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


120. Memorandum of Telephone Conversation Between President Eisenhower and Secretary of State Herter

Source: Department of State, Secretary’s Memoranda of Conversation: Lot 64 D 199. No classification marking. Prepared in the Secretary’s office.


121. Memorandum of Telephone Conversation Between President Eisenhower and Secretary of State Herter

Source: Department of State, Secretary’s Memoranda of Conversation: Lot 64 D 199. Confidential. Prepared in the Secretary’s office.


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

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 770G.00/7–1360. Confidential; Niact. Drafted by UNP Director William I. Cargo and Deputy Director Joseph J. Sisco; cleared in draft by Herter, Satterthwaite, and Ferguson; cleared with S/S; and approved by Wilcox. Repeated to Léopoldville, Brussels, London, Paris, and Moscow.


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

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 770G.00/7–1460. Confidential; Priority.


124. Memorandum of Telephone Conversation Between Secretary of State Herter and the Representative at the United Nations (Lodge)

Source: Department of State, Secretary’s Memoranda of Conversation: Lot 64 D 199. No classification marking. Prepared in the Secretary’s office.


125. Memorandum of Telephone Conversation Between Secretary of State Herter and the Ambassador in Belgium (Burden)

Source: Department of State, Secretary’s Memoranda of Conversation: Lot 64 D 199. Official Use Only. Prepared in the Secretary’s office.


126. Memorandum of Discussion at the 451st Meeting of the National Security Council

Source: Eisenhower Library, Whitman File, NSC Records. Top Secret. Drafted by Johnson on July 18.


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

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 770G.5841/7–1560. Official Use Only; Priority.


128. Memorandum of Conversation

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 770G.00/7–1560. Secret. Drafted by McBride.


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

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 770G.02/7–1660. Confidential; Niact. Drafted by Ferguson; cleared by Satterthwaite, Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for International Organization Affairs Horace E. Henderson, and McBride; and approved by Herter. Repeated to Brussels, Léopoldville, Salisbury, and USUN.


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

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 770G.00/7–1760. Secret; Priority; Limit Distribution.


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

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 770G.00/7–1860. Confidential.


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

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 770G.00/7–1860. Confidential; Niact; Limit Distribution. Repeated to Paris and Brussels.


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

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 770G.00/7–1860. Confidential; Priority. Repeated to Tunis.


134. Memorandum of Conversation

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 770G.00/7–1960. Confidential. Drafted by McBride.


135. Memorandum of Conference With President Eisenhower

Source: Eisenhower Library, Whitman File, DDE Diaries. Secret. Drafted by Goodpaster.


136. Telegram From the Embassy in Belgium to the Department of State

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 770G.00/7–1960. Secret; Priority. Repeated to Léopoldville.


137. Telegram From the Department of State to the Embassy in France

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 770G.00/7–1960. Confidential. Drafted and approved by Ferguson and cleared by McBride and Executive Secretariat Deputy Director Walter J. Stoessel. Also sent to Brussels, London, and USUN, and pouched to Léopoldville.


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

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 770G.00/7–2060. Official Use Only; Niact. Drafted by Sisco; cleared by Herter, Merchant, and McBride and with S/S; and approved by Wilcox. Repeated to Brussels, Léopoldville, and Paris.


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

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 655.70G/7–2160. Confidential.


140. Memorandum of Discussion at the 452d Meeting of the National Security Council

Source: Eisenhower Library, Whitman File, NSC Records. Top Secret. Drafted by Johnson on July 21.


142. Memorandum of Telephone Conversation Between Secretary of State Herter and the Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs (Merchant)

Source: Eisenhower Library, Herter Papers, Telephone Conversations. No classification marking. Prepared by the Secretary’s staff, this document also includes memoranda of some of his other telephone conversations that day.


143. Circular Telegram From the Department of State to Certain Diplomatic Missions

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 770G.00/7–2160. Secret; Eyes Only. Drafted by Woodruff; cleared by Sisco, McBride, and Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for European Affairs Ivan B. White; and approved by Merchant. Sent to 15 embassies and 7 consulates in Africa and to Brussels, Paris, and USUN.


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

Source: Department of State, S/PNSC Files: Lot 62 D 1, NSC 5920 & 6001. Secret; Special Limited Distribution. Enclosure to a memorandum from Lay to the NSC, dated July 29. The Department of Defense sent a copy to the Secretary of State on July 23. (Ibid., PPS Files: Lot 67 D 548, Congo)


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

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 770G.00/7–2360. Secret; Priority; Eyes Only.


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

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 770G.11/7–2560. Confidential; Priority.


149. Memorandum From the Director of the Bureau of Intelligence and Research (Cumming) to Secretary of State Herter

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 755A.00/7–2560. Secret. The source text bears Herter’s initials, indicating that he saw it.

  1. The Secretary was in New York; Merchant was in Washington.