Brazil
203. Paper by the Operations Coordinating Board
Source: Kennedy Library, National Security Files, Countries Series, Brazil, January 1-February 24, 1961. Secret. Drafted by Marotta.
204. Telegram From the Department of State to the Embassy in Brazil
Source: Kennedy Library, President’s Office Files, Brazil—Secretary 1961. Confidential; Niact; Limit Distribution. Drafted by Boonstra. Approved by Ball. Cleared by Mann, Martin, and S/S in the Department, Dillon for Treasury, Goodwin for the White House, and by Agriculture and the Export-Import Bank.
205. Telegram From the Embassy in Brazil to the Department of State
Source: Department of State, Latin America Task Force Files: Lot 61 D 298, Brazil 1. Confidential.
206. Memorandum From Secretary of State Rusk to President Kennedy
Source: Kennedy Library, President’s Office Files, Brazil—Secretary 1961. Confidential. Special Ambassador Moreira Salles met with President Kennedy and Mann on March 22 from 4:50 to 5:16 p.m. No record of their conversation was found.
207. Telegram From the Embassy in Brazil to the Department of State
Source: Kennedy Library, President’s Office Files, Brazil, Security, 1961. Secret; Priority; Eyes Only. Treasury Secretary Dillon saw President Quadros while in Rio de Janeiro to attend the second annual meeting of governors of the Inter-American Development Bank, April 10-14.
208. Memorandum From the Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Inter-American Affairs (Coerr) to Acting Secretary of State Bowles
Source: Department of State, Central Files, 732.5-MSP/5-1261. Secret. A copy was sent to the Latin American Task Force on May 15.
209. Memorandum of Conversation
Source: Kennedy Library, National Security Files, Countries Series, Brazil, February 25-May 31, 1961. Confidential. Drafted by Coerr.
210. Telegram From the Embassy in Brazil to the Department of State
Source: Department of State, Central Files, 732.5-MSP/5-3161. Secret. Drafted by Bond.
211. Memorandum of Conversation
Source: Kennedy Library, National Security Files, Countries Series, Brazil, June-July 1961. Official Use Only. Drafted by Barall. Approved in U on July 24 and in the White House August 2.
212. National Intelligence Estimate
Source: Central Intelligence Agency Files, Job 79-R01012A, ODDI Registry. Secret. According to a covering sheet, this estimate was prepared by the Central Intelligence and the intelligence organizations of the Departments of State, Army, Navy, Air Force, and the Joint Staff. The Director of Central Intelligence submitted this estimate to the U.S Intelligence Board on August 8, and all members of the Board concurred except the representatives of the AEC and FBI, who abstained, the subject being outside their jurisdictions.
214. Telegram From the Embassy in Brazil to the Department of State
Source: Department of State, Central Files, 732.5-MSP/9-861. Secret.
215. Telegram From the Department of State to the Embassy in Brazil
Source: Department of State, Central Files, 732.5-MSP/9-861. Confidential. Drafted by Hembra; approved by Woodward; and cleared by Martin, Springsteen, the Export-Import Bank, and Treasury.
216. Memorandum From the Assistant Secretary of State for Inter-American Affairs (Woodward) to Secretary of State Rusk
Source: Department of State, Central Files, 611.32/10-361. Confidential. Drafted by Woodward and cleared with Cleveland and McGhee.
217. Telegram From the Embassy in Brazil to the Department of State
Source: Department of State, Central Files, 611.32/10-2161. Secret.
218. Letter From the Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security Affairs (Williams) to the Assistant Secretary of State for Inter-American Affairs (Woodward)
Source: Department of State, Central Files, 732.00/11-761. Secret. Woodward replied to Williams’ letter on November 15. (Ibid., 732.00/11-1361) He welcomed the offer of the Department of Defense to consult with the State Department on the Brazilian situation. He hoped to do so after consultation with the Embassy in Rio de Janeiro and following the completion of a new Special National Intelligence Estimate on Brazil (Document 219). Ambassador Gordon, in telegram 1280 from Rio de Janeiro, November 25, wrote, “Embassy greatly disturbed at evident breakdown in communication among agencies US Government implicit in Williams’ letter.” The Embassy, he continued, was aware of the developments in Brazil described in the Defense Department letter. (Department of State, Central Files, 732.00/11-2561)
219. Special National Intelligence Estimate
Source: Central Intelligence Agency Files, Job 79-R01012A, ODDI Registry. Secret. According to a covering sheet, this estimate was prepared by the Central Intelligence Agency and the intelligence organizations of the Departments of State, Army, Navy, Air Force, and the Joint Staff. All members of the USIB concurred in this estimate on December 7 except the representatives of the AEC and FBI, who abstained, the subject being outside their jurisdictions.
