United States Policy Toward the Soviet Union1

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


61. Telegram From the Embassy in the United Kingdom to the Department of State

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 761.00/9–2456. Secret; Limited Distribution. Repeated to Moscow.


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

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 761.00/10–1656. Confidential. Repeated to London, Paris, and Belgrade.


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

Source: Department of State, Central piles, 761.13/11–2356. Confidential. Repeated to London and Paris.


65. Memorandum for the Record, by the President’s Staff Secretary (Goodpaster)

Source: Eisenhower Library, Whitman File. Top Secret.


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

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 761.00/7–557. Confidential. Drafted by Stefan and Nathaniel Davis (EUR/EE) and cleared with Swank (OIR/DRS), Freers (EUR/EE), and Knox (EUR/RA). Sent to Paris, London, Bonn, Rome, Belgrade, Frankfurt for SRD, Munich for PRU, Manila, Saigon, Vienna, Warsaw, Prague, Bucharest, and Budapest and repeated to Paris for USRO and Moscow.


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

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 761.5411/7–657. Confidential. Repeated to London, Paris, and Bonn.


69. Memorandum of a Telephone Conversation Between the Secretary of State and the Director of Central Intelligence (Dulles), Washington, July 8, 1957, 12:16 p.m.

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


70. Memorandum of Discussion at the 330th Meeting of the National Security Council, Washington, July 11, 1957

Source: Eisenhower Library, Whitman File, NSC Records. Top Secret; Eyes Only. Prepared by Gleason on July 12.


71. Memorandum From the Secretary of States Deputy Special Assistant for Intelligence (Arneson) to the Secretary of State

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 761.00/7–1257. Confidential. Drafted by E.C. Swank (OIR/DRS).


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

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 761.00/7–1557. Confidential. Repeated to London, Paris, and Bonn.


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

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 761.5612/8–2757.


75. Letter From the Ambassador in the Philippines (Bohlen) to the Deputy Director (Plans) of Central Intelligence (Wisner)

Source: Department of State, Bohlen Files: Lot 79 D 379, Research Notes 1957. Secret; Eyes Only. Small sections of this letter are printed in Bohlen, Witness to History, pp. 453–456.


76. Memorandum of Discussion at the 339th Meeting of the National Security Council, Washington, October 10, 1957

Source: Eisenhower Library, Whitman File, NSC Records. Top Secret; Eyes Only. Prepared by Gleason on October 11. The discussion of item 1 is also printed in vol. XI, pp. 757764. The text printed here includes material not previously released for publication in volume XI.


77. Circular Telegram From the Department of State to All Diplomatic Missions

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 761.56301/10–1057. Official Use Only; Priority. Drafted by Dulles and Quarles, cleared with Allen Dulles and various bureaus and offices in the Department of State, and signed by Murphy on behalf of Acting Secretary Herter. Secretary Dulles left Washington at 1:40 p.m. for a vacation at Watertown, New York; he returned to Washington on October 14.


78. Memorandum From the Director of Intelligence and Research (Cumming) to the Acting Secretary of State

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 761.00/10–1157. Secret.


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

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 761.13/10–2857. Confidential. Repeated to London, Paris, and Bonn.


81. Telegram From the Department of State to the Embassy in the Philippines

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 761.00/10–2957. Secret; Priority. Roger Channel. Drafted by Cumming and cleared in substance with Herter.


82. Telegram From the Embassy in the Philippines to the Department of State

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 761.00/10–3057. Secret; Priority. Roger Channel.


83. Memorandum of Discussion at the 342d Meeting of the National Security Council, Washington, October 31, 1957

Source: Eisenhower Library, Whitman File, NSC Records. Top Secret; Eyes Only. Prepared by Gleason on November 1.


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

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 761.13/11–357. Secret; Priority. Repeated to London, Paris, Bonn, and Rome.


85. Memorandum From the Director of Intelligence and Research (Cumming) to the Secretary of State

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 761.00/11–457. Official Use Only.


87. Memorandum From the Deputy Director of Intelligence and Research (Arneson) to the Secretary of State

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 761.00/11–1457. Secret.


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

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 761.56301/11–1657. Secret.


90. Memorandum of a Conversation, Department of State, Washington, December 10, 1957

Source: Department of State, Secretary’s Memoranda of Conversation: Lot 64 D 199, December 1957. Drafted by Macomber. A note on the source text indicates that copies were sent to Herter and Smith (S/P).