Kennedy-Khrushchev Exchanges
31. Telegram From the Department of State to the Embassy in the Soviet Union
Source: Kennedy Library, National Security Files, Countries Series, USSR, Khrushchev Correspondence. Secret; Niact; Limit Distribution; Eyes Only. Another copy is in Department of State, Presidential Correspondence: Lot 66 D 204. Also printed in Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States:John F. Kennedy, 1962, pp. 128-129, and Documents on Disarmament, 1962, vol. I, pp. 25-26.
32. Letter From Chairman Khrushchev to President Kennedy
Source: Department of State, Presidential Correspondence: Lot 66 D 204. Confidential. Another copy is in the Kennedy Library, National Security Files, Countries Series, USSR, Khrushchev Correspondence. Also printed in Documents on Disarmament, 1962, vol. I, p. 32.
33. Message From President Kennedy to Chairman Khrushchev
Source: Department of State, Presidential Correspondence: Lot 66 D 204. No classification marking. The source text is a February 14 press release from the Office of the White House Press Secretary and is marked “immediate release.” Another copy is in the Kennedy Library, National Security Files, Countries Series, USSR, Khrushchev Correspondence. Also printed in Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States:John F. Kennedy, 1962, pp. 132-133;Documents on Disarmament, 1962, vol. I, pp. 36-38; and Claflin, The President Wants To Know, pp. 146-147.
34. Letter From President Kennedy to Chairman Khrushchev
Source: Department of State, Presidential Correspondence: Lot 77 D 163. No classification marking. The source text bears no drafting information, but on February 12 Bohlen had sent a “first draft” of this letter, which was the same in substance but 3 pages longer. (Ibid.) Another copy is ibid.: Lot 66 D 204, and in the Kennedy Library, National Security Files, Countries Series, USSR, Khrushchev Correspondence.
35. Letter From Chairman Khrushchev to President Kennedy
Source: Department of State, Presidential Correspondence: Lot 66 D 204. No classification marking. The source text is a Department of State translation of a commercial cable from Moscow. The transliterated Russian text is ibid. Another copy of this message is in the Kennedy Library, National Security Files, Countries Series,USSR, Khrushchev Correspondence. Also printed in Department of State Bulletin, March 12, 1962, p. 411, and Pravda, February 24, 1962.
36. Telegram From the Department of State to the Embassy in the Soviet Union
Source: Kennedy Library, National Security Files, Countries Series, USSR, Khrushchev Correspondence. Official Use Only; Verbatim Text; Niact. Another copy is in Department of State, Presidential Correspondence: Lot 66 D 204. Also printed in Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States:John F. Kennedy, 1962, p. 158, and Department of State Bulletin, March 12, 1962, p. 411.
37. Letter From Chairman Khrushchev to President Kennedy
Source: Department of State, Presidential Correspondence: Lot 66 D 204. No classification marking. The Russian-language text is ibid. Another copy is in the Kennedy Library, National Security Files, Countries Series, USSR, Khrushchev Correspondence. Also printed in Documents on Disarmament, 1962, vol. I, pp. 49-57. Soviet Charge d’Affaires Smirnovsky delivered this letter to the Department of State on February 22; for a memorandum of conversation, see vol. VII, pp. 324–325.
38. Telegram From the Department of State to the Embassy in the Soviet Union
Source: Kennedy Library, National Security Files, Countries Series, USSR, Khrushchev Correspondence. Confidential; Priority. Repeated to USUN. Drafted by Ronald I. Spiers (ACDA), cleared by Kohler and Bohlen, and approved by Rusk. Another copy is in Department of State, Presidential Correspondence: Lot 66 D 204. Also printed in Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States:John F. Kennedy, 1962, p. 160, and in Documents on Disarmament, 1962, vol. I, p. 61.
39. Message From Chairman Khrushchev to President Kennedy
Source: Department of State, Presidential Correspondence: Lot 66 D 204. No classification marking. Other copies are in the Kennedy Library, National Security Files, Countries Series,USSR, Khrushchev Correspondence, and ibid., President’s Office Files, USSR. A different translation is printed in Documents on Disarmament, 1962, vol. I, pp. 75-81.
