Arms Control and Disarmament
211. Telegram From the Department of State to the Delegation to the Eighteen-Nation Disarmament Committee
Source: Department of State, Central Files, 396.12-GE/8-362. Top Secret. Drafted by Foster and Fisher; cleared by Edward S. Little (S/S), Bundy for the President (White House), Haworth/Seaborg (AEC), Nitze/McNaughton (DOD), and McCone (CIA); and approved by Secretary Rusk.
212. Telegram From the Department of State to the Delegation to the Disarmament Committee
Source: Department of State, Presidential Correspondence: Lot 66 D 204, K-M, 1961-1962. Top Secret; Priority. Drafted by Beam and approved by Brubeck (S/S) and Bromley Smith (White House). Repeated to London eyes only for the Ambassador.
213. Message From Foreign Secretary Home to Secretary of State Rusk
Source: Kennedy Library, National Security Files, Kaysen Series, Disarmament, Nuclear Testing, Vol. II, 7/62-2/63. Secret. An attached note from Lord Hood to Secretary Rusk, August 5, notes that Foreign Secretary Home had asked him to transmit the enclosed message. Also attached to the source text is a memorandum from Brubeck (S/S) through McGeorge Bundy to Kaysen, August 6, saying that the message was received from the British Embassy on August 5. “A proposed reply,” the memorandum concluded, “is now in preparation and will be forwarded to you as soon as possible.” This reply has not been found.
214. Memorandum From the President’s Special Assistant for Science and Technology (Wiesner) to the President’s Special Assistant for National Security Affairs (Bundy)
Source: Kennedy Library, National Security Files, Kaysen Series, Disarmament, Nuclear Testing, Vol. II, 7/62-2/63. Secret.
215. Telegram From the Delegation to the Eighteen-Nation Disarmament Committee to the Department of State
Source: Department of State, Central Files, 396.12-GE/8-762. Secret; Limit Distribution.
216. Memorandum of Conversation
Source: Department of State, Central Files, 611.6112/8-862. Secret. Drafted by Valdes and approved in S on August 15. A memorandum of the Secretary’s conversation with Dobrynin on a comprehensive test ban agreement on this occasion is not printed. (Ibid.) See the Supplement.
217. Memorandum From William Y. Smith to the President’s Military Representative (Taylor)
Source: National Defense University, Taylor Papers, WYS Chron File, Jul-Sep 62. Top Secret; Restricted Data.
219. Telegram From the Delegation to the Eighteen-Nation Disarmament Committee to the Department of State
Source: Department of State, Central Files, 600.0012/8-1462. Secret; Priority; Eyes Only.
220. Memorandum From the President’s Special Assistant for Science and Technology (Wiesner) to President Kennedy
Source: Kennedy Library, National Security Files, Kaysen Series, Disarmament, Nuclear Testing, Vol. II, 7/62-2/63. Secret.
221. Telegram From the Delegation to the Eighteen-Nation Disarmament Committee to the Department of State
Source: Department of State, Central Files, 396.12-GE/8-2362. Secret.
222. Memorandum of Conversation
Source: Department of State, Central Files, 711.5611/8-2362. Secret; Limited Distribution. Drafted by Anderson and approved in S on August 28.
223. Memorandum From the Director of the Arms Control and Disarmament Agency (Foster) to the President’s Special Assistant for National Security Affairs (Bundy)
Source: Kennedy Library, National Security Files, Departments and Agencies Series, ACDA, Disarmament, General, 8/24-31/62. Confidential.
225. Informal Communication From Chairman Khrushchev to President Kennedy
Source: Department of State, Presidential Correspondence: Lot 66 D 204, Khrushchev Correspondence with President Kennedy, 1961-1962, Vol. I. Secret; Eyes Only. Copies were sent to Robert Kennedy, McGeorge Bundy, Adrian Fisher (ACDA), Secretary Rusk, and Assistant Secretary of State for European Affairs William R. Tyler. Also printed in vol. VI, Document 52.
227. Teletype Message From Prime Minister Macmillan to President Kennedy
Source: Department of State, Presidential Correspondence: Lot 66 D 204, Prime Minister Macmillan Correspondence with President Kennedy, 1962-1963, Vol. III. Secret; Eyes Only.
