Skip to main content
-
Type >
Text
(remove)
-
Tag >
Digital item
(remove)
-
Specific Item Type >
Meeting notes
(remove)
-
Collection >
National Security Files
(remove)
Limit your search
Tag
Date
Subject
Type
Collection
Series
Specific Item Type
Time Period
62 results
-
FI LE LOCATION
NATIONAL SECURITY FILE, National Security Council File
NSC Meetings, vol . l Tab 4, 3/5/64, Secretary M::Namara's Mission to Vietnam
OAS Action on Venezuelan Arms Cache
RESTRICTIClll CODES
(A) C losed by Executive Order 11652 qovemlnq
- Latin America
- Folder, "[NSC Meeting on] Secretary McNamara's Mission to Vietnam; OAS Action on Venezuelan Arms Cache, 3/5/1964, Volume 1, Tab 4," National Security Council Meetings Files, NSF, Box 1
- of the
democratic process .
Secretary Rusk described the major problems which the new govern
ment in Brazil faces. First are the economic problems which involve
renegotiation of large loans coming due shortly and revision of those
economic policies of Goulart which
- Congo (Democratic Republic)
- spectacular action from North Vietnam is
ahead of us .
RVICES::T
·
)
s
3 e:cllE TI EMS! I Wl!;
-4
The President: We should assume that we are going to be surprised and dis
appointed. We may have to act quickly. We should lalow where our people
-
l'ORM
7122
17-Hl
COP1 LBJ LIBRARY
-
SECRE I'
NATIONAL SECURITY COUNCIL
RECORD OF ACTIONS
NSC
Act ion
2473.
SOVIET MILITARY CAPABILITIES
a.
Noted a briefing by the Director of Central
Intelligence of the United States Intelligence
Board's
- .
Re - negotiation would call for Greek concessions. If the treaty laps es, the 10, 000 Greek
in Turkey lose their rights .
Any deal by Makarios and the Cypriots with the USSR will move slowly. Makarios
apparently hopes to delay any action until
- Congo (Democratic Republic)
- Rowan, Director
WHITE HOUSE
Douglas Cater
George Reedy
McGeorge Bundy
Bromley Smith
- SERVICE SET
SECRET
NATIONAL SECURITY COUNCIL
RECORD OF ACTIONS
NSC
Action
Z49Z.
NINTH OAS FOREIGN MINISTERS MEETING
Noted a summary by Secretary of State
- Latin America
- ?
(4) Are there any additional political actions which we c ould take
in the immediate future to reduce the risk that Castro will try to shoot
downaU -2 ?
Director McCone, reading from a paper, made the following points in
response to Secretary Rusk 1
- action and a General Assembly at this time is undesirable.
Rusk said that while the present trouble is tribal unrest and rebel
bands moving freely in the absence of effective police, we must assume that
if disintegration continues the Communists
- Congo (Democratic Republic)
- and the Russians push on the Arabs. Even if this were don e,
a settlement is doubtful because the two sides are so far apart. This
is a sad prognosis.
e . Unless action comes within the next few weeks, Jarring will be ending
a year of activity without results
- not affect e d by the Sovie t
action. In respon :;c.: he w a s told that U.S . i n t erests are involved i n Berlin
where we are cornrnitte d to prevent the city being over run by th e Russians.
Although th e ::>uviet military effort went smoothly
- of
the inadequacy of their treatment of U. S. correspondents. As for the U. S.
press corps in South Vietnam, most responsible correspondents support our
goals, even though they may be critical of certa in actions which we have taken.
Turning to the other two
- three in five of the world's people are chronically
underfed . Diet deficit areas include all of Asia, except Japan and Israel;
almost all of Central America and the Caribbean ; all Africa but the
southern tip , and all South America except the three
- .
Secretary Ball reported that last night's action by a minority of the
Mem.bers of the Brazilian Congress who declared the office of the
Preaidm.cy vacant and named the President of the Congr.ess, Mazzilli,
as President was of doubtful legality. Thie doubt
- actions by the
Indonesians.
He said it was impor tant to get the Indonesians and the I MF to
knuckle down to a comprehensive development pl an for the country.
We would have to expect that we would face making a distinction
between what the Indos will want
- a response. The Soviets knew of the action in advance. The North
Koreans have no intention of returning the ship or the crew at present. An
interdepartmental group has been at work during the day and will be completing
later this evening, hopefully
- do everything he could to work for
a settlement.
c. Italian leaders favored the bombing lull.
been helpful to the Moro government.
They believed our action had
T OI SEGRE I /$ENSITIVE
-2
TOP SECRET/SENSITIVE
d. De Gaulle was polite
- - French relations. Schiller had said with indignation that he had been
summoned to Paris the week before the Bonn meeting. He had instead sent
his Deputy, Schoellhorn. The French had then threatened drastic action if
the Germans did not revalue
- ma j or problem, i.e. , can we live with actions which our European
a llies are taking in the field of financial affairs ? I s it possible for u s to reach a
rational f inancial accommodation w ith the Common Market? Can w e halt a pro
ces s wh ich
- recommendation when you have before you an
appropriate action document to sign.
II,..<
J,Aj.o!JJ.
