Index

• El Abd, Hassan, 640, 643
• El Abd, Salah, 145n
• Abdullah, Jamal, 746
• Aboud, EI-Mehdi B., 145n
• Afghanistan, 33, 40, 371n, 472–473, 542, 557, 583n, 591–593, 612–613, 604, 634
• Afkhami, Brig. Gen., 598
• Africa, 131, 138, 139, 141, 406
  • Israeli aid to, 11–12, 131–132, 220, 339–341
• Agency for International Development (AID):
  • Iran, 543
  • United Arab Republic, 567, 568, 569, 644, 645, 758, 759
• Ahmed, Imam of Yemen, 100
• Air Force, U.S., 37n, 122n, 164n, 287n, 455n, 549n
• Algeria, 50, 150, 473, 614, 616, 627–628, 649
• Alphand, Herve, 178
• American Jewish Conference, 658, 668, 687–688, 761–762
• Amini, Ali (see also Iran), 99, 105–106, 109, 118–119, 123–125, 152, 153, 154, 199–200, 213–214, 226–227, 674–675
  • political situation in Iran, 234–242, 317–318, 325–326, 720–723, 725–727, 748–751
  • U.S. Task Force on Iran, 245–253, 298–299, 307–308, 416–417, 419, 426
• Ammoun, 647
• Anderson, Edward, 495n, 576n, 643
• Anderson, Robert B., 11, 139
• Anschuetz, Norbert L., 657
• Arab-Israeli dispute (see also individual countries; Jordan River development; Lake Tiberias incident; oil resources; Palestinian refugee issue), 288, 362, 684–685, 691–692, 762–771
  • Arab boycott of Israel, 131, 762n, 769–771
  • arms balance, 11, 684, 747–748
  • Ben Gurion visit to U.S., impact of, 104–105
  • direct talks, 349–350, 731–732, 737
  • Farbstein Resolution, 458–459, 463, 468–469, 732
  • “freezing” of, 18, 22, 103, 406
  • Iraqi position, 190
  • Israeli position, 26–29, 35, 92–96, 129, 135–136, 141, 151, 342–344, 347
  • Israeli security and, 342–344
  • Kennedy letter to Arab leaders, see under Palestinian refugee issue
  • Saudi position, 328, 473
  • UAR position, 18–20, 344–345
  • U.S. position, 92–96, 710–718, 733n, 736n
  • U.S.-U.K. meeting, 20–25
• Arab League, 2, 15, 26–27, 84, 197–199, 376, 278
• Arad, Shimshon, 151n, 669
• Aram, Abbas, 590, 606, 610, 622, 748
• Argentina, 217
• Arms control. See Disarmament; arms balance under Arab-Israeli dispute.
• Arms sales/supply. See military issues under specifiC countries; U.S. military relations under specific countries.
• Army, U.S., 37n, 122n, 164n, 287n, 455n, 549n
• Arsenjani, Hassan, 246
• Asfia, Safi, 610
• Asia, 139
• al-Atiqi, Abdul R., 702n
• Atomic energy. See atomic energy program under Israel
• Atomic Energy Commission (AEC), 4n, 287n, 313n
• Avriel, Ehud, 340–341
• Ayub Khan, Mohammed, 599
• Badawi, Maj., 180
• Badeau, John S., 115n, 207, 210, 256, 282n, 368, 389–390, 392, 394, 397–399, 432, 444, 479, 482, 507, 650, 661n, 745, 756
• Badrkhan, Kamaran, 746n
• Baghdad Pact, 78
• el-Baghdadi, Abdel-Latif M., 397, 404, 467
• Bakhtiar, Timur, 26, 32–34, 38–41
• Ball, George W.:
  • Iran, 532–533, 582n, 618
  • Iraq, 746–747
  • Jordan River development, 231–234
  • Kuwaiti-Iraq conflict, 439–441
  • Lebanon, 449
  • Palestinian refugee issue, 291–292, 731
  • Lake Tiberias incident, 537–538, 547–548, 587
  • Syria, 576
  • UAR, 156, 441–447, 451–453
• Baqai, Mazafer, 59
• Bar-Haim, Shaul, 327, 414, 534
• Barbour, Walworth, 102, 185–187, 207, 209, 210, 211, 320–321, 414, 416, 546–547, 584, 752n
• Barrow, John R., 268n, 276n, 281n, 331n, 354, 355, 384n, 389n, 392n, 393n, 404n, 41n, 443n, 445n, 451n, 465n, 495n, 497n, 522n, 564n, 573n, 576n, 660n, 755n
• al-Barzani, Mustafa, 746
• Battle, Lucius D., 370n, 541n, 548n, 590n, 623n, 625n
  • Iran, 222–223, 284–285, 417n, 516–518, 633–635, 659–660
  • Iraq, 41–42
  • Israel, 12>-128, 688–691
  • Jordan, 190n
  • Kennedy letter to Arab leaders, 242–243
  • Lake Tiberias incident, 629–633
  • Lebanon, 191n
  • Saudi Arabia, 51–53, 182–183, 230, 585–586
  • Syrian rebellion against UAR, 268–271, 334–338
  • UAR, 331–334, 380–383, 497–498
• Baxter, William O., 99, 152n
• Ben Bella, 649
• Ben Gurian, David (see also Israel), 11, 288, 555, 584
  • Africa, Israeli aid to, 12
  • Arab Ambassadors discuss Ben Gurian-Kennedy meeting, 145–150
  • atomic energy program and nuclear weapons capability, 9, 13–14, 29, 74, 75
  • Palestinian refugee issue, 93, 150–151, 208, 327
    • Johnson (Joseph) mission, 265–266, 669, 670–671
  • Kennedy, correspondence with, 723–725, 751–754 visit to U.S., 81, 86, 104–105, 129–132, 134–141, 158, 189–190
• Bennett, Andrew J., 249, 252
• Bergeson, Alf, 319n
• Bible, Alan, 761n
• Bittermann, Kathleen S., 356n
• Black, Eugene R., 17, 392, 461, 578, 641, 642, 645
• Blake, Robert, 409, 460, 525
• Boggs, Marion W., 731
