United Kingdom


379. Message From Prime Minister Macmillan to President Kennedy

Source: Department of State, Presidential Correspondence: Lot 66 D 204. Top Secret.


380. Paper Prepared in the Department of State

Source: Department of State, Conference Files: Lot 65 D 366, CF 1832. Secret. No drafting information appears on the source text.


381. Circular Telegram From the Department of State to the Embassy in France

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 611.41/4–861. Secret; Niact. Drafted in RA on April 7 and cleared in draft with Kohler and Bundy. Repeated to the other NATO capitals and Moscow.


382. Telegram From the Department of State to the Embassy in the United Kingdom

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 611.41/4–861. Secret.


383. Telegram From the Embassy in the United Kingdom to the Department of State

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 741.00/7–1761. Secret. Repeated to Paris and Bonn.


384. Telegram From the Embassy in the United Kingdom to the Department of State

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 611.41/12–1261. Secret; Priority; Limit Distribution. Drafted by Bruce.


385. Objectives and Scope Paper Prepared in the Department of State

Source: Department of State, Conference Files: Lot 65 D 366, CF 2025. Secret. Drafted by Sweeney and cleared by Tyler, Bundy, and Nitze.


386. Telegram From the Mission to the North Atlantic Treaty Organization and European Regional Organizations to the Department of State

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 375/12–1861. Secret; Priority; Limit Distribution. Repeated to London.


387. Circular Telegram From the Department of State to Certain Missions

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 611.41 /12–2761. Confidential. Drafted by Knight; cleared with Bohlen, Tyler, and Fessenden; and approved by Tyler. Sent to missions in Latin America, Europe, and the Far East.


388. Memorandum of Conversation

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 611.41/1–1562. Official Use Only. Drafted by Sweeney and approved in S on January 23.


389. Telegram From the Department of State to the Embassy in the United Kingdom

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 741.5/2–1662. Secret. Drafted by Fessenden and cleared with the President, Rusk, and McNamara.


390. Telegram From the Department of State to the Embassy in the United Kingdom

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 841.13/2–1962. Confidential; Eyes Only. Drafted by Dillon.


391. Scope Paper Prepared in the Department of State

Source: Department of State, Conference Files: Lot 65 D 533, CF 2085. Secret. Drafted by Sweeney and cleared with Schaetzel, Tyler, Ball, and Rusk.


392. Memorandum From the President’s Special Assistant for National Security Affairs (Bundy) to President Kennedy

Source: Kennedy Library, National Security Files, United Kingdom. Secret.


393. Talking Points for the Acting Assistant Secretary of State’s (Tyler) Briefing of the Joint Chiefs of Staff on Prime Minister Macmillan’s Talks

Source: Department of State, J/PM Files: Lot 69 D 258, UK. Secret. No drafting information appears on the source text, but it is attached to a May 10 memorandum from Kitchen to Johnson, which states that it was prepared for a Department of State–JCS meeting scheduled for May 11. Prime Minister Macmillan visited Washington April 27–29. Memoranda of his conversations with the President are ibid., Conference Files: Lot 65 D 533, CF 2084; for a memorandum of their conversation on the UK-EEC negotiations, see Document 36.


394. Memorandum From the Assistant Secretary of State for European Affairs (Kohler) to Secretary of State Rusk

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 741.5611/5–1862. Secret. Drafted by Fessenden on May 21, sent through Johnson, and initialed by Kohler and Johnson.


395. Telegram From the Embassy in the United Kingdom to the Department of State

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 110.11–RU/6–2662. Secret; Limit Distribution. According to another copy of this telegram, it was drafted by Kohler. (Ibid., Conference Files: Lot 65 D 533, CF 2122) Kohler accompanied Rusk on his trip to Europe June 18–28.


396. Letter From Secretary of State Rusk to Secretary of Defense McNamara

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 741.5611/5–1862. Secret. Drafted by Owen and Conroy (RPM) and cleared with Tyler, Schaetzel, Weiss, and Popper.


397. Memorandum of Conversation

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 033.4111/9–1462. Secret. Drafted by Bergesen and approved by S on September 27. Brief memoranda of their conversations on Cuba, Laos, and the Congo are ibid.


398. Department of State Memorandum

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 74.5611/11–262. Secret. No drafting information appears on the source text, but it was attached to a November 2 memorandum from Executive Secretary Brubeck to Kaysen, through Bundy, which states that it was in response to a request by Kaysen.


399. Notes of Conversations Relating To Skybolt

Source: Washington National Records Center, RG 330, McNamara Files: FRC 71 A 3470, Skybolt. Secret. More detailed summaries of the meetings and conversations referred to below are included in Report to the President, Skybolt and Nassau, November 15, 1963, by Richard E. Neustadt, a study that was requested by the President in March 1963. (Kennedy Library, National Security Files, Meetings and Memoranda Series, Neustadt)


400. Letter From Secretary of State Rusk to Secretary of Defense McNamara

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 741.5611/11–2462. Secret. No drafting information appears on the source text.


401. Memorandum of Conversation

Source: Kennedy Library, National Security Files, Meetings with the President. Top Secret. The meeting was held in the Oval Room of the White House.


402. Memorandum of Conversation

Source: Department of State, Conference Files: Lot 65 D 533, CF 2209. Secret. Drafted by Thompson and approved by the White House on December 31. The meeting was held at the Prime Minister’s house. Briefing papers, schedules, agenda, and a chronology for the Nassau meeting between the President and the Prime Minister are ibid., CF 2208–2214. For Macmillan’s account of the meeting, see At the End of the Day, pp. 356–361; for Ball’s account of the meeting, see The Past Has Another Pattern, pp. 264–268. It is also summarized in Neustadt’s Report to the President, Skybolt and Nassau.


403. Memorandum of Conversation

Source: Department of State, Conference Files: Lot 65 D 533, CF 2209. Secret. Drafted and initialed by Tyler and approved by the White House on December 31. The meeting was held at the Prime Minister’s house.


404. Telegram From the Delegation to the Heads of Government Meeting to the Department of State

Source: Department of State, Conference Files: Lot 65 D 533, CF 2213. Secret; Niact; No Other Distribution. No time of transmission is indicated on the source text, but it was received in Washington at 11 p.m., December 19.


405. Telegram From the Department of State to the Delegation to the Heads of Government Meeting at Nassau

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 741.5612/12–2062. Secret; Priority; Eyes Only. Drafted by Schaetzel, cleared with Rostow, and approved and initialed by Rusk.


406. Memorandum of Conversation

Source: Department of State, Conference Files: Lot 66 D110, CF 2217. Secret. Drafted by Tyler and approved by the White House on December 31.


407. Telegram From the Delegation to the Heads of Government Meeting to the Embassy in France

Source: Department of State, Presidential Correspondence: Lot 66 D 204. Secret; Priority. Repeated to London, Bonn, and the Department, which is the source text. No time of transmission appears on the source text. A similar letter was transmitted to Bonn in telegram 1 from Nassau for delivery to Adenauer. (Ibid.)


408. Memorandum by Prime Minister Macmillan

[Source: Department of State, Presidential Correspondence: Lot 66 D 204. Secret. 1 page of source text not declassified.]