United States Relations With Ethiopia; The Question of Military Assistance; United States Interest in the Strategic Significance of Ethiopia1
1. For previous documentation on this subject, see Foreign Relations, 1952–1954, vol. xi, Part 1, pp. 418, ff.
109. Letter From the Counselor of the Embassy in Ethiopia (Taylor) to the Director of the Office of African Affairs (Cyr)
Source: Department of State, AF/NE Files; Lot 67 D 226, Military Assistance 1955. Secret; Official–Informal.
110. Letter From the Deputy Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs (Murphy) to the Assistant Secretary of Defense (Gray)
Source: Department of State, Central Files, 775.5–MSP/7–556. Secret.
111. Telegram From the Department of State to the Embassy in Ethiopia
Source: Department of State, Central Files, 775.5–MSP/10–1356. Secret; Niact. Repeated to USCINCEUR, Asmara, Paris, and London.
112. Memorandum of Discussion at the 304th Meeting of the National Security Council, Washington, November 15, 1956
Source: Eisenhower Library, Whitman File, NSC Records. Top Secret. Drafted by Gleason on November 16.
113. National Security Council Report
Source: Department of State, S/S–NSC Files: Lot 63 D 351, NSC 5615 Series. Secret. A Financial Appendix, Department of Defense Comments on Military Assistance, ICA Comments on Economic and Technical Assistance Programs, and Department of State Comments are not printed.
114. Aide-Mémoire From the Imperial Ethiopian Government to the Embassy in Ethiopia
Source: Department of State, S/P–NSC Files: Lot 62 D 1, North Africa (Tunisia, Algeria, Morocco, NSC 5614, 5614/1). Secret. Attached as Tab D, No. 6 to Document 19.
115. Memorandum of a Conversation, Addis Ababa, March 12, 1957
Source: Department of State, S/P–NSC Files: Lot 62 D 1, North Africa (Tunisia, Algeria, Morocco, NSC 5614, 5614/1). Secret. No drafting information is given on the source text. Attached as Tab D, No. 2 to Document 19.
116. Memorandum of a Conversation, Addis Ababa, March 12, 1957
Source: Department of State, S/P–NSC Files: Lot 62 D 1, North Africa (Tunisia, Algeria, Morocco, NSC 5614, 5614/1). Secret. No drafting information is given on the source text. Attached as Tab D, No. 3 to Document 19.
117. Letter From the Vice President to the Secretary of Defense (Wilson)
Source: Department of State, AF/NE Files: Lot 67 D 226, Military Assistance 1957. Confidential. A copy was sent to the Secretary of State.
118. Telegram From the Department of State to the Embassy in Ethiopia
Source: Department of State, Central Files, 120.1580/4–657. Secret.
119. Telegram From the Embassy in Ethiopia to the Department of State
Source: Department of State, Central Files, 120.1580/4–1657. Secret. Niact. Repeated to Cairo, Khartoum, and Jidda. Regarding the Richards Mission, see Document 17.
120. Telegram From the Embassy in Ethiopia to the Department of State
Source: Department of State, Central Files, 120.1580/4–1857. Secret. Repeated to Cairo, London, and Paris, and by pouch to Rome, New Delhi, Tel Aviv, Damascus, Kabul, Karachi, Ankara, Beirut, Tripoli, Amman, Athens, Rabat, Tunis, Baghdad, Khartoum, Tehran, and Jidda.
121. Operations Coordinating Board Report
Source: Department of State, S/P–NSC Files: Lot 62 D 1, Ethiopia. Secret. Enclosure to a memorandum from the Acting Executive Officer of the OCB, Roy M. Melbourne, to James S. Lay, Jr., dated December 23, indicating that the Progress Report was concurred in by the Board on December 18.