• Bolivia, 381, 382n
• Bourguiba, Habib, Jr., 145n
• Bowles, Chester B.:
  • Iran, 75, 77, 90n, 104–105, 152, 319–320, 451, 571
  • Israel, 86
  • Jordan River development, 15n
  • Kennedy letter to Arab leaders, 100–101, 110n, 113
  • Palestinian refugee issue, 91–92
  • Syrian rebellion against UAR, 262–264, 267
  • UAR, 113, 255, 363, 404, 475n, 501, 567, 637n, 658, 668
    • Nasser visit to U.S., possible, 114–116, 156–157, 256n, 481–489, 507 visit to UAR, 432, 441–445, 465–467, 478–479, 506, 566, 677
• Bowling, John W., 25n, 32, 34n, 43n, 54, 56n, 222n, 228, 245n, 251, 293n, 314, 319n, 429, 450n, 516, 532n, 539n, 540, 590n, 606n, 633n
• Braddock, Daniel M., 195
• Brannon, Col., 195
• Brazil, 115
• Breisky, A.E., 633, 741
• Brewer, William D., 18n, 49n, 100n, 103, 114n, 142n, 157n
• Brown, L. Dean, 54
• Brubeck, William H., 451, 654n, 688n, 706–707, 731, 740–741, 744–746, 751n, 755–756, 759–760
• Bruce, David K.E., 175
• Buffum, William B., 18n, 49n, 537n, 547n, 550n, 629n
• Bulganin, Nikolai A., 137
• Bundy, McGeorge:
  • Iran, 43–44, 76, 212n, 223, 228n, 417n, 215–216, 228, 286, 293, 519, 533n, 633, 659, 700
    • Shah visit to U.S., 516, 541n, 548n, 570, 582n, 590n, 623n
  • Iraq, 41–42, 364n, 740
  • Israel, 2–30, 35–36, 125, 132–133, 654n, 671n, 683, 747, 751n, 759
  • Kennedy letter to Arab leaders, 190n, 191n, 242
  • Kuwaiti-Iraqi conflict, 380n
  • Lake Tiberias incident, 550n, 629
  • Near East tensions, 762n
  • Palestinian refugee issue, 194
  • Saudi Arabia, 182, 230, 370n, 585, 706, 757
  • Syrian rebellion against UAR, 260, 268–271, 272, 302–303
  • UAR, 157, 281n, 359, 367n, 380, 451n, 456, 625n, 658, 677n, 686n, 687n, 760n, 667, 668, 744, 755, 756
• Bundy, William, 43–44, 75, 99, 102–103, 116n, 532n, 542, 570, 582n, 598, 603, 605, 633n, 671–674, 735n
• Buraimi, 473, 706
• Burdett, William C., 20
• Burke, Adm. Arleigh A., 75, 98, 178
• Cabell, Charles P., 75
• Cabot, John M., 169
• Caccia, Sir Harold, 168, 176n, 178, 179
• Canada, 150, 414, 555
• Cargo, William I., 83n
• Carlson, Frank, I
• Case, Clifford P., 761n
• Central African Republic, 340–341, 371n
• Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), 4n, 32, 37n, 122n, 164n, 287n, 455n, 549n
• Central Treaty Organization (CENTO), 634
  • and Iran, 32, 34, 45, 119, 121, 205, 423, 513, 531, 532, 590–591, 595, 598–600, 619
    • JCS position, 7–8, 46–48, 117, 166–167, 557, 560, 562
  • Soviet threat to Near East, 257–258, 557, 559, 560, 592
  • U.K. policy, 24, 45
  • U.S. position, 46–48, 77–79, 107–108, 121, 595, 620–621
• Chamoun, Camille, 616
• Chase, Elwyn F., Jr., 49n
• Chavez, Dennis, 761n
• Chayes, Abram J., 289n
• Chehab, Fuad, 100, 128, 191, 395–396, 407–408, 616
• Chiefs of Mission, U.S., consideration of Near East, 206–212, 704n, 728–730
• Chile, 371n
• China, Peopleʼs Republic of, 381, 382n, 478
• Cleopatra (UAR flag vessel), 145, 387
• Cleveland, Harlan, 42, 87–88, 110n, 197n, 264, 291n, 328, 346n, 349, 351, 371n, 409, 413, 547n, 584, 586–587, 588, 631, 693n, 699, 707, 710
• Clifton, Brig. Gen. Chester V., 98, 175, 380n, 756–757
• Coblentz, William, 468
• Coffin, Frank M., 516
• Collopy, Walter, 267, 271, 281n, 660
• Comay, Michael S., 151, 526, 588
• Common Market, 131–132, 616–617, 734
• Conger, Clement, 114n
• Congo, 18–19, 22, 23, 50, 142, 143, 371n
• Congress, U.S.:
  • acts of:
    • Mutual Security Act, 381
    • P.L. 480, see under specific countries
  • discrimination against Jewish Americans in Near East, 761
  • Farbstein Resolution, see under Arab-Israeli dispute
  • Israeli atomic energy program, 1–6
  • Joint Committee on Atomic Energy, 4–5
  • Middle East Resolution, 43
  • Palestinian refugee issue, 17, 95
• Cook, Mercer, 169
• Costa Rica, 371n
• Costanza (Treasury), 314, 331n
• Cottam, Howard R, 242n, 540, 633n, 637, 638, 643, 659n, 660n, 719n, 726n, 748
• Crawford, Stewart, 525
• Crawford, William R., Jr., 10, 92n, 96n, 127n, 145n, 146, 231, 244n, 264n, 313n, 346n, 409, 460n, 490n, 492n, 521n, 525, 530, 531, 554n, 577, 578, 584n, 701n, 707n, 708
• Croach, Jesse, 80n, 125, 130
• Cromwell, W.K., III, 20
• Cuba, 115, 142, 143, 144, 678
• Cyprus, 622
• Dako, David, 340
• Daoudi (Syria), 649–650
• Davis, John H., 208
• al-Dawalibi, Marouf, 490, 492n, 501–503
• de Gaulle, Charles, 473, 616
• Dean, Sir Patrick, 184
• Defense, U.S. Department of, 32, 122n, 182–183
• Development Loan Fund (DLF), 203
• Dhahran air field. See under Saudi Arabia.
