Venezuela: U.S. Relations with Venezuela
[Facsimile Page 1]VE–1. Memorandum from the Assistant Secretary of State for Inter– American Affairs (Rubottom) to the Acting Secretary of State
Source: Department of State, Central Files, 731.02/1–2858. Confidential. Drafted by Carl E. Bartch of the Office of South American Affairs; concurred in by Robert Murphy, Deputy Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs; E. Allan Lightner, Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for International Information and Cultural Affairs; John S. Hoghland, Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Congressional Relations; Marjorie M. Whiteman, Assistant Legal Adviser for Inter-American Affairs; and Clement E. Conger, Assistant Chief of Protocol.
VE–2. Memorandum from the Assistant Secretary of State for Inter-American Affairs (Rubottom) to the Acting Secretary of State.
Source: Department of State, Central Files, 731.00/1–2858. Confidential. Drafted by Andrew B. Wardlaw, Officer in Charge of North Coast Affairs in the Office of South American Affairs, and initialled by Deputy Under Secretary Murphy.
VE–3. Telegram from the Charge in Venezuela (Burrows) to the Department of State
Source: Department of State, Central Files, 731.5/2–1258. Confidential; Limit Distribution 575.
VE–4. Letter from the Attorney General (Rogers) to the Deputy Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs (Murphy)
Source: Department of State, ARA/EST Files, Lot 61 D 319, “Visas—Perez Jimenez—Estrada.” Confidential.
VE–5. Memorandum from the Assistant Secretary of State for Inter-American Affairs (Rubottom) to the Secretary of State.
Source: Department of State, Rubottom Files, Lot 60 D 553, “Petroleum 1958.” Confidential. The source text is an initialed carbon copy.
VE–6. Telegram from the Chargé in Venezuela (Burrows) to the Department of State
Source: Department of State, Central Files, 411.316/3–1058. Confidential; Priority.
VE–8. Letter from the Chargé in Venezuela (Burrows) to the Director of the Office of South American Affairs (Bernbaum)
Source: Department of State, ARA/EST Files, Lot 61 D 319, “Visas—Perez Jimenez—Estrada.” Confidential; Official-Informal.
VE–10. Memorandum of a Conversation, Department of State, Washington, May 20, 1958.
Source: Department of State, Rubottom Files, Lot 60 D 553, “Venezuela 1958.” Confidential. Drafted by Bartch on May 29. The source text is an unsigned carbon copy.
VE–11. Memorandum of a Conversation, Department of State, Washington, June 5, 1958
Source: Department of State, Central Files, 831.2553/6–558. Secret. Drafted by Assistant Secretary Rubottom; approved in the Executive Secretariat.
VE–12. Memorandum from the Under Secretary of State for Economic Affairs (Dillon) to the Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security Affairs (Sprague)
Source: Department of State, Central Files, 103-XMB/6–1658. Confidential. Drafted by Athol H. Ellis of the Office of the Special Assistant for Mutual Security Coordination on July 7, and rewritten by Malcolm R. Barnebey on July 29 and 31.
VE–13. National Intelligence Estimate
Source: Department of State, INR–NIE Files. Secret. According to a note on the cover sheet, this estimate was submitted by the Director of Central Intelligence. The Central Intelligence Agency and the intelligence organizations of the Department of State, the Army, the Navy, the Air Force, and the Joint Chiefs of Staff participated in its preparation. The members of the Intelligence Advisory Committee concurred in the estimate on September 9, 1958, with the exception of the Atomic Energy Commission representative and the Assistant Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, who abstained because the subject was outside their jurisdiction.
VE–14. Memorandum of a Conversation, Department of State, Washington, September 24, 1958
Source: Department of State, Central Files, 731.13/9–2458. Confidential. Drafted by Rubottom.
VE–15. Memorandum of a Conversation
Source: Department of State, Central Files, 611.31/12–1658. Confidential. Drafted by Burrows, and transmitted to the Department of State under cover of despatch 490 from Caracas, December 16, 1958.
