Index

• Adenauer, Konrad, 47, 48, 81, 157, 194, 232–233
• Adzhubei, Aleksei I., 26, 44n 65, 69, 94, 95
• Anderson, Harry L., 288n
• Ball, George W., 131n, 133, 162, 168n, 300
• Batista, Fulgencio, 11
• Bay of Pigs invasion:
  • Kennedy on, 9–10
  • Khrushchev on, 7–8, 10–16
• Beam, Jacob D., 131n
• Berlin issue:
  • Kennedy on, 42–43, 65–68, 133, 142–147, 232–233
  • Khrushchev on, 29, 31–35, 45–46, 50–57, 69–74, 82–83, 120–121, 123–125, 137–141, 156–158, 230
• Bohlen, Charles E., 69n, 81n, 92n, 106n
• Bolshakov, Georgi N., 25n, 45n, 232
• Bolshoi Ballet, 134, 209
• Bowles, Chester, 21
• Brazil, 215
• Brezhnev, Leonid I., 2, 3, 23, 79, 80, 136, 142, 242–243, 297–298
• Brubeck, William H., 148, 181n
• Bullard, Sir Edward, 153, 163
• Bundy, McGeorge, 81n, 148, 168n, 262n, 268n, 290n, 297n, 299n, 313n
• Burma, 36
• Bykovsky, Valeri, 297, 299
• Cambodia, 36, 246
• Castro, Fidel, 9, 12, 198, 199, 214, 223, 224, 229, 308, 309
• Central Intelligence Agency, 251
• Chiang Kai-shek, 160–161, 245
• China, People’s Republic of, 13, 160
  • U.N. membership, Khrushchev on 195
• Claflin, Edward B., 9n, 80n, 91n, 116n, 135n, 148n, 151n, 165n, 181n, 187n, 201n, 223n, 231n
• Clay, Gen. Lucius D., 29
• Clifton, Gen. Chester V., 298n
• Committee for Outer Space Research, 128
• Congo, 10
• Cooper, L. Gordon, 288–289
• Cousins, Norman, 262
• Cuba (see also Cuban missile crisis):
  • Bay of Pigs invasion:
    • Kennedy on, 9–10
    • Khrushchev on, 7–8, 10–16
  • Guantanamo naval base, Khrushchev on, 15, 191–192
  • Lingering Soviet-U.S. problems in 1963:
    • Kennedy on, 266–267, 307–309
    • Robert Kennedy on, 263–264
    • Khrushchev on, 250–253, 259–260, 275–277, 306–307
  • Revolutionary activities in Latin America, Kennedy on, 308–309
  • Soviet military presence:
    • Kennedy on, 203–204
    • Khrushchev on, 12
  • Soviet-Cuban relations, Khrushchev on, 12–16, 175–176
  • U.S. threats against Cuba, Khrushchev on, 158–159
• Cuban missile crisis:
  • Cuban perspective, Khrushchev’s discussion of, 224–225
  • Formalization of Soviet-U.S. agreement, Khrushchev on, 218, 221, 226–229
  • IL-28 bombers:
    • Kennedy on, 201–202, 209, 212–213, 223
    • Khrushchev on, 191, 206–208, 209–211, 216–218, 219–220, 221–222
  • Kennedy’s assessment of, 202–203
  • Khrushchev’s assessment of, 197–198
  • Lower state of alert for U.S. armed forces, 222
  • Offensive weapons issue (see also IL-28 bombers above):
    • Kennedy on, 165–166, 171
    • Khrushchev on, 166–167, 172–174, 178–179, 196, 199–200
  • Quarantine of Cuba:
    • Kennedy on, 168, 182, 198–199, 209, 214
    • Khrushchev on, 166–167, 169–170, 174–175, 177, 190–191, 205, 209–211, 217–218
