U.S. Policy Toward Turkey
303. Memorandum of Conversation
Source: Department of State, Secretary’s Memoranda of Conversation: Lot 64 D199. Secret. Drafted by Rountree. The meeting was held in Menderes’ office.
304. Memorandum of Conversation
Source: Department of State, Secretary’s Memoranda of Conversation: Lot 64 D199. Secret. Drafted by Rountree. The meeting was held at the President’s Palace.
305. Operations Coordinating Board Report
Source: Department of State, OCB Files: Lot 62 D 430, Turkey 1956–57. Secret. A title page, covering memorandum, and three annexes (a report on recent developments in Turkey, a financial analysis, and an MSP pipeline analysis) are not printed. In the undated covering memorandum, Elmer Staats, Executive Officer of the OCB, wrote that the Board revised and concurred in the report at its January 29 meeting, noting a Department of State suggestion that the ICA and IMF attempt to reach a common position on Turkish economic reforms. The minutes of the January 29 meeting are Ibid., Minutes. The report on Turkey was transmitted to the NSC, which noted it at its February 14 meeting. (NSC Action No. 1864, February 19; Ibid., S/S–NSC (Miscellaneous) Files: Lot 66 D 95, Records of Action by the National Security Council)
306. Telegram From the Department of State to the Embassy in Turkey
Source: Department of State, Central Files, 882.00/2–2658. Confidential; Priority. Drafted by Leddy; cleared with nine offices in the Department of State and with the Departments of Defense and Treasury, the ICA, the Export-Import Bank, and the International Monetary Fund; and approved and initialed by Dillon. Repeated to Bonn, London, and Paris for the Embassy and USRO. The time of transmission is illegible.
307. Letter From the Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security Affairs (Irwin) to Secretary of State Dulles
[Source: Department of State, Central Files, 711.5638/4–1158. Top Secret. 1 page of source text not declassified.]
308. Memorandum of Conversation
Source: Department of State, Secretary’s Memoranda of Conversation: Lot 64 D 199. Secret. Drafted by Porter. The meeting was held at the Christiansborg Palace.
309. Letter From President Bayar to President Eisenhower
Source: Eisenhower Library, Whitman File, International File. No classification marking. Transmitted by Urguplu to the Department of State during a June 3 meeting with Herter. A memorandum of their conversation is in Department of State, Central Files, 882.00/6–358. A similar letter from Menderes to Dulles was also transmitted by Urguplu at this meeting. A copy of this letter is Ibid., Presidential Correspondence: Lot 66 D 204, Menderes.
310. Memorandum of Conversation
Source: Department of State, Secretary’s Memoranda of Conversation: Lot 64 D 199. Secret. Drafted by Dulles. Heuss and Brentano were in Washington June 4–7 on a State visit. The meeting was held at the German Embassy.
311. Letter From President Eisenhower to President Bayar
Source: Department of State, Presidential Correspondence: Lot 64 D 149, Bayar. Secret.
312. Operations Coordinating Board Special Report
Source: Department of State, OCB Files: Lot 62 D 430, Turkey. Confidential. A title page, covering memorandum, a table of selected indicators on the economic situation in Turkey, and six charts are not printed. In the undated covering memorandum, Elmer Staats noted that the Board discussed a June 4 draft of this report at its June 11 meeting together with a draft letter to the Turkish Government containing a “firm restatement” of U.S. policy, and agreed to defer the next OCB report on Turkey until it could survey the results of the IMF and OEEC missions. Apparently the draft was of Eisenhower’s letter to Bayar (Document 311). Minutes of the June 11 meeting are in Department of State, OCB Files: Lot 62 D 430, Minutes VI.
313. Telegram 119 From the Embassy in Turkey to the Department of State
[Source: Department of State, Central Files, 782.5–MSP/7–1058. Secret. 2 pages of source text not declassified.]
315. Telegram From the Embassy in Turkey to the Department of State
Source: Department of State, Central Files, 882.10/9–558. Confidential. Repeated to Istanbul, Izmir, and Iskenderun.
316. Memorandum of Conversation
Source: Department of State, Central Files, 882.00/9–1058. Confidential. Drafted by Jones on September 11.
