June 1963
186. Notes on Telephone Conversation between Rusk and Kaysen, June 9
Comments on draft of President’s speech at American University. No classification marking. 1 p. Department of State, Rusk Files: Lot 72 D 192, Telephone Conversations.
187. Memorandum of Decisions, June 19
Decisions made at test preparations meeting, June 18: yield size; Plowshare announcement; overseas atmospheric tests; improvements at Johnson Island; and site preparation for an upcoming nuclear test. Secret. 2 pp. Kennedy Library, National Security Files, Subjects Series, Nuclear Weapons Testing, 1/63–7/63.
188. Message from President Kennedy to Macmillan, June 21
Notes second suspicious event in Semipalatinsk area and invites Macmillan’s comments on Hailsham–Harriman mission. Top Secret. 2 pp. Kennedy Library, National Security Files, Departments and Agencies Series, ACDA, Test Ban Correspondence, 3/63–6/63.
189. Message from Macmillan to President Kennedy, June 22
Provides comments on possible Soviet testing, damage control if suspicious events leaked, wisdom of a private message to Khrushchev, and Hailsham–Harriman mission. Top Secret. 3 p. Kennedy Library, National Security Files, Departments and Agencies Series, ACDA, Test Ban Correspondence, 3/63–6/63.
190. Memorandum of Conversation, June 24, between President Kennedy and German Chancellor Adenauer
Forthcoming test ban negotiations in Moscow. Secret. 2 pp. Department of State, Central Files, POL 7 US/Kennedy.