U.S. Policy Toward Turkey


334. Memorandum From the Under Secretary of State for Economic Affairs (Dillon) to Acting Secretary of State Herter

Source: Eisenhower Library, Herter Papers, Memoranda for Record. Secret.


335. Memorandum of Conversation

Source: Washington National Records Center, RG 330, OASD/ISA Files: FRC 63 A 1672, Greece. Secret. Drafted and initialed by Dillon. A note by Quarles on the source text reads: “Concur in substance DAQ 25 Apr 58 [59].


336. Letter From Acting Secretary of State Dillon to Secretary of Defense McElroy

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 782.5/4–3059. Secret. Drafted by Rountree.


340. Memorandum of Conversation

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 782.5–MSP/5–2959. Confidential. Drafted by Owen Jones.


342. Memorandum of Conversation

Source: Department of State, Secretary’s Memoranda of Conversation: Lot 64 D 199. Confidential. Drafted by Jones.


344. Memorandum of Conversation

[Source: Department of State, Central Files, 882.131/8–1759. Secret; Limit Distribution. 4 pages of source text not declassified.]


345. Telegram 602 From the Embassy in Turkey to the Department of State

[Source: Department of State, Central Files, 882.131/8–2959. Secret; Niact; Limit Distribution. 5 pages of source text not declassified.]


346. Memorandum From Secretary of State Herter to President Eisenhower

Source: Eisenhower Library, Whitman File, DullesHerter Series. Secret.


347. Memorandum of Conversation

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 882.00/10–759. Confidential. Drafted by Jones and approved in U on October 14.


348. Memorandum of Conversation

Source: Eisenhower Library, Whitman File, International File. Secret. Drafted by Jones.


349. Preliminary Notes of a Meeting of the Operations Coordinating Board

Source: Department of State, OCB Files: Lot 61 D 385, M/OP Informal Notes 1959. Secret. The approved minutes of the November 18 meeting, dated November 25, are ibid.: Lot 62 D 430, Minutes VII.


351. Memorandum of Conference With President Eisenhower

Source: Eisenhower Library, Staff Secretary Records, International File. Secret. Prepared by Major Eisenhower.


352. Operations Coordinating Board Report

Source: Department of State, OCB Files: Lot 62 D 430, Turkey. Secret. A title page and an undated covering memorandum are not printed. In the covering memorandum, Bromley Smith noted that the Board concurred in sending the report to the NSC after revision of paragraph 6 and noted the State–Defense belief that the policy did not need NSC review. Minutes of the OCB meeting of December 9 are Ibid., Minutes VII. Smith also noted that the NSC “noted and discussed” the OCB report at its January 7 meeting; see Document 353.


353. Memorandum of Discussion at the 430th Meeting of the National Security Council

Source: Eisenhower Library, Whitman File, NSC Records. Top Secret. Prepared by Boggs on January 13.


354. Letter From the Ambassador to Turkey (Warren) to the Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs (Merchant)

[Source: Department of State, Central Files, 782.5–MSP/2–1660. Secret; Official–Informal. 3 pages of source text not declassified.]


355. Telegram From the Embassy in Turkey to the Department of State

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 782.00/4–1960. Confidential; Priority. Transmitted in two sections.


356. Telegram 2313 From the Embassy in Turkey to the Department of State

[Source: Department of State, Central Files, 782.00/4–2360. Confidential; Priority; Limit Distribution. 5 pages of source text not declassified.]


359. Telegram From the Department of State to Secretary of State Herter, at Istanbul

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 782.00/5–160. Secret; Priority. Drafted by Owen T. Jones, cleared in draft by Easum of S, and approved by Hart who signed for Acting Secretary Henderson. Repeated to Ankara. Herter was in Istanbul to attend the North Atlantic Council Ministerial Meeting.


361. Telegram From the Embassy in Turkey to the Department of State

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 782.00/5–660. Confidential; Priority. Repeated to Istanbul, Izmir, and Iskenderun. Transmitted in two sections.


362. Telegram From the Embassy in Turkey to the Department of State

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 782.00/5–1060. Confidential. Repeated to Istanbul, Izmir, and Iskenderun.