United States Policy Toward the Soviet Union 1

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


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

Source: Eisenhower Library, Whitman File, DullesHerter Series. Top Secret. No copy of this telegram has been found in Department of State files.


32. 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. A handwritten note on the source text indicates that this telegram was pouched to Tokyo on March 30 and to Budapest, Bucharest, and Belgrade on April 5.


34. Memorandum of Discussion at the 280th Meeting of the National Security Council, Washington, March 22, 1956

Source: Eisenhower Library, Whitman File, NSC Records. Top Secret. Prepared by Gleason on March 23.


35. Intelligence Brief Prepared by the Office of Intelligence Research

Source: Department of State, PPS Files: Lot 66 D 487, USSR. Confidential. A printed note on the source text reads: “This is an Intelligence Report and not a statement of Departmental policy.”


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

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 761.00/4–156. Confidential; Niact. Repeated to Vienna. Bohlen left Moscow on March 19 to take leave in Vienna and to return to Washington for consultations. He returned to Moscow and resumed charge of the Embassy on April 24.


37. Memorandum From the Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for European Affairs (Beam) to the Deputy Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs (Murphy)

Source: Department of State, EUR Files: Lot 59 D 233, STALIN I. Secret. Copies were sent to Sohm, Comstock, and Stoessel for William Jackson. Attached to the source text was a brief note from Beam to Murphy, also dated April 3, in which Beam wrote that this memorandum was the result of two meetings of the committee and explained that the “budget is rather meager since we only include recommendations which have been agreed upon between all of us.”


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

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 761.00/4–956. Confidential. Repeated to London, Paris, Berlin, and Bonn and pouched to posts in Eastern Europe.


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

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 761.00/4–1156. Confidential; Priority. Repeated to London, Paris, Berlin, and Bonn and pouched to posts in Eastern Europe.


41. Memorandum From Richard H. Davis of the Policy Planning Staff to the Director of the Staff (Bowie)

Source: Department of State, PPS Files: Lot 66 D 487, USSR. Confidential.


43. Memorandum From the Deputy Director (Plans) of Central Intelligence (Wisner) to the Director (Dulles)

Source: Department of State, EUR Files: Lot 59 D 233, Memos 1956–7. Secret.


44. Report by the Operations Coordinating Board’s Special Working Group on Stalinism

Source: Department of State, OCB Files: Lot 62 D 430, Soviet and Related Problems. Secret.

According to a memorandum from Stevens to Beam, dated May 23:

“At the OCB meeting on May 23 Mr. Hoover called attention to points C–12–d and e on pages 2 and 3 of the status report dated May 17. He said he felt these were important considerations which would permit the undermining and discrediting of current Soviet propaganda lines and suggested that they should receive major emphasis in media output. There were no other comments on the status report. Mr. Hoover suggested that the report should receive broader circulation than is normally given status reports and it was agreed that copies would be circulated for information to members of the NSC and to other selected recipients.

“In. the briefing session this morning, the question of the future status of the Special Working Group was discussed. Mr. Hoover expressed the opinion that it was important that a high level group continue active in this field and suggested that the present Special Working Group be continued and that the members of the NSC–174 Working Group be designated as their deputies and continue their normal work. Mr. Hoover repeated this suggestion in the form of a proposal at the Board meeting today and the Board concurred in the proposal.” (Ibid., Central Files, 761.00/5–2356)


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

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 761.00/5–1756. Secret; Limit Distribution. Repeated to London and Paris.


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

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 761.00/5–1756. Secret; Limited Distribution. Drafted by Klosson and cleared with EE and Armstrong, who signed for Dulles.


47. Memorandum of a Conference With the President, White House, Washington, May 28, 1956, 11 a.m.

Source: Eisenhower Library, Whitman File. Top Secret. Drafted by Goodpaster.


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

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 761.00/5–3156. Secret; Priority. Drafted by Armstrong and cleared with Murphy and Beam, who signed for Hoover.


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

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 761.13/6–256. Confidential. Received June 2, 11:32 a.m. Repeated to Belgrade.


50. Circular Telegram From the Department of State to Certain Diplomatic Missions

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 761.00/6–256. Confidential. Drafted by Beam, cleared with Murphy, and signed by Beam for Hoover. Sent to Moscow, Prague, Vienna, Warsaw, Belgrade, Bucharest, and Budapest.


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

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 761.00/6–256. Secret. Limited Distribution. Received June 2, 5:43 p.m.


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

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 611.61/6–1656. Confidential; Limited Distribution. Repeated to London and Paris.


53. Memorandum From the Secretary of State’s Special Assistant for Intelligence (Armstrong) to the Secretary of State

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 761.00/6–1956. Secret.


54. Notes of the Secretary of State’s Staff Meeting, Washington, June 25, 1956, 9:15 a.m.

Source: Department of State, Secretary’s Staff Meeting: Lot 63 D 75. Secret. Drafted by Murat W. Williams. According to an attached attendance sheet, the participants at this meeting included Dulles, Hoover, Murphy, Bowie, MacArthur, Henderson, Armstrong, McCardle, and Elbrick.


55. Memorandum of Discussion at the 289th Meeting of the National Security Council, Washington, June 28, 1956

Source: Eisenhower Library, Whitman File, NSC Records. Top Secret; Eyes Only. Drafted by Gleason on June 29.


56. Memorandum Prepared in the Office of the Special Assistant for Intelligence

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 761.00/7–356. The source text was attached to a brief covering memorandum dated July 3 from Armstrong to Howe, indicating that the memorandum was material for the Secretary’s briefing book.


57. Memorandum From the Deputy Director (Plans) of Central Intelligence (Wisner) to the Deputy Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs (Murphy)

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 761.00/7–456. Secret; Eyes Only.


58. Memorandum of a Conversation Between the President and the Secretary of State, Gettysburg, July 13, 1956

Source: Eisenhower Library, Dulles Papers, Meetings with the President. Top Secret; Personal and Private.


59. Paper Prepared by the Senior Research Staff on International Communism in the Central Intelligence Agency

Source: Department of State, P/PG Files: Lot 60 D 661, Soviet and Related Problems (Beam File). Confidential.

A note on the title page reads: “This is a speculative study which has been discussed with US Government intelligence officers but has not been formally coordinated. It is based on information available to SRS as of 15 July 1956.”