U.S. Policy Regarding the Congo Crisis: Support of the U.N. Intervention; Concern With the Possibility of Soviet Intervention; Concern With the Political Situation; Policy Regarding Katanga


90. Memorandum of Conversation

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 755A.00/10–858. Confidential. Drafted by Officer in Charge of Swiss-Benelux Affairs Wells Stabler.


91. Memorandum of Conversation

Source: Department of State, Secretary’s Memoranda of Conversation: Lot 64 D 199. Confidential. Drafted by Officer in Charge of Swiss-Benelux Affairs Philip H. Chadbourn.


92. Despatch From the Consulate General at Léopoldville to the Department of State

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 110.15–AF/6–2359. Confidential. Also sent to Brussels, Brazzaville, and Elisabethville.


94. Telegram From the Department of State to the Embassy in Belgium

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 611.55A/1–860. Confidential. Drafted by C. Vaughan Ferguson, Director of the Office of Middle and Southern African Affairs, and W.C. Sherman of the Office of Western European Affairs; cleared with the Director of that Office, Robert H. McBride; and approved by Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs James K. Penfield. Pouched to Léopoldville and Elisabethville.


95. Telegram From the Department of State to the Embassy in Belgium

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 755A.00/2–1260. Confidential. Drafted and approved by Cameron; cleared with Ferguson and with S/S. Also sent to Léopoldville.


97. Memorandum of Conversation Between the Ambassador in Belgium (Burden) and Patrice Lumumba

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 755?.00/3–860. Confidential. Enclosure to despatch 966 from Brussels, March 8. Drafted by First Secretary of Embassy Stanley M. Cleveland, who was also present. The source text identifies Lumumba as President of the Mouvement National Congolais (Lumumba Branch).


98. Letter From the Ambassador in Belgium (Burden) to the Under Secretary of State (Dillon)

Source: Department of State, AF/AFC Files: Lot 65 D 261, Official—Informal Correspondence with Other Posts. Secret; Official—Informal.


99. Telegram From the Department of State to the Embassy in Ghana

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 755A.00/4–2660. Secret. Drafted by Ferguson; cleared with Sherman and Hare’s Special Assistant Francis E. Meloy, Jr.; and approved by Satterthwaite. Repeated to Brussels as telegram 1289 to Conakry, London, Paris, and Léopoldville.


100. Telegram From the Embassy in Belgium to the Department of State

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 755A.00/5–160. Secret; Priority. Repeated to Accra, Paris, Léopoldville, London, and Conakry.


102. Telegram From the Consulate General at Léopoldville to the Department of State

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 755A.02/6–1460. Confidential. Repeated to Brussels and Elisabethville.


103. Telegram From the Department of State to the Consulate General at Léopoldville

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 755A.02/6–2360. Confidential; Niact. Drafted by Ferguson and revised by Dillon, who cleared in draft; also cleared by Hare in substance and by McBride and with S/S; and approved by Satterthwaite. Also sent to Elisabethville and Brussels and repeated to Salisbury.


104. Telegram From the Department of State to the Consulate at Elisabethville

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 755A.02/6–2360. Confidential; Niact. Drafted by William L. Wight, Jr., Deputy Director of the office of Middle and Southern African Affairs; cleared in substance with WE; and approved by Wight. Repeated to Léopoldville, Brussels, and Salisbury.


105. Telegram From the Department of State to the Consulate at Elisabethville

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 755A.02/6–2860. Confidential; Niact. Drafted by Wight and Arthur H. Woodruff of the Office of Middle and Southern African Affairs and approved by Satterthwaite. Repeated to Léopoldville and Brussels.


107. Telegram From the Embassy in the Congo to the Department of State

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 770G.00/7–460. Confidential. Repeated to Brussels.


108. Telegram From the Embassy in France to the Department of State

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 770G.00/7–860. Official Use Only; Niact. Repeated to Brussels.


109. Telegram From the Embassy in the Congo to the Department of State

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 770G.00/7–960. Unclassified; Niact. Repeated niact to Brussels.


110. Telegram From the Embassy in Belgium to the Department of State

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 770G.00/7–960. Secret; Niact; Limit Distribution. Also sent to Paris and London.


111. Telegram From the Embassy in Belgium to the Department of State

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 770G.00/7–1060. Secret; Niact; Limit Distribution. Repeated to Geneva.


112. Telegram From the Embassy in Belgium to the Department of State

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 770G.00/7–1060. Secret; Niact. Repeated to Geneva.


113. Telegram From the Embassy in Belgium to the Department of State

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 770G.00/7–1060. Secret; Niact; Limit Distribution. Repeated to Paris and London.


114. Telegram From the Embassy in Belgium to the Department of State

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 770G.00/7–1160. Confidential; Priority. Repeated to London, Paris, and Salisbury.


115. Telegram From the Department of State to the Mission at the United Nations

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 770G.00/7–960. Confidential. Drafted by René Tron of the Office of United Nations Political and Security Affairs (UNP); cleared by Satterthwaite in draft and by William T. Nunley, United Nations Adviser in EUR; and approved by Assistant Secretary of State for European Affairs Francis O. Wilcox. Repeated to Accra, Brussels, Dakar, Léopoldville, and Rabat.


116. Telegram From the President’s Assistant Staff Secretary (Eisenhower) to the Staff Secretary (Goodpaster), at Newport, Rhode Island

Source: Eisenhower Library, Project Clean Up, Congo. Confidential; Operational Immediate.


117. Memorandum of Telephone Conversation Between President Eisenhower and Secretary of State Herter

Source: Eisenhower Library, Herter Papers, Telephone Conversations. No classification marking. Prepared in the Secretary’s office.


118. Memorandum of Telephone Conversation Between Secretary of State Herter and Secretary-General Hammarskjöld

Source: Department of State, Secretary’s Memoranda of Conversation: Lot 64 D 199. Limited Official Use. Prepared in the Secretary’s office.


119. Telegram From the Department of State to the Embassy in the Congo

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 770G.5411/7–1260. Confidential; Niact. Drafted and approved by Satterthwaite and cleared in draft by Herter, Hare, Wilcox, and McBride and cleared by S/S. Repeated to Brussels, Paris, London, and USUN.

  1. The time of transmission is not indicated. Received at 6:56 a.m.; a notation on the source text indicates that Ferguson was notified at 7:25 a.m.
  2. Herter was in Washington; Hammarskjöld was in New York.