Foreign Relations of the United States, 1964–1968, Volume XVII, Eastern Europe
Romania: Document List
Document 139: Telegram From the Legation in Romania to the Department of State
Bucharest, February 26, 1964, 3 p.m.
Source: Department of State, Central Files, POL RUM–US. Confidential.
Document 140: Telegram From the Legation in Romania to the Department of State
Bucharest, March 5, 1964, 4 p.m.
Source: Department of State, Central Files, POL RUM–US. Confidential. Repeated to Moscow, Hong Kong, Vienna, Prague, Budapest, Sofia, Warsaw, London, Paris, Bonn, Belgrade, Munich, and Berlin.
Document 141: Telegram From the Legation in Romania to the Department of State
Bucharest, May 12, 1964, 6 p.m.
Source: Department of State, Central Files, POL 1 RUM. Confidential. Repeated to Belgrade, Bonn, Budapest, Hong Kong, London, Moscow, Paris, Prague, Rome, Sofia, Vienna, Warsaw, Berlin, and Munich.
Document 142: Memorandum of Conversation
Washington, May 18, 1964.
Source: Johnson Library, National Security File, Country File, Romania, Cables, Vol. 1. Confidential. Drafted by Trezise and approved in M.
Document 143: Memorandum From the President's Special Assistant for National Security (Bundy) to President Johnson
Washington, May 29, 1964.
Source: Johnson Library, National Security File, Memoranda to the President, McGeorge Bundy, Vol. 5. Secret.
Document 144: Memorandum of Conversation
Washington, July 16, 1964, 3 p.m.
Source: Department of State, Secretary's Memoranda of Conversation: Lot 65 D 330. Confidential. Drafted by Warker and approved in S on August 11. The meeting was held in the Secretary's office. The source text is labeled “Part I of IV Parts;“ other memoranda of this conversation, dealing with East-West political relations and the visit of Foreign Minister Manescu to the United States, are ibid.
Document 145: Telegram From the Embassy in Romania to the Department of State
Bucharest, November 24, 1964, 11 a.m.
Source: Johnson Library, National Security File, Country File, Romania, Cables, Vol. 2. Confidential; Limdis. Repeated to Moscow. The United States and Romania raised their respective diplomatic missions to the level of Embassy in August 1964.
Document 146: Memorandum of Conversation
New York, December 3, 1964, noon.
Source: Department of State, Secretary's Memoranda of Conversation: Lot 65 D 330. Confidential. Drafted by Givan and approved in S on December 15. The meeting was held at USUN. The source text is labeled “Part I of II;“ a second memorandum of this conversation, dealing with Communist China, is ibid.
Document 147: Telegram From the Department of State to the Embassy in Romania
Washington, January 5, 1965, 3:49 p.m.
Source: Department of State, Central Files, POL 7 RUM. Confidential; Noforn. Drafted by Vedeler, cleared by Tyler, and approved by Davis.
Document 148: Memorandum of Conversation
Washington, February 15, 1965, noon.
Source: Johnson Library, National Security File, Country File, Rumania, Memos, Vol. 2. Confidential. Drafted by Warker and approved in U on February 25. The meeting was held in Ball's office.
Document 149: Telegram From the Embassy in Romania to the Department of State
Bucharest, March 18, 1965, 4 p.m.
Source: Department of State, Central Files, POL 1 RUM. Confidential. Repeated to Paris.
Document 150: Minutes of Meeting of the Export Control Review Board
Washington, April 1, 1965, 4:15 p.m.
Source: Johnson Library, National Security File, Memos to the President, McGeorge Bundy, Vol. 10. Secret.
Document 151: Memorandum From David Klein of the National Security Council Staff to the President's Special Assistant for National Security Affairs (Bundy)
Washington, April 20, 1965.
Source: Johnson Library, National Security File, Country File, Rumania, Memos, Vol. 2. Top Secret; Sensitive.