• Dickman, Francois M., 242n, 495n, 497n, 575n
• Diefenbaker, John G., 133
• Dillon, C. Douglas, 339
• Dimechkie, Nadim, 145n, 148–149, 150, 395–396, 449
• Dimona atomic reactor. See atomic energy program under Israel.
• Dinsmore, Lee F., 701n, 746n
• Disarmament, 29, 94–95, 129, 219, 622
• Dodd, Thomas J., 761n
• Donahue, Richard K., 368
• Dozier, William B., 20
• Drake, Weston B., 356n
• Drummond, Roscoe, 759–760
• Duke, Angier Biddle, 470
• Dulles, Allen, 41
• Dulles, John Foster, 168
• Duncan, Enoch S., 356n, 382n, 489n, 497n, 585n, 637, 640, 643
• Dungan, Ralph A., 39n, 51, 91n, 104n, 110n, 368n
• Durham, Carl T., 4
• Dutton, Frederick G., 458–459, 731
• Eden, Anthony, 137
• Egypt. See United Arab Republic.
• Eilts, Hermann F., 83n, 92n, 163n, 182n, 197n
• Eisenhower, Dwight D., 136, 139
• El Salvador, 371n
• EIdem, Sadi, 526, 579
• Elwood, Robert B., 99, 711n
• Emami, Jafar S., 98
• Ethiopia, 381, 382n, 415
• Export-Import Bank, 203, 333, 339
• Faisal ibn Abd al-Aziz, Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia, 53, 82, 674
• Farbstein, Leonard, 458–459, 463, 468–470, 530, 732
• Farbstein Resolution. See under Arab-Israeli dispute.
• Farley, Philip J., 1–4, 79, 80, 244n, 313n
• Farman-Farmayan, Dr., 199n, 224
• Fawzi, Mahmoud, 18, 157, 232, 265, 291n, 467, 578, 656, 657, 745
• Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), 759–760
• Feinberg, Abe, 86
• Feldman, Myer:
  • discrimination against American
  • Jews in Near East, 687–688
  • Israel, 86, 129–132, 338–341, 737–738
  • Jordan River development, 65tn, 699
  • Lake Tiberias incident, 587, 629, 630, 653, 694
  • Near East tensions, 762n
  • Palestinian refugee issue, 193
  • UAR, 367–368, 403, 447, 451n, 658n
• Ferguson, C. Vaughan, 49n
• Folk, Harold, 474
• France, 137, 288, 588, 616
  • Israel, relations with, 4, 5–6, 9, 27, 217, 219, 220, 288
  • Palestinian refugee issue, 588, 709
  • Syrian rebellion against UAR, 335
  • UAR, relations with, 398, 641
• Fulbright, J. William, 1–3, 156
• Furnas, Howard, 157n, 313n
• Gabbert, Howard M., 356n, 445n
• Gabon, 371n
• Gannett, Michael R., 77n
• Gatewood, Richard D., 314
• Gaud, William S., 341n, 384n, 389n, 495n, 532n, 540, 541, 570, 582n, 583, 585n, 590, 597, 606, 610, 617, 633n, 637, 640, 643–645, 659n
• Gazit, Mordechai, 26, 36, 81, 320n, 327, 349, 414, 647–649, 701
• General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATI), 680
• Germany, Federal Republic of, 241, 288, 426, 556, 566, 614–615, 742
• Ghana, 139
• Ghazi, King of Iraq, 161–162
• Ghoury, Emile, 328
• Gilpatric, Roswell L., 178, 216n, 244, 541n
• Glidden, Harold W., 364n
• Gold, Ruth S., 331n
• Goldmann, Nahum, 525, 526
• Gomberg, Dr., 2
• Goodpaster, Andrew J., 15n
• Goodwin, Richard, 15n
• Gore, Albert, 1–3, 208
• Grand, Albert, 410n
• Grant, James P., 409, 414, 465–467, 470, 480n, 489n, 490–493, 495n, 651–656, 706–707, 726n, 731–732, 734–736, 740n
• Grant, William B., 259–261
• Grantham, Elonzo B., Jr., 102, 152n
• Greece, 131–132, 618
• Greene, Myles L., 519n
• Greenhill, Sir Denis, 20, 22, 23, 79, 178, 184
• Gromyko, Andrei Y., 622
• Guatemala, 371n
• Guinea, 678
• Gulick, Frances A., 356n
• El Hadari, Osman, 145n, 149
• Haikal, Yusuf, 145n
• Haiti, 371n
• al-Hamdani, Abdelhadi, 145n
• Hamilton, Fowler, 341n, 512–516, 610, 625–626
• Hamilton, William L., Jr., 10, 26, 34n, 81, 92n, 102, 327, 414, 449n, 534, 541n, 570, 651n, 676n, 693n
• Hammarskjold, Dag, 22, 148, 207, 210
• Hansen, Kenneth R., 99, 212n, 248, 250, 252–253, 307–312, 314, 429, 430, 580–582, 725n
• Harding, Stanley, 102
• Hare, Raymond A., 210
• Harman, Avraham:
  • anniversary parade at Jerusalem, 42
  • Arab-Israeli dispute, 691n
  • Ben Gurion visit to U.S., 81
  • Israeli atomic energy program, 9, 13–15, 29–30, 35–36, 74–75, 79–80
  • Israeli diplomatic missions, status of, 414–416
  • Jordan River development, 30, 699
  • Kennedy letter to Arab leaders, 192
  • Lake Tiberias incident, 534
  • Palestinian refugee issue, 92–93, 327–329, 353, 526, 627–629
  • U.S.-Israeli relations, 26–29, 35, 684c685, 713, 733–734
• Harriman, W. Averell, 40, 44–46, 54–55, 605–606
• Harrison, Sir Geoffrey, 316–317, 323–324, 326, 508n
• Hart, Parker T., 18n, 169–171, 207, 209, 210, 211
• Hassouna, Mohammad A.B., 197, 371, 372, 491
• Hayden, Gen. John C., 620
• Heath, Donald R., 51, 180n
• Helmi, Gen. Armin, 656, 657
• Henderson, Loy, 13
• Henniker-Major, Sir John P.E.C., 263
• Herter, Christian A., 4, 9, 415
• Herz, Martin F., 755n
