U.S. Policy Regarding the Congo Crisis: Support of the U.N. Intervention; Concern With the Possibility of Soviet Intervention; Concern With the Political Situation; Policy Regarding Katanga


210. Telegram From the Department of State to the Mission at the United Nations

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 770G.00/9–1260. Confidential; Priority. Drafted by Sisco, cleared by Ferguson, and approved by Wilcox. Repeated to Léopoldville.


211. Memorandum of Conversation

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 770G.00/9–1360. Confidential. Drafted by McBride.


212. Paper Prepared by the President’s Assistant Staff Secretary (Eisenhower)

Source: Eisenhower Library, Whitman File, DDE Diaries. Top Secret.


213. Telegram From the Embassy in the United Kingdom to the Department of State

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 755A.00/9–1360. Confidential. Stamped Eyes Only after receipt in the Department of State.


214. Telegram From the Department of State to the Embassy in Ghana

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 770G.00/9–1360. Confidential; Niact. Drafted by Woodruff, cleared by Cargo, and approved by Ferguson. Repeated to Léopoldville and USUN.


217. Telegram From the Embassy in the Congo to the Department of State

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 770G.00/9–1660. Confidential; Priority. Also sent to USUN and repeated to Brussels, Paris, London, Moscow, and Prague.


219. Telegram From the Department of State to the Mission at the United Nations

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 770G.00/9–1760. Confidential. Drafted by Buffum and Sisco, cleared in substance with United Nations Adviser in the Bureau of African Affairs Martin Herz, and approved by Wallner.


220. Telegram From the Embassy in the Congo to the Department of State

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 770G.00/9–1860. Secret; Niact. Also sent to USUN and repeated to Brussels, Paris, London, Rabat, and Accra.


224. Memorandum of Conversation

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 320/9–2160. Secret; Limit Distribution.


226. Telegram From the Embassy in the Congo to the Department of State

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 770G.00/9–2260. Secret; Niact. Also sent to USUN and repeated to Brussels, Paris, London, Cairo, Conakry, and Accra.


227. Telegram From the Department of State to the Mission at the United Nations

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 770G.00/9–2260. Secret; Priority. Drafted by Tron, cleared by Penfield and Deputy Director of the Office of West African Affairs Wendell B. Coote, and approved by Wallner. Repeated to Léopoldville as telegram 887, to Accra, Cairo, and Conakry.


229. Telegram From the Embassy in the Congo to the Department of State

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 770G.00/9–2660. Secret; Niact. Also sent to USUN and London and repeated to Brussels and Paris.


230. Memorandum of Conversation Between Secretary of State Herter and Secretary General Hammarskjöld

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 770G.00/9–2660. Secret; Limited Distribution. Drafted by the Secretary’s Special Assistant Max V. Krebs.


231. Telegram From the Mission at the United Nations to the Department of State

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 770G.00/9–2760. Secret. Repeated to Paris, Brussels, and Léopoldville.


233. Telegram From the Embassy in the Congo to the Department of State

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 770G.00/9–2960. Confidential. Received at 5:38 a.m., September 30.


234. Telegram From the Consulate at Elisabethville to the Department of State

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 770G.00/9–2960. Confidential; Priority. Received at 9:13 a.m., September 30. Also sent to Léopoldville and repeated to Brussels, USUN, Abidjan, and Brazzaville.


235. Memorandum of Conversation

Source: Department of State, Conference Files: Lot 64 D 559, 15th General Assembly—Memcons. Official Use Only. Drafted by Thomas A. Cassilly, Officer in Charge of Guinea, Cameroun, and Togo. The portion of the conversation concerning U.S.–Guinea relations is recorded in a separate memorandum of conversation; see Document 330.


237. Telegram From the Department of State to the Embassy in the Congo

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 770G.00/9–2660. Secret; Limit Distribution. Drafted by Ferguson and Woodruff, cleared in draft with Wallner and Chadbourn, and approved by Penfield. Repeated to USUN, Brussels, and Elisabethville.


238. Telegram From the Embassy in the Congo to the Department of State

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 770G.00/10–1160. Confidential; Priority. Also sent to USUN and repeated to Brussels.


239. Memorandum of Conversation

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 770G.00/10–1160. Confidential. Drafted by Blue.

  1. The meeting took place in Suite 2707 of the Waldorf Towers. This was one of a series of conversations between U.S. representatives and delegates to the 15th Session of the U.N. General Assembly. Participants not previously identified include British Permanent Under Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs Sir Frederick Hoyer Millar, Director of Political Affairs in the French Foreign Ministry Charles Lucet, and Minister of the British Embassy in Washington Viscount Hood.
  2. The meeting took place in Hammarskjöld’s office at the U.N. General Assembly building.
  3. President Touré was attending the U.N. General Assembly; the conversation took place at his residence.