Document 152: Telegram From the Department of State to the Embassy in Romania
Washington, May 16, 1966, 4:16 p.m.
Source: Department of State, Central Files, POL 7 USSR. Confidential. Drafted in INR, cleared in EUR, and approved in INR. Also sent to Moscow and Paris for the Embassy and USNATO.
Document 153: Memorandum of Conversation
New York, October 5, 1966, 8 p.m.
Source: Department of State, Conference Files: Lot 66 D 347, CF 85. Confidential. The source text bears no drafting information; the memorandum was approved in S on October 18. The meeting was held in Rusk's quarters. The source text is labeled “Part IV of VI;“ memoranda of this conversation dealing with Romanian-German relations, East-West relations, Vietnam, Manescu's travel, peacekeeping, and Cyprus are ibid.
Document 154: Telegram From the Embassy in Romania to the Department of State
Bucharest, January 23, 1967, 1500Z.Beginning in spring of 1965, the dates and transmission times of all incoming Department of State telegrams were in six-figure date-time-groups. The “Z” refers to Greenwich mean time.
Source: Department of State, Central Files, POL RUM–US. Secret; Exdis.
Document 155: Airgram From the Embassy in Romania to the Department of State
Bucharest, February 3, 1967.
Source: Department of State, Central Files, POL ROM–US. Confidential; Limdis. Drafted by Davis.
Document 156: Memorandum of Conversation
New York, June 23, 1967.
Source: Department of State, Central Files, POL 7 ROM. Secret; Limit Distribution. Drafted by Lisle and approved in S on June 26. The meeting was held during the Secretary's dinner at the Waldorf Astoria. Rusk and Maurer were in New York for the U.N. General Assembly meeting. Memoranda of their discussion of the Middle East and Vietnam are ibid., POL 7 ROM and POL 27 VIET S, respectively.
Document 157: Memorandum of Conversation
Washington, June 26, 1967.
Source: Department of State, Central Files, POL RUM–US. Secret; Exdis. Drafted by Stoessel.
Document 158: Airgram From the Embassy in Romania to the Department of State
Bucharest, January 19, 1968.
Source: Department of State, Central Files, POL 1 ROM. Confidential. Drafted by deMartino. Repeated to Belgrade, Berlin, Bonn, Budapest, London, Moscow, Munich, Paris, Prague, Rome, Sofia, and Warsaw.
Document 159: Memorandum of Conversation
Washington, April 11, 1968.
Source: Department of State, Central Files, POL ROM–US. Limited Official Use. Drafted by Stoessel. The meeting was held at Ambassador Bogdan's residence. A typed note on the source text indicates that this was a “draft.” No cleared copy of the memorandum was found.
Document 160: Telegram From the Department of State to the Embassy in Romania
Washington, May 10, 1968, 1845Z.Beginning in 1967, the dates and transmission times of all outgoing Department of State telegrams were in six-figure date-time-groups. The ”Z“ refers to Greenwich mean time.
Source: Johnson Library, National Security File, Country File, Romania, Cables, Vol. 3. Secret; Immediate; Nodis. Drafted by Lisle and approved by Katzenbach.
Document 161: Memorandum for the Record
Washington, May 15, 1968.
Source: Department of State, Central Files, POL 17–8 ROM. Limited Official Use. Drafted by Davis.
Document 162: Memorandum of Conversation
Washington, July 9, 1968, 11–11:40 a.m.
Source: Department of State, Central Files, POL 7 ROM. Confidential. Drafted by Kaplan and approved in S on July 11. The meeting was held in the Secretary's office. The source text is labeled “Part II of III;“ a memorandum of the portion of their conversation dealing with Vietnam is in the Johnson Library, National Security File, Country File, Romania, Cables, Vol. 3. A July 10 memorandum from Read to Shlaudeman, attached to the source text, noted that at the request of Secretary Rusk no notes were taken for the portion of the conversation dealing with a heavy water plant.
