Office of the Historian

Arms Control and Disarmament

301. National Intelligence Estimate

Washington, June 28, 1963.

Source: Johnson Library, National Security File, National Intelligence Estimates, Estimates 4, Arms and Disarmament. Secret; Controlled Dissemination. A table of contents is not printed. A note on the title page states: “Submitted by the Director of Central Intelligence. Concurred in by the United States Intelligence Board.” A note on the following page indicates that the members of the U.S. Intelligence Board participated in the preparation of this estimate. The Assistant Director, Federal Bureau of Investigation, abstained because the subject was outside of his jurisdiction.

302. Memorandum of Telephone Conversation Between the Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs (Harriman) and the President’s Deputy Special Assistant for National Security Affairs (Kaysen)

Washington, June 28, 1963, 2:40 p.m.

Source: Library of Congress, Manuscript Division, Harriman Papers, Box 581, June-July 1963 Telephone Conversations. No classification marking. The source text bears the typed note: “No Distribution Except to Sullivan.” Sullivan was Harriman’s Special Assistant.

303. Telegram From the White House to the President’s Party in the United Kingdom

Washington, June 28, 1963.

Source: Library of Congress, Manuscript Division, Harriman Papers, Box 5TS, Test Ban 2, Background. Top Secret; Eyes Only. The communications channel and delivery point are not indicated. By Saturday morning, the President was at Prime Minister Macmillan’s private residence, Birch Grove.

304. Memorandum of Conversation

Birch Grove, England, June 29, 1963, 10:15–11:30 a.m.

Source: Department of State, Central Files, POL 7 US/Kennedy. Top Secret. Drafted by Tyler and approved by the White House on July 12. Birch Grove was Prime Minister Macmillan’s private residence.

305. Paper Prepared for the Kennedy-Macmillan Talks

Birch Grove, England, June 30, 1963.

Source: Kennedy Library, National Security Files, Kaysen Series, Test Ban Inspections. No classification marking. Prepared by a U.S.-U.K. team consisting of McNaughton, Sir Solly Zuckerman, Frank Long, and Archibald Duncan Wilson, Assistant Under Secretary of State in the Foreign Office.

306. Memorandum of Conversation

Birch Grove, England, June 30, 1963, 11:45 a.m.–1:15 p.m.

Source: Kennedy Library, National Security Files, Kaysen Series, Test Ban Inspections. Secret. Drafted by John McNaughton, General Counsel of the Department of Defense, on July 1. Copies were sent to William R. Tyler and Franklin Long.

307. Draft Memorandum From Director of Central Intelligence McCone to Secretary of Defense McNamara

Washington, July 2, 1963.

Source: Central Intelligence Agency, DCI, ER Subject Files, White Papers: Nuclear Test Ban 3/1/63-1/21/64. Top Secret. The source text does not indicate whether a final version of this memorandum was sent.

308. National Intelligence Estimate

Washington, July 2, 1963.

Source: Johnson Library, National Security File, National Intelligence Estimates, 11-63, USSR. Top Secret; Restricted Data. A table of contents is not printed. A note on the cover sheet reads: “This estimate was prepared and agreed upon by the Joint Atomic Energy Intelligence Committee which is composed of representatives of the Central Intelligence Agency and the intelligence organizations of the Departments of State, Defense, the Army, the Navy, the Air Force, AEC, NSA, and FBI.” The members of the U.S. Intelligence Board concurred except the Assistant Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation who abstained because the subject was outside his jurisdictions.

310. Telegram From the Department of State to the Embassy in Germany

Washington, July 3, 1963, 9:46 p.m.

Source: Department of State, Central Files, POL 7 US/Kennedy. Secret; Operational Immediate. Drafted by Bromley Smith.

311. Telegram From the Department of State to the Embassy in Germany

Washington, July 3, 1963, 7:10 p.m.

Source: Department of State, Central Files, ORG 7 S. Secret; Operational Immediate. Drafted by Ball; cleared by Rusk (in substance), Richard Davis (EUR), and McGeorge Bundy; and approved by U. Alexis Johnson. Repeated to Paris.

312. Telegram From Prime Minister Macmillan’s Personal Secretary (de Zulueta) to President Kennedy’s Special Assistant for National Security Affairs (Bundy)

London, July 4, 1963.

Source: Kennedy Library, National Security Files, Kaysen Series, Disarmament, Harriman Mission, Telegrams 7/1/63-7/6/63. Secret; Personal. The time of transmission is 1904 Zulu.

313. Draft Instructions for the Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs (Harriman)

Washington, July 5, 1963.

Source: Library of Congress, Manuscript Division, Harriman Papers, Test Ban I, Background. Secret. Drafted by Kaysen. Attached to a July 5 letter from Kaysen to Harriman.

314. Memorandum From the Assistant Director of Central Intelligence for National Estimates (Kent) to the Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs (Harriman)

Washington, July 8, 1963.

Source: Library of Congress, Manuscript Division, Harriman Papers, Test Ban I, Background. Secret.