• Hewitt, Warren E., 276n, 521n, 564, 564n, 576n, 630n, 762n
• Hickenlooper, Bourke B., 1–3
• Hilsman, Roger, Jr., 99, 313n, 364n, 395n, 734n, 735n
• Holmes, Julius C.:
  • economic situation in Iran, 726–727, 748–751
  • Iranian-U.S. relations, 55, 293, 430–431, 542, 619, 620, 621
  • Military Assistance Steering Group, 433–437, 467–468
  • political situation in Iran, 234–242, 726–727, 748–751
  • Shah, talks with, 316–319, 323–326, 508–511
  • Shah visit to U.S., 582n, 583, 590, 598, 606, 610, 622
  • U.S. Task Force on Iran, 99, 222, 224, 229, 245n, 314n
• Home, Lord, 45, 168, 171–172, 176–177
• Hood, Lord Samuel, 20–25, 168n, 178
• Hughes, Thomas L., 540
• Humphrey, Hubert H., 312, 349, 761n
• Hussaini, Jemal, 470
• Hussein, Kamel E., 398
• Hussein I, ibn Talal, King of Jordan, 132, 470n
  • Jordan River development, 232
  • Kennedy letter to Arab leaders, 100, 128, 188–191
  • Palestinian refugee issue, 373n
  • Syrian rebellion against UAR, 259, 273–276, 282–283
  • UAR-Jordanian relations, 114, 115, 398, 571–574
• Ide, W. Carter, 489n, 726n
• Ilyan, Mikhail, 270
• India, 139, 172, 381, 382n
• Indonesia, 371n
• Ink, Dwight, 313n
• Intelligence Board, U.S., 37n, 122n, 164n, 287n, 455n
• International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), 3, 158–159, 554–556
• International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (IBRD):
  • Iran, 200, 203, 224, 241, 299, 300, 426, 634, 727
  • Jordan, 534
  • Jordan River development, 17, 231n, 232, 521–522
  • Palestinian refugee issue, 209
  • United Arab Republic, 345, 578, 638, 641, 642, 645–646, 680, 681–682
• International Cooperation Administration (ICA), 339
• International Development Association (IDA), 233
• International Monetary Fund (IMF):
  • Iran, 299, 617
  • United Arab Republic, 333, 566, 567, 569, 637, 678, 681
• Ioanes, Raymond A., 356n
• Iran, 141
  • Afghanistan, relations with, 40, 583n, 591–592, 612–613
  • Arab neutralism, 59
  • Bakhtiar visit to U.S., 32–34 and CENTO, see under CENTO economic situation, 720–723, 725–727, 748–751
  • Harriman visit, 54–55
  • and IBRD, 200, 203, 224, 241, 299, 300, 426, 634, 727
  • and IMF, 299, 617
  • Iraq, relations with, 594
  • Kennedy-Bakhtiar meeting, 38–41
  • Kennedy-Shah correspondence, 25–26, 451n, 533n
  • military and security issues, 7, 8, 204, 246, 509–510, 512–518, 539–540, 598–604, 618–625, 659, 700
    • Shahʼs concern, 25–26, 38, 508–511, 539–540
  • oil resources, 39, 56, 427, 597
  • political situation, 56–65, 89–90, 199–200, 212–216, 224–227, 234–242, 725–726
    • Amini government (see also Task Force on Iran, U.S. below), 98–99, 105–107
      • Shahʼs position, 106, 123, 124–125, 153–154, 316–319, 323–326
      • U.S. Embassy (Tehran) assessment, 234–242, 303–306, 319–320
      • U.S. support for, 120–122, 202, 222–223
    • SNIE 34.2-61, 122–125
    • U.S. courses of action, 7–8, 43–44
    • U.S. Embassy (Tehran) assessments, 105–110, 303–306, 720–723, 748–751
    • U.S. position (see also U.S. Task Force on Iran below), 37–38, 43–44, 63–65, 72–74, 120–122, 152–154, 215–216, 3OQ-302, 512–516, 532–533, 726–727
  • Rusk-Qods-Nakhai meeting, 89–90
  • Shah visit to U.S. (Apri1 1962), 431, 450–451, 516–517, 519, 532–533, 548–549, 570, 582–583
    • follow-up, 633–635
    • Harriman-Shah meeting, 605–606
    • Kennedy-Shah meetings, 590–597, 606–610
    • McNamara-Shah meeting, 598–604
    • Rusk-Shah meeting, 610–622
    • U.S. aide-memoire, 623–625
  • Soviet Union, relations with, 38, 204–206, 257–258, 284–287, 422, 423–425, 556, 557, 543, 593
  • Syrian rebellion against UAR, 270
  • U.K. policy, 24, 45, 201–206
  • U.S. economic assistance, 32–34, 39–41, 65, 109–110, 200–201, 202–203, 540, 541, 580–582, 596–598, 615–618, 633–634
  • U.S. military relations (see also military and security issues above; U.S. Task Force on Iran below), 284–287, 540, 542–543, 582–583, 595–596
    • American military personnel in Iran, 519–520
    • Iranian position, 516–517
    • JCS position, 166–167, 556–563
    • Military Assistance Steering Group, 423, 427–428, 433–437, 467–468, 539
    • Taylorʼs assessments, 531–532
    • U.S. Embassy (Tehran) assessments, 433–437
    • U.S. military assistance, 76–77, 201–206, 512–518, 531–533, 539–543, 548–549, 562–563, 580–583, 659–660
  • U.S. Task Force on Iran, 98–99, 105–110, 116–117, 118–119, 120, 199, 222–223, 228–229, 245–253, 293–300, 307–312, 314–315, 416–427, 425, 427, 444–445
• Iraq, 26, 542, 557, 604, 634
  • Iran, relations with, 33, 40, 84, 594
