Office of the Historian

U.S. Relations With the Union of South Africa; The Question of South West Africa

333. Telegram From the Embassy in South Africa to the Department of State

Pretoria, June 20, 1958, 4 p.m.

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 320.5745X/6–2058. Confidential; Priority.

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

October 2, 1958, 10:31 p.m.

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 320/10–158. Confidential; Priority. Drafted by Deputy Director of the Office of Dependent Area Affairs Robert G. McGregor, Director of the Office of Middle and South African Affairs C. Vaughan Ferguson, and Marcia M. Fleming of the Legal Adviser’s Office; cleared by Assistant Secretary of State for International Organization Affairs Francis O. Wilcox, United Nations Adviser for European Affairs William T. Nunley, and in substance by Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs Joseph C. Satterthwaite; and approved by Acting Secretary Herter. Repeated to Pretoria.

336. Telegram From the Embassy in South Africa to the Department of State

Pretoria, November 7, 1958, 3 p.m.

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 793.00/11–758. Confidential; Priority.

337. Telegram From the Embassy in South Africa to the Department of State

Capetown, April 27, 1959, 2 p.m.

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 645A.00/4–2759. Confidential.

338. Telegram From the Embassy in South Africa to the Department of State

Pretoria, July 20, 1959, 11 a. m.

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 745A.00/7–2059. Secret.

339. Telegram From the Department of State to the Embassy in South Africa

July 29, 1959, 7:33 p.m.

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 745A.00/7–2259. Confidential. Drafted by Officer in Charge of Trusteeship Affairs Nicholas Feld, cleared by Ferguson, and approved by Walmsley. Repeated to London and USUN.

340. Memorandum of Conversation

New York, September 21, 1959, 11 a.m.1

Source: Department of State, Secretary’s Memoranda of Conversation: Lot 64 D 199. Confidential. Drafted by Fred Hadsel of the Bureau of African Affairs.

341. Telegram From the Embassy in South Africa to the Department of State

Pretoria, October 30, 1959, noon.

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 745A.00/10–3059. Confidential.

343. Telegram From the Department of State to the Embassy in Liberia

February 26, 1960, 6:56 p.m.

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 745X.00/2–1960. Confidential; Priority. Drafted by Assistant Legal Adviser for United Nations Affairs Leonard C. Meeker and Officer in Charge of Trusteeship Affairs Robert A. Acly; cleared by Gerig, United Nations Adviser for African Affairs Martin Herz, and Director of the Office of United Nations Political and Security Affairs William I. Cargo; and approved by Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for International Organization Affairs Woodruff Wallner. Repeated to Capetown.

345. Telegram From the Embassy in South Africa to the Department of State

Capetown, March 25, 1960, 9 p.m.

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 745A.00/3–2560. Confidential; Priority. Repeated to Pretoria.

346. Memorandum of Conversation

Camp David, Maryland, March 28, 1960, 2:45–4:15 p.m.

Source: Eisenhower Library, Whitman File, Miscellaneous Series. Secret. Drafted by Assistant Secretary of State for European Affairs Foy D. Kohler. Attached to an April 6 memorandum from Director of the Executive Secretariat John A. Calhoun to Goodpaster, enclosing three memoranda of discussions between the President and Prime Minister Macmillan on March 28.

347. Telegram From the Embassy in South Africa to the Department of State

Capetown, March 30, 1960, 11 a.m.

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 745A.00/3–3060. Secret. Repeated to Pretoria, London, and Salisbury.

349. Telegram From the Embassy in South Africa to the Department of State

Capetown, March 31, 1960.1

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 745A.00/3–3160. Confidential. Repeated to Pretoria, Salisbury, and Nairobi.

351. Telegram From the Embassy in South Africa to the Department of State

Pretoria, June 30, 1960, 2 p.m.

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 745A.56311/6–3060. Secret. Repeated to London, Capetown, Johannesburg, Durban, and Port Elizabeth.

352. National Intelligence Estimate

July 19, 1960.

Source: Department of State, INR–NIE Files. Secret. National Intellegence Estimates (NIEs) were interdepartmental reports drafted by officers from agencies represented on the Intelligence Advisory Committee (IAC), coordinated by the Office of National Estimates of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), approved by the IAC, and circulated to the President, the National Security Council, and other appropriate officers of cabinet level.

A note on the cover sheet reads as follows:

“Submitted by the Director of Central Intelligence. The following intelligence organizations participated in the preparation of this estimate: The Central Intellegence Agency and the intelligence organizations of the Departments of State, the Army, the Navy, the Air Force, and The Joint Staff.

“Concurred in by the United States Intelligence Board on 19 July 1960. Concurring were the Director of Intelligence and Research, Department of State; the Assistant Chief of Staff for Intelligence, Department of the Army; the Assistant Chief of Naval Operations for Intelligence, Department of the Navy; the Assistant Chief of Staff, Intelligence, USAF; the Director for Intelligence, The Joint Staff; the Assistant to the Secretary of Defense, Special Operations; and the Director of the National Security Agency. The Atomic Energy Commission Representative to the USIB, and the Assistant Director, Federal Bureau of Investigation, abstained, the subject being outside of their jurisdiction.”

353. Letter From the Deputy Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs (Hare) to the Acting Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security Affairs (Williams)

August 19, 1960.

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 745A.56311/8–1960. Secret. Drafted by George S. Newman, Special Assistant for Politico-Military Affairs in Hare’s office.

354. Memorandum of Conversation

October 25, 1960.

Source: Department of State, Secretary’s Memoranda of Conversation: Lot 64 D 199. Confidential. Drafted by Durnan.

355. Memorandum From the Acting Assistant Secretary of State for International Organization Affairs (Bohlen) to Secretary of State Herter

December 5, 1960.

Source: Department of State, UNP Files: Lot 65 D 379, South West Africa. Official Use Only.

  1. The conversation took place at the Secretary’s suite at the Waldorf Astoria Hotel; he was in New York to attend the U.N. General Assembly.↩
  2. The time of transmission was omitted. The telegram was received at 10:14 a.m.↩