Political and economic relations of the United States and Bolivia 1
1. Continued from Foreign Relations, 1952–1954, vol. iv, pp. 485 ff.
248. Memorandum of a Conversation, Department of State, Washington, January 25, 1955
Source: Department of State, Central Files, 824.00/1–2555. Unclassified. Drafted by Topping.
249. Telegram From the Ambassador in Bolivia (Drew) to the Department of State
Source: Department of State, Central Files, 724.00/4–155. Secret; Niact.
250. Memorandum From the Assistant Secretary of State for Inter-American Affairs (Holland) to the Under Secretary of State (Hoover)
Source: Department of State, Central Files, 824.00/6–155. Confidential. Concurred in by Waugh, Topping, and Robert G. Sturgill of the Reports and Operations Staff of the Executive Secretariat.
251. Letter From the Under Secretary of State (Hoover) to the Director of the Foreign Operations Administration (Stassen)
Source: Department of State, Central Files, 824.00/6–955. Confidential.
252. Telegram From the Secretary of State to the Embassy in Bolivia
Source: Department of State, Central Files, 824.00/6–1455. Official Use Only. Drafted by Belton and initialed by Holland.
253. Agreement for a Joint United States-Bolivian Program
Source: Department of State, Central Files, 824.00/6–2455. Official Use Only. The source text is a copy of the original which Ambassador Drew handed to President Paz on June 22. It was transmitted to the Department of State in despatch 583 from La Paz, June 24. The despatch indicates that “No changes in the text of the Program were suggested or agreed to and the President made it clear that Bolivia accepted the Program.”
254. Letter From the Director of the Foreign Operations Administration (Stassen) to the Under Secretary of State (Hoover)
Source: Department of State, Central Files, 824.00/6–3055. Confidential
255. Proposal for the Establishment of a Bolivian Stabilization Council
Source: Department of State, Central Files, 824.10/9–655. Confidential. Transmitted to the Department in despatch 107 from La Paz, September 6.
256. Memorandum of a Conversation, La Paz, September 5, 1955
Source: Department of State, Central Files, 824.10/9–655. Official Use Only. Drafted by Gilmore. Transmitted to the Department in despatch 107 from La Paz, September 6.
257. Letter From the Ambassador in Bolivia (Drew) to the Assistant Secretary of State for Inter-American Affairs (Holland)
Source: Department of State, Holland Files: Lot 57 D 295, Bolivia. Official Use Only.
258. Memorandum From the Assistant Secretary of State for Inter-American Affairs (Holland) to the Under Secretary of State (Hoover)
Source: Department of State, Central Files, 824.2553/11–1755. Confidential. Prochnow initialed his concurrence and attached a supplementary memorandum, infra .
259. Memorandum From the Deputy Under Secretary of State for Economic Affairs (Prochnow) to the Under Secretary of State (Hoover)
Source: Department of State, Central Files, 824.2553/11–1755. Confidential. Drafted by Prochnow and Robert H.S. Eakens of the Fuels Divisions, Office of International Trade and Resources. Concurred in by Robinson.
260. Memorandum of Conversations Between the Secretary General of the Confederation of Bolivian Workers (Juan Lechín) and the Labor Adviser of the Office of Regional American Affairs (Fishburn), Washington, December 6, 7, and 8, 1955
Source: Department of State, Central Files, 724.00/12–855. Confidential. Drafted by Fishburn.
261. Memorandum by the Assistant Secretary of State for Inter-American Affairs (Holland)
Source: Department of State, Central Files, 110.15–HO/12–1255. Confidential.
262. Despatch From the Ambassador in Bolivia (Drew) to the Department of State
Source: Department of State, Central Files, 724.12/1–2756. Confidential.
263. Memorandum From the Officer in Charge of West Coast Affairs (Siracusa) to the Director of the Office of South American Affairs (Bernbaum)
Source: Department of State, Central Files, 611.24.2–256. Secret. Also addressed to Belton. A handwritten notation by Bernbaum at the top of the source text reads: “Siracusa—Let’s include this in an overall discussion of the problem.”
264. Telegram From the Acting Secretary of State to the Embassy in Bolivia
Source: Department of State, Central Files, 724.5/2–757. Secret. Repeated to Panama for CINCARIB. Drafted by Sayre and William T. Briggs and initialed by Bernbaum.
265. Memorandum of a Conversation Between the Bolivian Ambassador (Andrade Uzquiano) and the Deputy Assistant Secretary for Inter-American Affairs (Lyon), Washington, July 22, 1956
Source: Department of State, Central Files, 720.00/7–2255. Confidential. Drafted by Lyon.
266. Memorandum of a Conversation, Embassy Residence, Panama City, July 23, 1956
Source: Eisenhower Library, Whitman File, International File. Confidential. Drafted by Bernbaum.
267. Memorandum of a Conversation, La Paz, August 7, 1956
Source: Department of State, Central Files, 824.00/8–756. Confidential. Drafted by Holland.
268. Notes of the Secretary of State’s Staff Meeting, Department of State, Washington, August 31, 1956, 9:15 a.m.
Source: Department of State, Secretary’s Staff Meetings: Lot 63 D 75. Secret. Prepared by Eugene V. McAuliffe, Chief of the Reports and Operations Staff of the Executive Secretariat.
269. Letter From the Assistant Secretary of State for Inter-American Affairs (Holland) to the Ambassador in Bolivia (Drew)
Source: Department of State, OCB Files: Lot 61 D 385, Latin America—General, 1953–58. Secret. Drafted by King and cleared by Bernbaum, Briggs, Turkel, and Richards.
270. National Intelligence Estimate
Source: Department of State, INR–NIE Files. Secret. National Intelligence Estimates (NIEs) were high-level interdepartmental reports presenting authoritative appraisals of vital foreign policy problems. NIEs were drafted by officers from those agencies represented on the Intelligence Advisory Committee (IAC), discussed and revised by interdepartmental working groups coordinated by the Office of National Estimates of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), approved by the IAC, and circulated under the aegis of the CIA to the President, appropriate officers of Cabinet rank, and the National Security Council. The Department of State provided all political and some economic sections of the NIEs.
272. Telegram From the Counselor of the Embassy in Bolivia (Gilmore) to the Department of State
Source: Department of State, Central Files, 724.00/9–2856. Secret; Niact. Ambassador Drew was in Washington for consultation September 17–29.
273. Telegram From Secretary of State to the Embassy in Bolivia
Source: Department of State, Central Files, 724.00/9–2856. Secret; Niact. Drafted by Bernbaum, Briggs, and Siracusa and initialed by Rubottom.
274. Telegram From the Acting Secretary of State to the Embassy in Bolivia
Source: Department of State, Central Files, 611.24/10–556. Secret. Drafted by Siracusa, Briggs, and Silberstein and initialed by Bernbaum.
275. Telegram From the Ambassador in Bolivia (Drew) to the Department of State
Source: Department of State, Central Files, 611.24/10–1856. Secret.
276. Memorandum From the Operations Coordinator of the Office of the Under Secretary of State (Richards) to the Assistant Secretary of State for Inter-American Affairs (Holland)
Source: Department of State, ARA Special Assistant’s Files: Lot 58 D 749, Bolivia. Secret.
277. Telegram From the Acting Secretary of State to the Embassy in Bolivia
Source: Department of State, Central Files, 824.10/11–3056. Confidential. Drafted by Briggs and initialed by Bernbaum.