III. the Political Crisis and the December 1959 Coup, July–December 1959
262. Memorandum of a Conference With the President, White House, Washington, September 8, 1959
Source: Eisenhower Library, Whitman File, Eisenhower Diaries. Secret. Drafted by Goodpaster. Dillon also prepared an account of this meeting. (Memorandum of conversation, September 8; Department of State, Central Files, 751J.00/9–859; included in the microfiche supplement)
263. Paper Prepared by the Assistant White House Staff Secretary (Eisenhower)
Source: Eisenhower Library, Whitman File, Eisenhower Diaries. Top Secret.
264. Memorandum From the Assistant Secretary of State for Far Eastern Affairs (Parsons) to the Acting Secretary of State
Source: Department of State, Secretary’s Memoranda of Conversation: Lot 64 D 199. Secret. Drafted by Green.
265. Informal Notes of a Telephone Conversation Between the Secretary of Defense (McElroy) and the Acting Secretary of State, Washington, September 9, 1959 4:20 p.m.
Source: Department of State, Secretary’s Memoranda of Conversation: Lot 64 D 199. Secret.
267. Memorandum of a Conversation, Department of State, Washington, September 10, 1959
Source: Department of State, Central Files, 751J.5–MSP/9–1059. Secret. Drafted by Anderson and approved by Parsons and Murphy.
268. Memorandum of a Conversation, Department of State, Washington, September 10, 1959
Source: Department of State, Central Files, 751J.00/9–1059. Secret. Drafted by Green and approved by Dillon on September 18.
269. Memorandum of a Conversation, White House, Washington, September 11, 1959
Source: Department of State, Central Files, 751J.00/9–1159. Top Secret; Limit Distribution. Drafted by Parsons and approved by Murphy and Dillon. Another, slightly different account of this meeting is in a memorandum of conversation, September 11, prepared by Goodpaster on September 14. (Eisenhower Library, Project Clean Up, Meetings with the President; included in the microfiche supplement)
271. Memorandum of Discussion at the 419th Meeting of the National Security Council, Washington, September 17, 1959
Source: Eisenhower Library, Whitman File, NSC Records. Top Secret. Drafted by Boggs. The drafting date is uncertain; the source text is dated July 1, 1960.
272. Special National Intelligence Estimate
Source: Department of State, INR–NIE Files. Secret. A note on the cover sheet indicates that the CIA, INR, and the intelligence organizations of the Army, Navy, and The Joint Staff participated in the preparation of this estimate, which was submitted to the U.S. Intelligence Board on September 18. All members of the Board concurred with the exception of the representatives of the AEC and FBI who abstained on the grounds that the topic was outside their jurisdiction.
273. Memorandum of a Conversation, Waldorf Astoria Hotel, New York, September 18, 1959, 10:30 a.m.
Source: Department of State, Secretary’s Memoranda of Conversation: Lot 64 D 199. Confidential. Drafted on September 21 and approved by Herter on September 24. A separate memorandum of conversation covers the discussion of SEATO military planning; see Document 45.
274. Memorandum of a Conversation, Secretary-General Hammarskjöld’s Office, New York, September 22, 1959, 12:10 p.m.
Source: Department of State, Secretary’s Memoranda of Conversation: Lot 64 D 199. Confidential. Drafted on September 28, but there is no indication on the source text who drafted the memorandum.
275. Memorandum of a Conversation Between the Under Secretary of State (Dillon) and the French Ambassador (Alphand), Department of State, Washington, September 24, 1959
Source: Department of State, Central Files, 751J.00/9–2459. Secret. Drafted by Dillon.
276. Telegram From the Mission at the United Nations to the Department of State
Source: Department of State, Central Files, 751J.00/9–3059. Secret; Priority.
278. Letter From the Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs (Murphy) to the Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security Affairs (Irwin)
Source: Washington National Records Center, RG 330, OSD/ISA Files: FRC 63 A 1672, 353 Laos. Secret. According to a copy of this letter in Department of State, Central Files, 751J.5–MSP/10–259, Anderson was the drafter and FE, SEA, and U/MSC cleared it. Irwin “noted” this letter.
279. Memorandum From the Assistant Secretary of State for Far Eastern Affairs (Parsons) to the Secretary of State
Source: Department of State, Central Files, 751G.00/10–659. Secret. Drafted by Green.
280. Telegram From the Embassy in Laos to the Department of State
Source: Department of State, Central Files, 751J.00/10–859. Top Secret; Niact. Also sent to CINCPAC for POLAD and repeated to Saigon, Bangkok, and London.
281. Memorandum of a Telephone Conversation Between the Secretary of State and the Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs (Murphy), Washington, October 16, 1959, 4:45 p.m.
Source: Eisenhower Library, Herter Papers, Phone Calls and Misc. Memos. No classification marking. There is no indication of a drafter.
282. Telegram From the Department of State to the Mission at the United Nations
Source: Department of State, Central Files, 751J.00/10–959. Secret; Niact. Drafted by Sisco, Buffum, and Cargo; cleared by Chapman, Green, Parsons, and Wilcox; and approved by Murphy.
284. Telegram From the Department of State to the Embassy in Laos
Source: Department of State, Central Files, 751J.00/10–2959. Confidential. Drafted by Chapman, cleared by Usher, and approved by Anderson. Also sent to CINCPAC for POLAD.
285. Telegram From the Department of State to the Embassy in Laos
Source: Department of State, Central Files, 751J.00/11–559. Secret; Priority. Drafted by Steeves and Chapman and approved by SEA (Usher and Anderson), Wilcox, and Parsons. Repeated to CINCPAC for POLAD, Bangkok, London, Paris, and USUN.
287. Memorandum for the Record
Source: Department of State, Central Files, 751J.03/11–659. Secret. The source text contains no indication who drafted this memorandum. Handwritten by the same hand that wrote the file number is the phrase: “Vientiane From-Repa.”
288. Memorandum From the Assistant Secretary of State for Far Eastern Affairs (Parsons) to the Secretary of State
Source: Department of State, Central Files, 751J.00/11–1059. Top Secret. Drafted by Erikson and cleared by Anderson, Usher, and Steeves. Transmitted to Herter under cover of a brief memorandum by Parsons, November 10, in which the Assistant Secretary informed Herter: “I believe I should express the early opinion that much of this report should be treated with reserve although we agree that the situation in Laos is indeed serious.” Herter initialed this covering memorandum.
289. Telegram From the Department of State to the Embassy in Laos
Source: Department of State, Central Files, 611.51J/11–1159. Top Secret; Niact; Limit Distribution; No Distribution Outside Department. Drafted by Parsons, cleared by Anderson, and approved by Parsons. Repeated to CINCPAC for POLAD.
290. Memorandum From the Officer in Charge of Laos Affairs (Chapman) to the Director of the Office of Southeast Asian Affairs (Anderson)
Source: Department of State, Central Files, 751J.00/11–1359. Top Secret.
291. Memorandum From the Officer in Charge of Economic Affairs (Cleveland) to the Director of the Office of Southeast Asian Affairs (Anderson)
Source: Department of State, Central Files, 751J.00/11–1359. Confidential. Drafted by Erikson.