Office of the Historian

59. Memorandum for the Record1

Washington, October 23, 1953.

SUBJECT

  • PBSUCCESS

1. Mr. Leddy called [name not declassified] this date to advise him that the OCB Directive to the JCS resulting from the meeting of 21 October, included El Salvador and Honduras as well as Nicaragua. It was directed that authorization be given for negotiations to be conducted with all three countries, with the details regarding form and amount of aid to be worked out later in a normal manner.

[name not declassified]
  1. Source: Central Intelligence Agency, Job 79–01025A, Box 143, Folder 3. Secret.↩