January–February 1959: Visit to The United States of Anastas I. Mikoyan; The 21st Congress of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union


60. Memorandum of Conversation

Source: Department of State, Conference Files: Lot 64 D 560, CF 1183. Secret; Limit Distribution. Drafted by Freers. A note on the source text reads: “Sec saw.”


61. Memorandum of Conversation

Source: Department of State, Conference Files: Lot 64 D 560, CF 1183. Secret. Drafted by Freers and approved by the Vice President’s office on January 16. Notations on the source text indicate that Dulles and Herter saw the memorandum.


62. Memorandum of Conversation

Source: Department of State, Conference Files: Lot 64 D 560, CF 1183. Secret; Limit Distribution. Drafted by Freers and approved by David E. Boster on January 22.


63. Memorandum of Conversation

Source: Department of State, Conference Files: Lot 64 D 560, CF 1183. Secret; Limited Distribution. Drafted by Freers and approved by Boster on January 22.


64. Memorandum of Conversation

Source: Eisenhower Library, Whitman File, International File. Secret; Limit Distribution. Drafted by Thompson. The meeting was held at the White House. Attached to the source text are three memoranda. One from Dulles to the President, January 15, indicates that he would have an oral report for the President on the morning of January 17 concerning his talks with Mikoyan on January 16 and enclosing a briefing paper with suggested talking points for the President’s conversation with Mikoyan. In the second memorandum to the President, January 16, Dulles made additional points the President might wish to raise with Mikoyan. The third memorandum from Dulles to the President, January 16, summarized Dulles’ conversation with Mikoyan on the morning of January 16. From 8:27 to 8:59 a.m. on January 17, the President met with Dulles, Merchant, Thompson, and Hagerty at which time Dulles presumably briefed the President orally on his meetings with Mikoyan. (Ibid., President’s Appointment Book)


65. Memorandum of Conversation

Source: Department of State, Conference Files: Lot 64 D 560, CF 1183. Confidential. Drafted by Beale. A typed notation at the end of the source text reads: “Note: This memorandum is not a verbatim transcript but is based on detailed notes. In reporting Mr. Mikoyan’s remarks the first person pronoun has been substituted for the third person pronoun used by the interpreter.”


66. Memorandum of Visit

Source: Department of State, Conference Files: Lot 64 D 560, CF 1183. Official Use Only. Drafted by Frederick H. Mueller, Under Secretary of Commerce, on January 19. The meeting was held at the Department of Commerce.


67. Memorandum of Discussion at the 394th Meeting of the National Security Council

Source: Eisenhower Library, Whitman File, NSC Records. Top Secret. Prepared by Gleason on January 22.


69. Memorandum of Discussion at the 395th Meeting of the National Security Council

Source: Eisenhower Library, Whitman File, NSC Records. Top Secret. Prepared by Gleason on January 29.


70. Memorandum for the Record

Source: Eisenhower Library, Project Clean Up, Intelligence Matters. Top Secret. Prepared by John S. D. Eisenhower.


71. Telegram From the Embassy in the Soviet Union to the Department of State

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 411.6141/3–1059. Confidential.


72. Memorandum of Conference With President Eisenhower

Source: Eisenhower Library, Project Clean Up, Intelligence Matters. Top Secret. Prepared by Goodpaster on April 11.


73. Telegram From the Embassy in the Soviet Union to the Department of State

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 761.5411/5–459. Secret; Priority; Limit Distribution.