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 Programs 1

1. Continued from Foreign Relations, 1955–1957, vol. VIII, pp. 163 ff.


160. Telegram From the Embassy in Afghanistan to the Department of State

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 789.5–MSP/3–860. Confidential.


161. Telegram From the Department of State to the Embassy in Afghanistan

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 689.90D/3–1660. Confidential. Drafted by Poullada and approved by G. Lewis Jones. Also sent to Karachi and repeated to Ankara, Tehran, and London.


162. Telegram From the Embassy in Afghanistan to the Department of State

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 689.90D/3–2160. Secret; Priority. Repeated to Karachi, Tehran, Ankara, London, and Moscow.


163. Telegram From the Embassy in Pakistan to the Department of State

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 689.90D/3–2260. Secret; Niact. Repeated to Ankara, Kabul, and London.


165. Memorandum From the Operations Coordinator (O’Connor) to the Assistant Secretary of State for Near Eastern and South Asian Affairs (Jones)

Source: Department of State, S/SOCB Files: Lot 61 D 385, Afghanistan. Secret. Drafted by Frank V. Ortiz, Jr.


166. Memorandum of a Conversation Between the President and the Ambassador to Afghanistan (Byroade), White House, Washington, April 23, 1960

Source: Eisenhower Library, Project Clean Up, Afghanistan. Confidential; Limit Distribution. Drafted by Byroade on May 2.


167. Memorandum of a Conversation, Department of State, Washington, May 13, 1960

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 789.5–MSP/5–1360. Secret. Drafted by Byroade on May 17.


168. Telegram From the Embassy in Afghanistan to the Department of State

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 789.5–MSP/7–460. Confidential.


169. Memorandum From the Acting Secretary of State to the President

Source: Eisenhower Library, Project Clean Up, Afghanistan. Secret.


170. Telegram From the Department of State to the Embassy in Afghanistan

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 789.5–MSP/7–360. Secret; Limit Distribution. Drafted by Donld D. Kennedy, John N. Gatch, and John O. Bell and approved by Dillon. In a memorandum to Dillon of August 29, Jones enclosed a draft copy of this telegram for the Acting Secretary’s approval. He reviewed Byroade’s consultations in Washington and noted that he had called a meeting of the Afghanistan Action Group on August 26 as a means of arriving at a new U.S. position on the Afghan aid problem. During the meeting, the draft telegram was approved, (Ibid., 789.5–MSP/8–2960) Minutes of the August 26 meeting of the Afghanistan Action Group are ibid., SOA Files: Lot 63 D 110, Afghanistan.


171. Memorandum of a Conversation, New York, September 23, 1960

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 789.11/10–660. Confidential; Limited Distribution. Drafted by Jones. The source text indicates that this conversation took place at the Waldorf Towers. A slightly different account of this conversation, drafted by Andrew J. Goodpaster, is in Eisenhower Library, Project Clean Up, Afghanistan. Dillon briefed Eisenhower for this meeting in a memorandum of September 23. (Ibid., Whitman File, DDE Diaries) The President was in New York for the Fifteenth Session of the U.N. General Assembly, which opened on September 20.


173. Telegram From the Embassy in Afghanistan to the Department of State

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 689.90D/9–2960. Secret; Niact. Also sent to USUN and repeated to Karachi, Ankara, Bangkok, London, and Tehran.


175. Memorandum From the Secretary of State to the President

Source: Eisenhower Library, Project Clean Up, Afghanistan. Secret.


176. Memorandum From the Secretary of State to the President

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 689.90D/10–1860. Secret; Presidential Handling. Drafted by Poullada on October 17.


177. Letter From President Eisenhower to King Zahir Shah

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 689.90D/10–1660. Secret; Presidential Handling. Transmitted in telegram 330 to Kabul, October 24, which is the source text. Telegram 330 was repeated to Karachi. The telegram informed the Embassy that the signed original was being pouched and noted the White House desire that the letter not be made public.


178. Telegram From the Embassy in Afghanistan to the Department of State

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 689.90D/10–2760. Secret; Priority; Presidential Handling. Repeated to Karachi.