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1968 Executive Sessions of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee S. PRT. 111–23 EXECUTIVE SESSIONS OF THE SENATE FOREIGN RELATIONS COMMITTEE (HISTORICAL SERIES) VOLUME XX NINETIETH CONGRESS SECOND SESSION 1968 ( MADE PUBLIC 2010 Printed for the use of the Committee on Foreign Relations U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE 34–737 WASHINGTON : 2010 For sale by the Superintendent of Documents, U.S. Government Printing Office Internet: bookstore.gpo.gov Phone: toll free (866) 512–1800; DC area (202) 512–1800 Fax: (202) 512–2104 Mail: Stop IDCC, Washington, DC 20402–0001 COMMITTEE ON FOREIGN RELATIONS 90TH CONGRESS, SECOND SESSION J.W. FULBRIGHT, Arkansas, Chairman JOHN SPARKMAN, Alabama BOURKE HICKENLOOPER, Iowa MIKE MANSFIELD, Montana GEORGE D. AIKEN, Vermont WAYNE MORSE, Oregon FRANK CARLSON, Kansas ALBERT GORE, Tennessee JOHN J. WILLIAMS, Delaware FRANK J. LAUSCHE, Ohio KARL E. MUNDT, South Dakota FRANK CHURCH, Idaho CLIFFORD P. CASE, New Jersey STUART SYMINGTON, Missouri JOHN SHERMAN COOPER, Kentucky THOMAS J. DODD, Connecticut JOSEPH S. CLARK, Pennsylvania CLAIBORNE PELL, Rhode Island EUGENE J. MCCARTHY, Minnesota CARL MARCY, Chief of Staff COMMITTEE ON FOREIGN RELATIONS 111TH CONGRESS, SECOND SESSION JOHN F. KERRY, Massachusetts, Chairman CHRISTOPHER J. DODD, Connecticut RICHARD G. LUGAR, Indiana RUSSELL D. FEINGOLD, Wisconsin BOB CORKER, Tennessee BARBARA BOXER, California JOHNNY ISAKSON, Georgia ROBERT MENENDEZ, New Jersey JAMES E. RISCH, Idaho BENJAMIN L. CARDIN, Maryland JIM DEMINT, South Carolina ROBERT P. CASEY, JR., Pennsylvania JOHN BARRASO, Wyoming JIM WEBB, Virginia ROGER F. WICKER, Mississippi JEANNE SHAHEEN, New Hampshire JAMES M. INHOFE, Oklahoma EDWARD E. KAUFMANN, Delaware KIRSTEN E. GILLIBRAND, New York FRANK G. LOWENSTEIN, Staff Director KENNETH A. MYERS, JR., Minority Staff Director (II) 2:50 Jul 12, 2010 Jkt 000000 PO 00000 Frm 00004 Fmt 5904 Sfmt 5904 H:\DOCS\34737.TXT MIKEB CONTENTS Page Preface ...................................................................................................................... v The Gulf of Tonkin, January 10 ....................................................................... 1 Briefing on Laos Situation, January 19 ......................................................... 27 Testimony of William H. Sullivan, U.S. Ambassador to Laos Minutes, January 23 ............................................................................................... 57 Resolution Authorizing Committee Inquiries Into Foreign Policy, Jan- uary 24, 1968 ...................................................................................................... 59 Report of the Staff Study of the Tonkin Gulf Incidents, January 24 ..... 61 Briefing on the Pueblo Incident, January 26 ..................................................... 131 Testimony of Dean Rusk, Secretary of State Report on the Staff Study of the Tonkin Gulf Incidents and Discus- sion of the Pueblo Incident, January 30 ..................................................... 175 Report by Senator Clark on Trip to Vietnam, February 1 ........................ 209 Discussion on Secretary Rusk’s Appearance Before the Committee, February 7 .......................................................................................................... 223 Briefing on Non-Proliferation Treaty and Latin American Nuclear Free Zone, February 8 ..................................................................................... 255 Testimony of Adrian S. Fisher, Deputy Director, Arms Control and Disar- mament Agency The Gulf of Tonkin, The 1964 Incidents, February 20 ................................ 277 Testimony of Robert S. McNamara, Secretary of Defense, and Gen. Earle G. Wheeler, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff The Gulf of Tonkin, February 21 ...................................................................... 287 Proposed Hearings on Vietnam Negotiations, March 1 ............................. 317 Foreign Assistance and Other Matters, March 21 ....................................... 353 Asian Development Bank and Inter-American Development Bank, April 3 .................................................................................................................. 367 Briefing on Vietnam Negotiations, April 10 .................................................. 395 Testimony of Dean Rusk, Secretary of State Briefing by Mr. Ashmore and Mr. Baggs on their Trip to North Viet- nam, April 10 ...................................................................................................... 433 Testimony of Harry Ashmore and William Calhoun Baggs Minutes, April 18 ..................................................................................................... 469 Minutes, April 25 ..................................................................................................... 