Office of the Historian

Mongolia

198. Memorandum From Secretary of State Rusk to President Kennedy

Washington, May 23, 1961.

Source: Kennedy Library, National Security Files, Countries Series, Outer Mongolia. Secret. The source text does not indicate the drafter; the Department of State file copy indicates that it was drafted by Officer in Charge of Multilateral Political Relations in the Office of Soviet Union Affairs John A. Armitage. (Department of State, Central Files, 793C.02/5-2361) A note on the source text in Bundy’s handwriting indicates that the President approved it.

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

Washington, May 29, 1961, 8:05 p.m.

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 611.93C/5-2961. Secret; Priority. Drafted by William O. Anderson of the Office of Soviet Union Affairs; cleared by Kohler, Assistant Secretary of State for Far Eastern Affairs Walter P. McConaughy, and Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for International Organization Affairs Woodruff Wallner; and approved for transmission by Rusk.