  • Removal of Soviet weapons (see also IL-28 bombers above; Verification of weapons removal below):
    • Kennedy on, 181–182, 187–188
    • Khrushchev on, 179–181, 183–187
  • Shelling of Havana, Khrushchev on, 183–184
  • Turkish missile quid pro quo, Khrushchev on, 179–181, 189–190, 258
  • U.S. pledge not to attack Cuba:
    • Kennedy on, 182, 223, 231
    • Khrushchev on, 176–177, 180, 184, 227, 228
  • Verification of weapons removal:
    • Kennedy on, 198–199, 203, 213–215, 223
    • Khrushchev on, 218–221
• Czechoslovakia, 29, 77
• Davis, Richard H., 18n 24n 131n 142n 268n 288n
• Dean, Arthur H., 236, 238–239
• De Gaulle, Charles, 47, 48
• Denuclearized Zone in Latin America, 215
• Disarmament (see also Geneva disarmament negotiations; Nuclear test ban):
  • Berlin and disarmament, Kennedy on, 145–147
  • General and complete disarmament:
    • Kennedy on, 43
    • Khrushchev on, 28–29, 101–103, 105, 194, 241-242
  • Non-proliferation issue:
    • Kennedy on, 188, 237, 260
    • Khrushchev on, 273–275
  • Space exploration and disarmament, Khrushchev on, 130–131
• Dobrynin, Anatoly F., 126, 133, 137n 142–143, 152, 156, 165n 189, 209, 212n 215n 221, 222, 237, 250, 265, 271n 275, 286n 304, 306–307, 307n
• Dulles, John Foster, 83, 84, 196
• Ecuador, 308
• Eisenhower, Dwight D., 81, 155, 253, 255
• Fanfani, Amintore, 27
• Farley, Philip J., 18n
• Fedorenko, N. T., 249
• Fisher, Adrian S., 148n
• Foster, William C., 240, 249, 268n
• France:
  • German peace treaty and 47, 48
  • Nuclear test ban and 150, 151–152
  • Nuclear testing program 256–257, 280, 291
• Geneva Accords (1954), 63–64
• Geneva disarmament negotiations:
  • Course of action for negotiators, Kennedy and Macmillan on, 85–87
  • Foreign Ministers’ involvement:
    • Kennedy and Macmillan on, 86–87
    • Kennedy on, 115
    • Khrushchev on, 89, 101, 110
  • Heads of Government participation:
    • Kennedy on, 91–92, 106–107
    • Khrushchev on, 87–90, 98–101, 105–106, 109–110
• Germany (see also Berlin issue):
  • Informal Soviet-U.S. contacts:
    • Kennedy on, 43
    • Khrushchev on, 24–25, 33–34
  • Long-term problem in Soviet-U.S. relations,
    • Kennedy on, 92–95
  • Military threat to Soviet Union,
    • Khrushchev on, 76–77
  • Nuclear weapons in FRG,
    • Khrushchev on, 275
  • Peace treaty issue:
    • Kennedy on, 40–42
    • Khrushchev on, 1, 20–21, 29–31, 34, 45–50, 55, 73–78, 118–123, 140–141, 194, 260–261, 278
• Glenn, Col.John, 96, 97
• Goodby, James E., 268n
• Goodman, Benny, 133
• Goodpaster, Gen. Andrew, 3n
• Graves, Gen., 176
• Great Britain. See United Kingdom.
