273. National Security Action Memorandum No. 368

Source: Johnson Library, National Security File, NSAMs, NSAM 368. Confidential. Copies were sent to the Secretaries of State and Defense, the Director of the Bureau of the Budget, the President’s Special Assistant for Science and Technology, and the Chairman of the President’s Foreign Intelligence Advisory Board.

274. Editorial Note

275. Précis Prepared by the Executive Director-Comptroller of the Central Intelligence Agency (White)

Source: Central Intelligence Agency, Executive Registry, Job 80–B01676R, Professional Manpower Comm. Secret. White forwarded the précis, together with the full Report of the Committee on Professional Manpower, March 1968, to Helms and Taylor on March 29. The report, a copy of which is ibid., was prepared by an internal, four-person committee, chaired by the Director of Training, John Richardson.

276. Memorandum From Spurgeon Keeny of the National Security Council Staff to the President’s Special Assistant (Rostow)

Source: Johnson Library, National Security File, Rostow Files, Presidential Program. Secret.

277. Memorandum by President Johnson

Source: Johnson Library, National Security File, Subject File, President’s Foreign Intelligence Advisory Board, Box 41. No classification marking. In an April 15 memorandum to President Johnson, Maxwell D. Taylor, whom the President appointed on February 23 to succeed Clark Clifford as Chairman of the President’s Foreign Intelligence Advisory Board, wrote that at its April 11–12 meeting the Board discussed “ways and means to discharge more effectively its responsibilities,” and its members agreed that it would be “most timely” for the President to issue a statement reaffirming the importance of the board. Taylor enclosed an undated draft memorandum that the President might send. Under cover of an April 20 memorandum to President Johnson, Rostow forwarded Taylor’s memorandum and draft statement. “In my judgment,” Rostow wrote, “a reinforcing memorandum of this type would be timely and helpful.” (Ibid.) Nevertheless, the President apparently did not act on this initiative, so Rostow forwarded it to him again under cover of a May 1 memorandum. This time Rostow added: “He (Taylor) is convinced—and I agree—that he should confer with the major users of intelligence, notably the regional Assistant Secretaries of State, to check on whether the intelligence material being generated is appropriate to their operational needs and being well and fully used. For that reason, as well as to give a general impetus to the President’s Foreign Intelligence Advisory Board under its new Chairman, I recommend that you go forward with this memorandum.” (Ibid.) The memorandum printed here is identical to the draft memorandum submitted with Taylor’s April 15 letter.

278. Letter From Director of Central Intelligence Helms to the Deputy Secretary of Defense (Nitze)

Source: Johnson Library, National Security File, Agency File, CIA, Vol. III. Secret.

279. Memorandum From the Secretary of the 303 Committee (Jessup) to the President’s Special Assistant (Rostow)

Source: Johnson Library, National Security File, Intelligence File, 303 Committee. Top Secret.

280. Memorandum for the Record

[Source: Central Intelligence Agency, Executive Registry, Job 80–B01580R, PFIAB. Top Secret; [codeword not declassified]. 3 pages of source text not declassified.]

281. Letter From the Assistant Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (Sullivan) to Director of Central Intelligence Helms

Source: Central Intelligence Agency, Executive Registry, Job 80–B01580R, FBI. Secret; Personal. William C. Sullivan was FBI Assistant Director in charge of the Domestic Intelligence Division.

282. Editorial Note

283. Memorandum From the President’s Special Assistant (Rostow) to the Chairman of the President’s Foreign Intelligence Advisory Board (Taylor)

Source: Johnson Library, National Security File, Memos to the President-Walt Rostow, Vol. 108. Secret.

284. Memorandum From the Chairman of the President’s Foreign Intelligence Advisory Board (Taylor) to the President’s Special Assistant (Rostow)

[Source: Johnson Library, National Security File, Subject File, Intelligence Handling and Disclosure. Secret. 2 pages of source text not declassified.]

285. Memorandum for the Record

Source: Central Intelligence Agency, Executive Registry, Job 80–B01580R, FBI. Secret.