  • Kennedy letter to Arab leaders, 128, 190
  • Kennedy-Qasim correspondence, 41–42
  • Kuwaiti-Iraq conflict, 159–162, 169–171, 765
    • Arab solution, 197–199
    • Kennedy-Al-Khayyal meeting, 182
    • Saudi position, 169, 182, 471
    • U.K. concern, 168, 171–172, 175–179, 184–185, 199, 376
    • U.K. military protection for Kuwait, 175–179, 184–185, 374–378
    • U.K. position, 171–172, 175–176
    • U.N. consideration, 179
    • U.S. Embassy(Baghdad) assessments, 374–375
    • U.S. position, 163–164, 172, 174–175, 179, 184–185, 197–199, 376–378, 378–380, 702–704
  • Kurdish people, 593–594, 613, 654, 655, 746–747
  • oil company dispute, 364–366, 379, 742–743
  • oil resources, 742–743
  • political situation, 364–366, 654–656, 700, 744
  • SNIE 36.2-62, 455–456
  • Syria, relations with, 336, 524
  • Soviet Union, relations with, 364–366, 378, 705, 741–742, 743
  • U.S., relations with, 41–42, 364–366
    • recall of Ambassadors, 702–705
    • U.S. policy, 740–744
• Iraq Petroleum Company, 364–366, 379
• Israel (see also Arab-Israeli dispute; Lake Tiberias incident; Palestinian refugee issue), 287–288
  • Africa, aid to, 11–12, 131–132, 220, 339–341
  • anniversary parade in Jerusalem, 42, 188
  • Arab boycott of, 131, 769–771
  • Arab nationalism, 165
  • atomic reactor at Dimona and atomic energy program, 11, 220–221, 244
    • Bundy-Harman meeting, 29–30, 35–36
    • desalinization of sea water, 134–135
    • inspection visit, 10, 13–15, 74–75, 79–80, 125–126, 130, 132–133, 135, 313
    • Israeli position, 5–6, 35–36, 129–130, 683
    • JCS analysis, 216–221
    • non-military nature, 4
    • secretive nature, 1–3, 6, 127
    • UAR concern, 19–20, 158–159
    • U.K. concern, 21–22
    • U.S. congressional concern, 1–6
    • Israeli Embassy press leaks, 759–760
    • U.S. position, 9–10, 244, 313, 554–556, 765
  • Ben Gurion visit to U.S., 81, 86, 104–105, 129–132, 134–141, 158, 189–190
  • diplomatic missions, location of, 414–416, 688–691, 738
  • Jerusalem, status of, 81, 188, 414–416, 688–691, 738
  • Jordan, relations with, 132
  • Jordan River development, 16, 30, 36, 53–54, 130–131, 231, 490–493, 522, 693–699, 724–725, 764
  • Jordan River diversion, 490–494, 651–652
    • Syrian protest, 500–503, 505, 521–522, 543–544
  • Jordanian “desecration” of cemetery, alleged, 701–702
  • Kennedy-Ben Gurion correspondence, 723–725, 751–754
  • Kennedy letter to Arab leaders, 128, 190–192
  • Lavon affair, 12
  • NIE 35-61, 287–288
  • Peres visit to U.S., 671–674, 676–677, 683
  • security concerns, 26–29, 35, 92–96, 129, 135–136, 141, 151, 342–344, 347, 714, 728–729
  • Syria, relations with, 270–271, 335, 524, 627–629
  • UAR, relations with, 131, 483–484
  • U.N. peacekeeping operations, 736–737
  • U.S. economic relations:
    • U.S. assistance, 35, 338–341
    • U.S. loan, 188
  • U.S. military relations:
    • Hawk missile, 35, 102–103, 137, 671, 719, 729–730, 734–736, 739–740, 747–748, 752n
    • Peres visit to US., 671–674, 676–677, 683
    • Kennedy-Ben Gurion meeting, 136–137, 140
    • U.S. position, 35, 94, 684–685, 713–717
  • U.S., relations with, 128, 192, 733–734
    • Israeli position, 647–649, 684–685
    • UAR-U.S. relations, 362, 406
    • U.S. policy, 196, 710–718
• Israeli-Jordanian Armistice Agreement, 1948, 42, 701
• Ivory Coast, 371n
• Jacobsson, Per, 641n, 643
• Jacques, Sidney B., 20
• Japan, 566
• Javits, Jacob, 413
• Jawad, Hashim, 128, 702–704
• Jernegan, John D., 206, 208, 210, 374–375, 378, 380, 702–704, 740
• Jerusalem, status of, 81, 188, 414–416, 688–691, 738
• Jessup, Philip C., 468
• Johnson, C.K., 691, 707
• Johnson, Joseph E. (see also Johnsonʼs (Joseph) Near East mission under Palestinian refugee issue), 221–222
• Johnson, U. Alexis, 77n, 114n, 195, 255n, 26On, 311, 313, 384n, 516
• Johnston, Eric, 15–17, 23, 231–234, 266
• Joint Chiefs of Staff, U.S., 37n, 122n, 164n, 287n, 455n, 549n
  • CENTO, 46–48
  • Iran, 7–8, 116–117, 166–167, 203, 285–286, 556–563
  • Israeli nuclear capability, 216–221
  • Saudi Arabia, 53
• Jones, G. Lewis, 1–3, 13–15, 25–26, 32, 34n, 39, 41n, 43–44, 46–48, 49n, 54, 74, 75–76, 77n, 79–81, 82n
• Jones, Roger W., 74, 195, 445n
• Jordan, 26, 96, 128, 524
  • discrimination against Jewish Americans, 469–470, 761–762, 768–769
  • IBRD, 534
  • Israeli policy, 42, 132, 689, 701–702
  • Jordan River development, 16, 30, 36, 53–54, 232, 233–234, 521–522, 652
  • Kuwaiti-Iraq conflict, 162, 375
  • Palestinian refugee issue, 31, 265, 372, 662–663