R ostow
SERVICE SET
.
l,n
I
'
,
EXECUTIVE OrF ICE OF THE PRES IDENT
Of"F"IC£
or
£MER0£NCY PLANNING
WASHIN GTON. 0 . C . 20504
o,.,.,cr; 0
- : recol'T.lend that you authori=e ~~iate negot i at i ons with
India on the ;asis of Option I II outlined beli:-~; offering a 6-o onth
agree~ent ;Or 3 1/2 cillion tons of PL 480 graf.3 fo r 1968. This action:
offers a good chance for a major self-~elp reform, one
- ..::
,
SERVICE SET
./
Si:CRE'f
NATIONAL SEC URlTY COUNCIL
RECORD OF ACTIONS
NSC
Action
2490.
FY 1965 UNDERGROUND NUCLEP..R T E ST
PROGRAM
Noted a briefing on the underground test
program presented by the Atomic Energy
Commission and the Department
- later to take the war
to North Vietnam.
Secretary McNamara said he had no additional comm ents to make
but asked General Taylor to present the mili tary actions dis cussed
in the r epo rt. General Taylor began by commenting that high - level
overflights
- for the North Vietnamese attack. If so, they may have
b e en mouse-trapped by Hanoi. If they had known of the attack, the Russians
might not have sent Kosygin to Hanoi. The North Vietnamese action has put
the Russians on the spot. We have tal ke d
- /{
By~ . NARA o~·~~
SUAd NSC
~1 eetin1
--l'OP SSCRET OXCA R 1:
attachm••·
. £ . ., v(
( -/
-GO~iFffiENllAL
NATIONAL SECURITY COUNCIL
RECORD OF ACTIONS
NSC
Action
2475.
PRESIDENTIAL STATEMENT ON THE A-11
AIRCRAFT
a.
Considered a draft
- to Vietnam
OAS Action on Venezuelan Arms Cache
5.
3/17 /64
Mt g . No . 524
U.S . Policy Toward Vietnam
6.
4/2/ 64
Mtg . No . 525
U . S . Policy Toward Brazil and Other
General Topics
7.
-±/ 3/ 64
Mtg . No. 526
Various Topics (Panama, e t c
- cor dance with real needs . The Secretary of State further
w anted an opp ortunity to obtain, during the day, Souvanna Phouma 1 s
concurrence in the recommended action, to wh ich the Secr etary of
Defense agreed.
The President inquired what had been
-
agencies and our Embassy in Saigon were developing some proposals
for non- militar y actions in Vietnam .
Secretary Vance reported that VC actions during the past week
declined somewhat - - except for the dramatic bombing of the E mbassy .
The Department
- UN actions
to e nfor ce the rulin g. The decis ion will be a blow to sterlin g , thus creat ing a
majo r problem f or the British. We should avoid supporting economic sanction s
against South Africa . We must e xpect that black Africans w ill try
- in Laos if the recon
naissance actions were taken. Mr. McCone was asked to present
the new evidence to his evaluators and return with an intelligence
community view . Furth er discussion of the subject was scheduled
for Friday.
Bromley Smith
::SE C:RE
- from all of Vietnam and strictly observe the
Geneva Agreement of 1954.
d. The U.S. continues its bombing of Laos and has opposed the holding
of a conference on Laos.
e . U.S . actions in Vietnam -- as well as support of the MLF -- create
- compromising the ECM equipment .
Secretary McNamara said that flight pl ans could be made which expose
a U - 2 to attack from fewer SA M sites . He did not recommend that
this course of action be followed.
The discussion then turned to the use of drones
- ,
the President cannot del ay indefinitely ta.king the action r equired by the
Congressional amendment. The Foreign Assi stance Act was signed December
18 and Congr ess will expect Presidential act ion on the deteJ;"mination shortly,
Sukarno is coming up
- is to keep our contacts
open with the other side in the event that they have a new position
to g i ve us .
d . The U. S . actions we are taking should be presented publicly
in a low key but in such a way as to convey accurately that we are
d etermined
- / SENSITIVE
Ambassador Thompson:
We have completed ou r reprisal action for the North
Vietnamese surprise attack. Another attack cannot be called reprisal. The
punishment should fit the crime. No additional air strikes should be made now.
(Th e statement
- Communist oppos i
tion. Kosygi n is expected to stay two days in No rth Korea. U . S . Action now
puts heavy pressure on the Soviets . We should hold off a n y repri sal action until
Kosygin leaves the a r ea . Ambassado r Thompson a dded that ou r
- last
visit. The number of people under Viet Cong control and the amount. of
Vietnamese territory they control is increasing. The Viet Cong holds
the initiative in the military action . The Khanh government is frag
mented a nd a religious crisis
- criticism. Even Haile Selassie cannot take a firm stand.
Senator Dirksen is not in as great a sweat as appears.
can't control the actions of our junior partner.
He acknowledges we
Acting CIA Director Taylor: Zambia is harder hit as a result of the current
- in the
Se curity Council w o uld be lh e best w ay to deal with Lhe situation. The
USSR is the only Communist country represented there, and would
have a special resp~nsibilit y to defend the DR V actions and thus might
adopt a less forthcoming stance than
-
SERVICE SET
GSA FOAM 7122
(7-721
SERVICE SET
-SECRET
NATIONAL SECURITY COUNCIL
RECORD OF ACTIONS
NSC
Action
Z491.
CYPRUS
Noted a briefing on the Cyprus situation,
including a presentation by the Acting
Secretary of State and a military
- Bundy:
In addition to these recommendations we should have an e stimate
of the reaction to various courses of action we might take .
Under Secretary Ball:
The situation in Cyprus has reached the crisis stag e .
Even though someone leaked to the press
