UNITED STATES POLICY REGARDING CERTAIN POLITICAL DEVELOPMENTS IN THE CARIBBEAN AND CENTRAL AMERICAN AREA1
1. Continued from Foreign Relations, 1955–1957, vol. VI, pp. 581 ff.
109. Memorandum of a Conversation, Department of State, Washington, January 29, 1959
Source: Department of State, ARA Deputy Assistant Secretary’s Files: Lot 61 D 411, Caribbean 1959. Secret. Drafted by Hanes on February 4. This conversation took place during a luncheon meeting.
110. Memorandum of Conversations Between the Deputy Director of the Office of Caribbean and Mexican Affairs (Little) and the First Secretary of the British Embassy (Benest), Department of State, Washington, February 25–26, 1959
Source: Department of State, Central Files, 720.00/2–2659. Secret. Drafted by Little.
111. Special National Intelligence Estimate
Source: Department of State, INR Files. Secret. Special National Intelligence Estimates (SNIEs) were high level interdepartmental reports presenting authoritative appraisals of vital foreign policy problems on an immediate or crisis basis. According to a note on the cover sheet, the Central Intelligence Agency and the intelligence organizations of the Departments of State, the Army, the Navy, the Air Force, and the Joint Staff participated in the preparation of this estimate. The United States Intelligence Board concurred in the estimate on March 10. “Concurring were the Director of Intelligence and Research, Department of State; the Assistant Chief of Staff for Intelligence, Department of the Army; the Assistant Chief of Naval Operations for Intelligence, Department of the Navy; the Assistant Chief of Staff, Intelligence, USAF; and the Director for Intelligence, The Joint Staff. The Atomic Energy Commission Representative to the USIB, the Assistant to the Secretary of Defense, Special Operations, the Director of the National Security Agency, and the Assistant Director, Federal Bureau of Investigation, abstained, the subject being outside of their jurisdiction.”
112. Memorandum From the Director of Central Intelligence (Dulles) to the Acting Secretary of State
Source: Department of State, ARA Deputy Assistant Secretary’s Files: Lot 61 D 411, Caribbean 1959. Secret. The source text is undated, but the memorandum was probably drafted in mid- or late March. A covering transmittal note, addressed to Rubottom and Snow, is dated April 15.
113. Memorandum of a Telephone Conversation Between the Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Inter-American Affairs (Snow) and the Assistant Secretary of Defense (Irwin), Department of State, Washington, March 18, 1959
Source: Department of State, ARA Deputy Assistant Secretary’s Files: Lot 61 D 411, Caribbean 1959. Official Use Only. Drafted by Snow.
114. Memorandum From the Assistant Secretary of State for Inter-American Affairs (Rubottom) to the Deputy Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs (Murphy)
Source: Department of State, Central Files, 741B.56/3–2659. Confidential. Drafted by Little.
115. Memorandum From the Assistant Secretary of State for Inter-American Affairs (Rubottom) to the Deputy Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs (Murphy)
Source: Department of State, Central Files, 413.118/4–259. Confidential. Drafted by Little.
116. Circular Telegram From the Department of State to Certain Diplomatic Missions
Source: Department of State, Central Files, 413.118/4–359. Confidential. Drafted by Little and signed for Herter by Rubottom. Sent to all 20 diplomatic missions in Latin America, and also to Bonn, Brussels, London, Madrid, Oslo, Ottawa, Rome, Stockholm, and The Hague. Repeated on April 16 to Ankara, Frankfurt, Manila, Naha, Rabat, Saigon, Seoul, Taipei, and Tokyo.
118. Memorandum From the Assistant Secretary of State for Inter-American Affairs (Rubottom) to the Secretary of State
Source: Department of State, Central Files, 120.1416/7–2259. Secret. Drafted by John C. Hill, Jr.
119. Instruction From the Department of State to Certain Diplomatic Missions
Source: Department of State, Central Files, 413.118/6–359. Confidential. Drafted by Little, and approved by Snow. Sent to Bogotá, Caracas, Ciudad Trujillo, Guatemala, Habana, Managua, Mexico, Panamá, Port-au-Prince, San José, San Salvador, and Tegucigalpa; repeated to Asunción, Bonn, Brussels, Buenos Aires, La Paz, Lima, London, Madrid, Montevideo, Oslo, Ottawa, Paris, Quito, Rome, Rio de Janeiro, Santiago, Stockholm, and The Hague.
120. Memorandum From the Director of the Office of Caribbean and Mexican Affairs (Wieland) to the Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Inter-American Affairs (Snow)
Source: Department of State, ARA Deputy Assistant Secretary’s Files: Lot 61 D 411, Caribbean 1959. Confidential. Drafted by Little.