• Gromyko, Andrei A., 19, 33, 42, 82, 85, 87, 93, 94, 115, 117, 132, 145, 194, 230, 233, 266, 289, 292n
• Guantanamo naval base, Khrushchev on, 15, 191–192
• Guatemala, 14
• Guevera, Maj. Ernesto, 309
• Hailsham, Lord, 300, 301
• Harriman, W. Averell, 271, 278, 299–300, 301, 302
• Harrison, James B., 288n
• Hartley, Charles R., 18n
• Hemingway, Ernest, 105
• Henry, David H., 242n, 243n, 288n
• Home, Lord, 115
• House of Representatives, U.S., 159
• Humphrey, Hubert H., 77
• Iceland 195
• Independence Day (U.S.):
  • Khrushchev’s and Brezhnev’s messages, 23, 136, 297–298
    • Kennedy’s replies, 24, 142, 298
• International Astronautical Federation, 128
• International Committee of the Red Cross, 198
• International Control Commission, 63
• Italy, 258
• Japan, 132
• Johnson, Lyndon B., 60, 63, 311, 313n, 314
• Johnson, U. Alexis, 313n
• Joyce, Michael, 250n
• Kennan, George F., 33
• Kennedy, Jacqueline, 22, 303
  • Letter to Khrushchev following Kennedy’s assassination, 313–314
• Kennedy, Robert F., 50, 81, 125–126, 148n, 156, 189, 204n, 209, 215n, 221, 250, 262–265
• Kennedy child, death of, 303
• Kennedy-Khrushchev correspondence:
  • Leaks to media:
    • Kennedy on, 232
    • Khrushchev on, 229–230
  • “Pen Pal” correspondence, 25n
  • “Private” status, 38–39
• Kennedy-Khrushchev meeting (Vienna 1961):
  • Kennedy’s assessment of, 39–40
  • Kennedy’s thanks for Khrushchev’s gifts, 22
  • Kennedy’s proposal for, 6
  • Khrushchev’s acceptance of Kennedy’s proposal, 18–21
  • Khrushchev’s assessment of, 25–26
• Kennedy-Khrushchev meeting, proposed (1963), 261–262
• Kennedy, assassination of:
  • Jacqueline Kennedy’s letter to Khrushchev, 313–314
  • Khrushchev’s condolences to Johnson, 311–313
• Kennedy’s election:
  • Kennedy’s response to Khrushchev’s congratulations, 2
  • Khrushchev’s congratulations, 1
• Kharlamov, Mikhail A., 26
• Khrushcheva, Nina Petrovna, 61, 314
• Kohler, Foy D., 106n, 131n, 137n, 165n, 167, 177, 266, 268n, 279, 284, 292n, 302
• Kretzmann, Edwin M. J., 3n
• Kriebel, P. Wesley, 288n
• Kuznetsov, Vasily V., 166, 187, 199, 202, 205, 221, 225, 231, 236, 238–239
• Laos:
  • Formation of government:
    • Kennedy on, 62, 64, 135–136
    • Khrushchev on, 58–59, 134–135
  • Neutrality issue:
    • Kennedy on, 43–44, 267, 271
    • Khrushchev on, 20, 36–37, 244–246, 277–278
• League of Nations, 159
• Le Duan, 63
• Macmillan, Harold, 132, 257, 266, 279, 309
  • Geneva disarmament negotiations, 85–87
  • Nuclear test ban, 148, 268–270, 290–292, 296
• Malinovsky, Rodion Y., 261, 264
• Manchester, William, 313n
• Mansfield, Mike, 30
• Markov, Petr I., 262
• Matthews, H. Freeman, 21n
• McCloskey, Robert J., 18n
• McCloy, John J., 202, 205, 211, 221, 225, 231
• McCone, John A., 212n
• McNamara, Robert S., 81n, 212n, 261, 264
• McSweeney, John M., 3n
• Menshikov, Mikhail A., 18
• Mikoyan, Anastas I., 199, 225, 244, 246, 312, 313
• Military forces stationed abroad, Khrushchev on, 258–259
• Mongolian People’s Republic, 55
• New Year’s messages:
  • Kennedy to Khrushchev and Brezhnev, 80, 243
  • Khrushchev and Brezhnev to Kennedy, 79, 242–243
• Ngo Dinh Diem, 60, 63, 64
• Nikolayev, Maj., 148, 150
• Nixon, Richard M., 211–212
• Nobbe, Richard, 298n
• Non-aggression treaty between NATO and Warsaw Pact, Khrushchev’s proposal for, 193, 206, 301–302
• Non-proliferation. See Nuclear nonproliferation.