229. Message From President Kennedy to Chairman Khrushchev
Source: Kennedy Library, National Security Files, Countries Series, USSR, Khrushchev Correspondence. No classification marking. Also printed in vol. VI, Document 54.
230. Memorandum From Secretary of State Rusk to President Kennedy
Source: Kennedy Library, National Security Files, Departments and Agencies Series, ACDA, Disarmament, Non-Diffusion of Nuclear Weapons, 8/62-7/63. Confidential. An undated memorandum from Foster to the President, attached to the source text, states, “The attached documents while not actually seen by Secretary Rusk, have been discussed with him by me and he has expressed his present intention to discuss this matter with Lord Home in New York, probably on Sunday.” A copy of the source text identifies ACDA officers Adrian Fisher, James Goodby, and Betty Goetz as the drafters. (Washington National Records Center, RG 383, ACDA/DD Files: FRC 77 A 17, Chron File, July-Sep 1962)
231. Memorandum of Conversation
Source: Department of State, Secretary’s Memoranda of Conversation: Lot 65 D 330. Confidential; Limited Distribution. Drafted by Akalovsky and approved in S on September 26. The meeting was held at the Waldorf Towers. The source text is labeled “Part II.” A memorandum of conversation on Laos, the first subject of their talk, is not printed. (Ibid.)
232. Message From Chairman Khrushchev to President Kennedy
Source: Kennedy Library, National Security Files, Countries Series, USSR, Subjects, Khrushchev Correspondence, Vol. III-B, 9/15/62-10/24/62. No classification marking. The portions on Berlin and Cuba are printed in vols. XV, pp. 337–338, and volume X, respectively. The full text is printed in vol. VI, Document 55.
233. Memorandum From the President’s Special Assistant for Science and Technology (Wiesner) to President Kennedy
Source: Kennedy Library, National Security Files, Subjects Series, Nuclear Weapons, Testing, 8/62-12/62. Secret.
234. Letter From the Deputy Director for Intelligence, Central Intelligence Agency (Cline) to the Director of the Arms Control and Disarmament Agency (Foster)
Source: Central Intelligence Agency, DCI, ER Subject Files. Secret.
235. Memorandum From the President’s Special Assistant for Science and Technology (Wiesner) to President Kennedy
Source: Kennedy Library, National Security Files, Bromley Smith Safe, Drawer 1, Bethe Report 10/4/62. Top Secret.
236. Message From President Kennedy to Chairman Khrushchev
Source: Department of State, Presidential Correspondence: Lot 66 D 204, Kennedy/Johnson Correspondence with USSR Officials, 1961-1964, Vol. I. Top Secret. Also printed in Vol. VI, Document 58.
237. Telegram From the Embassy in the Soviet Union to the Department of State
Source: Department of State, Central Files, 611.3722/10-1662. Secret; Priority; Eyes Only. The telegram is one of seven that Kohler transmitted to the Department of State that reported on his 3-hour conversation with Chairman Khrushchev on the morning of October 16. This was Kohler’s first formal meeting as Ambassador. Their lengthy conversation was a tour d’horizon of U.S.-Soviet relations. Telegrams 970, 973, 974, and 982, as well as the full text of telegram 979 are printed in vol. V, Documents 146–150. Telegram 978 on Cuba is printed in volume XI; telegram 981 on Berlin is printed in vol. XV, pp. 359–362.
238. Memorandum of Conversation
Source: Department of State, Central Files, 700.5611/10-1862. Secret; Eyes Only. Drafted by Akalovsky and approved by the White House on October 23. The meeting was held in the White House. The source text is labeled “Part III.” Part I on Berlin is printed in vol. XV, pp. 370–376; Part II on Cuba is printed in volume XI; Part IV on U.S.-Soviet relations is printed in vol. V, Document 151. Gromyko was in the United States to attend the 17th session of the U.N. General Assembly.
240. Memorandum of Conversation
Source: Department of State, Central Files, 600.0012/10-3062. Confidential. Drafted by Beam and initialed by Foster.