LYNDON BAINES JOHNSON L I B R A R Y & M U S E U M www.lbjlibrary.org – January 1996 CO 56 (Revised 4/16) CO 94 CO 296 MATERIAL AT THE LJB LIBRARY PERTAINING TO CYPRUS, GREECE AND TURKEY This list includes the principal files in the Johnson Library that contain material relating to Greece, Cyprus, and Turkey. It is not definitive, however, and researchers should consult with the Library’s archivists about other potentially useful files. The guide includes those collections that have been opened for research in part or in whole, and those collections that are currently unprocessed or unavailable. Researchers may also want to consult the Foreign Relations of the United States series before conducting research at the Johnson Library. This multi-volume documentary history is the official record of U.S. diplomatic activity. The volumes contain many documents from the holdings of the Johnson Library. The published volumes are available on-line at the State Department’s web site at http://www.state.gov/r/pa/ho/frus/johnsonlb/, and you can also reach that site through the “Related Links” section of the Johnson Library web site (http://www.lbjlib.utexas.edu) under the “Research” button. Bound volumes may be available at any major university or public library. NATIONAL SECURITY FILE (NSF) This file was the working file of President Johnson's special assistants for national security affairs, McGeorge Bundy and Walt W. Rostow. Documents in the file originated in the offices of Bundy and Rostow and their staffs, in the various executive departments and agencies, especially those having to do with foreign affairs and national defense, and in diplomatic and military posts around the world. Over one-half of the National Security File has been processed and opened for research. Consult the finding aid in the reading room or borrow a copy through interlibrary loan by writing to the Supervisory Archivist, LBJ Library, 2313 Red River Street, Austin, Texas 78705. Some parts of the finding aid, including the finding aid for the Country File, are available on the Johnson Library’s web site. Those folders whose titles are preceded by an "X" or a date have been processed and their contents declassified in whole or in part. Lists of classified documents have been placed in those folders, and you may request mandatory declassification review of individual documents which have not yet been declassified in full. Those folders not preceded by an "X" or a date are unprocessed and are not subject to mandatory declassification review. Consult with a member of the staff on the processing schedule. NSF, COUNTRY FILE Box # Cyprus 117-126 Greece “Vol. 1, 12/63 - 12/65” 126 “Vol. 2, 1/66 - 7/67” 126 “Vol. 3, 8/67 - 2/68” 127 “Vol. 4, 3/68 - 11/68” 127 “Filed by LBJ Library” 127 “Papandreou Visit, 6/23-24/64” 127 “Visit of King Constantine, 9/11/67” 127 Italy “Vol. 5, 2/67-12/68 [some documents concerning Greece]” 197-198 Box # Turkey “Vol. I, 8/64 - 12/65” 156 “Vol. II, 1/66 - 3/67” 156 “Vol. III, 4/67 - 11/68” 157 “Filed by LBJ Library” 157 “Inonu Visit, 6/22-23/64” 157 “Destroyer Operation in Black Sea, 2/16-19/67” 158 “Background Papers Pres. Sunay Visit, 4/3-13/67” 158 “Briefing Book Sunay Visit, 4/3-13/67” 158 United Nations “Cyprus, Vol. II, 11/65” 290 NSF, NSC HISTORIES In 1968, the NSC staff prepared documentary histories of 21 international crises and events from the Johnson presidency. Compiled by xeroxing key documents in the National Security File and in other files, these collections are extremely useful. Moreover, they provide access to documents the originals of which, in some cases, are in unprocessed files. Cyprus Crisis, December 1963-December 1967 16 NSF, NATIONAL SECURITY COUNCIL MEETINGS FILE This two box collection contains notes of meetings, attendance lists, agendas, briefing papers, and papers discussed at meetings. “Vol. 1, Tab 7- Various Topics (Panama, etc) 4/3/64” 1 “Vol. 2, Tab 4- Report by Sec. Rusk on the NATO meeting at The Hague” 1 “Vol. 2, Tab 8- Cyprus (7/7/64)” 1 “Vol. 3, Tab 9- Ninth OAS Foreign Ministers Meeting; Cyprus: Mainland 1 Southeast Asia (7/28/64)” “Vol. 3, Tab 19- Attack in Gulf of Tonkin; Cyprus (8/4/64)” 1 “Vol. 3, Tab 22 - Cyprus (8/19/64)” 1 “Vol. 3, Tab 23 - Congo, Cyprus, South Vietnam (8/20/64)” 1 “Vol. 3, Tab 24 - Global Briefing, Cyprus (9/1/64)” 1 “Vol. 4, Tab 61-Cyprus (11/29/67)” 2 “Vol. 4, Tab 62 - Cyprus (1/24/68) [Cyprus scheduled; mostly Pueblo]” 2 NSF, MEMOS TO THE PRESIDENT This chronologically arranged series consists of memoranda (with attachments) to the 1-44 President from his national security advisers, McGeorge Bundy (11/63-2/66) and Walt W. Rostow (4/66-1/69). NSF, INTELLIGENCE FILE “Greek Coup, 1967” 10 NSF, NATIONAL