  • Syrian rebellion against UAR, 270, 273–276, 282, 283, 336
  • troop movements, possible, 571–576
  • UAR, relations with, 398
  • U.K. policy, 24
  • U.S., relations with, 190–191
• Jordan River development (see also Jordan River diversion under Israel), 15–17, 23, 30, 36, 53–54, 95–96, 130–131, 231–234, 490–493, 501–503, 521–522, 651–654, 665–666, 693–699, 723–725, 764
• Jumblatt, Kamal, 383
• Kaiser, Philip M., 169
• Kaissouni, Abdel M., 578, 637–646, 660, 677–678, 771
• Kamel, Mustafa, 18–20, 103, 156, 242, 267, 276–279, 344–345, 354–355, 356, 475n, 637, 640, 642, 643
• Karame, Rashid, 407
• Katz, Label, 413, 525, 526
• Kaufmann, John, 726n
• Kaysen, Carl, 367n, 384n, 428, 448, 476, 725n, 733–734
• Keating, Kenneth, 760
• Kennedy, John F.:
  • Arab ambassadors discuss Ben Gurian-Kennedy meeting, 145–150
  • Arab leaders, letter to, 100–101, 104, 105, 110–113, 127–128, 183, 187–193, 243–243
  • discrimination against Jewish Americans, 688n
  • Iran, 215, 216, 430, 518n, 533, 542, 582–583, 700
    • Bakhtiar, meeting with, 38–41
    • Shah visit to U.S., 431, 570, 590–596, 606–610
    • U.S. Task Force on Iran, 99, 190n, 429
  • Iraq, 41–42
  • Israel, 10–12, 341n
    • atomic energy program, 13
    • Ben Gurion, correspondence with, 723–725, 751–754
    • Ben Gurion visit to U.S., 86, 134–141, 158
  • Jordan River development, 15n, 724–725
  • Kuwait, 254, 702n, 704n
  • Kuwaiti-Iraq conflict, 169
  • Lake Tiberias incident, 586–587, 651n
  • Lebanon, 449
  • Operations Coordinating Board, U.S., 31–32
  • Palestinian refugee issue, 207–208, 462–463, 712, 731
  • Saudi Arabia:
    • Dhahran airfield, 82–83
    • Al-Khayyal visit to U.S., 180–182
    • Saud, correspondence with, 82–83, 180–181, 369, 370n
    • Saud visit to U.S., 470–475, 480–481, 489–490, 585–586, 706–707
    • military issues, 169–171, 230
  • Syrian rebellion against UAR, 281, 290n, 302–303
  • UAR, 157, 384, 401, 497–498
    • Kamel, meeting with, 103
    • Nasser, correspondence with, 143–144, 242–243, 281, 389–391, 442, 443–444, 755–756
    • Nasser visit to U.S., possible, 255, 334, 505–508, 718
• Kenya, 622
• Kerley, James M., 163n
• Kerr, Peyton, 99, 199n, 222n, 228, 314
• Kettelhut, Col. Marvin C., 519n, 585n
• Khatami, Maj. Gen. 598, 602, 603
• al-Khayyal, Abdullah, 145n, 148, 180–182, 470
• Khosrovani, Khosro, 39, 40
• Khrushchev, Nikita S., 45, 137–138, 599
• Killgore, Andrew I., 706n
• King, Samuel L., 256n, 450n, 516n, 532n
• King, William, 99
• Kitchen, Jeffrey C., 244n, 428
• Knight, Ridgway B., 211, 212, 282n, 492, 501–503, 545, 565, 575n, 647
• Knox, M. Gordon, 96n
• Kohler, Foy D., 20–25
• Kollek, Teddy, 151
• Komer, Robert W.:
  • Arab-Israeli dispute, 691–692, 733n
  • Iran, 228–229, 257–258, 286–287, 315, 659n, 700, 725–726
    • Kennedy-Shah meeting, 570
    • Shah visit to U.S., 448–549, 582–583
    • U.S. Task Force on Iran, 99, 118–119, 228–229, 247, 248, 253, 314, 428–431, 444
  • Iraq, 704n, 705, 741–744
  • Israel, 647–649, 747–748
  • Kuwaiti-Iraqi conflict, 378–380
  • Lake Tiberias incident, 550n
  • Saudi Arabia, 489n
  • Syrian rebellion against UAR, 261–262, 272–273, 303n, 323
  • UAR, 173, 222n, 359, 360–364, 384n, 401–404, 438–439, 447–448, 451n, 453–454, 500–501, 686–687
    • economic issues, 476–477, 497n
    • Nasser visit to U.S., possible, 156, 312, 367–368, 456–458, 505n, 507–508, 658n, 667
• Korea, South, 117, 381, 382n
• Kuehel, Thomas H., 761n
• Kuwait, 39, 617
  • Kuwaiti-Iraq conflict, 159–162, 169–171, 765
    • Arab solution, 197–199
    • Kennedy-Al-Khayyal meeting, 182
    • Saudi position, 169, 182, 471
    • U.K. concern, 168, 171–172, 175–179, 184–185, 199, 376
    • U.K. military protection for Kuwait, 175–179, 184–185, 374–378
    • U.K. position, 171–172, 175–176
    • U.N. consideration, 179
    • U.S. Embassy (Baghdad) assessments, 374–375
    • U.S. position, 163–164, 172, 174–175, 179, 184–185, 197–199, 376–378, 378–380, 702–704
  • oil resources, 254, 379, 439
  • U.N. membership, 361, 364
  • U.S. Consulate raised to Embassy, 254
• Kuzbari, Col. Haydar, 269
• Kuzbari, Maʼmun, 268, 269, 292, 322–323, 564
• Labouisse, Henry R., 53, 54, 730
• Lake Tiberias incident between Israel and Syria, 586–589, 628–629
  • Israeli position, 534–538, 545–547
  • request for U.N. Security Council meeting, 537–538, 547–548, 550–554, 587–589, 628–633, 765
  • U.S. position, 534–538, 547–548, 651–654
• Laos, 22
• Lardner, Dr., 248, 251, 252
• Lavon, Pinhas, 12
• Lebanon, 17, 26, 128, 265, 267, 616, 765
