Cambodia


96. Telegram From the Embassy in Cambodia to the Department of State

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 751H.00/11–2062. Confidential. Repeated to Bangkok, Saigon, London, Paris, New Delhi, CINCPACPOLAD, and Vientiane.


97. Telegram From the Embassy in Cambodia to the Department of State

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 751H.00/11–2062. Confidential. Repeated to Bangkok, Saigon, London, Paris, New Delhi, CINCPACPOLAD, and Vientiane.


98. Memorandum of Conversation

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 751H.00/11–3062. Drafted by Koren on December 7 and approved in S on December 12.


99. Telegram From the Department of State to the Embassy in Cambodia

Source: Kennedy Library, National Security Files, Countries Series, Cambodia, 12/5/62–12/13/62. Confidential; Priority. Drafted by Koren and cleared by Arzac, Rice, Forrestal and in draft by Harriman and Czyzak. Repeated to London, Paris, Bangkok, New Delhi, Saigon, Ottawa, Vientiane, USUN, and CINCPACPOLAD.


100. Memorandum From Michael V. Forrestal of the National Security Council Staff to President Kennedy

Source: Kennedy. Library, National Security Files, Countries Series, Cambodia, 12/5/62–12/13/62. Secret.


101. Memorandum From the Assistant Secretary of State for Far Eastern Affairs (Harriman) to Secretary of State Rusk

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 651H.51K/1–2363. Drafted by Koren and Hannah and cleared in draft by Czyzak and William C. Burdett, Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for European Affairs. Initialed by Harriman.


102. Telegram From the Embassy in Cambodia to the Department of State

Source: Department of State, Central Files, POL CAMB. Confidential; Priority; Limit Distribution. Repeated to Bangkok, Saigon, and CINCPAC.


103. Telegram From the Department of State to the Embassy in Vietnam

Source: Department of State, Central Files, POL CAMB-CHICOM. Secret; Priority; Limit Distribution. Drafted by Arzac, cleared by Wood of the Vietnam Working Group and by Hannah and in draft by Koren, and approved by Rice. Repeated to Phnom Penh, Bangkok, and Taipei.


104. Memorandum From the Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Far Eastern Affairs (Rice) to the Deputy Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs (Johnson)

Source: Department of State, Central Files, POL 27 CAMB. Secret. Drafted by Arzac on April 9 and cleared by Koren and Wood. Initialed by Rice.


105. Telegram From the Embassy in Cambodia to the Department of State

Source: Department of State, Central Files, POL 15–1 CAMB. Confidential; Priority; Limit Distribution.


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

Source: Department of State, Central Files, POL 27–13 CAMB. Confidential; Priority. Repeated to Bangkok, London, New Delhi, Paris, Saigon, USUN, CINCPAC, and Vientiane and pouched to Ottawa.


107. Telegram From the Embassy in Cambodia to the Department of State

Source: Department of State, Central Files, POL 27–13 CAMB. Confidential; Priority. Repeated to Bangkok, London, Moscow, New Delhi, Ottawa, Paris, Saigon, Vientiane, USUN, and CINCPACPOLAD.


108. Telegram From the Embassy in Cambodia to the Department of State

Source: Department of State, Central Files, POL CAMB-S.VIET. Confidential; Priority. Repeated to Bangkok, Saigon, and CINCPACPOLAD.


109. Telegram From the Embassy in Cambodia to the Department of State

Source: Department of State, Central Files, POL CAMB-US. Confidential. Repeated to Bangkok, Saigon, and CINCPAC.


110. Memorandum From Michael V. Forrestal of the National Security Council Staff to the President’s Special Assistant for National Security Affairs (Bundy)

Source: Kennedy Library, National Security Files, Countries Series, Cambodia, 9/12/63–11/7/63. Confidential.


111. Telegram From the Embassy in Cambodia to the Department of State

Source: Department of State, Central Files, AID (US) CAMB. Confidential; Priority. Received at 9:07 a.m. and repeated to Bangkok, London, Paris, CINCPAC, Saigon, and Vientiane.


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

Source: Department of State, Central Files, POL CAMB-THAI. Confidential. Drafted by John S. Thomson of INR; cleared in draft by Arzac and Thomas M. Judd of EUR/BNA; and approved by Allen S. Whiting, Director of the Office of Research and Analysis for the Far East, INR. Repeated to Phnom Penh, Bangkok, and Saigon.


