El Salvador: U.S. Relations with El Salvador
[Facsimile Page 1]ES–1. Despatch from the Ambassador in El Salvador (Kalijarvi) to the Department of State
Source: Department of State, Central Files, 611.16/3–658. Confidential. Drafted by Kalijarvi and Vallon.
ES–2. Summary of Discussions during Milton Eisenhower’s Visit to El Salvador, July 27–30, 1958
Source: Department of State, ARA Special Assistant’s Files, Lot 60 D 513, “Eisenhower, Milton: El Salvador, 1958.” Confidential. The source text is an unsigned carbon copy. President Milton S. Eisenhower of Johns Hopkins University made a three-week fact-finding trip, July 12–August 1, 1959, as personal representative of the President, to Panama, Honduras, Costa Rica, Nicaragua, El Salvador, and Guatemala. He was accompanied by Roy R. Rubottom, Jr., Assistant Secretary of State for Inter-American Affairs; Tom B. Coughran, Assistant Secretary of the Treasury; Dempster McIntosh, Manager, Development Loan Fund; and Samuel C. Waugh, President, Export-Import Bank of Washington. For further documentation on the trip, see Documents ETA–7; CO–1; CR–6–9; ES–2, 5–6; GT–8, 24; HO–3; NI–4, 7–9; PM–3; PA–7. Despatch 55 from San Salvador, August 11, 1958, transmitted memoranda of conversations of the Eisenhower mission in El Salvador. (120.1520/8–1158) Despatch 83 from San Salvador, August 26, 1958, supplemented despatch 55 with a report on Eisenhower’s visit to El Salvador. (120.1520/8–2658) For Milton Eisenhower’s report to the President, December 27, 1958, see the Department of State Bulletin, January 19, 1958, p. 89.
ES–5. Memorandum of Conversation by the Assistant Secretary of State for Inter-American Affairs (Rubottom)
Source: Department of State, Central Files, 716.11/3–1159. Confidential. Approved by Acting Secretary of State Herter on March 24, 1959.
ES–6. Memorandum of Conversation by the Assistant Secretary of State for Inter-American Affairs (Rubottom)
Source: Eisenhower Library, Whitman File, International File. Confidential.
ES–7. Memorandum of Conversation by the Officer in Charge of El Salvadoran Affairs (Ross)
Source: Department of State, Central Files, 716.5-MSP/4–159. Limited Official Use.
ES–8. Memorandum for the Record by the Ambassador in El Salvador (Kalijarvi)
Source: Department of State, ARA Special Assistant’s Files, Lot 62 D 24, [text not declassified] Papers, 1959.” Secret; Eyes Only. Hill sent the source text to Rubottom and Snow, June 11, 1959, under cover of a memorandum stating that Kalijarvi wanted Herter and Dillon to have the report, [text not declassified].
ES–10. Memorandum of Conversation by the Ambassador in El Salvador (Kalijarvi)
Source: Department of State, Central Files, 716.5-MSP/11–2059. Confidential. This memorandum was an enclosure to despatch 224 from San Salvador, November 20, 1959, not printed.
ES–13. Telegram from the Ambassador in El Salvador (Kalijarvi) to the Department of State
Source: Department of State, Central Files, 716.00/4–860. Secret.
ES–14. Memorandum from the Director of the Office of Central American and Panamanian Affairs (Stewart) to the Assistant Secretary of State for Inter-American Affairs (Rubottom)
Source: Department of State, ARA/OAP Files, Lot 64 D 16, “Political Local-General: El Salvador, 1960.” Secret. Drafted by Maxwell Chaplin.
ES–16. Memorandum of Conversation by the Chargé in El Salvador (Downs)
Source: Department of State, ARA/OAP Files, Lot 64 D 16, “Political International-General: El Salvador, 1960.” Secret. The source text is an unsigned carbon copy.
ES–17. Despatch from the Ambassador in El Salvador (Kalijarvi) to the Department of State
Source: Department of State, Central Files, 716.5-MSP/7–2660. Secret. Drafted by Downs.
ES–18. Memorandum of Conversation, by the Ambassador in El Salvador (Kalijarvi)
Source: Department of State, ARA/OAP Files, Lot 64 D 16, “Junta Memoranda: El Salvador, 1960.” Confidential. The source text is an unsigned carbon copy.
ES–19. Telegram from the Ambassador in El Salvador (Kalijarvi) to the Department of State
Source: Department of State, Central Files, 716.00/9–1060. Confidential. This telegram was sent in two sections.
ES–20. Telegram from the Ambassador in El Salvador (Kalijarvi) to the Department of State
Source: Department of State, Central Files, 716.00/9–1660. Confidential; Niact.
ES–21. Telegram from the Acting Secretary of State to the Embassy in El Salvador
Source: Department of State, Central Files, 716.00/9–1960. Secret; Limit Distribution; Priority. Drafted by Mann and signed by the Communications Watch Officer, John S. Whitt.
ES–22. Memorandum of Conversation, by the Officer in Charge of El Salvadoran Affairs (Gwynn)
Source: Department of State, Central Files, 716.00/9–2760. Confidential.
ES–23. Airgram from the Ambassador in El Salvador (Kalijarvi) to the Department of State
Source: Department of State, Central Files, 716.00/9–2760. Secret. Co-drafted by Downs.
ES–24. Airgram From the Embassy in El Salvador to the Department of State
Source: Department of State, Central Files. 4 pages not declassified.
ES–26. Telegram from the Ambassador in El Salvador (Kalijarvi) to the Department of State
Source: Department of State, Central Files, 716.00/10–2960. Secret; Priority.
ES–27. Memorandum from the Assistant Secretary of State for Inter-American Affairs (Mann) to the Secretary of State
Source: Department of State, S/S NSC (Miscellaneous) Files, Lot 66 D 95, “NSC–5902 Memoranda.” Secret. Drafted by Gwynn and Higdon, and initialed for Mann by Gwynn.
ES–28. Memorandum for the President by the Secretary of State.
Source: Department of State, Central Files, 716.02/11–260. Secret. Drafted by William T. Pryce, Staff Aide, Bureau of Inter-American Affairs. It was transmitted to Secretary Herter by covering memorandum from Assistant Secretary Mann, November 1, 1960. In his memorandum, Mann elaborated the points made above in favor of recognition and recommended that the Secretary sign the present memorandum to the President. (716.02/11–160)
ES–29. Telegram from the Secretary of State to the Embassy in El Salvador
Source: Department of State, Central Files, 716.00/11–160. Secret; Niact. Drafted and signed by Mann.
ES–30. Telegram from the Chargé in El Salvador (Downs) to the Department of State
Source: Department of State, Central Files, 716.00/11–360. Secret; Niact. This telegram was sent in two sections.