INTELLIGENCE ESTIMATES “29.3, Cyprus” 6 “29.1, Greece” 6 “29.2, Turkey” 6 NSF, NATIONAL SECURITY ACTION MEMORANDUMS (NSAMS) “286, United Nations Cyprus Force, 3/12/64” 3 2 NSF, FILES OF THE SPECIAL COMMITTEE OF THE NATIONAL SECURITY COUNCIL The Special Committee of the National Security Council was established by President Johnson on June 7, 1967, to coordinate handling of the Middle East Crisis. McGeorge Bundy served as Executive Secretary. The Special Committee ended its formal work in August 1967. Box # “Cyprus” 3 “Turkey” 7 “Turkey” 12 NSF, NAME FILE “Komer Memos, Volume 1” 6 “Saunders Memos” 7 “Wriggins Memos” 8 NSF, AGENCY FILE “Senior Interdepartmental Group, Vol. 1, 17th Meeting, 7/19/67” 56 “Senior Interdepartmental Group, Vol. 3, 29th Meeting, 1/9/68” 57 “Senior Interdepartmental Group, Vol. 4, 34th Meeting, 4/16/68” 58 UN 66-72 NSF, SUBJECT FILE “Nuclear Weapons Greece, Vol. I” 33 “Nuclear Weapons Turkey, Vol. I” 34 NSF, FILES OF McGEORGE BUNDY “Aid Meeting—Thursday [1965 Clifford Task Force]” 16 “Miscellaneous Meetings, Volume 1” 18 “Luncheons with the President, Vol. 1” 19 NSF, FILES OF WALT ROSTOW “Meetings with the President, July thru December 1967” 1 “[Tuesday Luncheon - Nov. 15, 1966]” 3 “[Non-Vietnam: October - December 1967]” 16 “[Non-Vietnam: January - February 1968]” 16 “[Non-Vietnam: March - June 1968]” 16 “Visitors -- 1968 (WWR) [2]” 17 NSF, FILES OF CHARLES JOHNSON “Jupiter Missiles (Italian and Turkish)” 15 “Committee on Foreign Desalting Programs” 30 NSF, FILES OF SPURGEON KEENY “Greece” 7 NSF, FILES OF ROBERT KOMER “Aid Review 1965 – 1966” [primarily contains material on India, Pakistan, 11 Turkey, and Africa, and a small amount of material on Latin America, the Far East, and several European countries] “Cyprus – December 1963-March 1964” 16 “Cyprus – March 1964-June 1964” 16 “Cyprus – June-December 1964” 17 “Cyprus – January 1965-March 1966” 17 “Cyprus - Acheson Mission (Geneva) - July-September 1964” 18 “Cyprus - Inonu/Papandreou Visits - June 1964” 18 “Congressional Contact 1965 - March 1966” [primarily contains information 19 on the UAR, Israel, India, and Pakistan; also some material on the Congo, Greece, Afghanistan, Zambia, China, Japan, and the USSR.] 3 Box # “Greece - December 1964 - March 1966” 21 “Greece (Economic) 1965 - March 1966” 21 “Greece - 1965 Cabinet Crisis (Cables)” 21 “MAP Greece - December 1963 - March 1966” 41 “MAP Turkey - December 1963 - March 1966” 42 “Turkey - Economic/Aid/Consortium - December 1963 - March 1966” 50 “Turkey - December 1963 - March 1966” 50 NSF, FILES OF HAROLD SAUNDERS “Visit of King Constantine of Greece, September 11, 1967” 2 “Visit of President Sunay of Turkey, April 3-13, 1967” 2 “14th CENTO Ministerial Council Session, Ankara, Turkey 4/20-21/66” 8 “Cyprus, 4/1/66 - 1/20/69” 9 “Cyprus Situation Reports, 11/18/67 - 12/3/67” 10 “Greece, 1/1/68 - 1/20/69” 10 “Greece, 4/1/66 - 12/31/67” 11 “Greece Economic, 4/1/66 - 1/20/69” 11 “Greece Military, 4/1/66 - 1/20/69” 11 “Turkey, 4/1/66 - 12/31/67” 31 “Turkey, 1/1/68 - 1/20/69” 31 “Turkey Economic, 4/1/66 - 1/20/69” 31 “Turkey - Greece (Cyprus issue), 4/1/66 - 1/20/69” 31 “Turkey Military, 4/1/66 - 1/20/69” 31 “Cyprus Crisis - December 1963 - December 1967” 40 TOM JOHNSON'S NOTES OF MEETINGS This collection includes notes for close to 120 meetings that President Johnson held with his senior civilian and military foreign policy advisers during 1967 and 1968, including 45 Tuesday luncheons. In addition, the collection includes notes for more than 80 meetings that President Johnson held with House and Senate leaders, correspondents, his Cabinet, the National Security Council, businessmen, and other groups. Box # “November 28, 1967 – 1:40 p.m. Rusk, McNamara, Wheeler, Helms, Rostow, 1 Christian, T. Johnson” “November 29, 1967 – 12 noon National Security Council Meeting” 1 “December 5, 1967 – 1:18 p.m. VP, McNamara, Rusk, Vance, Helms, 1 Rostow, Christian, T. Johnson” “January 24, 1968 – 1 pm Pueblo II – National Security Council” 2 WHITE HOUSE CENTRAL FILES (WHCF) This permanent White House office was the main filing unit during the Johnson presidency, though not the primary file for foreign policy documents. Material was filed under 60 major subject headings, several of which are pertinent to Cyprus, Turkey and/or Greece. Countries (CO) Box # CO 56 Cyprus 26-27 CO 94 Greece 35-37 CO 296 Turkey 70-71 Foreign Affairs (FO) FO 2/CO 52-CO 188 12 FO 2/CO 189 – CO 304 13 FO 2/CO 305 – CO 79/A 14 FO 2/CO 80/A – CO 251/A 15 4 Box # FO 2/CO 252/A – CO 334/A 16 FO 2/CO – CO 109 16 FO 2/CO 110 – CO 311 17 National Defense (ND) ND 19/CO 56 National Defense-Defense-Wars-Cyprus 200 WHCF, NAME FILE This file serves as a name index to the Subject File.