113. Memorandum of Telephone Conversation Between Dean Acheson and the Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Far Eastern Affairs (Rice)

Source: Department of State, EA/Burma Union-Cambodia Files: Lot 66 D 492, 1963 Cambodia, July-December. No classification marking. Transcribed in Rice’s office.


114. Telegram From the Department of State to the Embassy in Cambodia

Source: Department of State, Central Files, POL CAMB-S.VIET. Secret; Priority. Drafted by Arzac, cleared by Koren and U. Alexis Johnson, and approved by Rice. Repeated to Bangkok, London, Paris, Saigon, Vientiane, and CINCPAC.


115. Telegram From the Department of State to the Embassy in Vietnam

Source: Department of State, Central Files, POL CAMB-S.VIET. Secret; Priority. Drafted by Joseph A. Mendenhall of FE and Arzac, cleared in draft by Koren, and approved by Rice.


116. Telegram From the Embassy in Cambodia to the Department of State

Source: Department of State, Central Files, AID (US) CAMB. Secret; Priority. Repeated to Bangkok, London, Paris, Saigon, CINCPAC, and Vientiane.


117. Telegram From the Department of State to the Embassy in Cambodia

Source: Department of State, Central Files, AID (US) CAMB. Secret; Immediate. Drafted by Hannah and Hilsman; cleared in draft by U. Alexis Johnson and Bromley Smith at the White House; and approved by Hilsman. Repeated to Saigon, Bangkok, London, Paris, Vientiane, and CINCPAC for Secretary Rusk who was in Honolulu.


118. Memorandum of Telephone Conversation Between the Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs (Harriman) and the Assistant Secretary of State for Far Eastern Affairs (Hilsman)

Source: Library of Congress, Manuscript Division, Harriman Papers, Telephone Conversations. No classification marking. Transcribed in Harriman’s office.


119. Memorandum From the Department of State Executive Secretary (Read) to the President’s Special Assistant for National Security Affairs (Bundy)

Source: Department of State, Central Files, AID (US) CAMB. Confidential. Drafted by Arzac and cleared by Koren and Hilsman.


120. Telegram From the Department of State to the Embassy in Cambodia

Source: Department of State, Central Files, AID (US) CAMB. Secret; Immediate. Drafted by Koren; cleared by Arzac, Hilsman, and Robert Komer of the NSC Staff; and approved by Harriman. Repeated to Saigon, Bangkok, London, Paris, Vientiane, and CINCPAC.


121. Telegram From the Embassy in Cambodia to the Department of State

Source: Department of State, Central Files, AID (US) CAMB. Secret; Priority; Limit Distribution. Repeated to Bangkok, Saigon, and CINCPAC. No time of transmission is on the source text; the telegram was received at 8:58 a.m.


122. Memorandum of Conversation

Source: Department of State, Central Files, POL CAMB-US. Confidential. Drafted by Hilsman and approved in the White House on December 2. Prime Minister Kantol was attending President Kennedy’s funeral. In a cable to Forrestal, Hilsman reported that the meeting between President Johnson and Kantol was arranged with “herculean efforts.” (Telegram 275 to Phnon Penh, November 27; ibid., AID (US) CAMB)


123. Telegram From the Embassy in Cambodia to the Department of State

Source: Department of State, Central Files, POL CAMB-S.VIET. Secret; Limit Distribution. Received at 11:36 p.m. and repeated to Bangkok and Saigon. Passed to the White House at 12:20 a.m. on December 1.


124. Telegram From the Embassy in Cambodia to the Department of State

Source: Department of State, Central Files, AID (US) CAMB. Secret; Priority; Limit Distribution. Received at 3:02 a.m. on December 1 and repeated to Paris, Bangkok, London, Saigon, and CINCPAC.


125. Telegram From the Department of State to the Embassy in Thailand

Source: Department of State, Central Files, POL 27–13 CAMB. Secret; Immediate. Drafted by Hannah; cleared by Koren, Czyzak, and Harriman; and approved by Hilsman. Also sent to Saigon as telegram 884 and repeated to London, Paris, Vientiane, Ottawa, Phnom Penh, New Delhi, and Moscow.