40. Letter From President Kennedy to Chairman Khrushchev
Source: Department of State, Presidential Correspondence: Lot 66 D 204. No classification marking. The source text is a March 6 press release from the Office of the White House Press Secretary and is marked “immediate release.” Another copy is in the Kennedy Library, National Security Files, Countries Series, USSR, Khrushchev Correspondence. Also printed in Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States:John F. Kennedy, 1962, pp. 193-194.
41. Letter From President Kennedy to Chairman Khrushchev
Source: Kennedy Library, National Security Files, Countries Series, USSR, Khrushchev Correspondence. No classification marking. Other copies are ibid., President’s Office Files, USSR, and Department of State, Presidential Correspondence: Lot 66 D 204. Also printed in Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States:John F. Kennedy, 1962, pp. 244-245, and Claflin, The President Wants To Know, pp. 154-157.
42. Letter From Chairman Khrushchev to President Kennedy
Source: Department of State, Presidential Correspondence: Lot 66 D 204. No classification marking. Another copy is in the Kennedy Library, National Security Files, Countries Series, USSR, Khrushchev Correspondence.
43. Letter From Chairman Khrushchev to President Kennedy
Source: Department of State, Presidential Correspondence: Lot 66 D 204. Confidential; Limit Distribution. The Russian-language text is ibid. Another copy is in the Kennedy Library, National Security Files, Countries Series, USSR, Khrushchev Correspondence.
44. Telegram From the Department of State to the Embassy in the Soviet Union
Source: Department of State, Presidential Correspondence: Lot 66 D 204. Secret; Priority; Verbatim Text; Eyes Only. Drafted by Davis; cleared by Kohler, Beam (ACDA), and Bromley Smith at the White House; and approved by Ball. Repeated to Tokyo, London, Geneva, and Paris for USRO. A copy of this statement is in the Kennedy Library, National Security Files, Countries Series, USSR, Khrushchev Correspondence. Also printed in Documents on Disarmament, 1962, vol. I, pp. 292-293.
45. Letter From President Kennedy to Chairman Khrushchev
Source: Kennedy Library, National Security Files, Countries Series, USSR, Khrushchev Correspondence. No classification marking. Other copies are in Department of State, Presidential Correspondence: Lot 66 D 204, and ibid., Central Files, 761.13/6-762. Also printed in part in Beschloss, The Crisis Years, p. 395.
46. Telegram From Chairman Khrushchev to President Kennedy
Source: Department of State, Presidential Correspondence: Lot 66 D 204. No classification marking. Published by TASS in English on June 12. A handwritten note on the source text indicates Bromley Smith was informed of publication of the message at 7 p.m. June 12. A transliterated Russian-language text is in Department of State, Central Files, 711.11-KE/6-1362. Another copy is in the Kennedy Library, National Security Files, Countries Series, USSR, Khrushchev Correspondence. Also printed in Department of State Bulletin, July 2, 1962, p. 12.
47. Telegram From the Department of State to the Embassy in the Soviet Union
Source: Department of State, Presidential Correspondence: Lot 66 D 204. Limited Official Use; Niact. Drafted at the White House. Another copy of this message is in the Kennedy Library, National Security Files, Countries Series, USSR, Khrushchev Correspondence. Also printed in Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States:John F. Kennedy, 1962, p. 479; Department of State Bulletin, July 2, 1962, p. 12; and Claflin, The President Wants To Know, pp. 175-176.
48. Message From Chairmen Khrushchev and Brezhnev to President Kennedy
Source: Department of State, Presidential Correspondence: Lot 66 D 204. No classification marking. The source text is marked “unofficial translation.” Another copy is in the Kennedy Library, National Security Files, Countries Series, USSR, Khrushchev Correspondence.
49. Message From Chairman Khrushchev to President Kennedy
Source: Department of State, Presidential Correspondence: Lot 77 D 163. Secret. Handwritten notes at the top of the source text indicate it was received at the White House on July 5 and that the original and a copy of a translation were retained by Kohler, and a copy was sent to Ambassador Thompson on July 7. The source text bears no salutation or signature, but in a conversation with Rusk on July 12 (see vol. XV, pp. 215-222), Dobrynin stated that when he delivered the message to the White House on July 5, he had indicated that it was intended as a message from Khrushchev to the President. The Russian-language text is ibid. Another copy of the message is in the Kennedy Library, National Security Files, Countries Series, USSR, Khrushchev Correspondence.
