Communication Satellites


93. Memorandum From the President’s Special Assistant for Telecommunications (O’Connell) to President Johnson

Source: Johnson Library, National Security File, Subject File, Communications (Nat’l Communications System, COMSAT, etc.), Vol. III [2 of 3], Box 6. Confidential.


94. Letter From the President’s Special Assistant for Telecommunications (O’Connell) to Secretary of State Rusk

Source: National Archives and Records Administration, RG 59, Records of the Department of State, Central Files, 1967–69, TEL 6. Confidential.


95. Letter From the Assistant Secretary of State for Economic Affairs (Solomon) to the President’s Special Assistant for Telecommunications (O’Connell)

Source: National Archives and Records Administration, RG 59, Records of the Department of State, Central Files, 1964–66, TEL 6. Confidential. Drafted by Nelson (E), Loy (E), and Pattman (L); and cleared by Silberstein (ARA), Nesbitt (SCI), Sneider (EA), and Springsteen (EUR).


96. National Security Action Memorandum No. 338 (Revised)

Source: Johnson Library, National Security File, Charles E. Johnson Files, COMSAT—US Communication Policy NSAM No. 338, #2 [1 of 2], Box 13. Confidential. Copies were also sent to the Director of the Bureau of the Budget; the Executive Secretary, NASC; the Special Assistant for Science and Technology; and the Communications Satellite Corporation.


97. Circular Telegram From the Department of State to Certain Posts

Source: National Archives and Records Administration, RG 59, Records of the Department of State, Central Files, 1967–69, TEL 6. Limited Official Use. Drafted by Gotzlinger (E) and cleared by Robert Grey (M) and Loy (E). Sent to U.S. Missions in all 58 INTELSAT member countries.


98. Telegram From the Department of State to the Embassy in the United Kingdom

Source: National Archives and Records Administration, RG 59, Records of the Department of State, Central Files, 1967–69, TEL 6. Limited Official Use. Drafted by G. Huffcutt (E) and cleared by Nelson (E), O’Malley (DTM), Nesbitt (SCI), Newman (EUR), and Loy (E). Repeated to Bonn and Paris.


100. Research Memorandum From the Director of the Bureau of Intelligence and Research (Hughes) to Secretary of State Rusk

Source: National Archives and Records Administration, RG 59, Records of the Department of State, Central Files, 1967–69, TEL 6. Secret; No Foreign Dissem.


101. Airgram From the Embassy in France to the Department of State

Source: National Archives and Records Administration, RG 59, Records of the Department of State, Central Files, 1967–69, TEL 6. Limited Official Use. Drafted by John H. Buehler (SCI) and A. Eugene Frank (TRC), cleared by Edgar L. Pire (SCI) and Richard G. Long (POL), and approved by Robert A. Brand (MINECON).


103. Telegram From the Department of State to the Embassy in the United Kingdom

Source: National Archives and Records Administration, RG 59, Records of the Department of State, Central Files, 1967–69, TEL 6. Confidential. Drafted by Miller (E) and Loy (E) and cleared by Dubs (EUR), Nesbitt (SCI), James Van R. Springer (L), Solomon (E), Abraham Katz (EUR), Joseph P. Lorenz (IO), Clark (DTM), Carroll Brown (S/S), Ende (FCC), Kemp (DOD), Radius (NASA), Johnson (NASC), and Eugene Rostow. Also sent to Belgrade, Bern, Bonn, Bucharest, Canberra, Copenhagen, Moscow, Ottawa, Paris also for CEDTO, Stockholm, Tokyo, Vienna, USUN, Mission at Geneva, USEC Mission at Brussels, and Mission to NATO.


104. Telegram From the Embassy in Austria to the Department of State

Source: National Archives and Records Administration, RG 59, Records of the Department of State, Central Files, 1967–69, SP 6 UN. Confidential. Repeated to Brussels, London, Moscow, Ottawa, Paris, and Rome.


105. Memorandum of Conversation

Source: National Archives and Records Administration, RG 59, Records of the Department of State, Central Files, 1967–69, TEL 6. Secret; Exdis. Drafted by Rostow on August 20 and approved by Robert Brown. The memorandum is Part III of IV.


106. Telegram From the Embassy in Austria to the Department of State

Source: National Archives and Records Administration, RG 59, Records of the Department of State, Central Files, 1967–69, SP 6 UN. Confidential; Priority.


107. Memorandum From Secretary of State Rusk to President Johnson

Source: National Archives and Records Administration, RG 59, Records of the Department of State, Central Files, 1967–69, TEL 6. Confidential. Drafted by Loy and Nelson and cleared by Rostow and Allen.


108. Memorandum From the Executive Secretary of the Department of State (Read) to Secretary of State Rusk

Source: National Archives and Records Administration, RG 59, Records of the Department of State, Central Files, 1967–69, TEL 6. No classification marking. The date is handwritten on the source text.