VE–16. Memorandum from the Officer in Charge of Venezuelan Affairs (Bartch) to the Director of the Office of East Coast Affairs, Bureau of Inter-American Affairs (Bernbaum)
Source: Department of State, Central Files, 831.112/12–2458. Confidential.
VE–17. Memorandum of a Conversation, Department of State, Washington, December 24, 1958
Source: Department of State, Central Files, 831.112/12–2458. Confidential. Drafted by Bartch, and initialled by Rubottom.
VE–18. Memorandum of a Conversation, Department of State, Washington, January 5, 1959.
Source: Department of State, Central Files, 831.112/1–559. Confidential. Drafted by Stark.
VE–19. Instruction from the Secretary of State to Certain Diplomatic Missions
Source: Department of State, Central Files, 831.112/1–1959. Secret. Drafted by M. Hollis Kannenberg of the Fuels Division, Bureau of Economic Affairs, and John Shaw of the Office of Near Eastern Affairs; approved by William M. Rountree, Assistant Secretary of State for Near Eastern and South Asian Affairs. This despatch was also sent to the Embassies in Baghdad, Beirut, Cairo, Damascus, Dhahran, Jidda, Kuwait, and Tehran.
VE–20. Memorandum of a Conversation, Caracas, Venezuela, February 14, 1959
Source: Department of State, Central Files, 731.11/2–1659. Confidential. Drafted and initialed by Rubottom on February 16.
VE–22. Memorandum of a Conversation, Caracas, Venezuela, March 10, 1959
Source: Department of State, Central Files, 731.11/3–1159. Confidential. Drafted by Burrows. Information on the source text indicates that this conversation took place at a luncheon. The memorandum was transmitted to the Department of State under cover of despatch 775 from Caracas, March 11, 1950, which noted that the enclosed memorandum was “somewhat in the nature of a basic document to which reference will be made by the Embassy on various occasions in the future.”
VE–23. Memorandum from the Assistant Secretary of State for Inter-American Affairs (Rubottom) to the Acting Secretary of State
Source: Department of State, Central Files, 731.00/3–2759. Confidential.
VE–24. Telegram from the Ambassador in Venezuela (Sparks) to the Department of State
Source: Department of State, Central Files, 731.00/3–3059. Official Use Only.
VE–25. Memorandum of a Conversation, Caracas, Venezuela, March 31, 1959
Source: Department of State, Central Files, 731.11/4–359. Confidential. Drafted by Burrows, and sent to the Department of State under cover of despatch 867 from Caracas, April 3, 1959.
VE–26. Telegram from the Acting Secretary of State to the Embassy in Venezuela
Source: Department of State, Central Files, 831.112/4–359. Confidential. Drafted by Mann.
VE–27. Despatch from the Ambassador in Lebanon (McClintock) to the Department of State
Source: Department of State, Central Files, 831.112/4–359. Unclassified.
VE–28. Memorandum of a Conversation, Caracas, Venezuela, April 27, 1959
Source: Department of State, Central Files, 731.11/4–2859. Confidential. Drafted by Burrows and transmitted to the Department under cover of despatch 957 from Caracas, April 28, 1959.
VE–29. Telegram from the Acting Secretary of State to the Embassy in Great Britain
Source: Department of State, Central Files, 411.316/4–2859. Confidential. Drafted by Bartch and approved by Snow; repeated for information to the U.S. Embassies in Canada and Venezuela.
VE–30. Memorandum of a Conversation, Santiago, Chile, August 18, 1959
Source: Department of State, PPS Files, Lot 67 D 548, “American Republics, 1957–1959.” Confidential. Drafted by Rubottom. Information on the source text indicates that this conversation took place in the Hotel Carrere at 1.00 p.m. The Secretary was in Santiago to attend the Fifth Meeting of Consultation of Ministers of Foreign Affairs of American States, held August 12–18, 1959. For documentation on the meeting, see CH–23; CR–24; DR–11; VE–34.