LIST OF DOCUMENTS

Part I. PRINCIPLES AND OBJECTIVES OF AMERICAN FOREIGN

POLICY

I-1. “Our Concern and Interest, Compassion and Vigilance, Extend to

Every Corner of a Dwindling Planet”: Annual Message on the State

of the Union Read by the President (Johnson) Before a Joint Session

of the Congress, January 4, 1965 (Excerpt)..

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I-2. The State of United States Defenses: Message From the President
(Johnson) to the Congress, January 18, 1965.

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I-3. "We Aspire to Nothing That Belongs to Others. We Seek No

Dominion Over Our Fellow Man, But Man's Dominion Over Tyranny

and Misery": Inaugural Address of the President (Johnson),

January 20, 1965

1-4. The Federal Budget for Fiscal Year 1966: Message From the Presi-

dent (Johnson) to the Congress, Transmitted January 25, 1965

(Excerpts)

1-5. "We Insist That All Nations Respect the Territorial Integrity of

Their Neighbors": Statement Made by the Secretary of Defense

(McNamara) Before a Subcommittee of the Senate Committee on

Appropriations, February 24, 1965 (Excerpt)..

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I-6. "Acceptance of the [Communist] Practice of 'Wars of Liberation'

Would Mean the Breakdown of Peace": Address by the Secre-

tary of State (Rusk) Before the American Society of International

Law, Washington, April 23, 1965 (Excerpt)..

I-7. "The American People Want No Part of Appeasement or of Any

Aggression": Address by the President (Johnson) Before the Cook

County Democratic Party, Chicago, June 3, 1965 (Excerpts)..

1-8. The Burdens of Responsibility and the Limitations of Power:

Address by the U.S. Representative at the U.N. (Stevenson) Before

the Harvard Alumni Association, Cambridge, Mass., June 17, 1965

(Excerpt).

I-9. The Anatomy of Foreign Policy Decisions: Address by the Secre-

tary of State (Rusk) Before the American Political Science Associa-

tion, Washington, September 7, 1965 (Excerpt).

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I-10. "The Paramount Imperative of Our Time Is the Search for World

Peace": Address by the Secretary of State (Rusk) at Johns Hopkins

University, Baltimore, October 16, 1965 (Excerpt).

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*Titles marked with an asterisk in this List of Documents indicate that the text of
the document is not printed in this compilation; a source for the text is provided. The
titles have been supplied by the editors.

Part II. THE UNITED NATIONS, SPECIALIZED AGENCIES, AND

DEVELOPMENTS IN INTERNATIONAL LAW

A. United States Participation in the United Nations

II-1. United States Rededication to the Principles of the United

Nations: Senate Concurrent Resolution 36, Agreed to, June 22, 1965..

II-2. Twentieth Anniversary of the United Nations Charter: Address

by the President (Johnson) at a U.N. Commemorative Meeting, San

Francisco, June 25, 1965 (Excerpt)

II-3. "The United States Shall Actively Engage Its Best Minds and

Boldest Spirits in the Quest for a New Order of World Cooperation":

Message From the President (Johnson) to the White House Con-

ference on International Cooperation, Washington, November 29, 1965

*II-4. International Cooperation Year, 1965: Recommendations of the

30 Committees of the National Citizens' Commission on International

Cooperation, Presented at the White House Conference on Interna-

tional Cooperation, November 28-December 1, 1965......

II-5. United States Participation in the United Nations During 1965:

Letter From the President (Johnson) to the Congress Transmitting

the Twentieth Annual Report on U.S. Participation in the U.N.,

March 9, 1967...

B. Review and Improvement of the United Nations Machinery

II-6. French Proposal for a Meeting at Geneva of the Big Four and

Communist China on the Status of the United Nations Charter:

Reply Made by the President of the French Republic (General de

Gaulle) to a Question Asked at a News Conference, February 4, 1965

(Excerpt)

II-7. "The Problems of the United Nations Are Traceable Not to the

United Nations Charter But to Those Countries Which Have Vio-

lated... the Charter": Reply Made by the President (Johnson) to

a Question Asked at a News Conference, February 4, 1965..

II-8. Request for Advice and Consent of the Senate to Ratification of

Amendments to the Charter of the United Nations Enlarging Mem-

bership of the Security Council and the Economic and Social Council:

Message From the President (Johnson) to the Senate, April 6, 1965

(Excerpts)

II-9. The Work of the United Nations Organization During the Period

June 16, 1964-June 15, 1965: Introduction to the Annual Report of

the U.N. Secretary-General (Thant), Submitted September 20, 1965

II-10. Text of Amended Articles 23, 27, and 61 of the Charter of the

United Nations, Adopted by the U.N. General Assembly, December 17,

1963, Entered Into Force, August 31, 1965..

II-11. United States Opposition to Holding a General Review Con-

ference on the United Nations Charter at the Present Time: State-

ment Made by the U.S. Representative (Finger) in the Committee

of the U.N. General Assembly on Arrangements for a Conference for

the Purpose of Reviewing the Charter, September 16, 1965..

