Office of the Historian

OUTER SPACE

467. Telegram From the Mission at the United Nations to the Department of State

New York, November 24, 1959—2 p.m.

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 320.5701/11–2459. Confidential; Priority.

468. Telegram From the Mission at the United Nations to the Department of State

New York, November 26, 1959—2 p.m.

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 320.5701/11–2659. Confidential.

469. Telegram From the Department of State to the Mission at the United Nations

Washington, November 30, 1959—9:03 p.m.

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 320.5701/11–2859. Confidential. Drafted by Sisco and cleared with Kohler, Wilcox, and Farley. Approved by Wilcox who signed for Herter.

470. Telegram From the Mission at the United Nations to the Department of State

New York, December 2, 1959—11 p.m.

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 320.5701/12–259. Confidential; Priority.

471. Memorandum of a Telephone Conversation Between the Secretary of State and the Representative at the United Nations (Lodge), December 7, 1959, 10:30 a.m.

December 7, 1959, 10:30 a.m.

Source: Department of State, Secretary’s Memoranda of Conversation: Lot 64 D 199. Confidential.

472. Telegram From the Department of State to the Mission at the United Nations

Washington, December 7, 1959—6:01 p.m.

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 320.5701/12–659. Confidential; Niact. Drafted by Eisendrath and Sisco; cleared by Kohler, Wilcox, and S/AE; and approved and signed by Herter.

473. Telegram From the Department of State to the Mission at the United Nations

Washington, December 9, 1959—1:36 p.m.

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 320.5701/12–859. Confidential; Niact. Drafted by Sisco; cleared by Kohler, Wilcox, FE, and S/AE; and approved and signed by Herter.

474. Telegram From the Mission at the United Nations to the Department of State

New York, December 9, 1959—9 p.m.

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 902.802/12–959. Limited Official Use; Niact; Eyes Only. Received at 9:13 p.m.

475. Telegram From the Mission at the United Nations to the Department of State

New York, December 9, 1959—9 p.m.

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 320.5701/12–959. Confidential; Priority. Received at 10:01 p.m.

476. Telegram From the Department of State to the Mission at the United Nations

Washington, December 10, 1959—4:19 p.m.

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 320.5701/12–1059. Confidential; Niact. Drafted by Sisco; cleared by Farley, Nunley, Wilcox, and FE; and initialed by Herter.

477. Telegram From the Mission at the United Nations to the Department of State

New York, December 10, 1959—9 p.m.

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 320.5701/12–1059. Confidential; Priority.

478. Telegram From the Mission at the United Nations to the Department of State

New York, December 11, 1959—midnight.

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 320.5701/12–1159. Confidential.

479. Report by the National Aeronautics and Space Council

Washington, January 26, 1960.

Source: Department of State, S/S–NSC (Miscellaneous) Files: Lot 66 D 95, Outer Space. Secret. The cover sheet, memorandum of transmittal, note from the National Aeronautics and Space Council, and the table of contents are not printed.

On December 17, 1959, the National Aeronautics and Space Council transmitted a draft of this report to the National Security Council. Designated NSC 5918, it was considered by the Council at its 321st meeting on January 12, 1960, and minor revisions and deletions were made. A copy of NSC 5918 is ibid., S/P–NSC Files: Lot 62 D 1; the memorandum of discussion at the NSC meeting is in the Eisenhower Library, Whitman File. For a personal account of the discussion of NSC 5918 on January 12, see George B. Kistiakowsky, A Scientist at the White House (Cambridge, Mass., 1976), pp. 225–226.