Organization and Reorganization Of the Department of State and Foreign Service


57. Memorandum From Secretary of State Rusk to the Deputy Under Secretary of State for Administration (Orrick)

Source: National Archives and Records Administration, RG 59, Rusk Files: Lot 72 D 192, Miscellaneous Correspondence-O. Personal and Confidential. Drafted by Rusk.


58. Memorandum From Secretary of State Rusk to President Kennedy

Source: Kennedy Library, National Security Files, Departments and Agencies Series, Department of State, General, 12/16/62–12/31/62. No classification marking.


59. Letter From Secretary of State Rusk to the Director of the Bureau of the Budget (Bell)

Source: National Archives and Records Administration, RG 59, Central Files 1960–63, ORG 4–COMM. No classification marking.


60. Memorandum by the President’s Special Assistant for National Security Affairs (Bundy)

Source: Kennedy Library, National Security Files, Departments and Agencies Series, State Department, General, 1/25/63–1/31/63. Confidential. A covering memorandum from Bundy, also dated January 25, marked Personal and Private, is addressed to Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff General Maxwell D. Taylor, and the President’s Special Assistant, Ralph A. Dungan. It reads as follows: “I attach a brief outline of the framework we discussed this morning. I have removed all names from the memorandum, but this paper is designed with the notion that the man I have described as the Political Under Secretary would be Averell Harriman, and his Deputy for Operations would be Bill Orrick. I think our framework makes good sense even without these individuals, and I am sure that in any discussions we may have with others—except the President—we do not want names mentioned at this stage. This is a first draft, and it is circulated in the hope that you may be willing to comment before the weekend so that I can polish it up for Monday.”

A March 5 memorandum from Bundy to Harriman, also attached to Bundy’s covering memorandum, reads as follows: “The attached memorandum had the approval of the President, the Secretary and the Under Secretary a month ago, and as far as I know it still does. Of course, now its working out will depend more on you than on anyone else, however exalted, but in talking it over with quite a number of disinterested people, I found a good deal of support for this concept, and I send it along in the thought that it may be helpful in giving you the background of your job as others think about it. I would be delighted to have a chance to talk about this at any time, especially with respect to interdepartmental and White House coordination. The one thing that seems clear to me is that you will not be unemployed, whatever may have been the case with others.”


61. Letter From Secretary of Commerce Hodges to Secretary of State Rusk

Source: National Archives and Records Administration, RG 59, Central Files 1960–63, ORG 4–COMM. No classification marking.


62. Memorandum by the Assistant Secretary of State for Congressional Relations (Dutton)

Source: Kennedy Library, National Security Files, Departments and Agencies Series, State Department, 3/7/63–3/31/63. No classification marking. Attached is a brief covering memorandum from Dutton to Bundy, March 5, which reads: “Mac: I hope the Harriman appointment (which is really excellent) will not be the lone move made to strengthen this Department. About a week ago I put together the attached memo and send it along only to try to provoke further improvements in depth in this place. Fred Dutton. P. S.: I sent a copy of this to Dungan in relation to his personnel work.” The appointment of W. Averell Harriman as Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs was effective April 4, 1963.


63. Letter From Secretary of State Rusk to Secretary of Commerce Hodges

Source: National Archives and Records Administration, RG 59, Central Files 1960–63, ORG 4–COMM. No classification marking. Drafted by Herman Pollack, Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Personnel, on February 15; earlier versions of the February 15 draft are ibid.


64. Report Prepared in the Office of Management

Source: National Archives and Records Administration, RG 59, Management Staff Files: Lot 69 D 434, Miscellaneous Subject Files, 1960–1967, Interagency Administrative Matters. No classification marking.


65. Memorandum for the Record

Source: National Archives and Records Administration, RG 59, Central Files 1960–63, ORG 10. Official Use Only; Limited Distribution. Drafted by Springsteen. Copies were sent to Brubeck (S/S), Sullivan (FE), and Hackler (G).


66. Letter From the Assistant Secretary of State for Administration (Crockett) to the Director of the Bureau of the Budget (Gordon)

Source: National Archives and Records Administration, RG 59, Management Staff Files: Lot 69 D 434, Miscellaneous Subject Files, Interagency Relationship, Bureau of Budget Circular. No classification marking. A copy was sent to Ralph Roberts.


67. Memorandum From the Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Management (Roberts) to the Assistant Secretary of State for Administration (Porter)

Source: National Archives and Records Administration, RG 59, Management Staff Files: Lot 69 D 434, Miscellaneous Subject Files, 1960–1967, State Department Organization for Foreign Economic Affairs, 1962. No classification marking. A handwritten notation on the memorandum by Roberts reads: “P.S. Please return attached when it has served your needs. RSR.”


68. Letter From the Assistant Secretary of State for Congressional Relations (Dutton) to Senator J. William Fulbright

Source: National Archives and Records Administration, RG 59, Central Files 1960–63, ORG 8. No classification marking. Drafted by Sinderson of the Office of Budget (OB) on November 14 and cleared in draft by Ribble (EUR), Spector (ARA), Egert (NEA), and Jones (FE).