U.S. RELATIONS WITH THE BRITISH-PROTECTED STATES OF THE PERSIAN GULF REGION AND WITH MUSCAT AND OMAN; CONTINGENCY PLANNING FOR KUWAIT AND THE PERSIAN GULF REGION
347. Memorandum From the Officer in Charge of Arabian Peninsula-Iraq Affairs (Newsom) to the Director of the Office of Near Eastern Affairs (Rockwell)
Source: Department of State, Central Files, 780.022/3–3159. Secret. Drafted by Brewer.
348. Memorandum of Conversation
Source: Department of State, Central Files, 786D.00/7–1758. Drafted by Newsom. Lloyd was in Washington for consultations on the Middle East crises July 16–19.
350. Telegram From the Consulate in Kuwait to the Department of State
Source: Department of State, Central Files, 786D.00/8–358. Secret; Noforn. Also sent to London.
351. Memorandum From the Assistant Secretary of State for Near Eastern and South Asian Affairs’ Special Assistant (Symmes) to the Director of the Office of Near Eastern Affairs (Rockwell)
[Source: Department of State, Central Files, 611.80/9–2358. Top Secret. 2-½ pages of source text not declassified.]
352. Special National Intelligence Estimate
Source: Department of State, INR–NIE Files. Secret. This Special Estimate, submitted by the CIA, was prepared by CIA, INR, and the intelligence organizations of the Army, the Navy, the Air Force, and the Joint Staff. All members of the United States Intelligence Board concurred in it on October 28 except the representatives of the AEC and FBI who abstained on the grounds that the subject was outside their jurisdiction.
353. Memorandum From the Director of the Office of Near Eastern Affairs (Rockwell) to the Assistant Secretary of State for Near Eastern and South Asian Affairs (Rountree)
Source: Department of State, Central Files, 786D.00/2–1159. Confidential. Drafted by Newsom.
354. Memorandum From the Board of National Estimates to Director of Central Intelligence Dulles
Source: Eisenhower Library, White House Office Files, Project Clean Up, Kuwait, 1959. Secret.
355. Memorandum From the Legal Adviser (Becker) to Secretary of State Herter
Source: Department of State, Central Files, 786D.5–MSP/5–1559. Confidential. Herter and Becker were in Geneva for the Foreign Ministers Meeting on Germany and Berlin. Merchant wrote the following note at the top of this memorandum: “Mr. SECRETARY (per your request this morning).” A note attached to this memorandum by Max V. Krebs, May 22, indicates that the Secretary found this memorandum “extremely interesting” and asked that it be sent to Washington for appropriate distribution.
356. Memorandum From the Assistant Secretary of State for Near Eastern and South Asian Affairs (Rountree) and the Assistant Secretary of State for Policy Planning (Smith) to Acting Secretary of State Dillon
Source: Department of State, PPS Files: Lot 67 D 548, NEA and Middle East. Top Secret. Drafted by Henry C. Ramsey of S/P and cleared with Merchant and Reinhardt.
357. Memorandum From the Secretary of State for Near Eastern and South Asian Affairs (Jones) to Secretary of State Herter
Source: Department of State, Central Files, 786E.56/9–1759. Secret. Drafted by Stookey and Crawford and cleared by Swihart.
358. Memorandum From the Director of the Office of Near Eastern Affairs (Meyer) to the Executive Director of the Bureau of Near Eastern and South Asian Affairs (Washburn)
Source: Department of State, NEA Files: Lot 61 D 43, Arabian Peninsula, General. Official Use Only. Drafted by Stookey.
359. Memorandum From the Assistant Secretary of State for Near Eastern and South Asian Affairs (Jones) to the Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for International Organization Affairs (Wallner)
Source: Department of State, IO/UNP Files: Lot 72 D1960, Arabia, South, 1959–1960. Confidential. Drafted by Eilts and cleared by Meyer and Ludlow in draft.