471 Briefing on Site Negotiations and the Pueblo Incident, May 1 .................... 473 Testimony of Nicholas deB. Katzenbach, Under Secretary of State Minutes, May 7 ........................................................................................................ 517 The Inter-American Development Bank, May 8 ........................................... 519 Testimony of Reuben Sternfield, Alternate U.S. Executive Director of the Inter-American Development Bank; and John R. Petty, Acting As- sistant Secretary of the Treasury for International Affairs Minutes, May 9 ........................................................................................................ 547 Sale of M–47 Tanks by Italy to Pakistan, Arms Sales to Iran, May 14 ........................................................................................................................... 549 Testimony by Henry J. Kuss, Jr., Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense Briefing on Iran, Pakistan and Greece, May 15 ........................................... 577 Testimony of Lucius D. Battle, Assistant Secretary of State for Near Eastern and South Asian Affairs Tax Conventions, May 24 ................................................................................... 617 Testimony of Laurence N. Woodworth, Chief of Staff, Joint Committee on Internal Revenue Taxation, and Stanley S. Surrey, Assistant Sec- retary of the Treasury Tax Conventions, May 27 ................................................................................... 657 (iii) iv Page Tax Conventions, May 27—Continued Testimony of Laurence N. Woodworth, Chief of Staff, Joint Committee on Internal Revenue Taxation Minutes May 27 ....................................................................................................... 687 Minutes, May 28 ...................................................................................................... 689 The International Grains Agreement, June 5 ............................................... 691 The International Grains Agreement, June 6 ............................................... 695 Minutes, June 13 ..................................................................................................... 698 Minutes, June 19 ..................................................................................................... 699 Foreign Assistance Act, June 27 ....................................................................... 701 Foreign Service Buildings, Ambassadorial Nominees, Foreign Assist- ance, and the Non-Proliferation Treaty, July 19 ...................................... 729 Testimony of Earnest J. Warlow, Director of Foreign Buildings, Depart- ment of State; and Ralph S. Roberts, Acting Deputy Under Secretary for Administration Foreign Assistance Act, July 20 ........................................................................ 747 Foreign Assistance Act, July 22 ........................................................................ 777 The Situation in Western Europe, July 22 ..................................................... 811 Testimony of Henry D. Owen, Chairman, Policy Planning Council, De- partment of State Foreign Assistance Act, July 23 ........................................................................ 839 Foreign Assistance Act, July 24 ........................................................................ 869 Foreign Assistance Act, July 25 ........................................................................ 911 Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons and Foreign Military Sales Bill, July 30 ............................................................................. 957 Testimony of Benjamin Forman, Assistant Counsel, Department of De- fense Briefing on the World Situation, September 9 ............................................. 975 Testimony of Dean Rusk, Secretary of State Minutes, September 10 ........................................................................................... 1003 Briefing on the Biafran Situation, September 11 ........................................ 1005 Testimony of Joseph Palmer, Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs Committee Business, September 11 ................................................................. 1029 Committee Business, September 13 ................................................................. 1035 Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons, September 17 .... 1037 Providing for a U.S. Contribution to the International Development Association, September 18 .............................................................................. 1073 Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons, September 23 .... 1079 Nominations and Treaties, September 24 .....................................................

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