• North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), 70, 120, 121, 122, 189,
  • Non-aggression treaty with Warsaw Pact, Khrushchev’s proposal for, 193, 206, 301–302
  • Nuclear forces for:
    • Kennedy on, 237, 266
    • Khrushchev on, 241–242, 257–258, 273–275
• Nuclear non-proliferation:
  • Kennedy on, 188, 237, 266
  • Khrushchev on, 273–275
• Nuclear test ban:
  • Espionage issue:
    • Kennedy on, 291–292
    • Khrushchev on, 281–286, 293–294
  • French participation:
    • Kennedy on, 151–152
    • Khrushchev on, 150
  • Kennedy’s proposal, 108
  • Khrushchev’s response to Kennedy’s proposal, 125–126
  • Multilateral interest, Khrushchev on, 304
  • Soviet policy, Khrushchev’s assessment of, 279–280
  • “Three environments” prohibitions:
    • Kennedy on, 151, 163, 164, 300, 307
    • Khrushchev on, 148–150, 154, 155, 301, 304, 309–311
  • Treaty signing and ratification:
    • Kennedy on, 307
    • Khrushchev on, 304, 309–311
  • Tripartite leadership discussions:
    • Kennedy/Macmillan proposal, 268–270
    • Khrushchev’s response, 283–286, 292
  • Underground tests (see also Verification issue below):
    • Kennedy on, 164
    • Khrushchev on, 149, 154–156
  • Verification issue:
    • Kennedy/Macmillan message on, 268–270
    • Kennedy on, 151, 163–164, 238–240, 265–266, 290–292
    • Robert Kennedy on, 263
    • Khrushchev on, 111, 152–154, 192–193, 234–237, 247–249, 253–257, 280–286, 292–296
    • U.S.-U.K. joint statement on, 131–133
• Nuclear testing:
  • French program:
    • Kennedy on, 291
    • Khrushchev on, 256–257, 280
  • Khrushchev on, 103–106, 111–114
  • Nuclear weapons for NATO:
    • Kennedy on, 237, 266
    • Khrushchev on, 241–242, 257–258, 273–275
• Organization of American States, 168, 169, 188
• Owen, Robert I., 162n
• Penney, Sir William, 153, 163
• Peru, 308
• Pholsena, K., 277
• Phoumi Nosavan, Gen.,245
• Poland, 29, 77
• Popovich, Col., 148, 150
• Potsdam agreements (1945), 46
• Powers, Francis Gary, 253
• Pugwash conference, 153–154, 163
• Ramsey, James A., 242n, 243n
• Read, Benjamin H., 299n
• Reynaud, Paul, 27
• Rockefeller, Nelson, 71, 256
• Roman, Alejandro, 308
• Roosevelt, Franklin D., 195, 312
• Roura, Jose Maria, 308
• Rusk, Dean, 3, 4n, 5, 7, 18, 24n, 33, 42, 79, 80, 81n, 87, 97, 106n, 108, 115, 117, 133, 136, 137n 142–143, 145, 148n, 152, 165n, 168, 171, 182, 188, 230, 233, 243, 262n, 265n, 270, 271, 275, 289, 292, 298, 303
  • Moscow mission (1963):
    • Kennedy on, 267, 286–287, 289
    • Khrushchev on, 287, 302, 304–305
• Russell, Bertrand, 177
• Salinger, Pierre, 25n, 26n 133, 138
• Schirra, Walter, 162
• Schlesinger, Arthur M., Jr., 189, 215n
• Semenov, Vladimir S., 7
• Senate, U.S., 159
• Shepard, Alan B., Jr., 17, 18
• Sihanouk, Prince Norodom, 246
• Smirnovsky, Mikhail N., 98n
• Smith, Bromley, 131n, 134n, 142n, 162n, 209, 288n
• Sorensen, Theodore, 94n
• Souphanouvong, Prince, 62, 245
• Souvanna Phouma, Prince, 36, 37, 44, 58, 59, 62, 134, 135, 245, 277
• Soviet Communist Party Congress of 1961, 45, 60