121. Memorandum of Discussion at the 411th Meeting of the National Security Council, Washington, June 25, 1959
Source: Eisenhower Library, Whitman File, NSC Records. Top Secret. Drafted by Gleason.
122. Special National Intelligence Estimate
Source: Department of State, INR Files. Secret. According to a note on the cover sheet, the CIA and the intelligence organizations of the Departments of State, the Army, the Navy, the Air Force, and The Joint Staff participated in the preparation of this estimate. The members of the United States Intelligence Board concurred in the estimate on June 30, with the exception of the representative of the Atomic Energy Commission, the Assistant to the Secretary of Defense, Special Operations, the Director of the National Security Agency, and the Assistant Director of the FBI, who abstained on the grounds that the subject was outside their jurisdiction.
124. Memorandum of Discussion at the 412th Meeting of the National Security Council, Washington, July 9, 1959
Source: Eisenhower Library, Whitman File, NSC Records. Top Secret. Drafted by Gleason.
125. Circular Telegram From the Department of State to Certain Diplomatic Missions
Source: Department of State, Central Files, 413.118/10–1459. Confidential. The time of transmission is illegible on the source text. Drafted by Owen and approved by Vallon. Sent to all 20 missions in Latin America, and also to Bonn, Brussels, Copenhagen, Lisbon, London, Madrid, Oslo, Paris, Rome, Stockholm, and The Hague.
126. Special National Intelligence Estimate
Source: Department of State, INR Files. Secret. According to a note on the cover sheet, the CIA and the intelligence organizations of the Departments of State, the Army, the Navy, the Air Force, and The Joint Staff participated in the preparation of this estimate. The members of the United States Intelligence Board concurred in the estimate on December 29, except for the AEC representative and the Assistant Director of the FBI, who abstained on the grounds that the subject was outside their jurisdiction.
127. Memorandum From the Assistant Secretary of State for European Affairs (Kohler) to the Secretary of State
Source: Department of State, S/P–NSC Files: Lot 62 D 1, NSC 6002 Series. Secret. Drafted by North Burn, Office of British Commonwealth and Northern European Affairs.
128. Memorandum of Discussion at the 437th Meeting of the National Security Council, Washington, March 17, 1960
Source: Eisenhower Library, Whitman File, NSC Records. Top Secret. Drafted by Boggs.
129. National Security Council Report
Source: Department of State, S/P–NSC Files: Lot 62 D 1, NSC 6002 Series. Secret. A cover sheet and transmittal memorandum are not printed. In the memorandum, March 21, Lay informed recipients that the President had that day approved NSC 6002/ 1 and designated the Operations Coordinating Board as the coordinating agency for its implementation.
130. Operations Plan Prepared by the Operations Coordinating Board
Source: Department of State, S/S–OCB Files: Lot 62 D 430, West Indies—Documents. Secret. A cover sheet, statement on the “Purpose and Use of the Operations Plan,” and an undated transmittal memorandum signed by Bromley Smith are not printed. The memorandum indicated that the OCB revised and concurred in the Operations Plan at its meeting on June 15, the minutes for which were approved on June 22.
The Operations Plan was prepared by the OCB Working Group on the West Indies, chaired by Rockwood H. Foster, Office of British Commonwealth and Northern European Affairs. In addition to the Department of State, the Working Group was comprised of representatives from the Departments of Defense, the Treasury, CIA, ICA, USIA, and the OCB Staff.
131. Memorandum of Discussion of the 452d Meeting of the National Security Council, Washington, July 21, 1960
Source: Eisenhower Library, Whitman File, NSC Records. Top Secret. Drafted by Robert H. Johnson.
133. Memorandum From the Director of Intelligence and Research (Cumming) to the Secretary of State
Source: Department of State, Central Files, 713.00/11–1460. Confidential. No drafting information appears on the source text.
134. Memorandum of Discussion at the 467th Meeting of the National Security Council, Augusta, Georgia, November 17, 1960
Source: Eisenhower Library, Whitman File, NSC Records. Top Secret. Drafted by Lay on November 21. The source text incorrectly indicates the meeting took place in Atlanta, instead of Augusta, Georgia.
135. Memorandum of a Conversation, Department of State, Washington, November 18, 1960
Source: Department of State, Secretary’s Memoranda of Conversations: Lot 64 D 199. Confidential. Drafted by McBride and approved in S on November 28.
136. Memorandum on the Substance of Discussions at the Department of State-Joint Chiefs of Staff Meeting, Pentagon, Washington, November 18, 1960, 11:30 a.m.
Source: Department of State, State–JCS Files: Lot 70 D 328. Top Secret. According to a note on the cover sheet, the memorandum was a Department of State draft, not cleared with the Department of Defense. Thirty individuals were present at the meeting; Merchant headed the Department of State contingent of seven officers.