General U.S. Policy Toward Africa


32. Memorandum From the Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs (Satterthwaite) to the Deputy Coordinator for Mutual Security (Bell)

Source: Department of State, AF/AFI Files: Lot 69 D 295, Tangier—Chiefs of Mission Conference. Confidential. Drafted by Martin F. Herz, United Nations Adviser in the Bureau of African Affairs. Copies were sent to the Under Secretary, the Deputy Under Secretary for Political Affairs, the Assistant Secretary for Economic Affairs, the Special Assistant for Communist Economic Affairs, the Deputy Director of ICA, the Policy Planning Staff, the Deputy Assistant Secretary for Personnel, the Assistant Secretary for European Affairs, and a Special Assistant to the Under Secretary.


33. Memorandum of Discussion at the 456th Meeting of the National Security Council

Source: Eisenhower Library, Whitman File, NSC Records. Top Secret; Eyes Only. Drafted by Robert H. Johnson on August 25.


35. Memorandum From the Joint Chiefs of Staff to Secretary of Defense Gates

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 611.70/10–3160. Secret. Enclosure to a letter of October 31 from Deputy Secretary of Defense James H. Douglas to Herter, which transmitted it and suggested early discussions between the State and Defense Departments “with a view toward moving forward rapidly with the development of agreed policies and programs for Africa.”


36. Telegram From the Embassy in Senegal to the Department of State Dakar, October 20, 1960, 5 p.m.

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 611.76/10–2060. Confidential; Limit Distribution. Also sent to Monrovia.


37. Letter From the Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs (Merchant) to the Deputy Secretary of Defense (Douglas)

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 611.70/10–3160. Secret. Drafted by Martin Herz.


38. Instruction From the Department of State to Various Diplomatic Posts and Missions

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 770.56/11–2560. Confidential. Drafted by Edmund H. Kellogg, Special Assistant to the Acting Deputy Director of the U.S. Disarmament Administration, Edmund A. Gullion, who approved it; and cleared with representatives of AF, S/P, RA, IO, S/S, and in draft with DOD/ISA. Sent to Abidjan, Bamako, Brazzaville, Conakry, Dakar, Freetown, Lagos, Leopoldville, Lomé, London, Paris, and Yaoundé, and repeated to Addis Ababa, Khartoum, Mogadiscio, Rabat, Tananarive, Tripoli, Tunis, and USUN.


39. Memorandum From the Deputy Operations Coordinator (Rogers) to the Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs (Satterthwaite)

Source: Department of State, OCB Files: Lot 61 D 385, Africa General—Overall. Secret.