U.S. Concern Over the Political and Economic Stability of Yugoslavia; The December 1957 Agreement By the Yugoslav and U.S. Governments to Terminate U.S. Military Assistance1
1. Continued from Foreign Relations, 1952–1954, vol. VII, pp. 1264 ff. For related documentation, see also volumes XXIV and XXV.
268. Report Prepared by the Operations Coordinating Board
Source: Department of State, OCB Files: Lot 62 D 430, Yugoslavia 1956–1957. Top Secret. A Financial Annex listing approximate U.S. aid expenditures for Yugoslavia for fiscal years 1953–1956 is not printed.
269. Letter From President Tito to President Eisenhower
Source: Eisenhower Library, Whitman File. Confidential. There is no indication on the source text as to when and by whom the letter was delivered.
270. National Security Council Report
Source: Department of State, S/P–NSC Files: Lot 62 D 1, NSC 5601 Series. Top Secret.
272. Telegram From the Embassy in Yugoslavia to the Department of State
Source: Department of State, Central Files, 761.00/3–2356. Confidential. Repeated to London, Paris, and Rome.
273. Telegram From the Mission at the United Nations to the Department of State
Source: Department of State, Central Files, 766.00/3–2756. Confidential.
274. Telegram From the Embassy in Yugoslavia to the Department of State
Source: Department of State, Central Files, 768.5–MSP/4–1956. Secret.
275. Telegram From the Department of State to the Embassy in Yugoslavia
Source: Department of State, Central Files, 768.5–MSP/5–756. Secret; Priority. Repeated to Paris for CINCEUR, Knight, and Wallner.
276. Telegram From the Embassy in Yugoslavia to the Department of State
Source: Department of State, Central Files, 768.5–MSP/5–1156. Secret; Priority. Repeated to Paris.
277. Telegram From the Embassy in Yugoslavia to the Department of State
Source: Department of State, Central Files, 768.5–MSP/5–1656. Confidential; Priority. Repeated to Paris.
278. Memorandum of a Conversation Between the Yugoslav Ambassador (Mates) and the Deputy Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs (Murphy), Department of State, Washington, June 15, 1956
Source: Department of State, Central Files, 611.68/6–1556. Confidential. Drafted by David E. Mark.
279. Intelligence Brief
Source: Department of State, PPS Files: Lot 66 D 487, Yugoslavia. Confidential. Transmitted to Secretary Dulles through S/S by Howard Furnas (R) under cover of a memorandum dated June 22. Copies were also sent to S/P and EUR.
280. Telegram From the Embassy in the Soviet Union to the Department of State
Source: Department of State, Central Files, 768.11/6–2356. Secret. Repeated to London, Paris, Bonn, and Belgrade.
281. Memorandum of a Conversation Between the Yugoslav Ambassador (Mates) and the Secretary of State, Department of State, Washington, June 29, 1956
Source: Department of State, Central Files, 611.68/6–2956. Confidential. Drafted by Mark.
282. National Intelligence Estimate
Source: Department of State, INR–NIE Files. Secret. According to notes on the cover sheet, “the following intelligence organizations participated in the preparation of this estimate: The Central Intelligence Agency and the intelligence organizations of the Departments of State, the Army, the Navy, the Air Force, and The Joint Staff,” and was concurred in by the Intelligence Advisory Committee on July 24. NIE 31–56 supersedes NIE 31–2–55, Document 254.
284. Memorandum From the Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for European Affairs (Beam) to the Secretary of State
Source: Department of State, Central Files, 611.68/9–456. Confidential.
285. Report Prepared by the Operations Coordinating Board
Source: Department of State, OCB Files: Lot 62 D 430, Yugoslavia 1956–1957. Top Secret. Attached to a covering memorandum from Charles E. Johnson, OCB Executive Assistant, which stated that the progress report was concurred in by the OCB on September 5 for transmittal to the National Security Council. The OCB noted a report by the Department of State that the Presidential determination regarding aid to Yugoslavia would probably be made just prior to October 16 and agreed to suggesting that the OCB report prior to that date. The NSC noted this progress report apparently without discussion on September 25. (Memorandum of discussion by Gleason; Eisenhower Library, Whitman File, NSC Records)
286. Letter From President Eisenhower to President Tito
Source: Eisenhower Library, Whitman File. Secret. In a memorandum to the President, dated September 13, Secretary Dulles advised that a definitive answer to Tito’s letter of August 26 could not be made until the President had decided whether to continue aid to Yugoslavia under the terms of the Mutual Security Act, as amended. Dulles therefore suggested that an interim reply be sent and suggested the text printed here. (Ibid.) The text of the letter was sent to the Embassy in Belgrade in telegram 218, September 18, with instructions that the letter be delivered promptly to Tito. (Department of State, Central Files, 611.68/9–1856)
287. Memorandum of Discussion at the 298th Meeting of the National Security Council, Washington, September 27, 1956
Source: Eisenhower Library, Whitman File, NSC Records. Top Secret. Drafted by Gleason on September 28.
288. Memorandum of a Conversation Between the President and the Secretary of State, White House, Washington, October 11, 1956, 9 a.m.
Source: Department of State, Secretary’s Memoranda of Conversation, Lot 64 D 199. Secret. Drafted by Dulles. The source text indicates that Under Secretary Hoover was also present.
289. Telegram From the Department of State to the Embassy in Yugoslavia
Source: Department of State, Central Files, 768.5–MSP/10–1256. Secret; Priority; Limit Distribution. Repeated to USUN in New York for Secretary Dulles who was attending the U.N. Security Council debate on Suez.
291. Telegram From the Embassy in Yugoslavia to the Department of State
Source: Department of State, Central Files, 768.5–MSP/10–1956. Secret. Repeated to London, Paris, and Moscow.
292. Letter From President Eisenhower to President Tito
Source: Eisenhower Library, Whitman File. Secret. The text of the letter was sent to the Embassy in Belgrade in telegram 385, November 13, with instructions that it be delivered to Tito as soon as possible. (Department of State, PPS Files: Lot 66 D 487, Yugoslavia)
293. Letter From President Tito to President Eisenhower
Source: Department of State, Central Files, 768.11/11–2156. Secret. This letter, the text of which was sent by telegram to the Yugoslav Embassy, was delivered by Ambassador Mates to Acting Secretary Hoover on November 21. (Ibid., 768.11/11– 2156)
294. Telegram From the Embassy in Yugoslavia to the Department of State
Source: Department of State, Central Files, 768.5–MSP/12–2456. Secret; Limit Distribution.
295. Memorandum of a Conversation, White House, Washington, December 26, 1956
Source: Eisenhower Library, Whitman File, Dulles–Herter Series. Secret. Drafted by Murphy. A note by Joseph N. Greene, Jr., attached to the source text, states that a copy of the memorandum was sent to Ann Whitman at the White House on December 28.
296. Telegram From the Department of State to the Embassy in Yugoslavia
Source: Department of State, Central Files, 768.11/1–557. Secret; Limit Distribution; No Distribution Outside Dept. Drafted by Mark, cleared with Beam, and signed for Dulles by Murphy.
297. Telegram From the Department of State to the Embassy in Yugoslavia
Source: Department of State, Central Files, 768.11/1–1757. Secret; Priority. Drafted by Dulles and cleared with Murphy. Also published in Declassified Documents, 1987, 333. Earlier in the day, Dulles had discussed Tito’s visit with the President who agreed with his line of reasoning and stated “that he was disappointed that Tito had not been willing to indicate a more liberal approach to some of his internal problems.” A memorandum of this discussion is ibid., 1982, 1975.