220. Memorandum From the Administrator of the Agency for International Development (Hamilton) to President Kennedy
Source: Department of State, Central Files, 811.0032/2-962. Official Use Only. A February 9 covering memorandum from Hamilton to Bundy indicates the memorandum is a response to a February 5, request from the President for information on U.S.-sponsored economic projects being implemented in Brazil prior to the October 1962 Congressional, state, and municipal elections there.
221. Memorandum of Conversation
Source: Department of State, Secretary’s Memoranda of Conversation: Lot 65 D 330. Official Use Only. Drafted by Wilson of ARA/EST. Approved in S on February 28.
222. Memorandum From Secretary of the Treasury Dillon to President Kennedy
Source: Kennedy Library, National Security Files, Countries Series, Brazil, April 1962. Confidential.
223. Memorandum of Conversation
Source: Department of State, Presidential Memoranda of Conversation: Lot 66 D 149. Official Use Only. Drafted by DeSeabra of L/S. Approved by S on April 12 and by the White House on April 16. The meeting was held at the White House. The time of the meeting is from the President’s Appointment Book. (Kennedy Library)
224. Memorandum of Conversation
Source: Department of State, Presidential Memoranda of Conversation: Lot 66 D 149. Official Use Only. The meeting took place at the White House. The time of the meeting was taken from the President’s Appointment Book. (Kennedy Library) Approved in S on April 12 and in the White House on April 16.
225. Memorandum Prepared by Director of Central Intelligence McCone
Source: Central Intelligence Agency, Job 80-B01285A, DCI/McCone Files, Memoranda to the Record. Secret. Drafted by McCone on April 5. Copies were sent to General Carter and to Helms, Earman, and Elder.
226. Memorandum of Discussion With Secretary of State Rusk
Source: Central Intelligence Agency, Job 80-B01285A, DCI/McCone Files, Memoranda to the Record. Secret. Drafted on April 11.
227. Memorandum of Conversation
Source: Department of State, Secretary’s Memoranda of Conversation: Lot 65 D 330. Confidential. Drafted by Martin.
228. Report From the Inter-Departmental Survey Team on Brazil to President Kennedy
Source: Kennedy Library, National Security Files, William H. Brubeck Series, Brazil, November-December 1962. Secret. Under the provisions of NSAM 173, “Interdepartmental Field Visits,” July 18, the Special Group (Counter-Insurgency) approved the creation of a joint survey team, headed by General William H. Draper, Jr., to examine the effectiveness of the cooperation of the Country Team in Brazil and the departments and agencies in Washington with which they worked. The Draper Commission spent 16 days traveling throughout Brazil in October 1962. (Department of State, NSAM Files: Lot 72 D 316)
229. Memorandum From the Executive Secretary of the Department of State (Brubeck) to the President’s Special Assistant for National Security Affairs (Bundy)
Source: Kennedy Library, President’s Office Files, Brazil—General, 1962. Secret.
230. Memorandum Prepared for the National Security Council Executive Committee Meeting
Source: Kennedy Library, National Security Files, Countries Series, Brazil, November 16-30, 1962. Secret. The meeting was scheduled for December 11 at 10 a.m. A December 12 memorandum from Brubeck to Martin, Gordon, and Moscoso, excerpts NSC Executive Committee Record of Action for this meeting. It concluded that the President “accepted the recommendation that our best course of action is to seek to change the political and economic orientation of Brazilian President Goulart and his Government” and decided to send a special envoy to Brazil to speak with President Goulart. (Department of State, Central Files, 611.32/12-1262) Attorney General Kennedy met with Goulart in Brasilia on December 17. A memorandum of their conversation, December 19, was transmitted in airgram A-710 from Rio de Janeiro, December 19. (Ibid., 033.1100-KE/12-1962)
231. Memorandum of Conversation
Source: Department of State, Central Files, 611.32/12-2662. Official Use Only. Drafted by King on December 27.
232. Memorandum of Conversation
Source: Department of State, Central Files, 611.32/12-2662. Official Use Only. Drafted by King on December 27.