Francis Bator’s personal possession. Sensitive.
119. Memorandum of Conversation
Source: National Archives and Records Administration, RG 59, O-Files of the Deputy Under Secretary for Administration: Lot 70 D 403, ORG 1. No classification marking. Drafted by C.E. Hulick on May 2.
120. Statement Prepared by the President’s Special Assistant (Rostow) for President Johnson
Source: Johnson Library, National Security File, NSAMs, NSAM 341. Confidential. Attached to a June 27 memorandum from Rostow to the President, that states: “Herewith the statement you wanted me to formulate.” The memorandum indicates that the President saw it. No information was found to indicate how the President used the statement.