Relations With the Greek Military Junta and Continuing Discussions on Cyprus, December 1967–December 1968


343. Letter From the Ambassador to Greece (Talbot) to the Country Director for Greece (Brewster)

Source: Department of State, Greek Desk Files: Lot 69 D 553, Countercoup. Secret; Exdis.


344. Telegram From the Embassy in Greece to the Mission to the North Atlantic Treaty Organization

Source: Department of State, Central Files, POL 23–9 GREECE. Secret; Flash; Nodis. Repeated to the Department of State. Secretary Rusk was in Brussels December 10–15 to attend the NATO Ministerial Meeting. The source text is the Department of State copy.


345. Telegram From the Embassy in Greece to the Department of State

Source: Department of State, Central Files, POL 23–9 GREECE. Secret; Flash; Limdis. Repeated to the Mission to NATO for Secretary Rusk.


346. Telegram From the Embassy in Greece to the Department of State

Source: Department of State, Central Files, POL 23–9 GREECE. Secret; Flash; Limdis. Repeated to the Mission to NATO for the Secretary.


347. Transcript of Teleconference Between the Embassy in Greece and the Department of State

Source: Department of State, Central Files, POL 23–9 GREECE. Secret; Exdis.


348. Telegram From the Embassy in Greece to the Department of State

Source: Department of State, Central Files, POL 23–9 GREECE. Secret; Immediate; Limdis. Repeated to London, Nicosia, the Mission to NATO, USUN, the Secretary of Defense, JCS, DIA, USDOCOSouth, USCINCEUR, CINCUSAFE, CINCUSAREUR, CINCUSNAVEUR, and Thessaloniki.


349. Telegram From the Embassy in Greece to the Department of State

Source: Department of State, Central Files, POL 23–9 GREECE. Confidential. Repeated to Ankara, London, Nicosia, the Mission to NATO, the Secretary of Defense, USUN, JCS, DIA, USDOCOSouth, USCINCEUR, CINCUSAFE, CINCUSAREUR, CINCUSNAVEUR, and Thessaloniki.


350. Telegram From the Department of State to the Embassy in Greece

Source: Department of State, Central Files, POL 30 GREECE. Secret; Priority; Exdis. Drafted by Rockwell and Brewster, cleared by Battle and Katzenbach, and approved by Rusk.


351. Telegram From the Embassy in Cyprus to the Department of State

Source: Department of State, Central Files, POL 18 CYP. Confidential; Immediate. Repeated to Ankara, Athens, London, USUN, and the Mission to NATO.


352. Letter From Prime Minister Papadopoulos to President Johnson

Source: Department of State, Greek Desk Files: Lot 71 D 6, POL US. No classification marking. A covering memorandum from Bromley Smith of the NSC, attached to the source text, notes that the letter was “brought by hand from Greece and then delivered to the White House through a private citizen.” The citizen was Tom Pappas, President of Esso-Pappas. In a January 10 memorandum for the President, Rostow commented that the letter was a plea for recognition and endorsed the Department of State’s suggestion that the President delay a reply until “a useful time.” (Johnson Library, National Security File, Country File, Greece, Vol. 3)


353. Telegram From the Embassy in Greece to the Department of State

Source: Department of State, Central Files, POL 30–2 GR. Confidential; Limdis.


354. Telegram From the Embassy in Greece to the Department of State

Source: Department of State, Central Files, POL 23–9 GREECE. Secret; Limdis.


355. Telegram From the Embassy in Cyprus to the Department of State

Source: Department of State, Central Files, POL 27 CYP. Secret; Limdis. Repeated to Athens, Ankara, London, Ottawa, USUN, and the Mission to NATO.


356. Telegram From the Department of State to the Embassy in Greece

Source: Department of State, Central Files, POL GREECE–US. Secret; Exdis. Drafted by Rockwell, cleared in substance by Katzenbach, and approved by Battle. Repeated to the Mission to NATO and Rome.


357. Memorandum of Conversation

Source: Department of State, Central Files, POL 27 CYP. Secret. Drafted by Folsom and approved in S on February 2. The meeting was held in the Secretary’s office.


358. Memorandum From Secretary of State Rusk to President Johnson

Source: Department of State, Central Files, POL 27 CYP. Secret. Drafted by McFarland and cleared by Folsom, Rockwell, and Battle.


359. Memorandum for the Record

Source: Johnson Library, National Security File, NSC Meetings File, Vol. 4. Secret. Drafted by Saunders. At the beginning of the meeting, President Johnson noted that it had originally been called to deal with the Cyprus question but that the seizure of the U.S.S. Pueblo necessitated a briefing on that matter as the initial order of business.


360. Telegram From the Embassy in Greece to the Department of State

Source: Department of State, Central Files, POL GREECE–US. Secret; Priority; Exdis.


361. Telegram From the Embassy in Greece to the Department of State

Source: Department of State, Central Files, POL 27 CYP. Secret; Priority; Exdis. Repeated to Ankara, Nicosia, Ottawa, London, and USUN.


362. Telegram From the Embassy in Greece to the Department of State

Source: Department of State, Central Files, POL 27 CYP. Secret; Exdis. Repeated to Ankara and Nicosia.


363. Telegram From the Embassy in Turkey to the Department of State

Source: Department of State, Central Files, POL 27 CYP. Secret; Priority; Exdis. Repeated to Athens, London, Nicosia, Ottawa, Rawalpindi, USUN, the Mission to NATO, Adana, Izmir, and Istanbul.


364. Telegram From the Department of State to the Embassy in Cyprus

Source: Department of State, Central Files, POL 17 CYP. Secret; Immediate. Drafted by Folsom and McFarland; cleared in NEA, L, and IO; and approved by Battle. Repeated to Ankara, Athens, London, Ottawa, USUN, the Mission to NATO, Stockholm, The Hague, and Rawalpindi for Rockwell.


365. Telegram From the Embassy in Greece to the Department of State

Source: Department of State, Central Files, POL 1 GREECE–US. Secret; Priority; Limdis. Repeated to EUCOM.


366. Memorandum of Conversations

Source: Department of State, Central Files, POL GREECE–US. Secret; Limdis. Drafted by Brewster and approved in U on May 16. The meetings were held in the U.S. Embassy.


367. Telegram From the Embassy in Cyprus to the Department of State

Source: Department of State, Central Files, POL 27 CYP. Secret; Noforn. Repeated to Athens, Ankara, London, Ottawa, the Mission to NATO, and USUN.


368. Telegram From the Department of State to the Embassy in Turkey

Source: Department of State, Central Files, POL 27 CYP. Confidential. Drafted by McFarland; cleared by NEA, IO, AID, and L; and approved by Rockwell. Repeated to Athens, London, Nicosia, Ottawa, the Mission to NATO, and USUN.


369. Telegram From the Embassy in Cyprus to the Department of State

Source: Department of State, Central Files, POL 27 CYP. Secret. Repeated to Ankara, Athens, London, USUN, Ottawa, and the Mission to NATO.


370. Telegram From the Embassy in Greece to the Department of State

Source: Department of State, Central Files, POL 15–5 GREECE. Confidential.


371. Memorandum From the President’s Special Assistant for National Security Affairs (Rostow) to President Johnson

Source: Johnson Library, National Security File, Country File, Greece, Vol. 4. Secret.


372. Telegram From the Embassy in Cyprus to the Department of State

Source: Department of State, Central Files, POL 27 CYP. Confidential; Priority. Repeated to Ankara also for Ambassador McGhee, Athens, London, USUN, Ottawa, and the Mission to NATO.