El Salvador: U.S. Relations with El Salvador
[Facsimile Page 1]ES–31. Memorandum from the Assistant Secretary of State for Inter-American Affairs (Mann) to the Acting 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.
ES–32. Memorandum of Discussion at the 466th Meeting of the National Security Council
Source: Eisenhower Library, Whitman File, NSC Records. Top Secret. Eyes Only. This memorandum was prepared by Robert H. Johnson, Director of the NSC Planning Board Secretariat, on November 8, 1960. The source text contains a list of 27 attendees.
ES–33. Memorandum from the Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs (Merchant) to the Secretary of State
Source: Department of State, Central Files, 716.02/11–860. Secret. The source text bears the notation: “Overtaken By Events. 11/10/60.”
ES–34. Memorandum for the President by the Secretary of State
Source: Eisenhower Library, Whitman File, International File. Secret. A notation by Brigadier General Goodpaster on the source text reads as follows: “President approved orally. I notified State Dept.”
ES–35. Letter from the Chargé in El Salvador (Downs) to the Ambassador in El Salvador, Temporarily in Washington (Kalijarvi)
Source: Department of State, ARA/OAP Files, Lot 64 D 16, “Junta Memoranda: El Salvador, 1960.” Confidential. Kalijarvi enclosed this letter with a memorandum to Herter, November 16, 1960, opposing immediate recognition of the Junta and recommending his prompt return to El Salvador. (ARA/OAP Files, Lot 63D 127, “El Salvador, 1960”)
ES–36. Memorandum of Telephone Conversation, by the Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs (Merchant)
Source: Department of State, Central Files, 716.02/11–1160.
ES–37. Memorandum from the Director of Intelligence and Research (Cumming) to the Secretary of State
Source: Department of State, Central Files, 716.00/11–1160. Secret.
ES–38. Telegram From the Embassy in El Salvador to the Department of State
Source: Department of State, 3 pages not declassified.
ES–39. Telegram from the Chargé in El Salvador (Downs) to the Department of State
Source: Department of State, Central Files, 716.00/11–236. Confidential; Niact; Limit Distribution.
ES–40. Memorandum for the President by the Secretary of State
Source: Eisenhower Library, Whitman File, Dulles-Herter Series. Secret. Drafted by Coerr and Higdon. A memorandum from Herter to Goodpaster, November 25, 1960, suggested that he not put this matter before the President until Monday afternoon, November 28, to give the Department of Defense “an opportunity to register their dissent should they feel as strongly as they did in the past.” (Eisenhower Library, Whitman File, Dulles-Herter Series)
ES–41. Letter from the Secretary of Defense (Gates) to the Secretary of State
Source: Department of State, Central Files, 716.02/11–2060. Secret.
ES–42. Memorandum of Conversation with the President, Prepared by the President’s Staff Secretary (Goodpaster)
Source: Eisenhower Library, Whitman File, “DE Diaries.” Secret. This memorandum was prepared on December 7, 1960.
ES–43. Telegram from the Acting Secretary of State to the Embassy in El Salvador
Source: Department of State, Central Files, 716.00/10–2760. Official Use Only; Priority. Drafted by Whitman and Higdon, and signed by Mann.
ES–44. Message from the Assistant Secretary of State for Inter-American Affairs (Mann) to Colonel Oscar Osorio
Source: Department of State, Central Files, 716.02/12–260. In a
memorandum to Mann dated
November 30, attached to the source text, Merchant stated that “if the
President approves prompt recognition of the junta in El Salvador, I
feel strongly that whoever communicates to the junta our decision
should see Osorio and tell
him that . . . we have done so on certain assumption, i.e., that
elections will be held within x months, that necessary steps will be
taken to prevent the government falling under the control of
Communists or Castro
elements, and that the junta is interested in preserving
traditionally friendly relations with the United States Government.”
Mann’s letter did not convey the essence of Merchant’s request, but
Osorio had already
given the requisite assurances to Allan
Stewart in San Salvador on November 21, according to
Stewart’s memorandum to Mann, dated December 2, reporting on his visit to San
Salvador; see footnote 1. A partially
legible notation on Merchant’s memorandum possibly refers to that
meeting.
The source text for Mann’s letter is an unsigned carbon
copy. No record of its delivery was found in Department of State
files.