315. Memorandum for the Record

Washington, July 8, 1963.

Source: Central Intelligence Agency, Special Group (5412) (1963). Top Secret. Drafted by Louis Marengo on July 9. An attached list of the 24 participants is not printed. Among those attending but not reported as speaking were Harriman, Nitze, and McGeorge Bundy. Another, lengthier memorandum of this meeting prepared by George Rathjens of ACDA is in the Kennedy Library, National Security Files, Departments and Agencies Series, ACDA, Disarmament, Committee of Principals 5/63-7/63. See the Supplement.

316. Memorandum of Conversation

Washington, July 8, 1963, 6 p.m.

Source: Library of Congress, Manuscript Division, Harriman Papers, Test Ban Backgound. Secret; Personal; No Distribution. Drafted by Harriman. The meeting was held in Secretary McNamara’s office.

317. Letter From Chancellor Adenauer to President Kennedy

Washington, July 9, 1963.

Source: Department of State, Presidential Correspondence: Lot 66 D 204, Chancellor Adenauer’s Correspondence with Presidents Kennedy & Johnson, 1963-1964, Vol. II. Secret. The source text is an unofficial translation apparently provided by the German Embassy.

318. Summary Record of the 515th Meeting of the National Security Council

Washington, July 9, 1963, 6:25–6:55 p.m.

Source: Kennedy Library, National Security Files, Meetings and Memoranda Series, NSC Meetings, Nos. 515-517. Top Secret. Drafted by Bromley Smith. The time of the meeting is from the President’s Appointment Book (Kennedy Library); the source text indicates it began at 6 p.m. Taylor and McCone also prepared memoranda of this meeting, and Seaborg wrote a journal entry. (National Defense University, Taylor Papers, CJCS Memos for Record, T-236-69; Central Intelligence Agency, Meetings with President; and Seaborg, Journal, vol. 6, pp. 33-34, respectively)

319. Instructions for the Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs (Harriman)

Washington, July 10, 1963.

Source: Kennedy Library, National Security Files, Meetings and Memoranda Series, NSC Meetings, Nos. 515-517. Secret. Another copy is attached to NSC Action No. 2468, July 9, which states that the President approved the revised text after the 9:30 a.m. meeting; see Document 320. (Department of State, S/S-NSC (Miscellaneous) Files: Lot 66 D 95, Records of Action by the National Security Council) Regarding earlier drafts of the instructions, see footnote 1, Document 318.

320. Memorandum for the Record

Washington, July 10, 1963, 9:30 a.m.

Source: Kennedy Library, National Security Files, Departments and Agencies Series, ACDA, Disarmament, Harriman Trip to Moscow. Secret; Sensitive. Drafted by Kaysen. A copy was sent to Bundy and Harriman.

321. Memorandum of Conversation

Washington, July 10, 1963, 3:45–4:15 p.m.

Source: Department of State, Central Files, DEF 18-3 USSR(MO). Confidential. Drafted by Beigel and approved in S on August 6. The meeting was held in Secretary Rusk’s office.

322. Position Paper Prepared in the Arms Control and Disarmament Agency

Washington, July 12, 1963.

Source: Kennedy Library, National Security Files, Meetings and Memoranda Series, NSAM 245. Secret; Restricted Data. Attached to a July 12 note from Foster to Bundy.

323. Telegram From the Embassy in the United Kingdom to the Department of State

London, July 12, 1963, 8 p.m.

Source: Department of State, Central Files, POL 7 US/Harriman. Secret.

324. Telegram From the Department of State to the Embassy in the United Kingdom

Washington, July 12, 1963, 8:11 p.m.

Source: Department of State, Central Files, POL 7 US/Harriman. Secret; Priority; Eyes Only Ban. Drafted in the White House by McGeorge Bundy. Also printed in vol. VI, Document 108.

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

Moscow, July 15, 1963, 10 p.m.

Source: Department of State, Central Files, DEF 18-3 USSR (MO). Secret. Received at 5:45 p.m. Another set of the telegrams documenting the Moscow test ban negotiations is ibid., Conference Files: Lot 66 D 110, CF 2284-2286.

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

Washington, July 15, 1963, 9:01 p.m.

Source: Department of State, Central Files, DEF 18-4. Secret. Drafted by President Kennedy and cleared by McGeorge Bundy and Benjamin H. Read, Executive Secretary of the Department of State.

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

Moscow, July 16, 1963, 10 p.m.

Source: Department of State, Central Files, DEF 18-3 USSR (MO). Secret. No time of receipt is indicated.

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

Moscow, July 17, 1963, midnight.

Source: Department of State, Central Files, DEF 18-3 USSR (MO). Secret; Eyes Only; Ban, Received at 10:29 p.m.

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

Moscow, July 18, 1963, 3 p.m.

Source: Department of State, Central Files, DEF 18-3 USSR (MO). Secret; Operational Immediate. Received at 10:55 a.m.