  • coup plot by Syrian National Party, 383–384, 395–396, 399–401
  • Kennedy letter to Arab leaders, 191
  • Palestinian refugee issue, 646–647, 663–664
  • U.S. policy, 407–408, 449
• Leddy, John, 99
• LeMay, Gen. Curtis E., 75, 556, 570
• Lemnitzer, Gen. Lyman L., 7–8, 75–77, 116–117, 166–167, 216n, 287n, 542, 582n, 598–602, 604
• Lewis, Samuel W., 441n, 443n, 445n, 495n
• Liberia, 371n
• Libya, 53, 84, 679
• Lindt, Amb., 207
• Little, Edward S., 255n, 564n, 635, 760
• Lloyd, Selwyn, 168
• Lodge, Henry C., 144
• Luce, Sir William, 160n
• Ludlow, James M., 83n, 92n, 163n, 409, 534, 535, 537n, 554n, 584n, 586–589, 629n, 701n, 708, 737n
• Lumumba, Patrice, 23
• Macomber, William B., Jr., 5, 207, 209, 259n, 276, 282–283, 470, 491, 494, 571–573, 575n
• Madagascar, 371n
• Magnuson, Warren G., 761n
• Malta, 622
• Manfull, Melvin L., 104n, 127, 128, 223, 382, 449n, 481, 518, 532n, 540
• Marcy, Carl, 1, 293n, 314
• Marcy, Oliver M., 610
• Martin, Edwin M., 152n, 195, 382n
• Mason, Edward (see also Mason mission under United Arab Republic: U.S. economic relations), 392–393, 402, 487, 497–501, 566–569, 671, 725
• Mau, Frank A., 110n, 183
• McClintock, Robert B., 207, 208, 209, 210, 212
• McCone, John A., 541n
• McCoy, Robert E., 331n
• McGee, Gale W., 208, 761n
• McGhee, George C., 34n, 47, 53, 54, 56, 155–157, 311, 364n, 384n, 428, 439n, 504, 516, 518n, 539n, 541n, 564n, 570, 576n, 588, 610, 617, 622, 676, 677, 693, 699, 731
• McNamara, Robert S., 116, 166, 215n, 216n, 287n, 556, 570, 582, 590, 595, 596, 598–604, 605, 606–607, 618, 620, 623
• Meir, Golda:
  • Jerusalem, status of, 414, 415, 416
  • Lake Tiberias incident, 545–546
  • Palestinian refugee issue, 185–187, 291n, 320–321, 327–329, 349–354, 411, 584, 635–636, 669
  • Rusk, meeting with, 349–354
  • U.S. Hawks for Israel, 752n
• Meloy, Francis E., 311, 313n, 331n, 450n, 532n, 671n
• Mexico, 115
• Meyer, Armin H.:
  • Arab-Israeli dispute, 20, 22, 92n, 146
  • Iran, 222n, 224–227, 234, 245n, 303–304, 311, 314–315, 319n
  • Iraq, 41n
  • Israel, 4n, 34n, 104n, 146, 313
  • Kennedy letter to Arab leaders, lOOn, 110n
  • Kuwaiti-Iraq conflict, 168n
  • Lebanon, 383–384, 395–396, 399–401, 407–408, 491
  • Palestinian refugee issue, 83n, 87n, 91n, 96n, 193–194, 206, 221, 663–664
  • Syrian rebellion against UAR, 279n, 289n, 331n
• Middle East. See Near East.
• Miklos, Jack C., 99, 247, 314, 315, 416n, 726n
• Miller, Irving, 413, 463, 525, 526
• Miner, Robert G., 99, 245n, 262n, 314
• Mixed Armistice Commission (MAC), 42
• Moe, Sherrington G., 265, 291n, 409, 413, 460, 525, 526, 527, 528n, 571, 647, 649, 650, 656, 663, 707
• Monsanto Chemical Company, 771
• Morehouse, Charlotte, 159n, 162n
• Morgan, Thomas E., 195, 459
• Morocco, 381, 382n, 649
• Moser, Benjamin R., 576n Mountbatten, Adm. Louis, 176
• Muccio, John J., 169
• Muhieddin, Zakaria, 467, 483
• Muntasser, Omar M., 145n
• Murnighan, William E., 99, 163n
• Nasser, Gamal Abdul, 2, 21, 22, 100, 133, 328, 475n
  • Arab nationalism, 164–166, 173
  • Arab socialism, 389–390
  • Bowlesʼ visit to UAR, 404–406, 441–445, 478–479
  • Israeli-UAR relations, 93
  • Israeli-U.S. relations, 137–138, 139, 341n, 748
  • Jordan River development, 232
  • Kennedy, correspondence with, 143–144, 242- 243, 281, 389–391, 442, 443–444, 755–756
  • Kennedy letter to Arab leaders, 110–113, 143–144, 191, 242–243, 755–756
  • Kuwaiti-Iraq conflict, 374, 375, 379
  • Near East, UAR position in, 398, 674–675
  • Palestinian refugee issue, 207–208, 657, 709
  • Soviet-UAR relations, 23, 386–387
  • Syrian rebellion against UAR, 259–264, 267, 268–273, 282–283, 289, 290n, 322
  • U.S. attitude toward, 49, 50–51, 142–145, 155–156, 173, 331–334, 359–363, 402, 438–439, 447–448, 477
  • U.S.-UAR relations, 354–359, 389–391, 397, 481–489, 668
    • NIE 36-61, 164–166
    • New Republic article (June 1962), 744–746
    • SNIE 36.1-62, 549–550
  • visit to U.S., possible, 114–116, 156–157, 255–256, 311–312, 334, 367–368, 386–387, 389, 393–395, 447, 451–453, 456–458, 487–490, 505–508, 667, 718
• National Intelligence Estimates (see also Special National Intelligence Estimates):
  • NIE 34–61, 37–38
  • NIE 35-61, 287–288
  • NIE 36.2-62, 455–456
  • NIE 36–61, 164–166, 173
• National Security Council, 31–32, 37n, 50
  • Action Memoranda (NSAMs):
    • No. 67, 416n
    • No. 73, 230
    • No. 84, 255
    • No. 105, 302–303, 360
    • No. 115, 331–338
  • actions:
    • No. 2420, 98
    • No. 2427, 120–122, 166, 285
