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


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

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 770G.00/10–1160. Secret. Repeated to Léopoldville. The telegram does not indicate the time of transmission, but it was received at 10:29 p.m.


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

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 770G.00/10–1260. Confidential; Niact; Limit Distribution. Drafted by Woodruff and Sisco and cleared by Ferguson, Penfield, and Deputy Legal Adviser John M. Raymond. Repeated niact to Léopoldville.


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

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 770G.00/10–1560. Secret; Limited Distribution.


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

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 343.170G/10–1560. Confidential. Drafted by Cargo and Tron, cleared by Woodruff and Blue and in draft by Acting Assistant Secretary of State for International Organization Affairs Charles E. Bohlen, and approved by Wallner. Repeated to Leopoldville, Elisabethville, and Brussels.


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

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 770G.00/10–1960. Secret; Priority; Limit Distribution. Repeated to Paris, London, Brussels, and USUN.


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

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 770G.00/10–1960. Secret; Priority, Limited Distribution. Drafted by Sisco; cleared by Bohlen, Stoessel, Satterthwaite, and Kohler; and approved by Herter.


247. Memorandum of Discussion at the 464th Meeting of the National Security Council

Source: Eisenhower Library, Whitman File, NSC Records. Top Secret. Drafted by Johnson on October 24.


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

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 770G.00/10–2260. Secret; Limited Distribution.


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

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 770G.00/10–2260. Secret; Niact; Limit Distribution.


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

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 770G.00/10–2260. Secret; Priority; Limit Distribution. Drafted by Sisco; cleared with Wallner, Stoessel, and Satterthwaite; and approved by Dillon. Repeated to Léopoldville as telegram 1207.


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

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 770G.00/10–2960. Secret; Niact; Limited Distribution. Repeated niact to Léopoldville.


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

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 770G.00/11–160. Secret; Priority; Limit Distribution.


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

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 770G.00/11–260. Confidential. Repeated to Brussels and USUN.


255. Telegram From the Department of State of the Mission at the United Nations

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 770G.00/11–460. Confidential; Priority. Drafted by Cargo and Sisco; cleared by Penfield, Coote, Blue, and U.N. Adviser in the Bureau of European Affairs William T. Nunley; and approved by Bohlen. Repeated to Brussels and Léopoldville.


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

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 770G.11/11–560. Confidential; Niact. Repeated to Paris, Brussels, Elisabethville, and USUN.


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

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 770G.00/10–2260. Limited Official Use. Drafted By Woodruff and cleared by Coote, Wallner, Satterthwaite, Day, and in draft by Sisco. Repeated to USUN, Léopoldville, and Brussels.


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

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 770G.00/11–860. Confidential; Priority. Also sent to Léopoldville and USUN and repeated to Brussels. Received at 7:56 a.m. on November 10.


259. Letter From the Deputy Secretary of Defense (Douglas) to Secretary of State Herter

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 770G.00/11–1060. Secret. Filed with a covering note from William B. Grant of the Executive Secretariat referring it to the Bureau of International Organization Affairs for the preparation of a reply.


260. Memorandum of Conversation

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 770G.00/11–1160. Secret. Drafted by McBride and approved in S on November 25.


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

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 320/11–1260. Confidential; Priority. Also sent to Léopoldville and USUN and repeated to Brussels.


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

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 770G.00/11–760. Secret; Limit Distribution. Drafted by Penfield and Woodruff, cleared in draft with Wallner and Cargo, and approved by Satterthwaite. Repeated to Elisabethville and USUN.


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

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 770G.00/11–1560. Secret; Priority; Limit Distribution. Also sent priority to USUN and repeated to Brussels.


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

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 320/11–1660. Confidential; Niact.


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

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 770G.00/11–2360. Secret. Drafted by Tron, Cargo, and Sisco; cleared by Penfield, Blue, and Bohlen; and approved by Merchant. Also sent to Léopoldville and repeated to Brussels.


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

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 770G.00/11–2560. Secret; Priority. Repeated priority to Léopoldville and Brussels.


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

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 770G.00/11–2560. Secret; Priority. Repeated priority to Léopoldville and Brussels.