• Soviet-U.S. relations:
  • Kennedy on, 3, 5–6
  • Khrushchev on, 2, 4–5, 16, 19, 69, 83–84, 156–161, 271–273
• Spaak, Paul Henri, 27, 50, 53, 76
• Space exploration:
  • Bykovsky/Tereshkova flight:
    • Kennedy’s congratulations, 297
    • Khrushchev’s response to Kennedy’s congratulations, 299
  • Cooper’s flight:
    • Kennedy’s response to Khrushchev’s congratulations, 288–289
    • Khrushchev’s congratulations, 288
  • Disarmament and space exploration, Khrushchev on, 130–131
  • Glenn’s flight:
    • Kennedy’s response to Khrushchev’s congratulations, 97
    • Khrushchev’s congratulations, 96
  • Nikolayev/Popovich flight:
    • Kennedy’s congratulations, 148
    • Khrushchev’s response to Kennedy’s congratulations, 150
  • Schirra’s flight:
    • Kennedy’s response to Khrushchev’s congratulations, 162
    • Khrushchev’s congratulations, 162
  • Shepard’s flight:
    • Kennedy’s response to Khrushchev’s congratulations, 18
    • Khrushchev’s congratulations, 17
  • Soviets’ first manned flight:
    • Kennedy’s congratulations, 7
    • Khrushchev’s response to Kennedy’s congratulations, 17
  • Soviet space vehicle to Venus:
    • Kennedy’s congratulations, 4
    • Khrushchev’s response to Kennedy’s congratulations, 4
  • Soviet-U.S. cooperation:
    • Kennedy on, 97, 116–118
    • Khrushchev on, 96, 127–131
• Spiers, Ronald I. 106n
• Stevenson, Adlai E., III, 199, 202, 205, 211, 221, 231, 238
• Sulzberger, Cyrus, 24
• Taiwan, 13
• Taylor, Gen. Maxwell, 60, 63
• Tereshkova, Valentina, 297, 299
• Thant, U, 176, 177, 178, 179, 187, 188, 206, 210, 213, 220, 229n
• Thompson, Llewellyn E., Jr., 5, 6, 18, 19, 21n, 34, 43, 69n, 82, 93, 94, 122, 137n 157, 158, 160, 212n, 222, 237n, 265n, 271n, 286n 306–307, 307n
• Trade policies, Khrushchev on, 260
• Tsarapkin, S.K., 249
• Tully, Francis W., 288n
• Turkish missile installations (U.S.), Khrushchev on, 179–181, 189–190, 258
• Tyler, William R., 148n, 290n
• Udall, Stewart, 158
• Ulbricht, Walter, 31, 41
• United Kingdom, 48
  • Geneva disarmament negotiations, 85–87
  • Nuclear test ban, 131–133, 148, 151, 268–270
• United Nations, 14, 28
  • Berlin issue and, 32, 51, 73, 137–138
  • Chinese membership, Khrushchev on, 195
  • Cuban missile crisis and, 175, 179
  • Disarmament and, 91, 241–242
  • Kennedy’s speech to General Assembly (Sept. 1961), Khrushchev’s response to, 35–36
  • Observation posts in Caribbean, Khrushchev on, 208, 211, 220
  • Space exploration and, 97, 116, 117, 118, 129
• U-2 flights:
  • Kennedy on, 188
  • Robert Kennedy on 264
  • Khrushchev on, 160–161, 185–186, 253, 255
• Veliotes, Nicholas A., 3n
• Venezuela, 309
• Vietnam, Democratic People’s Republic of, 245
• Vietnam conflict:
  • Kennedy on, 44, 62–64
  • Khrushchev on, 60–61
• Wall Street, 225
• Warsaw Pact, 120
  • Non-aggression treaty with NATO, Khrushchev’s proposal for, 193, 206, 301–302
• Weiner, Benjamin, 297n
• Western leaders, Khrushchev’s meetings with 27
• World Meteorological Organization, 116
• Yepishev, A.A., 33n
• Zorin, Valerian A., 132, 309