July-August 1961: NSAM No. 62; the Second Acheson Report on Berlin; Meeting of the Four Western Foreign Ministers at Paris
74. Memorandum of Conversation
Source: Department of State, Central Files, 762.00/7-2461. Top Secret. Drafted by Mautner on July 24 and approved by Johnson on July 31. A typewritten note on the source text indicates the meeting began at noon, recessed for lunch, and reconvened at 3 p.m.
75. Memorandum of Meeting on Berlin
Source: Kennedy Library, President’s Office Files, Germany. Top Secret. Drafted by McNamara on July 19. The time of the meeting is from the JFK Log. (Ibid.)
76. Memorandum From the President’s Special Assistant for National Security Affairs (Bundy) to President Kennedy
Source: Kennedy Library, National Security Files, NSC Meetings, 1961. Secret. Published in part in Declassified Documents, 1986, 2257.
77. Memorandum of Minutes of the National Security Council Meeting
Source: Kennedy Library, National Security Files, NSC Meetings. Top Secret. Prepared by Bundy on July 25. For two other accounts of the meeting, see Sorensen, Kennedy, p. 590, and Catudal, Kennedy and the Berlin Wall Crisis, pp. 180-183.
78. Record of Meeting of the Berlin Steering Group
Source: National Defense University, Taylor Papers, Box 34, Interdepartmental Steering Group. Top Secret. Prepared by Colonel Lawrence J. Legere on July 22.
80. National Security Action Memorandum No. 62
Source: Kennedy Library, National Security Files, NSAMs. Top Secret. Copies were sent to Lemnitzer, Sorensen, Taylor, and Kohler.
82. Minutes of Meeting of the Interdepartmental Coordinating Group on Berlin
Source: Kennedy Library, National Security Files, Meetings with the President. Top Secret. Prepared by Bundy on July 31. Published in part in Declassified Documents, 1984, 2753.
84. Telegram From the Embassy in the Soviet Union to the Department of State
Source: Department of State, Central Files, 762.00/7-2861. Confidential; Priority; Limited Distribution.
85. Telegram From the Embassy in the Soviet Union to the Department of State
Source: Department of State, Central Files, 762.00/7-2961. Secret; Priority; Limited Distribution. The source text bears the note “DR saw Sat,” i.e., July 29.
86. Paper Prepared in the Department of State
Source: Department of State, Conference Files: Lot 65 D 366, CF 1946. Secret. Attached to a July 29 memorandum from McGhee to Rusk, which stated that this paper was a first draft of a paper on negotiations arising out of the Berlin crisis. On August 4 McGhee sent a copy to Acheson. (Ibid., Central Files, 762.00/8-461)
87. Telegram From the Embassy in the Soviet Union to the Department of State
Source: Department of State, Central Files, 762.00/7-3161. Secret; Limit Distribution. Repeated to Paris, London, Bonn, and Berlin.
88. Telegram From the Embassy in the Soviet Union to the Department of State
Source: Department of State, Central Files, 762.00/7-3161. Secret; Priority; Limit Distribution. Repeated to Paris, London, Bonn, and Berlin.
89. Report by Dean Acheson
Source: Department of State, Central Files, 762.00/7-3161. Secret. Attached to a July 31 memorandum transmitting the report to Rusk. Also attached were a 5-page summary entitled “Talking Paper,” a table of contents, and Tabs A, “The Western Peace Plan,” and B, “Proposed Revision of Solution C;” none is printed. The Political Program and Tabs A and B are also published in Declassified Documents, 1978, 144A.
90. Record of Meeting of the Berlin Steering Group
Source: Kennedy Library, National Security Files, Germany, Berlin, Steering Group. Top Secret; Eyes Only. Prepared by Bundy on August 7.
91. Memorandum From the President’s Special Assistant for National Security Affairs (Bundy) to President Kennedy
Source: Kennedy Library, National Security Files, Germany, Berlin. Top Secret. Also published in part in Declassified Documents, 1982, 2259.
92. Record of Meeting
Source: Kennedy Library, National Security Files, Meetings and Memoranda Series, Meetings with the President. Secret. No drafting information appears on the source text. Published in part in Declassified Documents, 1986, 2258.
94. Memorandum of Conversation
Source: Department of State, Conference Files: Lot 65 D 366, CF 1940. Secret. Drafted by Hillenbrand and approved in S on August 7. The meeting was held at the Quai d’Orsay.
95. Memorandum of Conversation
Source: Department of State, Central Files, 396.1-PA/8-561. Secret. Drafted by Cash on August 6 and approved in S on August 8. The meeting was held at the Quai d’Orsay.
96. Memorandum of Conversation
Source: Department of State, Secretary’s Memoranda of Conversation: Lot 65 D 330. Secret. Drafted by Hillenbrand on August 7 and approved in S on August 8. The meeting was held at the Quai d’Orsay.
97. Memorandum of Conversation
Source: Department of State, Secretary’s Memoranda of Conversation: Lot 65 D 330. Top Secret; Limit Distribution. Drafted by Hillenbrand on August 7 and approved in S on August 8. The meeting was held at the Quai d’Orsay.
98. Memorandum of Conversation
Source: Department of State, Secretary’s Memoranda of Conversation: Lot 65 D 330. Secret. Drafted by Lampson and approved in S on August 8. The meeting was held at the Quai d’Orsay.
99. Telegram From Secretary of State Rusk to the Department of State
Source: Department of State, Central Files, 762.00/8-761. Secret; Priority. According to another copy this telegram was drafted by Rusk. (Ibid., Conference Files: Lot 65 D 366, CF 1943)
100. Memorandum of Conversation
Source: Department of State, Central Files, 396.1-PA/8-861. Secret. Drafted by Lyon and approved in S on August 9. The meeting was held at the Elysée Palace.
101. Paper Prepared by the Four-Power Working Group on Germany and Berlin
Source: Kennedy Library, National Security Files, Germany, Berlin. Secret. The source text bears the handwritten notation: “Sent to H[yannis] P[ort] week-end of 8/4.” The source text bears no drafting information. On August 7 the Four-Power Working Group had met to revise its report on the basis of the Foreign Ministers discussions. This paper summarizes their decisions. A copy of the text of their report, as revised, is in Department of State, Conference Files: Lot 65 D 366, CF 1945.
102. Memorandum of Conversation
Source: Department of State, Central Files, 396.1-PA/8-961. Secret. Drafted by John A. Bovey, First Secretary of the Embassy in Paris. The meeting was held at the Embassy.
103. Telegram From the Department of State to the Embassy in Germany
Source: Kennedy Library, National Security Files, Germany, Berlin, Cables. Secret; Limit Distribution. Drafted by Ausland and Achilles; cleared by Brandin (GER), Davis, Tyler, Kohler, Ball, Johnson, and Bundy (in draft); and approved by Rusk. Repeated to Berlin, London, Paris, and Moscow.
- The source text mistakenly gives July 20 as the date for the meetings.↩