Relations on “Dead Center,” July 1967–June 1968
239. Memorandum From Nathaniel Davis of the National Security Council Staff to the President’s Special Assistant (Rostow) and the President’s Deputy Special Assistant for National Security Affairs (Bator)
Source: Johnson Library, National Security File, Country File, USSR, Vol. XVI. Confidential.
240. Telegram From the Embassy in the Soviet Union to the Embassy in Norway
Source: National Archives and Records Administration, RG 59, Central Files 1967–69, POL 30 USSR. Confidential. Repeated to Paris and the Department of State.
242. Telegram From the Embassy in the Soviet Union to the Department of State
Source: National Archives and Records Administration, RG 59, Central Files 1967–69, BG Moscow. Secret; Limdis.
243. Memorandum From Nathaniel Davis of the National Security Council Staff to the President’s Special Assistant (Rostow) and the President’s Deputy Special Assistant for National Security Affairs (Bator)
Source: Johnson Library, National Security File, Country File, USSR, Vol. XVI. Confidential.
244. Memorandum of Conversation Between Secretary of State Rusk and the Soviet Ambassador (Dobrynin)
Source: Johnson Library, National Security File, Rostow Files, Non-Vietnam, July-September 1967. Top Secret. Drafted by Rusk. Rusk forwarded the memorandum to the President under a July 28 covering memorandum, which is marked with an L, indicating that the President saw it.
245. Memorandum of Conversation
Source: Department of State, Kohler Files: Lot 71 D 460, Dobrynin/Kohler Memoranda of Conversation. Secret; Exdis. Drafted by Kohler. The memorandum is part I of IV; parts II–IV, memoranda of conversation concerning the Middle East, a possible new Law of the Sea conference, and Soviet defector Vladimer Chalyy, are ibid.
246. Memorandum From the President’s Special Assistant (Rostow) to President Johnson
Source: Johnson Library, National Security File, Country File, USSR. Secret.
247. Telegram From Secretary of State Rusk to the Department of State
Source: National Archives and Records Administration, RG 59, Central Files 1967–69, POL US–USSR. Secret; Immediate; Nodis. Rostow forwarded a copy to the President under a September 28 covering memorandum. (Johnson Library, National Security File, Agency File, UN Vol. 8)
248. National Intelligence Estimate
Source: National Archives and Records Administration, RG 59, S/P Files: Lot 72 D 139, USSR. Secret; Controlled Dissem. Submitted by the Director of Central Intelligence and concurred in by the U.S. Intelligence Board.
249. Memorandum of Conversation
Source: National Archives and Records Administration, RG 59, Central Files 1967–69, POL 17 USSR-US. Confidential. Drafted by Malone and approved in G on October 4.
250. Telegram From the Embassy in the Soviet Union to the Department of State
Source: National Archives and Records Administration, RG 59, Central Files 1967–69, POL 23–4 US. Secret; Limdis.
252. Memorandum of Conversation
Source: Department of State, Kohler Files: Lot 71 D 460, Dobrynin/Kohler Memoranda of Conversation. Secret. Drafted by Toon on October 25 and approved in G on October 26.
253. Telegram From the Embassy in the Soviet Union to the Department of State
Source: National Archives and Records Administration, RG 59, Central Files 1967–69, POL 15–1 USSR. Limited Official Use.
254. Telegram From the Department of State to the Embassy in the Soviet Union
Source: Johnson Library, National Security File, Country File, USSR, Vol. XVI. Secret; Nodis. Drafted and approved by Rusk. Rostow forwarded the telegram to the President under cover of a November 28 memorandum in which he stated that it “opens up the possibility of a most interesting and spacious dialogue with the Soviet Union if they are interested.” (Ibid.)
255. Memorandum From Zbigniew Brzezinski of the Policy Planning Council to the President’s Special Consultant (Roche)
Source: Johnson Library, National Security File, NSC Meetings File. Secret. The President read Brzezinski’s memorandum to the attendees at the National Security Council meeting on November 29. (Memorandum for the Record, November 19; ibid.)
