Recall of Ambassador Bonsal and formulation within the U.S. Government of a program of covert action against the Castro government, January–April 1960
484. Memorandum of a Conference With the President, White House, Washington, March 17, 1960, 11 a.m.
Source: Eisenhower Library, DDE Diaries. Secret. Prepared by Goodpaster on March 18. The source text indicates that the conversation followed the NSC meeting. The time is taken from the President’s Appointment Book. (ibid., President’s Daily Appointments) Also published in Declassified Documents, 1985, 1982.
485. Memorandum From the Secretary of State to the President
Source: Department of State, Central Files, 737. 00/3–1760. Secret. A handwritten note on the source text indicates that Herter took the memorandum to the White House at 2:30 p.m. Also published in part in Declassified Documents, 1984, 942.
486. Memorandum of a Conference With the President, White House, Washington, March 17, 1960, 2:30 p.m.
Source: Eisenhower Library, Project “Clean Up” Records, Intelligence Matters. Top Secret. Prepared by Goodpaster on March 18.
487. Memorandum of a Conversation, Department of State, Washington, March 18, 1960
Source: Department of State, Secretary’s Memoranda of Conversations: Lot 64 D 199, March 1960. Official Use Only. Drafted by Rubottom on March 28 and approved in S on March 30.
488. Memorandum of a Telephone Conversation Between the Secretary of State and the Director of Central Intelligence (Dulles), Washington, March 19, 1960, 12 p.m.
Source: Eisenhower Library, Herter Papers, Telephone Conversations. Prepared by Asbjornson.
489. Memorandum of a Conversation Between the President and His Special Assistant for National Security Affairs (Gray), White House, Washington, March 21, 1960, 10:30 a.m.
Source: Eisenhower Library, Project “Clean Up” Records, Meetings with the President. Top Secret.
490. Telegram From the Embassy in Cuba to the Department of State
Source: Department of State, Central Files, 611. 37/3–2160. Confidential; Priority. Repeated to Caracas. Bonsal returned to Havana on March 20.
491. Special National Intelligence Estimate
Source: Department of State, INR–NIE Files. Secret. Submitted by the Director of Central Intelligence and concurred in by the United States Intelligence Board on March 22. According to a note on the cover sheet, participating in the preparation of the estimate were the Central Intelligence Agency, and the intelligence organizations of the Departments of State, the Army, the Navy, the Air Force, and The Joint Staff. Concurring in the estimate were the Director of Intelligence and Research, Department of State; the Assistant Chief of Staff for Intelligence, Department of the Army; the Assistant Chief of Naval Operations for Intelligence, Department of the Navy; the Assistant Chief of Staff, Intelligence, USAF; the Director for Intelligence, the Joint Staff; the Assistant to the Secretary of Defense, Special Operations; and the Director of the National Security Agency. The Atomic Energy Commission Representative to the USIB and the Assistant Director, Federal Bureau of Investigation, abstained, the subject being outside their jurisdiction. Also published in Declassified Documents, 1984, 1513.
492. Memorandum of Discussion at the 438th Meeting of the National Security Council, Washington, March 24, 1960
Source: Eisenhower Library, Whitman File, NSC Records. Top Secret. Prepared by Boggs.
493. Minutes of the Cabinet Meeting, White House, Washington, March 25, 1960, 9 a.m.
Source: Eisenhower Library, Whitman File, Cabinet Series. Confidential. Prepared by Minnich.
494. Telegram From the Embassy in Cuba to the Department of State
Source: Department of State, Central Files, 110. 11–HE/3–2560. Confidential; Priority.
495. Memorandum of Discussion at the 439th Meeting of the National Security Council, Washington, April 1, 1960
Source: Eisenhower Library, Whitman File, NSC Records. Top Secret; Eyes Only. Prepared by Boggs.
496. Memorandum of Telephone Conversations Between the Assistant Secretary of State for Inter-American Affairs (Rubottom) and Senator James O. Eastland, Washington, April 1, 1960
Source: Department of State, Rubottom–Mann Files: Lot 62 D 418, Cuba (April–June) 1960. Confidential. Drafted by Kruppenbacher. Copies were sent to H, SCA, CMA, and ARA/P.
497. Memorandum From Richard G. Cushing of the Office of the Public Affairs Adviser, Bureau of Inter-American Affairs, to the Deputy Director of the United States Information Agency (Washburn)
Source: Department of State, ARA Special Assistant Files: Lot 62 D 24, Cuba January–June 1960. Confidential. Also addressed to John P. McKnight (USIA/IAL).
498. Telegram From the Embassy in Cuba to the Department of State
Source: Department of State, Central Files, 110. 11–HE/4–560. Confidential.