50. Telegram From the Department of State to the Embassy in the Soviet Union
Source: Department of State, Presidential Correspondence: Lot 66 D 204. Limited Official Use. Drafted by Davis and cleared by Smith at the White House. Another copy of this message is in the Kennedy Library, National Security Files, Countries Series, USSR, Khrushchev Correspondence.
51. Letter From President Kennedy to Chairman Khrushchev
Source: Kennedy Library, National Security Files, Countries Series, USSR, Khrushchev Correspondence. No classification marking. Another copy is in Department of State, Presidential Correspondence: Lot 66 D 204.
52. Memorandum From the President’s Special Assistant for National Security Affairs (Bundy) to the Executive Secretary of the Department of State (Brubeck)
Source: Department of State, Presidential Correspondence: Lot 66 D 204. No classification marking. Another copy is in the Kennedy Library, National Security Files, Countries Series, USSR, Khrushchev Correspondence. Also printed in Claflin, The President Wants To Know, p. 192.
53. Informal Communication From Chairman Khrushchev to President Kennedy
Source: Department of State, Presidential Correspondence: Lot 66 D 204. Secret; Eyes Only. Other copies are ibid.: Lot 77 D 163, and in the Kennedy Library, National Security Files, Countries Series, USSR, Khrushchev Correspondence. Copies were sent to Robert Kennedy, Bundy,Fisher (ACDA), Tyler, and Rusk.
54. Message From Chairman Khrushchev to President Kennedy
Source: Department of State, Presidential Correspondence: Lot 66 D 204. No classification marking. The source text is a Department of State translation of a commercial telegram from Moscow. Another copy is in the Kennedy Library, National Security Files, Countries Series, USSR, Khrushchev Correspondence.
55. Message From President Kennedy to Chairman Khrushchev
Source: Kennedy Library, National Security Files, Countries Series, USSR, Khrushchev Correspondence. Secret; Eyes Only. Also printed in Claflin, The President Wants To Know, pp. 201-203.
56. Message From Chairman Khrushchev to President Kennedy
Source: Department of State, Presidential Correspondence: Lot 77 D 163. No classification marking.Kennedy’s response of October 8 (Document 58) indicates this message was dated September 28 although no date appears on the source text. Other copies are ibid.: Lot 66 D 204, and in the Kennedy Library, National Security Files, Countries Series, USSR, Khrushchev Correspondence.
57. Message From Chairman Khrushchev to President Kennedy
Source: Department of State, Presidential Correspondence: Lot 66 D 204. No classification marking. The source text is a translation of the Russian-language text, which is ibid. Another copy is in the Kennedy Library, National Security Files, Countries Series, USSR, Khrushchev Correspondence. Also printed in Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States:John F. Kennedy, 1962, p. 433.
58. Telegram From the Department of State to the Embassy in the Soviet Union
Source: Kennedy Library, National Security Files, Countries Series, USSR, Khrushchev Correspondence. Limited Official Use. Drafted by Owen (SOV) and cleared by Bromley Smith. Another copy of this telegram is in Department of State, Presidential Correspondence: Lot 66 D 204. Also printed in Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States:John F. Kennedy, 1962, p. 433.
59. Message From President Kennedy to Chairman Khrushchev
Source: Department of State, Presidential Correspondence: Lot 66 D 204. Top Secret. Other copies are ibid.: Lot 77 D 163, and in the Kennedy Library, National Security Files, Countries Series, USSR, Khrushchev Correspondence.
60. Letter From President Kennedy to Chairman Khrushchev
Source: Department of State, Presidential Correspondence: Lot 66 D 204. Eyes Only. At 7:41 p.m. on October 21 the Department of State had sent Ambassador Kohler the first draft of this message. (Telegram 961 to Moscow; ibid.: Lot 77 D 163) Subsequent changes and additions resulted in only the second and final paragraphs remaining as originally drafted. The message was delivered to the Foreign Ministry at about 6 p.m. Washington time. Another copy of this letter is in the Kennedy Library, National Security Files, Countries Series, USSR, Khrushchev Correspondence. Also printed in Department of State Bulletin, November 19, 1973, pp. 635-636, and Claflin, The President Wants To Know, pp. 205-206. This letter and the letters and messages exchanged through December 14 (Document 84) were published in English and Russian in United States Information Agency, Problems of Communism, Special Edition, Spring 1992.