256. Memorandum Prepared in the Central Intelligence Agency
Source: Central Intelligence Agency, DDO/IMS Files: Job 78–06423A, Box 3, Folder 6, US Govt-State Dept. Confidential. Attached to a routing slip that indicates it was seen by Helms and Deputy Director for Plans Thomas H. Karamessines. A note on the slip states: “The content of the attached was read by Amb. Goldberg this morning (14 Dec.). He handed back the copy without comment.”
257. Paper Prepared in the Department of State
Source: National Archives and Records Administration, RG 59, S/S Files: Lot 74 D 164. Secret. Forwarded to the White House for the President’s Evening Reading.
258. Paper Prepared in the Department of State
Source: Department of State, G/PM Files: Lot 69 D 258, Box 270, US-Soviet Military Relationship. Top Secret. Transmitted to Secretary Rusk by State Department Counselor Robert R. Bowie and Deputy Assistant Secretary for Politico-Military Affairs Philip J. Farley under cover of a December 18 memorandum that listed the purposes of the study as: “a. Assess the significance of projected changes in US and Soviet forces over the next five years or so. b. Analyze how various key countries are likely to perceive the changing military situation. c. Propose what the US should say or do to deal with the consequences to our foreign policy of these changes.” The memorandum also noted that Rusk authorized the study on September 20 and Kohler received a copy of the paper and agreed with its major findings and conclusions.
259. Telegram From the Department of State to the Embassy in the Soviet Union
Source: National Archives and Records Administration, RG 59, Central Files 1967–69, POL 30 USSR. Secret; Limdis. Drafted by Pratt; cleared by Toon, Robert McKisson (EUR/EE), Leddy, Kohler, Meeker, and William Trueheart (INR); and approved by Katzenbach.
260. Paper Prepared in the Central Intelligence Agency
Source: Johnson Library, National Security File, Country File, USSR, Vol. XVIII. Secret. Prepared jointly by the Offices of Current Intelligence, Economic Research, and Strategic Research of the Directorate of Intelligence and the Office of National Estimates. Rostow forwarded the paper to President Johnson under a June 12 covering memorandum that stated: “The first 5 pages [“General Perspective”] of this give you some picture of how CIA would appraise Soviet prospects in 1968 on a state of the union basis.” The paper is marked with a “ps,” indicating the President saw it.
261. Telegram From the Embassy in the Soviet Union to the Department of State
Source: National Archives and Records Administration, RG 59, Central Files 1967–69, POL 17 US–USSR. Secret; Limdis.
263. Telegram From the Department of State to the Embassy in the Soviet Union
Source: National Archives and Records Administration, RG 59, Central Files 1967–69, POL US–USSR. Secret; Immediate; Nodis. Drafted by Toon and Walsh; cleared by Rusk, McNamara, Leddy, Assistant Secretary of State Battle, and NSC Executive Secretary Bromley Smith; and approved by Walsh. Repeated to London.
265. Airgram From the Embassy in the Soviet Union to the Department of State
Source: National Archives and Records Administration, RG 59, Central Files 1967–69, POL 1 US–USSR. Confidential. Repeated to 23 Embassies and the Mission to NATO. Drafted by Political Officers David Klein, Paul Cook, Alexander Akalovsky, and Jon Lodeesen, and approved by Thompson.
266. Letter From the Deputy Secretary of Defense (Nitze) to the Under Secretary of State (Katzenbach)
Source: National Archives and Records Administration, RG 59, Central Files 1967–69, POL 32–1 US–USSR. Secret.
267. Briefing Memorandum From the Assistant Secretary of State for European Affairs (Leddy) to the Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs (Rostow)
Source: National Archives and Records Administration, RG 59, Central Files 1967–69, POL US–USSR. Secret; Exdis. Drafted on February 21 by V. I. Toumanoff (SOV).
268. Memorandum for the Record
Source: Johnson Library, National Security File, Rostow Files, Rusk-Dobrynin. Secret; Sensitive.