General U.S. Policies Toward the Region: Activities of the Southeast Asia Treaty Organization; Meetings of the SEATO Council; Activities of the ANZUS Powers; SEATO Interest in the Situation in Laos; U.S. Concern With Regional Development in Asia1
1. Continued from Foreign Relations, 1955–1957, vol. xxi, pp. 1 ff. Related documentation appears in the compilation on Laos in this volume and in the compilation on Thailand in volume XV. A combined microfiche supplement to this volume and to volume XV will be published covering the East Asia-Pacific region, Cambodia, Laos, Burma, and Malaya.
61. Telegram From the Department of State to the Delegation at the SEATO Council Meeting
Source: Department of State, Conference Files: Lot 64 D 559, CF 1688. Secret. Drafted by Jenkins and marked for clearance by Johnson and Parsons and approval by Theodore C. Achilles. Also sent to Ankara, Canberra, Karachi, London, Manila, Wellington, CINCPAC for POLAD, and priority to Paris Topol. Pouched to Phnom Penh, Saigon, and Vientiane. Transcripts of this and other sessions of the Sixth Meeting of the SEATO Council are ibid., CF 1687.
62. Circular Telegram From the Department of State to Certain Diplomatic Missions
Source: Department of State, Conference Files: Lot 64 D 559, CF 1688. Secret. Drafted by Daniel V. Anderson, cleared in FE and with Johnson, and marked for approval by Howard Jones. Sent to Ankara, Bangkok, Canberra, Karachi, London, Manila, Paris (also to USRO), Wellington, and CINCPAC for POLAD and pouched to Phnom Penh, Saigon, and Vientiane.
63. Circular Airgram From the Department of State to Certain Diplomatic Missions
Source: Department of State, Conference Files: Lot 64 D 559, CF 1688. Secret; Seato; Limit Distribution. Drafted by Johnson and marked for approval by the Secretary. Sent to Bangkok, Canberra, Djakarta, Karachi, London, Manila, Paris (also for USRO), Phnom Penh, Saigon, Taipei, Vientiane, Wellington, and CINCPAC.
64. Memorandum of Discussion at the 452d Meeting of the National Security Council, Washington, July 21, 1960
Source: Eisenhower Library, Whitman File, NSC Records. Top Secret. Drafted by Robert H. Johnson.
65. National Security Council Report
Source: Department of State, S/P–NSC Files: Lot 62 D 1. Secret. The source text includes revised pages resulting from a new paragraph 18 and certain revisions in paragraphs 29 and 30 (formerly paragraphs 28 and 29), all of which were incorporated in NSC 6012 on August 24. The reasons for these changes, which deal with overseas Chinese communities in Southeast Asia and the relations of Southeast Asian nations with the Republic of China, are set forth in memoranda from Boggs to the NSC and from Parsons to Herter dated August 5 and 11, respectively. (Ibid., S/S–NSC Files: Lot 63 D 351; included in the microfiche supplement)
66. Memorandum From the Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Far Eastern Affairs (Steeves) to the Deputy Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs (Hare)
Source: Department of State, OCB Files: Lot 62 D 430, Australia and New Zealand. Secret. Drafted by Edward P. Prince and cleared by Emmons.
67. Telegram From the Delegation at the SEATO Council Meeting to the Department of State
Source: Department of State, Central Files, 379/11–1960. Secret; SEATO. Repeated to Vientiane, Saigon, Manila, Karachi, Canberra, London, Paris, Wellington, and CINCPAC for POLAD.
68. Telegram From the Department of State to the Delegation at the SEATO Council Meeting
Source: Department of State, Central Files, 379/12–1960. Secret; Niact; SEATO. Drafted by Anderson in SEA and approved by Parsons. Also sent niact to Vientiane and repeated niact to London, Paris, Canberra, Karachi, and Manila.