II-12. United States Reaffirmation of Its Belief in the Constitutionality

of the Uniting for Peace Resolution: Statement Made by the U.S.

Representative (Rogers) Before the U.N. General Assembly, Decem-

ber 8, 1965 (Excerpt).

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*II-13. Amendments to the Rules of Procedure of the General Assembly

Consequent Upon the Entry Into Force of the Amendments to

Articles 23, 27, and 61 of the Charter of the United Nations: Reso-

lutions 2046 A, B, and C, Adopted by the U.N. General Assembly,

December 8, 1965..

II-14. United States Proposal for the Creation of a United Nations

Peace Service: Statement Made by the U.S. Representative (Gold-

berg) in the Special Political Committee of the U.N. General Assem-

bly, December 14, 1965 (Excerpt) . . . . . ..

*II-15. Amendment to Article 109 of the Charter of the United Nations:

Resolution 2101 (XX), Adopted by the U.N. General Assembly, De-

cember 20, 1965..

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II-16. Pattern of Conferences: Resolution 2116 (XX), Adopted by the

U.N. General Assembly, December 21, 1965..

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C. The United Nations Budget and the Problem of Financing Peace-

keeping Operations

THE UNITED NATIONS BUDGET FOR THE YEAR 1965

II-17. Interim Financial Arrangements and Authorizations for 1965:

Resolution 2004 (XIX), Adopted by the U.N. General Assembly,

February 18, 1965.

*II-18. United Nations Need of $100 Million To Solve Existing Financial

Difficulties: Report of the U.N. Secretary-General (Thant), Sep-

tember 3, 1965...

II-19. Financing of United Nations Supplementary Appropriations for

the Financial Year 1964: Resolution 2016 C (XX), Adopted by the

U.N. General Assembly, October 27, 1965..

II-20. Scale of Assessments for the Apportionment of the Expenses of

the United Nations for the Financial Years 1965-1967: Resolution

2118 (XX), Adopted by the U.N, General Assembly, December 21,

1965

II-21. The United Nations Budget for 1965: Resolutions 2124 A, B, and

C (XX), Adopted by the U.N. General Assembly, December 21, 1965

PROBLEM OF FINANCING PEACEKEEPING OPERATIONS

II-22. "Reliance on the Generosity of a Few Rather Than the Collective

Responsibility of All . . . Cannot Much Longer Endure If the United

Nations Itself Is To Endure": Statement Made by the U.N. Secretary-

General (Thant) Before the U.N. General Assembly, January 18,

1965

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II-23. "We Seek To Maintain the Residual Right of This Assembly To

Deal With .. Questions [of Peace and Security] in the Event the

Security Council Fails To Do So": Statement Made by the U.S. Rep-

resentative (Stevenson) Before the U.N. General Assembly, Janu-

ary 26, 1965 (Excerpt)..

II-24. United States Agreement Not To Invoke Article 19 of the United

Nations Charter in a Roll-Call Vote on the Nonvoting Procedure

of the General Assembly: Statement Made by the U.S. Representa-

tive (Stevenson) Before the U.N. General Assembly, February 18,

1965

II-25. Comprehensive Review of the Whole Question of Peacekeeping

Operations in All Their Aspects: Resolution 2006 (XIX), Adopted

by the U.N. General Assembly, February 18, 1965....

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II-26. "It Seems to Me a Grotesque Irony To Equate

Those Who

Support the Authority of the General Assembly With... Those

Who Have Denied and Defied That Authority": Statement to the

Press by the U.S. Representative at the U.N. (Stevenson), Febru-

ary 18, 1965 (Excerpts)...

II-27. French Call for Restriction of the Competence of the United

Nations General Assembly to Pacific Settlement of Disputes: State-

ment Made by the French Representative (Seydoux) in the Special

Committee of the U.N. General Assembly on Peacekeeping Opera-

tions, May 17, 1965 (Excerpts)..

II-28. Soviet Offer of a Voluntary Contribution Toward United Nations

Expenses Conditional Upon Elimination of the Question of Appli-

cation of Article 19: Statement Made by the Soviet Representative

(Fedorenko) in the Special Committee of the U.N. General Assembly

on Peacekeeping Operations, May 25, 1965 (Excerpts)..

II-29. Guidelines for Future Peacekeeping Operations: Report of the

U.N. Secretary-General (Thant) and the President of the U.N. Gen-

eral Assembly (Quaison-Sackey), May 31, 1965 (Excerpt).

II-30. United States Support for Preserving United Nations General

Assembly Recommendatory Peacekeeping Powers, Not Involving

Enforcement Action: Statement Made by the U.S. Representative

(Plimpton) in the Special Committee of the U.N. General Assembly

on Peacekeeping Operations, June 15, 1965

II-31. "The General Assembly When It Reconvenes Must Conduct Its

Work According to the Normal Procedure Established by Its Rules

of Procedure": Report of the Special Committee of the U.N. General

Assembly on Peacekeeping Operations, June 15, 1965 (Excerpt).....

