U.S. POLITICAL, ECONOMIC, AND MILITARY RELATIONS WITH INDIA; PRESIDENT EISENHOWER’S VISIT TO INDIA1
1. Continued from Foreign Relations, 1955–1957, vol. VIII, pp. 275 ff. For documentation on the India-Pakistan dispute, see Documents 7 ff.
259. Memorandum of a Conversation, Department of State, Washington, May 23, 1960
Source: Department of State, Central Files, 891.00–Five Year/5–2360. Confidential. Drafted by Kennedy.
260. Memorandum by the Officer in Charge of India, Ceylon, and Nepal Affairs (Fleck)
Source: Department of State, SOA Files: Lot 63 D 110, India—Sidewinders. Secret. Cleared with NEA, U/MSC, and SCA/MC. According to a June 13 covering note from Raymond L. Perkins of S/S to NEA, the memorandum was prepared for discussion by the Secretary with the President. “You are informed,” Perkins noted, “that the Secretary raised this matter with the President on June 10, and that the President approved this proposed action.” A handwritten note on the source text also indicates that the President approved of the proposed action during a meeting with Secretary Herter on June 10. No other record of the Eisenhower–Herter meeting has been found.
261. Telegram From the Embassy in India to the Department of State
Source: Department of State, Central Files, 891.10/6–2260. Official Use Only.
262. Letter From the Assistant Secretary of State for Near Eastern and South Asian Affairs (Jones) to the Ambassador in India (Bunker)
Source: Department of State, SOA Files: Lot 63 D 110, India—Sidewinders. Secret; Official–Informal. Drafted on July 11 by G. Lewis Jones, Parker T. Hart, Bartlett, and Robert W. Adams.
263. Telegram From the Department of State to the Embassy in India
Source: Department of State, Central Files, 891.10/7–760. Confidential. Drafted and approved by Kennedy and cleared in substance with Waugh.
264. Memorandum of a Conversation, Department of State, Washington, August 17, 1960
Source: Department of State, Central Files, 791.5622/8–1760. Confidential. Drafted by Fleck.
265. Telegram From the Embassy in India to the Department of State
Source: Department of State, Central Files, 791.5622/9–1760. Secret.
266. Memorandum of Conversation, Department of State, Washington, September 26, 1960
Source: Department of State, Secretary’s Memoranda of Conversation: Lot 64 D 199. Official Use Only. Drafted by Adams on September 29. Assistant Secretary Jones briefed Dillon for this meeting in a memorandum of September 26. (Ibid., Central Files, 033.9111/9–2660) Desai was in Washington to attend the annual meetings of the IBRD and the IMF.
267. Memorandum of a Conference With the President, New York, September 26, 1960, 3 p.m.
Source: Eisenhower Library, Whitman File, DDE Diaries. Secret. Drafted by John S.D. Eisenhower. The source text indicates that the conversation took place at the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel. Nehru was in New York for the 15th Session of the U.N. General Assembly, which opened on September 19. Eisenhower was briefed for this meeting with Nehru in a memorandum of September 25 from Acting Secretary Dillon. (Ibid.) A slightly different memorandum of this conversation, drafted by G. Lewis Jones, is in Department of State, Secretary’s Memoranda of Conversation: Lot 64 D 199. Additional briefing material is ibid., Central File 033.9111.
268. Memorandum of a Conversation, New York, October 7, 1960
Source: Department of State, Secretary’s Memoranda of Conversation: Lot 64 D 199. Confidential. Drafted by Jones.
269. National Intelligence Estimate
Source: Department of State, INR–NIE Files. Secret.
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 U.S. Intelligence Board concurred with the estimate on October 25 with the exception of the representatives of the Atomic Energy Commission and the Federal Bureau of Investigation who abstained since the subject was outside their jurisdiction.
270. Memorandum of a Conversation, Department of State, Washington, November 9, 1960
Source: Department of State, Secretary’s Memoranda of Conversation: Lot 64 D 199. Limited Official Use. Drafted by Adams on November 10.
271. Memorandum From the Joint Chiefs of Staff to the Secretary of Defense (Gates)
Source: Washington National Records Center, OASD/ISA Records, Country Files, India. Secret.
272. Letter From the Deputy Secretary of Defense (Douglas) to the Under Secretary of State (Dillon)
Source: Department of State, Central Files, 791.5622/12–1960. Secret.