Executive Sessions of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee (Historical Series), Vol. XX.

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Book

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United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Foreign Relations.

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English

Subjects (All):

Accounting.

Civil war.

Diplomatic and consular service.

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1 online resource (1175 pages, digital, PDF file)

Place of Publication:

[Place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified], 2010.

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text file

Summary:

Continuation of a series of releases of selected records of executive sessions held during 1947-68. This volume, made public in 2010, contains unpublished or partially classified transcripts of Senate Foreign Relations Committee hearings and meetings during Jan.-Oct. 1968, including meetings and memoranda pertaining to Aug. 1964 Gulf of Tonkin incidents in which U.S. destroyers USS Maddox and USS Turner Joy allegedly came under attack by North Vietnamese torpedo boats, and brief official minutes of less significant Committee executive sessions interspersed chronologically throughout. Portions are deleted.

Also includes transcripts of Committee June 27 (p. 701-727), July 20 (p. 747-776), July 22 (p. 777-809), July 23 (p. 839-868), July 24 (p. 869-910), and July 25 (p. 911-956) markup sessions on H.R. 15263, the Foreign Assistance Act of 1968. Amended bill was favorably reported.

Hearings on May 14 and 15 were held before the Subcom on Near Eastern and South Asian Affairs, on July 22 before the Subcom on European Affairs, and on Sept. 11 before the Subcom on African Affairs. Meeting on June 5 was held before the Ad Hoc Subcom on International Grains Arrangement.

Foreign Relations Committee members participating in the discussions in this volume are Senators J. William Fulbright (D-Ark), John Sparkman (D-Ala), Mike Mansfield (D-Mont), Wayne Morse (D-Oreg), Albert Gore (D-Tenn), Frank J. Lausche (D-Ohio), Frank Church (D-Idaho), Stuart Symington (D-Mo), Thomas J. Dodd (D-Conn), Joseph S. Clark (D-Pa), Claiborne Pell (D-RI), Eugene J. McCarthy (D-Minn), Bourke B. Hickenlooper (R-Iowa), George D. Aiken (R-Vt), Frank Carlson (R-Kans), John J. Williams (R-Del), Karl E. Mundt (R-SD), Clifford P. Case (R-NJ), and John Sherman Cooper (R-Ky).

Appendices (p. 1165-1167) include list of 1968 Foreign Relations Committee publications, and list of published volumes in historical series.

Review of experiences related to incidents involving U.S. destroyers in the Gulf of Tonkin near North Vietnam, including Aug. 1964 incident involving USS Maddox and USS Turner Joy and Sept. 1964 incident involving USS Morton and USS Richard S. Edwards.

Briefing on political, economic, and military situation in Laos and U.S. and Vietnamese involvement.

Briefing on events surrounding recent seizure of USS Pueblo by North Korea.

Briefing on proposed nuclear nonproliferation draft treaty to prevent spread of nuclear weapons and on ratification of protocol to the Treaty for the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons in Latin America to prohibit Latin American countries from testing, producing, or possessing nuclear weapons.

Examination of events surrounding Aug. 1964 Gulf of Tonkin incidents in which the USS Maddox and USS Turner Joy allegedly came under attack by North Vietnamese torpedo boats.

Briefing on issues concerning President Lyndon B. Johnson recent announcement to halt U.S. bombing of North Vietnam and planned peace talks with the North Vietnamese.

Personal experiences regarding communications with North Vietnamese and Department of State officials concerning conditions to negotiate end to U.S. conflict in Vietnam.

Briefing on issues related to site selection for negotiations between U.S. and North Vietnam to end U.S. conflict in Vietnam; review of developments in and issues concerning North and South Korea, including status of U.S.-North Korean discussions to return USS Pueblo seized by North Korea.

Review of Inter-American Development Bank operations and loan program, including program auditing activities.

Review of issues concerning acquisition by Italy of U.S.-manufactured M-47 tanks; examination of matters regarding refurbished tanks possible sale by Italy to Pakistan, including requirement of U.S. approval prior to resale.

Briefing on issues regarding U.S. military equipment sales to Iran; examination of matters concerning U.S. decision to allow Italy to sell U.S.-manufactured tanks to Pakistan; review of developments in and U.S. military assistance status to Greece in light of 1967 coup d'etat and ongoing military rule.

Review of proposed income tax treaties between the U.S. and France, Brazil, and the Philippines.

Review of proposed income tax treaties between the U.S. and France and the Philippines.

Overview of Department of State FY70-FY71 authorization request for Foreign Service buildings program operations and funding for acquisition and maintenance of Foreign Service buildings abroad.

Review of issues regarding proposals to reduce U.S. troop levels in Europe, including troop commitments to NATO; responses to concerns about possible increased West German and Soviet Union military influence in Europe resulting from U.S. troop levels reduction.

Review of military weapons planned sales to various countries, focusing on military aircraft sales.

Briefing on developments in various countries, focusing on matters concerning Soviet Union actions in Czechoslovakia; status of negotiations to end U.S. conflict in Vietnam and related issues.

Briefing on situation in Nigeria in light of 1967 secession of Biafra area from Nigeria and ongoing civil war; issues related to Biafra secession.

Support for S. 2969, to provide for private relief of David E. Alter, III.

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