U.S. Efforts to Help Resolve the “Pushtunistan” Dispute Between Afghanistan and Pakistan; U.S. Interest in Countering Soviet Influence in Afghanistan; Concern With the Effectiveness of U.S. Economic Assistance Programs1
1. Continued from Foreign Relations, 1955–1957, vol. VIII, pp. 163 ff.
130. Telegram From the Embassy in Afghanistan to the Department of State
Source: Department of State, Central Files, 689.00/6–1659. Repeated to Karachi, Tehran, Ankara, London, Moscow, Lahore, and Peshawar.
131. Telegram From the Department of State to the Embassy in Afghanistan
Source: Department of State, Central Files, 689.90D/6–1259. Secret; Priority. Drafted by Bolen and Poullada and approved by Bartlett. Also sent to Karachi.
132. Memorandum From the Assistant Secretary of State for Near Eastern and South Asian Affairs (Rountree) to the Deputy Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs (Murphy)
Source: Department of State, S/S–OCB Files: Lot 61 D 385, Afghanistan. Secret. Drafted by Bolen. Sent through William J. Sheppard, Acting Operations Coordinator. According to a covering note, this memorandum was prepared for Rountree’s use during an OCB luncheon meeting scheduled for June 24. See the editorial note, infra.
135. Memorandum From the Assistant Secretary of State for Near Eastern and South Asian Affairs (Jones) and the Under Secretary of State’s Special Assistant for Communist Economic Affairs (Terrill) to the Acting Secretary of State
Source: Department of State, Central Files, 889.00–Five Year/9–1259. Secret. Drafted by Robert P. Terrill and J. Robert Fluker of U/CEA and by Robert W. Adams and Leon B. Poullada of SOA.
136. Memorandum of a Conversation, New York, September 21, 1959, 4 p.m.
Source: Department of State, Secretary’s Memoranda of Conversation: Lot 64 D 199. Limited Official Use. Drafted by Adams. The source text indicates that the conversation took place at the Waldorf Astoria Hotel. Secretary Herter and Foreign Minister Qadir were in New York for the Fourteenth Session of the U.N. General Assembly, which opened on September 17.
137. National Intelligence Estimate
Source: Department of State, INR–NIE Files. Secret. NIEs were drafted by officers from those agencies represented on the Intelligence Advisory Committee (IAC), discussed and revised by interdepartmental working groups coordinated by the Office of National Estimates of the Central Intelligence Agency, approved by the IAC, and circulated under the aegis of the President to appropriate officers of cabinet level and the members of the NSC.
According to a note on the cover sheet, the following intelligence organizations participated in the preparation of this estimate: the CIA and the intelligence organizations of the Departments of State, Army, Navy, Air Force, and The Joint Staff. All members of the IAC concurred with the estimate on September 22 with the exception of the representatives of the Atomic Energy Commission (AEC) and the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), who abstained on the grounds that the subject was outside their jurisdiction.
138. Memorandum of a Conversation, White House, Washington, October 12, 1959
Source: Department of State, Central Files, 789.11/10–1259. Secret. Drafted by Jones.
139. Memorandum of a Conversation, Department of State, Washington, October 12, 1959
Source: Department of State, Central Files, 789.11/10–1259. Confidential. Drafted by Bostwick on October 20.
140. Memorandum of a Conversation, Department of State, Washington, October 12, 1959, 3 p.m.
Source: Department of State, Central Files, 789.11/10–1259. Confidential. Drafted by Poullada.
142. Memorandum of a Conversation, Department of State, Washington, October 13, 1959
Source: Department of State, Central Files, 661.89/10–1359. Confidential. Drafted by Bartlett.
143. Memorandum of a Conversation, Department of State, Washington, October 13, 1959
Source: Department of State, Central Files, 689.90D/10–1359. Confidential. Drafted by Bartlett.
144. Memorandum of a Conversation, Washington, October 14, 1959
Source: Department of State, Central Files, 789.11/10–1459. Confidential. Drafted by Jones.
145. Notes on the Meeting of the Afghanistan Action Group, Washington, October 14, 1959
Source: Department of State, SOA Files: Lot 64 D 577, Afghanistan Action Group. Secret; Limit Distribution. Drafted by Bostwick. This was the first meeting of the Afghanistan Action Group, which met on an irregular basis. Minutes of the meetings of the Action Group, which were primarily devoted to technical problems relating to the U.S. aid program in Afghanistan, are ibid.
146. Telegram From the Embassy in Afghanistan to the Department of State
Source: Department of State, Central Files, 689.90D/10–2559. Secret; Priority. Repeated to Karachi.
147. Telegram From the Embassy in Pakistan to the Department of State
Source: Department of State, Central Files, 689.90D/10–3159. Secret; Noforn. Repeated to Kabul, Tehran, and Ankara.
148. Telegram From the Embassy in Afghanistan to the Department of State
Source: Department of State, Central Files, 120.171/11–1859. Secret. Pouched to Karachi, Tehran, Moscow, London, and Ankara.
149. Telegram From the Department of State to the Embassy in Afghanistan
Source: Department of State, Central Files, 889.2614–Helmand/11–1959. Secret. Drafted by Bartlett and approved by Dillon. Also sent to Tehran for Ambassador Edward T. Wailes.
151. Memorandum of a Conversation, Kabul, December 9, 1959, 11 a.m.
Source: Department of State, Conference Files: Lot 64 D 560, CF 1521. Secret; Limited Distribution. Drafted by Robert Rossow, Jr. The source text indicates that the conversation took place at Chilstoon Palace. Documentation on the planning for Eisenhower’s trip to Kabul is ibid., Central File 711.11–EI.
152. Telegram From the Embassy in India to the Department of State
Source: Department of State, Central Files, 861.0089/12–1059. Confidential; Priority. Repeated to Kabul.
154. Telegram From the Embassy in Afghanistan to the Department of State
Source: Department of State, Central Files, 789.5–MSP/1–660. Confidential.
156. Telegram From the Embassy in Pakistan to the Department of State
Source: Department of State, Central Files, 689.90D/2–1160. Secret. Repeated to Kabul.
157. Telegram From the Embassy in Afghanistan to the Embassy in Pakistan
Source: Department of State, Central Files, 689.90D/2–1460. Confidential. Repeated to the Department of State. The source text is the Department of State copy.
158. Telegram From the Department of State to the Embassy in Pakistan
Source: Department of State, Central Files, 689.90D/2–2960. Secret; Priority. Drafted by Poullada and approved by G. Lewis Jones. Also sent to Kabul, Ankara, Tehran, and London and repeated to New Delhi and Moscow.