Table Of ContentForeign Relations of the
United States, 1961-1963
Volumes XXII/XXIV
Northeast Asia, Laos
Microfiche
Supplement
Editors Edward C. Keefer
David W. Mabon
Harriet Dashiell Schwar
General Editor David S. Patterson
Department of State
Washington
1997
Foreign Relations of the
United States, 1961-1963
Volumes XXII/XXIV
Northeast Asia, Laos
Microfiche
Supplement
Editors Edward C. Keefer
David W. Mabon
Harriet Dashiell Schwar
General Editor David S. Patterson
Department of State
Washington
1997
Department of State Publication 10429
Bureau of Public Affairs
Office of the Historian
For sale by the Superintendent of Documents
US. Government Printing Office
Washington, D.C. 20402
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Preface
The Foreign Relations of the United States series presents the
official documentary historical record of major foreign policy de-
cisions and significant diplomatic activity of the United States
Government. The series documents the facts and events that
contributed to the formulation of policies and includes evidence
of supporting and alternative views to the policy positions ullti-
mately adopted.
The Historian of the Department of State is charged with
the responsibility for the preparation of the Foreign Relations se-
ries. The stuff of the Office of the Historian, Bureau of [ ubiic
Affairs, plans, researches, compiles, and edits the volumes in the
series. This documentary editing proceeds in full accord with
the generaily accepted standards of historical scholarship. Offi-
cial regulations codifying specific standards for the selection and
editing of documents for the series were first promulgated by
Secretary of State Frank B. Kellogg on March 26, 1925. These
regulations, with minor modifications, guided the series through
1991.
A new statutory charter for the preparation of the series
was established by Public law 102-138, the Foreign Relations
Authorization Act, Fiscal Years 1992 and 1993, which was
signed by President George Bush on October 28, 1991. Section
198 of P.L. 102-138 added a new Title IV to the Department of
State’s Basic Authorities Act of 1956 (22 USC 4351 et seq. ).
The statute requires that the Foreign Relations series be a
thorough, accurate, and reliable record of major United States
foreign policy decisions and significant United States diplomatic
activity. The volumes of the series should include all records
needed to provide comprehensive documentation of major for-
eign policy decisions and actions of the United States Govern-
ment, including facts that contributed to the formulation of poli-
cies and records that provided supporting and alternative views
to the policy positions ultimately adopted. The statute also con-
firms the editing principles established by Secretary Kellogg: the
Foreign Relations series is guided by the principles of historical
objectivity and accuracy; records should not be altered or dele-
tions made without indicating in the published text that a dele-
tion has been made; the published record should omit no facts
that were of major importance in reaching a decision; and noth-
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ing should be omitted for the purposes of concealing a defect
in policy. The statute also requires that the Foreign Relations se-
ries be published not more than 30 years after the events re-
corded. The editors of this supplement are convinced that it
meets all regulatory, statutory, and scholarly standards of selec-
tion and editing.
Structure and Scope of the Foreign Relations Series
This supplement is part of a subseries of the Foreign Rela-
tions series for the years 1961-1963. The subseries presents in 25
print volumes and 5 microfiche supplements a documentary
record of major foreign policy decisions and action: of the ad-
ministration of President John F. Kennedy. The record of US.
policy toward Laos and the Northeast Asian countries of China,
Japan, and Korea during 1961-1963 has been published in two
print volumes and this microfiche supplement.
This microfiche publication supplements volumes XXII,
which presents the documentary record with respect to China,
Japan, and Korea for the 1961-1963 period and volume XXIV,
which documents the Laos crisis for the same period.
Sources for the Foreign Relations Series
The Foreign Relations statute requires that the published
record in the Foreign Relations series include all records needed
to provide comprehensive documentation on major foreign pol-
icy decisions and actions of the U.S. Government. It further re-
quires that government agencies, departments, and other entities
of the U.S. Government cooperate with the Department of State
Historian by providing full and complete access to records perti-
nent to foreign policy decisions and actions and by providing
copies of selected records. The editors believe that in terms of
access this volume was prepared in accordance with the stand-
ards and mandates of the statute, although access to CIA
records was confined by the procedures and practices followed
prior to the current expanded access for State Department histo-
rians.
The editors had complete access to all the retired records
and papers in the Department of State except for certain intel-
ligence-related files maintained in the Bureau of Intelligence and
Research, which had not been retired and became available to
the Department historians only after this microfiche supplement
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was compiled. Arrangements have been made for Department
historians to have access to these records for future volumes.
The editors of the Foreign Relations se.ies also had access to
the papers of President Kennedy and other White House foreign
policy records at the John F. Kennedy Library. The records
maintained and preserved there include some of the most sig-
nificant foreign affairs-related documentation from other federal
agencies. Department of State historians also had full access to
records of the Department of Defense, particularly the records
of the Joint Chiefs of Staff and the Secretary of Defense and his
major assistants.
The Central Intelligence Agency currently provides access
for Department historians to high-level intelligence documents
from those records still in the custody of that Agency. Depart-
ment historians’ access is arranged by the History Staff of the
Center for the Study of Intelligence, Central Intelligence Agency.
The development of this access arrangement coincided with the
research of many of the volumes for the 1961-1963 triennium.