II-32. “The United States Recognizes . . . That the General Assembly

Is Not Prepared To Apply Article 19 and That the Consensus

Is That the Assembly Should Proceed Normally": Statement Made

by the U.S. Representative (Goldberg) in the Special Committee of

the U.N. General Assembly on Peacekeeping Operations, August 16,

1965 (Excerpt)

II-33. United Nations General Assembly Consensus on Solving Its

Financial Difficulties Through Voluntary Contributions: Statement

Made by the President of the U.N. General Assembly (Quaison-

Sackey), September 1, 1965..

II-34. "Most . . . Nations... Were Concerned That the U.N. Not

Break Up Over This [Financial] Issue": Reply Made by the Secretary

of State (Rusk) to a Question Asked on an NBC Television Program,

September 7, 1965....

II-35. The Necessity of Financing Existing United Nations Financial

Obligations Before Embarking on New Ones: Statement Made by the

U.S. Representative (Frelinghuysen) in Committee V of the U.N.

General Assembly, October 19, 1965 (Excerpt) . . . . . .

II-36. “We Are Prepared To Accept . . . an Opting-Out Arrangement

[From Peacekeeping Assessments] for Permanent Members [of the

United Nations Security Council] as an Interim Measure": State-

ment Made by the U.S. Representative (Goldberg) in the Special

Political Committee of the U.N. General Assembly, November 24,

1965 (Excerpts)...

II-37. United States Views on the Terms of Reference of the Proposed

Ad Hoc Committee on Finances: Statement Made by the U.S. Rep-

resentative (Goldberg) in Committee V of the U.N. General Assembly,

November 30, 1965 (Excerpt) . . . . .

II-38. Establishment of the Ad Hoc Committee of Experts To Examine

the Finances of the United Nations and the Specialized Agencies:

Resolution 2049 (XX), Adopted by the U.N. General Assembly,

December 13, 1965...

II-39. Comprehensive Review of the Whole Question of Peacekeeping

Operations in All Their Aspects: Resolutions 2053 A and B (XX),

Adopted by the U.N. General Assembly, December 15, 1965. . . .

D. Membership and Representation

II-40. Indonesian Decision of January 7, 1965, To Withdraw From the

United Nations After the Seating of Malaysia as a Member of the

Security Council: Letter From the Indonesian Foreign Minister
(Subandrio) to the U.N. Secretary-General (Thant), January 20,

1965

*II-41. "I Take Pleasure . . . in Welcoming the Three New Nations

[Gambia, the Maldive Islands, and Singapore] as Members of the

United Nations": Statement Made by the U.S. Representative (Gold-

berg) Before the U.N. General Assembly, September 21, 1965....

II-42. United States Continued Opposition to Chinese Communist Rep-

resentation in the United Nations: Statement Made by the U.S.

Representative (Goldberg) Before the U.N. General Assembly, Novem-

ber 8, 1965 (Excerpts)..

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II-43. Representation of China in the United Nations: Resolution 2025

(XX), Adopted by the U.N. General Assembly, November 17, 1965....

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E. The Twentieth Session of the U.N. General Assembly

II-44. "What We Seek for Our Own People in a Great Society at Home,

We Seek for All Mankind": Statement Made by the U.S. Represent-

ative (Goldberg) Before the U.N. General Assembly, September 23,

1965 (Excerpts)...

*II-45. The Soviet Stand for Peace, the Rights of Peoples to Inde-

pendence and Social Progress, Disarmament, and Cooperative Peace-

ful Coexistence: Address by the Soviet Foreign Minister (Gromyko)

Before the U.N. General Assembly, September 24, 1965.

II-46. "Never Again War, War Never Again! Peace, It Is Peace, Which

Must Guard the Destiny of the Peoples and of All Mankind!":

Address by Pope Paul VI Before the U.N. General Assembly, Octo-

ber 4, 1965 (Excerpt).

II-47. United States Assessment of the Work of the Twentieth Session

of the United Nations General Assembly: Statement Made by the

U.S. Representative at the U.N. (Goldberg) at a News Conference,

December 22, 1965 (Excerpt)..

F. Economic Development and Technical Assistance

*II-48. United States Approval of the Current Program of the United

Nations Special Fund: Statement Made by the U.S. Representative

(Williams) Before the Governing Council of the U.N. Special Fund,

New York, January 12, 1965......

II-49. United States Pledge of $60 Million to the United Nations Ex-

panded Program of Technical Assistance and the Special Fund for

Calendar Year 1965: Note to Correspondents, Released by the U.S.

Mission to the U.N., March 2, 1965...

II-50. "The Recommendations Adopted in the Framework of UNCTAD

Institutions . . . Do Not Have the Force of Law": Statement Made

by the U.S. Representative (Trezise) to the UNCTAD Trade and

Development Board, April 9, 1965 (Excerpt)'..

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