317. Memorandum of Conversation
Source: Department of State, Central Files, 882.00/9–1258. Confidential. Drafted by Jones on September 13.
318. Telegram From the Embassy in Iran to the Department of State
Source: Department of State, Central Files, 882.00–TA/9–2958. Secret. Repeated to Ankara and Paris.
319. Memorandum for the Files
Source: Department of State, Central Files, 782.00/10–1758. Secret. Drafted by Hope and Ashford.
320. Telegram From the Embassy in the United Kingdom to the Department of State
Source: Department of State, Central Files, 882.10/10–2358. Secret; Priority. Repeated to Paris for USRO, Ankara, and Bonn.
321. Operations Coordinating Board Report
Source: Department of State, OCB Files: Lot 62 D 430, Turkey. Top Secret. A title page, covering memorandum, and three of the four annexes (Additional Major Developments, Sino-Soviet Activities, and a Financial Annex with Pipeline Analysis) are not printed. In the undated covering memorandum, Bromley Smith noted that the Board, at its November 12 meeting, noted remarks by Ambassador Warren on the situation in Turkey and revised and concurred in the report for transmittal to the NSC. Minutes of the OCB meeting are Ibid., Minutes. The NSC noted the OCB report on Turkey at its January 15 meeting. The memorandum of discussion at that meeting is in Eisenhower Library, Whitman File, NSC Records.
322. Operations Coordinating Board Report
Source: Department of State, OCB Files: Lot 62 D 430, Turkey. Secret. A title page, covering memorandum, statement of purpose and use of the operations plan, a financial annex, and an MSP pipeline analysis are not printed. In the undated covering memorandum, Roy Melbourne, Acting Executive Officer of the OCB, noted that the Board had revised and concurred in the Operations Plan for Turkey at its November 12 meeting, and that this plan superseded the November 6, 1957, Operations Plan for Turkey. Minutes of the OCB meeting are Ibid., Minutes.
323. Message From Prime Minister Menderes to Secretary of State Dulles
[Source: Department of State, Presidential Correspondence: Lot 66 D 204, Menderes. 1 page of source text not declassified.]
324. National Intelligence Estimate
Source: Department of State, INR–NIE Files. Secret. The cover sheet indicates this is an advance copy of NIE 33–58. A note on the cover sheet reads in part as follows: “Submitted by the Director of Central Intelligence. The following intelligence organizations participated in the preparation of this estimate: The Central Intelligence Agency and the intelligence organizations of the Departments of State, the Army, the Navy, the Air Force, and The Joint Staff. Concurred in by the United States Intelligence Board on 30 December 1958.”
326. Telegram From the Embassy in Turkey to the Department of State
Source: Department of State, Central Files, 882.10/1–1659. Confidential. Repeated to Paris for USRO and to Istanbul.
327. Letter From Secretary of Defense McElroy to Secretary of State Dulles
Source: Department of State, Central Files, 711.56382/1–1759. Top Secret.
328. Memorandum From Director of Central Intelligence Dulles to President Eisenhower
Source: Eisenhower Library, Whitman File, International File. Secret. Initialed by Eisenhower.
329. Memorandum Prepared in the Policy Planning Staff
[Source: Department of State, PPS Files: Lot 67 D 548, Owen H. Chron. Top Secret. 7 pages of source text not declassified.]
330. Memorandum for the Record
Source: Department of State, Turkish Desk Files: Lot 61 D 37, Prime Minister and Cabinet. No classification marking.
331. Memorandum of Conversation
Source: Department of State, PPS Files: Lot 67 D 548, Turkey. Secret. Drafted by Magill. The meeting took place in Quarles’ office at the Pentagon. A note on the source text reads: “Uncleared Memo.”
332. Telegram From the Department of State to the Embassy in Turkey
Source: Department of State, Central Files, 782.5–MSP/3–459. Confidential; Verbatim Text. Drafted by Leddy, C. Ide of ICA, V. Mitchell of Treasury, and Boardman; cleared by GTI, NEA, ICA, and Defense; and approved by Dillon. Pouched to Paris for USRO.