Panama: U.S. Relations with Panama
[Facsimile Page 1]PM–2. Telegram from the Secretary of State to the Embassy in Panama
Source: Department of State, Central Files, 911F.7301/6–1758. Priority. Drafted by William E. Price of the Office of Middle American Affairs and initialled by Herbert B. Leggett, Officer in Charge of Central America and Panama Affairs.
PM–3. Memorandum Prepared in the Bureau of Inter-American Affairs
Source: Department of State, ARA Special Assistant’s Files, Lot 66 D 513, “Eisenhower, Milton Nicaragua 1958.” Neither the drafter nor the date is indicated on the source text, which is a carbon copy.
PM–4. Telegram from the Secretary of State to the Embassy in Panama
Source: Department of State, Central Files, 811F.061/7–2558. Niact.
PM–6. Telegram from the Acting Secretary of State to the Embassy in Panama
Source: Department of State, Central Files, 711.11-EI/8–1958. Official Use Only; Priority.
PM–7. Letter from the Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security Affairs (Irwin) to the Assistant Secretary of State for Inter-American Affairs (Rubottom)
Source: Department of State, Central Files, 711.56319/9–2258. Secret.
PM–8. Memorandum of Conversation, by the Deputy Director of the Office of Central American and Panamanian Affairs (Leggett)
Source: Department of State, Central Files, 611.1913/10–858. Confidential.
PM–11. Memorandum from the Assistant Secretary of State for Inter-American Affairs (Rubottom) to the Acting Secretary of State
Source: Department of State, ARA/OAP Files, Lot 61 D 67, “Panama Relations March–May 1959.” Official Use Only. Drafted by Price.
PM–12. Telegram from the Acting Secretary of State to the Embassy in Panama
Source: Department of State, Central Files, 611.19/4–659. Official Use Only; Limit Distribution.
PM–13. Despatch from the Chargé in Panama (Acly) to the Department of State
Source: Department of State, Central Files, 611.1913/4–959. Official Use Only.
PM–14. Memorandum from the Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Inter-American Affairs (Snow) to the Acting Secretary of State
Source: Department of State, Central Files, 719.00/5–159. Confidential. Drafted by Price.
PM–15. Memorandum from John O. Bell to the Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security Affairs (Irwin)
Source: Department of State, Central Files, 719.56/5–1359. Confidential. Bell was the Special Assistant for Mutual Security Coordination to the Under Secretary of State for Economic Affairs. Drafted by Robert L. Burns of Bell’s staff on May11. The Source text is an unsigned carbon copy.
PM–17. Minutes of Cabinet Meeting, White House
Source: Eisenhower Library, Whitman File, Cabinet Series. Confidential. L. A. Minnich, Jr., the President’s Assistant Staff Secretary, prepared and signed this memorandum. The meeting began at 9:05 a.m. and concluded at 10:30 a.m.
PM–18. Memorandum from the Acting Secretary of State to the President
Source: Department of State, Central Files, 811F.061/6–1159. Drafted by Leggett on July 10 and transmitted to the President under cover of a memorandum dated July 11 from John A. Calhoun, Director of the Executive Secretariat, to Brig. Gen. Andrew J. Goodpaster, the President’s Staff Secretary.
PM–19. Memorandum of Telephone Conversation, by the Secretary of State’s Special Assistant (Krebs)
Source: Department of State, Secretary’s Memoranda of Conversation, Lot 64 D 199. This conversation occurred at 6:10 p.m.
PM–20. Memorandum of Conversation, by the Assistant Secretary of State for Inter-American Affairs (Rubottom)
Source: Department of State, Central Files, 611.19/10–1259. Confidential; Limit Distribution.
PM–21. Memorandum from the Assistant Secretary of State for Inter-American Affairs (Rubottom) to the Secretary of State
Source: Department of State, Central Files, 611.19/10–2859. Confidential. Drafted by Frederick D. Sharp III, the Officer in Charge of Panamanian Affairs, on October 21. The source text is an uninitialled carbon copy that was attached to a Memorandum of Understanding dated October 19, the contents of which had been agreed to by representatives of the Department of State, the Canal Zone Government, and the Department of the Army at a meeting at the Pentagon on October 14.
PM–22. Memorandum from the Secretary of State to the President
Source: Department of State, Central Files, 611.19/10–2859. Confidential. Drafted by Sharp.
PM–24. Memorandum from the Assistant Secretary of State for Inter-American Affairs (Rubottom) to the Secretary of State
Source: Department of State, ARA/OAP Files, Lot 64 D 67, “Panama Relations December, 1959.” Official Use Only. Drafted by Sharp on November 30. The source text is a carbon copy.
PM–25. Memorandum from the Assistant Secretary of State for Inter-American Affairs (Rubottom) to the Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs (Murphy)
Source: Department of State, Central Files, 611.19/11–2759. Confidential. Drafted by Sharp.
PM–26. Memorandum of Conversation, by the Deputy Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs (Merchant)
Source: Department of State, Central Files, 719.00/11–2759. Secret. Merchant’s conversation with the President occurred at 10 a.m.
PM–28. Letter from the Acting Assistant Secretary of State for Inter-American Affairs (Mallory) to the Secretary of the Army (Brucker)
Source: Department of State, Central Files, 719.04/12–1759. Drafted by Sharp on December 15.
PM–29. Letter from the Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security Affairs (Knight) to the Deputy Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs (Merchant)
Source: Department of State, Central Files, 611.19/1–1460. Confidential.
PM–30. Memorandum from the Secretary of State to the President
Source: Department of State, Central Files, 611.1913/2–960.