Adoption by the Department of State and the Eisenhower administration of a revised policy toward Cuba, October 1959–January 1960
400. Memorandum of a Telephone Conversation Between the Under Secretary of State (Dillon) and the British Ambassador (Caccia), Washington, November 27, 1959
Source: Department of State, Secretary’s Memoranda of Conversation: Lot 64 D 199, November 1959.
401. Telegram From the Embassy in Cuba to the Department of State
Source: Department of State, Central Files, 837.413/11–3059. Official Use Only; Priority.
402. Memorandum of Discussion at the 426th Meeting of the National Security Council, Washington, December 1, 1959
Source: Eisenhower Library, Whitman File, NSC Records. Top Secret. Prepared by Boggs on January 26, 1960.
403. Letter From the Ambassador in Cuba (Bonsal) to the Assistant Secretary of State for Inter-American Affairs (Rubottom)
Source: Department of State, Central Files, 737.00/12–259. Secret; Eyes Only; Official–Informal.
404. Airgram From the Embassy in Cuba to the Department of State
Source: Department of State, Central Files, 611.37/12–459. Confidential; Limit Distribution. Drafted by Bonsal and Braddock.
405. Memorandum From the Assistant Secretary of State for Inter-American Affairs’ Special Assistant (Hill) to the Assistant Secretary of State (Rubottom)
Source: Department of State, Central Files, 737.00/12–459. Secret. Drafted by Hill and Devine. The source text bears a drafting date of December 7. Copies were sent to Lester D. Mallory and Wieland. The source text bears the following handwritten marginal note: “A thoughtful analysis—well done. RRR”.
406. Memorandum From the Director of the Office of Caribbean and Mexican Affairs (Wieland) to the Assistant Secretary of State for Inter-American Affairs (Rubottom)
Source: Department of State, Rubottom–Mann Files: Lot 62 D 418, Cuba (Sept–Dec.) 1959. Confidential. Drafted by Wieland, Vallon, Stevenson, and A.H. Hood. Also sent to Turkel and Hill for concurrence.
407. Memorandum From the Assistant Secretary of State for Inter-American Affairs’ Special Assistant (Hill) to the Assistant Secretary of State (Rubottom)
Source: Department of State, Central Files, 737.00/12–1059. Secret. Drafted by Hill. Copies were sent to Mallory and Gerard Smith.
408. Memorandum of Discussion at the 428th Meeting of the National Security Council, Washington, December 10, 1959
Source: Eisenhower Library, Whitman File, NSC Records. Top Secret; Eyes Only. Prepared by Boggs. The Vice President presided at the meeting. The President had left Washington on December 3 for a goodwill mission to Rome, Ankara, Karachi, Kabul, New Delhi, Tehran, Athens, Tunis, Toulon, Paris, Madrid, and Casablanca. He returned to Washington on December 22.
409. Memorandum From the Chairman of the Working Group on the Cuban Economic Situation (Young) to the Assistant Secretary of State for Economic Affairs (Mann)
Source: Department of State, ARA Special Assistant Files: Lot 62 D 24, Cuba 1959. Confidential. Drafted by Albert Post (ARA/REA) and Benjamin R. Moser (OFD/FN) and cleared with Stevenson, Carl F. Norden (OT/TA), and John P. Rourk (OR/CSD). Also addressed to Rubottom. A handwritten note on the source text by Devine indicates that Rubottom had a copy of the memorandum.
410. Memorandum of Discussion at the 429th Meeting of the National Security Council, Washington, December 16, 1959
Source: Eisenhower Library, Whitman File, NSC Records. Top Secret; Eyes Only. Prepared by Boggs. The Vice President presided at the meeting.
411. Telegram From the Embassy in Cuba to the Department of State
Source: Department of State, Central Files, 737.00/12–2259. Confidential; Priority.
412. Memorandum of a Conversation, Department of State, Washington, December 22, 1959
Source: Department of State, Secretary’s Memoranda of Conversation: Lot 64 D 199, December 1959. Official Use Only. Drafted by Stevenson and George O. Gray.
