United States Policy Toward the Soviet Union 1

1. Continued from Foreign Relations, 1952–1954, vol. VIII, pp. 954 ff.


2. Memorandum of Discussion at the 234th Meeting of the National Security Council, Washington, January 27, 1955

Source: Eisenhower Library, Eisenhower Papers, Whitman File. Top Secret. Prepared by Gleason on January 28.


3. National Security Council Report

Source: Department of State, S/P–NSC Files: Lot 62 D 1, Soviet Vulnerabilities. Top Secret. Circulated to the members of the Council as an enclosure to a note from Lay, dated January 31, which noted that its implementation would be coordinated by the Special Committee established pursuant to NSC Action No. 1314–d, i.e., the Planning Coordination Group chaired by Rockefeller.


4. National Security Council Report

Source: Department of State, S/SNSC Files: Lot 63 D 351, NSC 5505 Series. Top Secret. Circulated to the Council under cover of a note from Lay dated January 31, which noted that the President had designated the Special Committee chaired by Rockefeller as the coordinating agency, which was to make periodic progress reports to the Council, “including evaluations of the adequacy of the policy in relation to existing or anticipated conditions, and the need for any modifications in the policy, together with illustrative examples of current and projected programs.” In addition to the Statement of Policy, NSC 5505/1 included a Summary of the Report by the Special Committee on Soviet Vulnerabilities, dated November 30, 1954, and a copy of a memorandum from John K. Gerhardt, the JCS Adviser, to the NSC Planning Board, dated January 6, 1955, giving his views on the Summary of the Special Committee’s Report. Neither the Summary of the Report nor Gerhardt’s memorandum is printed.


5. Diary Entry by the President’s Press Secretary (Hagerty)

Source: Eisenhower Library, Hagerty Papers.


6. Memorandum of a Telephone Conversation Between the Secretary of State and the Director of Central Intelligence (Dulles), Washington, February 8, 1955, 10:15 a.m.

Source: Eisenhower Library, Dulles Papers, General Telephone Conversations. Prepared by Phyllis D. Bernau in the Office of the Secretary of State.


7. Memorandum of Discussion at the 236th Meeting of the National Security Council, Washington, February 10, 1955

Source: Eisenhower Library, Whitman File, NSC Records. Top Secret. Prepared by Gleason on February 11.


8. Intelligence Report Prepared by the Office of Intelligence Research

Source: Department of State, S/P Files: Lot 66 D 70, USSR. Secret. A note on the source text indicates that the report was prepared in collaboration with the Division of Biographic Information and was based on information available through February 8, 1955. The 15-page body of the report and the 6-page chronology of Khrushchev’s activities since STALIN’s death are not printed.


10. Memorandum From the Secretary of State’s Acting Special Assistant for Intelligence (Howe) to the Under Secretary of State (Hoover)

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 761.00/5–555. Confidential.


11. Memorandum of a Telephone Conversation Between the Secretary of State and His Special Assistant for Intelligence (Armstrong), Washington, May 19, 1955, 2:50 p.m.

Source: Eisenhower Library, Dulles Papers, General Telephone Conversations. Prepared by Phyllis D. Bernau.


15. Circular Airgram From the Department of State to Certain Diplomatic Missions

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 700.5411/11–1455. Top Secret. Drafted by Furnas and cleared with Bennett, Barbour, and Major Conradi of the Air Force. Sent to 41 missions in Europe, the Middle East, and Asia, as well as to Ottawa.


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

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 700.5411/11–3055. Top Secret.


17. Paper Prepared by the Division of Research for USSR and Eastern Europe, Office of Intelligence Research

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 761.00/1–156. Secret. Attached to the source text was a brief memorandum of transmittal from Klessen to Howe, January 11.


18. Diary Entry by the President’s Press Secretary (Hagerty)

Source: Eisenhower Library, Hagerty Papers.


19. Diary Entry by the President’s Press Secretary (Hagerty)

Source: Eisenhower Library, Hagerty Papers.


20. Memorandum of a Conversation, White House, Washington, January 25, 1956, 11:30 a.m.

Source: Eisenhower Library, Dulles Papers, Meetings with the President. Confidential; Personal and Private. Drafted by Dulles. A summary record of the meeting prepared by Alexander Logofet is in Department of State, Secretary’s Memoranda of Conversation: Lot 64 D 199.


21. Diary Entry by the President’s Press Secretary (Hagerty)

Source: Eisenhower Library, Hagerty Papers.


22. Diary Entry by the President’s Press Secretary (Hagerty)

Source: Eisenhower Library, Hagerty Papers.


23. Diary Entry by the President’s Press Secretary (Hagerty)

Source: Eisenhower Library, Hagerty Papers.


25. Policy Information Statement for the United States Information Agency

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 511.00/2–856. Confidential. Drafted by Collins and cleared with EE, P, and EUR. This statement was sent to 115 diplomatic and consular posts as an enclosure to instruction CA–6001, February 8.


27. Memorandum of Discussion at the 277th Meeting of the National Security Council, Washington, February 27, 1956

Source: Eisenhower Library, Whitman File, NSC Records. Top Secret. Prepared by Gleason on February 28.


29. Intelligence Report Prepared by the Division of Research for USSR and Eastern Europe, Office of Intelligence Research

Source: Department of State, PPS Files: Lot 66 D 487, USSR. Confidential. Attached to the source text was a memorandum of transmittal from Armstrong to the Acting Secretary of State, March 14, in which Armstrong wrote that the 49-page report, “while fairly long, is interesting reading and covers many points of significance to US policy makers.” A note on the source text indicates that the report was based on information available through March 5.


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

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 761.00/3–756. Secret; Limited Distribution.