As Department of State and CIA historians work out the proce-
dural and scholarly aspects of this access, the variety and quan-
tity of documentation made available and selected for publica-
tion in the Foreign Relations volumes has expanded. The research
for volumes XXII and XXIV was completed before such ex-
panded access was achieved. The editors decided to proceed to
publication with what documentation had already been acquired
rather than delay the volumes’ publication further beyond the
30-year line.
The List of Sources (pages 1-14) lists the files consulted
both in government repositories and in private collections for
the print volumes and the microfiche supplement.
Principles of Document Selection for the Foreign Relations Series
In preparing each volume of the Foreign Relations series, the
editors are guided by some general principles for the selection
of documents. Each editor, in consultation with the General Edi-
tor and other senior editors, determines the particular issues and
topics to be documented either in detail, in brief, or in sum-
mary. Some general decisions are also made regarding issues
that cannot be documented in the volume but will be addressed
in a microfiche supplement or in bibliographical notes.
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Scope and Focus of Documents Researched and Selected for the Micro-
fiche Supplement to Foreign Relations, 1961-1963, Volumes XXII
and XXIV
The research for print volume XXII and the compilations on
China, Korea, and Japan in the microfiche supplement was com-
pleted in 1992. The research for volume XXIV and the Laos com-
pilation in the microfiche supplement was completed in 1990.
The principles of selection followed by the editors for the print
volumes are described in the prefaces of those volumes. The vol-
umes may be used without this supplement, but the supplement
should be used in conjunction with the printed volumes.
The documents selected for this microfiche publication by
the editors of volumes XXII and XXIV provide additional details
on the major issues covered, as well as selected documents on
bilateral relations of less than major significance not chosen for
inclusion in the print volumes. This supplement also includes
several lengthy attachments to printed documents and the full
texts of National Intelligence Estimates and Special National In-
telligence Estimates, the summary portions of which appear in
the print volumes.
The List of Documents, which includes for each document
a title, date, participants (for memoranda of conversation),
from/to information, classification, number of pages, and source
citation, as well as a brief summary, is part of this printed guide
and appears on the first two microfiche cards. The printed guide
also includes Lists of Sources, Abbreviations, and Persons.
Advisory Committee on Historical Diplomatic Documentation
The Advisory Committee on Historical Diplomatic Docu-
mentation, established under the Foreign Pelations statute, re-
views records, advises, and makes recommendations concerning
the Foreign Relations series. The Advisory Committee monitors
the overall compilation and editorial process of the series and
advises on all aspects of the preparation and declassification of
the series. Although the Advisory Committee does not attempt
to review the contents of individual volumes in the series, it
does monitor the overall process and makes recommendations
on particular problems that come to its attention. The Advisory
Committee did not review this microfiche supplement. The
Committee did concur with the decision of the editors to pub-
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lish the text as completed in 1992 rather than postpone publica-
tion pending further research in the records of the CIA.
The Advisory Committee has not reviewed this microfiche
supplement.
Declassification Review
The declassification review of this microfiche supplement
resulted in the decision to withhold 4 percent of the documenta-
tion originally selected: 3 percent of Northeast Asia documenta-
tion and 4 percent of Laos documentation. The remaining docu-
ments, together with the documents in the published volumes,
provide an accurate account of the major foreign policy issues
confronting, and the policies undertaken by, the U.S. Govern-
ment concerning Northeast Asia and Laos during this period.
The Division of Historical Documents Review of the Office
of Freedom of Information, Privacy, and Classification Review,
Bureau of Administration, Department of State, conducted the
declassification review of the documents published in this vol-
ume. The review was conducted in accordance with the stand-
ards set forth in Executive Order 12356 on National Security In-
formation, which was superseded by Executive Order 12958 on
April 20, 1995, and applicable laws.
Under Executive Order 12356, information that concerns
one or more of the following categories, and the disclosure of
which reasonably could be expected to cause damage to the na-
tional security, requires classification:
1) military plans, weapons, or operations;
2) the vulnerabilities or capabilities of systems, installations,
projects, or plans relating to the national security;
3) foreign government information,
4) intelligence activities (including special activities), or in-
telligence sources or methods;
5) foreign relations or foreign activities of the United States;
6) scientific, technological, or economic matters relating to
national security;
7) US. Government programs for safeguarding nuclear ma-
terials or facilities;
8) cryptology; or
9) a confidential source.
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The principle guiding declassification review is to release all
information, subsect only to the current requirements of national
security and law. Declassification decisions entailed concurrence
of the appropriate geographic and functional bureaus in the De-
partment of State, other concerned agencies of the U.S. Govern-
ment, and the appropriate foreign governments regarding spe-
cific documents of those governments.
Acknowledgments
The editors wish to acknowledge the assistance of the fed-
eral agencies, particularly the National Archives and Records
Administration, for their cooperation in granting access to their
records. They also thank officials at the John F. Kennedy Li-
brary, in particular Suzanne Forbes, who assisted in the collec-
tion of documents for this volumw.
Harriet Dashiell Schwar compiled the material on China;
David W. Mabon prepared the Japan compilation; and Edward
C. Keefer prepared the compilations on Korea and Laos under
the supervision of former General Editor Glenn W. LaFantasie
Vicki E. Futscher prepared the List of Documents
William Z. Slany
The Historian
Bureau of Puhlic Affairs
June 1997
Contents
Preface .....
List of Sources
List of Abbreviations
List of Persons
Summary of Print Volume XXII
Summary of Print Volume XXTV
List of Documents
