232. Editorial Note
On September 6, 1962, the Presidentʼs Special Counsel, Theodore Sorensen, met with Ambassador Dobrynin at the latterʼs request. The Soviet Ambassador informed Sorensen that, as a result of their previous meeting on August 23, which he had reported to Moscow, he had received a personal message from Chairman Khrushchev directing him to inform Sorensen that he would not attend the opening of the United Nations General Assembly and that “nothing will be undertaken before the American Congressional elections that could complicate the international situation or aggravate the tension in the relations between our two countries. We shall follow this course, provided there are no actions taken on the other side which would change the situation. This includes a German peace settlement and West Berlin.” For text, see Foreign Relations, 1961–1963, volume X, pages 1045–1047.