413. Memorandum From the Assistant Secretary of State for Economic Affairs (Mann) to the Assistant Secretary of State for Inter-American Affairs (Rubottom)
Source: Department of State, Rubottom–Mann Files: Lot 62 D 418, Cuba (Sept.–Dec.) 1959. Confidential. Drafted by Mann and initialed for him by Acting Assistant Secretary Wilson T.M. Beale.
414. Memorandum From the Assistant Secretary of State for Inter-American Affairs (Rubottom) to the Under Secretary of State (Dillon)
Source: Department of State, Central Files, 737.00/12–3059. Confidential. Drafted by Vallon, Leonhardy, and Turkel; concurred in by L, P, and E; and initialed by Rubottom.
415. Memorandum of a Conversation, Department of State, Washington, December 30, 1959
Source: Department of State, Central Files, 811.235/12–3059. Confidential. Drafted by Vallon.
416. Memorandum of a Conversation Between the Assistant Secretary of State for Inter-American Affairs (Rubottom) and the President’s Special Assistant for National Security Affairs (Gray), White House, Washington, December 31, 1959
Source: Department of State, Central Files, 611.37/12–3159. Secret; Limited Distribution. Drafted by Rubottom.
417. Letter From the Assistant Secretary of State for Economic Affairs (Mann) to the Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Economic Affairs (Beale)
Source: Department of State, Central Files, 611.37/1–660. Confidential.
418. Memorandum From the Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Economic Affairs (Beale) and the Assistant Secretary of State for Inter-American Affairs (Rubottom) to the Acting Secretary of State
Source: Department of State, CCA Files: Lot 70 D 149, Cuba. Confidential. Drafted by Walter Hollis (L/E), Herbert F. Propps (CPT), and Selma G. Kallis (TA); concurred in by Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Congressional Affairs John S. Hoghland, Legal Adviser Eric H. Hager, Director of the Office of International Trade Theodore J. Hadraba, and Assistant Chief of the Trade Agreements Division Joe A. Robinson. Attached is a memorandum of January 8 from Rubottom to Dillon, in which Rubottom concurs in the memorandum provided “certain minor amendments and reservations” were taken into consideration. These amendments and reservations were set forth in a memorandum of January 8 from Wieland to Rubottom, also attached. In the memorandum Wieland noted that CMA had not yet had time to review carefully the tabs to the memorandum, except for tabs 1 and 2 on which CMA had no comment. Wieland’s amendments and reservations are noted in footnotes below. Also noted are Dillon’s responses, as described briefly in a memorandum of January 9 from T.J. Dunnigan, Duty Officer in the Executive Secretariat to Devine, also attached.
419. Memorandum of Discussion at the Department of State-Joint Chiefs of Staff Meeting, Pentagon, Washington, January 8, 1960, 11:30 a.m.
Source: Department of State, State–JCS Meetings: Lot 70 D 328, January 1960. Top Secret. The drafting officer is not indicated, but it presumably was Donhauser. Donhauser’s handwritten notation of January 13 indicates that Merchant cleared the memorandum in draft. A typewritten note on the cover sheet indicates that the memorandum was not cleared with the Department of Defense. The cover sheet lists 31 attendees at the meeting from the Joint Chiefs of Staff, the Department of Defense, the Joint Strategic Survey Committee, the Joint Staff, the Department of State, the National Security Council, and the Central Intelligence Agency.
420. Memorandum From Samuel E. Belk of the National Security Council Staff to the President’s Special Assistant for National Security Affairs (Gray)
Source: Eisenhower Library, Project “Clean Up” Records, Cuban Situation. Secret.
421. Memorandum for the Record by Robert F. Packard of the Policy Planning Staff
Source: Department of State, ARA Special Assistant Files: Lot 62 D 24, Cuba Planning and NSC Briefings. Secret. Drafted by Packard. The source text does not list the participants in the discussion.
422. Telegram From the Embassy in Cuba to the Department of State
Source: Department of State, Central Files, 837.16/1–1160. Confidential; Priority. Bonsal had returned to Havana on January 10.
423. Memorandum of Discussion at the 432d Meeting of the National Security Council, Washington, January 14, 1960, 9 a.m.
Source: Eisenhower Library, Whitman File, NSC Records. Top Secret. Prepared by Boggs on March 31.