Document 163: Memorandum of Conversation
Washington, August 23, 1968.
Source: Department of State, Bohlen Files: Lot 74 D 379, Memoranda of Conversation—General. Confidential. Drafted by Kaplan and approved in G on August 27.
Document 164: Information Memorandum From the Assistant Secretary of State for European Affairs (Leddy) to Secretary of State Rusk
Washington, August 24, 1968.
Source: Johnson Library, National Security File, Country File, Romania, Cables, Vol. 3. Secret. Drafted by Beaudry.
Document 165: Memorandum of Conversation
Washington, August 30, 1968, 9 p.m.
Source: Department of State, Bohlen Files: Lot 74 D 379. Secret; Limdis. No drafting information is on source text; the memorandum was approved in S on September 3. The meeting was held in Secretary Rusk's office. For a telegraphic report of this meeting, see Document 90.
Document 166: Telegram From the Department of State to the Embassy in Romania
Washington, August 31, 1968, 2147Z.
Source: Department of State, Central Files, POL 27–1 COMBLOC–CZECH. Secret; Priority; Limdis. Drafted by Kaplan and approved by Leddy. Repeated to Moscow, Belgrade, and Prague.
Document 167: Telegram From the President's Special Assistant (Rostow) to President Johnson
Washington, September 1, 1968, 0344Z.
Source: Johnson Library, National Security File, Country File, Czech Crisis. Secret. Received at the LBJ Ranch on August 31 at 11:01 p.m., CDT.
Document 168: Telegram From the Embassy in Romania to the Department of State
Bucharest, September 1, 1968, 1125Z.
Source: Department of State, Central Files, POL ROM–US. Secret; Immediate; Limdis. Repeated to Belgrade, Moscow, and Prague.
Document 169: Telegram From the Embassy in Romania to the Department of State
Washington, September 6, 1968, 1620Z.
Source: Department of State, Central Files, POL 7 ROM. Secret; Immediate; Exdis. Repeated to Belgrade, Berlin, Bonn, Budapest, London, Moscow, Munich, USUN, USNATO, Paris, Prague, Sofia, and Warsaw.
Document 170: Memorandum of Conversation
New York, October 1, 1968, 1:15–3:15 p.m.
Source: Department of State, Conference Files: Lot 70 D 418, CF 320. Secret; Limdis. Drafted by Kaplan and approved in S on October 14. The meeting was held during the Secretary's luncheon at the Waldorf Towers. The source text is labeled “Part I of II;“ part II of the discussion dealing with Vietnam is ibid., Central Files, POL 27 VIET S.
Document 171: Intelligence Information Cable
Bucharest, November 21, 1968.
Source: Johnson Library, National Security File, Country File, Romania, Possible Warsaw Pact Invasion. Secret; No Foreign Dissemination; Controlled Dissemination; No Dissemination Abroad; Background Use Only.
Document 172: Telegram From the Department of State to the Embassy in the Soviet Union
Washington, November 23, 1968, 1926Z.
Source: Department of State, Central Files, POL EUR E. Confidential; Exdis. Drafted by Toon and approved by Katzenbach. Also sent to USNATO and repeated to Belgrade, Bucharest, and London.
Document 173: Airgram From the Embassy in Romania to the Department of State
Bucharest, December 9, 1968.
Source: Department of State, Central Files, POL 1 ROM. Confidential. Drafted by deMartino. Repeated to Belgrade, Berlin, Bonn, Budapest, London, Moscow, Munich, USNATO, Paris, Prague, Sofia, and Warsaw.
Document 174: Telegram From the Department of State to the Embassy in Romania
Washington, December 12, 1968, 1828Z.
Source: Department of State, Central Files, POL 17 ROM. Secret; Exdis. Drafted by Tihany, cleared in EUR/RPM, and approved by Toon. Also sent to Moscow and USNATO.