U.S. participation in the North Atlantic Treaty Organization; efforts to strengthen the Alliance through consultation and cooperation on political, economic, and military matters; U.S. participation in the North Atlantic Council Ministerial Meetings and Defense Ministers Conferences


251. Letter From the Supreme Allied Commander, Europe (Norstad) to President Eisenhower

Source: Eisenhower Library, Whitman File. Top Secret. The source text bears the President’s initials.


253. Telegram From the Mission at the North Atlantic Treaty Organization and European Regional Organizations to the Department of State

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 396.1-PA/4–160. Secret; Priority. Pouched to the other NATO capitals.


254. Letter From the Supreme Allied Commander, Europe (Norstad) to President Eisenhower

Source: Eisenhower Library, Whitman File, Administration Series. Top Secret. The source text bears the President’s initials.


256. Telegram From the Delegation at the North Atlantic Council Ministerial Meeting to the Department of State

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 396.1–IS/5–560. Secret. Repeated to the other NATO capitals and Taipei, Bangkok, Tokyo, Seoul, and Moscow.


257. Telegram From Secretary of State Herter to the Embassy in Portugal

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 396.1-PA/5–1960. Confidential; Priority. Repeated to the Department of State as Cahto 11 from Paris, which is the source text. President Eisenhower was in Lisbon. Another copy of the telegram bears the notation “President saw” in Goodpaster’s writing. (Eisenhower Library, Whitman File, Dulles–Herter Series)


258. Memorandum of Conversation

Source: Eisenhower Library, Staff Secretary Records, NATO. Secret. Drafted by Irwin M. Tobin (EUR/RA). The meeting was held in the Department of State.


259. Telegram From the Department of State to the Embassy in France

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 740.5612/6–460. Secret; Limit Distribution. Drafted by Fessenden on June 14, cleared with Kohler and McElhiney, and approved by Acting Secretary Dillon. Repeated to London and Bonn.


260. Telegram From the Mission at the North Atlantic Treaty Organization and European Regional Organizations to the Department of State

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 740.5612/7–560. Secret; Limit Distribution. Repeated to Bonn and London.


261. Memorandum of Discussion at the 454th Meeting of the National Security Council

Source: Eisenhower Library, Whitman File, NSC Records. Top Secret. Drafted by Boggs on August 4.


263. Memorandum of Conference With President Eisenhower

Source: Eisenhower Library, Whitman File, DDE Diaries. Secret. Drafted by Goodpaster on August 8.


264. Memorandum of Conference With President Eisenhower

Source: Eisenhower Library, Whitman File, DDE Diaries. Top Secret. Drafted by Goodpaster on August 19.


265. Memorandum of Discussion at the 457th Meeting of the National Security Council

Source: Eisenhower Library, Whitman File, NSC Records. Top Secret; Eyes Only. Drafted by Boggs.


266. Report Prepared by the Consultant to the Department of State (Bowie)

Source: Eisenhower Library, Staff Secretary Records, Bowie Report. Secret. The report comprised a title page, table of contents, Bowie’s letter of transmittal to Secretary Herter, a summary, and six chapters. Only the summary is printed here. Herter first proposed such a report at the NATO Ministerial Meeting at Paris on December 15, 1959; see footnote 7, Document 238. Background on the invitation to Bowie, former Assistant Secretary of State for Policy Planning, 1955–1957, and the kind of study the Department of State wanted prepared is in a memorandum from Ivan B. White to Merchant, February 20. (Department of State, S/SNSC (Miscellaneous) Files: Lot 66 D 95, NSC 6017)

Attached to the source text is a memorandum from John A. Calhoun (S/S) to Goodpaster, August 29, which noted that the Secretary had not yet seen the report. That memorandum bears the President’s initials. Comments on the Bowie report are ibid.; additional documentation is ibid., Central File 740.5. An October 10 letter from Herter thanked Bowie for preparing the report. (ibid., S/SNSC (Miscellaneous) Files: Lot 66 D 95, NSC 6017)


267. Memorandum of Conference With President Eisenhower

Source: Eisenhower Library, Whitman File, DDE Diaries. Top Secret. Drafted by Goodpaster on September 16.


268. Memorandum of Conversation

Source: Eisenhower Library, Staff Secretary Records, NATO. Secret. Drafted by Kohler. The meeting was held at the White House. Attached to the source text is a memorandum from Walter J. Stoessel, Jr., Director of the Executive Secretariat, to Goodpaster, October 12, noting that Merchant had approved the memorandum and requesting his approval prior to distribution. A note in Goodpaster’s handwriting on Stoessel’s memorandum reads: “28 Oct. 60: Told State OK. G.”


269. Memorandum of Conversation

Source: Eisenhower Library, Whitman File, DDE Diaries. Secret; Limit Distribution. Drafted by Kohler and approved in M on October 7, U on October 8, and the White House on October 12.


270. Memorandum of Conversation

Source: Department of State, Conference Files: Lot 64 D 559, CF 1767. Secret; Limit Distribution. Drafted by Timmons on October 6 and approved in S on October 11. The meeting was held at the Waldorf Towers.


271. Telegram From the Department of State to the Embassy in Germany

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 611.62A/10–560. Secret; Niact; Verbatim Text; Presidential Handling. Drafted by Fessenden; concurred in by White, Hillenbrand, McBride, and U; and transmitted to the President on October 4 for approval. (Memorandum for the President, October 4; ibid.) Repeated priority to Paris for Thurston.


272. Telegram 569 From the Embassy in Germany to the Department of State

[Source: Eisenhower Library, Whitman File, International File. Secret; Priority; Presidential Handling. 3 pages of source text not declassified.]


273. Memorandum of Discussion at the 467th Meeting of the National Security Council

Source: Eisenhower Library, Whitman File, NSC Records. Top Secret; Eyes Only. Drafted by Lay.


274. Memorandum of Discussion at the 468th Meeting of the National Security Council

Source: Eisenhower Library, Whitman File, NSC Records. Top Secret. Drafted by Boggs.


276. Airgram From the Delegation at the North Atlantic Council Ministerial Meeting to the Department of State

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 396.1–PA/12–1760. Secret. Pouched to the NATO capitals and Moscow.


277. Telegram From the Delegation at the North Atlantic Council Ministerial Meeting to the Department of State

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 396.1–PA/12–1760. Secret. Repeated to the NATO capitals and Moscow.

  1. The source text incorrectly indicates Atlanta as the place of the meeting. In a November 21 memorandum to Wilton B. Persons, Assistant to the President, however, Gordon Gray noted that this NSC meeting took place in Augusta. (ibid., Staff Secretary Records, Gordon Gray III)