Conference, 15 Jul 64, p. 13.]

[Footnote 23-34: Memo, DASD (CR) for Roy Davenport, et
al., 5 May 64, sub: Requests for Suit by Military
Personnel Under the Civil Rights Bill; idem for ASD
(M), 10 Jul 64, sub: DOD Instruction on Processing
of Requests by Military Personnel for the Bringing
of Civil Rights Suits by the Attorney General; both
in ASD (M) 291.2. For an example of a service
response, see Memo, Dep Under SA (Pers Management)
for DASD (CR), 9 Jul 64, same sub, ASD (M) 291.2.]

[Footnote 23-35: DOD Instr 5525.2, 24 Jul 64,
Processing of Requests by Military Personnel for
Action by the Attorney General Under the Civil
Rights Act; see also Memo, ASD (M) for Under SA et
al., 24 Jul 64, same sub, ASD (M) 291.2.]

Finally in December, McNamara issued a directive spelling out his
department's obligations under the act's controversial Title VI,
Nondiscrimination in Federally Assisted Programs.[23-36] This
directive was one of a series requested by the White House from
various governmental agencies and reviewed by the Justice Department
and the Bureau of the Budget in an attempt to coordinate the federal
government's activities under the far-reaching Title VI
provision.[23-37] After arranging for the circulation of the directive
throughout the services, Secretary McNamara explained in considerable
detail how grants and loans of federal funds, transfer, sale, or lease
of military property, and in fact any federal assistance would be
denied in cases where discrimination could be found. Although this
directive would affect the Department of Defense chiefly through the
National Guard and various civil defense programs, it was (p. 592)
nevertheless a potential source of economic leverage for use by the
armed forces in the fight against discrimination.[23-38] Furthermore,
this directive, unlike McNamara's equal opportunity directive of the
previous year, was supported by federal legislation and thus escaped
the usual criticism suffered by his earlier directives on
discrimination.

[Footnote 23-36: DOD Directive 5500.11, 28 Dec 64.]

[Footnote 23-37: Memo, ASD (M) for Dir, BOB, 15 Jul