    • No. 2447, 427, 512–516
    • No. 6010, 7, 8, 122, 285
  • meetings:
    • 483d, May 5, 1961, 98
    • 496th, January 18, 1962, 427
    • Standing Group, January 26, 1962, 444–445
    • Standing Group, March 23, 1962, 539–543
    • 486th, June 29, 1961, 172
    • 484th, May 15, 1961, 120–122
• Navez, Andre J., 157n
• Navy, U.S., 37n, 122n, 164n, 177, 287n, 549n
• Near East (see also Arab-Israeli dispute; Jordan River development; Lake Tiberias incident; Palestinian refugee issue; individual countries):
  • Arab boycott of Israel, 131, 769–771
  • Arab League, 2, 15, 26–27, 84, 197–199, 376, 378
  • Arab nationalism, 164–166, 73, 322
  • Arab neutralism, 45, 51n, 55n, 59, 165, 196, 316, 322, 344, 406, 678
  • Arab socialism, 389–390
  • discrimination against Jewish Americans, 687–688, 761–762, 766–769
  • Iranian position in, 594–595, 597–598, 613, 616, 617, 635
  • Kennedy letter to Arab leaders, 100–101, 104, 105, 110–113, 127–128, 183, 187–193, 242–243 oil resources, 39, 56, 264, 364–366, 379, 427, 439, 594–595, 597–598, 617, 635, 742–743, 762 regional economic development, 461–462 Soviet threat to, 204–206, 218–219, 257–258, 556, 557, 559, 560, 592
  • Tripartite Declaration, 19
  • UAR position in, 398, 674–675
  • U.K.-U.S. discussion, 20–25
  • U.S. Chiefs of Mission Conferences, 206–212, 704n, 728–730
• Nehru, Jawaharlal, 114, 139
• Netherlands, 371n, 414
• New Republic, 744–746
• New Zealand, 414
• Nichols, C.W., 20
• Niger, 371n
• Nkrumah, Kwame, 84
• North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), 607, 641, 642
• Norway, 21, 217
• Nuseibeh, Hazim, 662–663
• Nyerere, Julius, 341
• Oil resources, 39, 56, 264, 364–366, 379, 427, 439, 594–595, 597–598, 617, 635, 742–743, 762
• OʼLeary, Patrick M., 356n, 389n
• Olsen, G.R., 498
• Operations Coordinating Board (OCB), 31–32
• Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), 132, 615
• Oustouani (UAR), 649
• Pahlavi, Mohammed R., Shah of Iran (see also Iran), 114, 213–214
  • Bakhtiar visit to U.S., 38–41
  • CENTO, 34n, 108
  • Harriman visit to Iran, 44–46
  • Kennedy, correspondence with, 25–26, 451n, 533n political situation in Iran, 37–38, 56–65, 75, 152–154, 213–215, 725–727
    • Amini government, 106, 123, 124–125, 204, 245, 304–306, 316–320, 323–326
  • U.S.-Iranian relations:
    • military and security issues, 7, 8, 204, 246, 509–510, 512–518, 539–540, 598–604, 618–625, 659, 700
    • Shahʼs concern, 25–26, 38, 508–511, 539–540
  • U.S. Task Force on Iran, U.S., 251, 252, 296–297, 307–308, 417–419, 425, 427, 429
  • visit to U.S. (April 1962), 450–451, 516–517, 570, 633–635
  • Harriman, meeting with, 605–606
  • Kennedy, meeting with, 590–597, 606–610
  • McNamara, meeting with, 598–604
  • Rusk, meeting with, 610–622
  • U.S. aide-memoire, 623–625
• Pakistan, 172, 371n, 472–473, 532, 591–592, 595, 599, 612, 634
• Palestine Conciliation Commission (PCC). See under
• Palestinian refugee issue (see also Arab-Israeli dispute):
  • Arab ambassadors discuss Ben Gurian-Kennedy meeting, 145–150
  • Arab League, 84
  • Ben Gurian visit to U.S., impact of, 104–105
  • Bowlesʼ assessments, 91–92
  • Israeli position, 31, 92–93, 95, 130, 150–151, 185–187, 291n, 320–321, 327–329, 348, 349–354, 464
  • Johnson (Joseph) Near East mission (see also Palestine Conciliation Commission below), 221–222, 264–266, 291–292, 329–330, 346–347, 350, 353, 354n, 409–414, 460–465, 525–531, 577–580
    • Arab cooperation, 371–373
    • discussions with State officials, 460–465, 525–531, 577–580, 707–710
    • to Israel, 584, 627, 635–636, 669–771, 708
    • Israeli position, 291n, 320–321, 350, 584, 635–636, 669
    • to Jordan, 662–663
    • to Lebanon, 646–647, 663–664
    • summary of trip, 707–710
    • to Syria, 649–650
    • to United Arab Republic, 656–657, 709
    • U.S. position, 718, 764
  • Kennedy-Nasser meeting, 207–209
  • Kennedy letter to Arab leaders, 100–101, 104, 112, 190–193
  • Palestinian refugee issue-Continued Palestine Conciliation Commission (see also U.N. consideration below):
    • Israeli position, 140 reconstitution, 347–348, 371, 409–414
    • Special Representative function (see also Johnson (Joseph) Near East mission above), 97, 104–105, 221–222, 346–347, 371–373, 409–414
    • U.S. position, 91, 92, 188–189
  • Rusk-Meir meeting, 349–354
  • Saudi position, 473
  • UAR position, 18–20, 406
  • U.K.-U.S. meeting, 21, 22, 23
  • U.N. consideration (see also Palestine Conciliation Commission above), 50, 83–85, 87–88, 346–354, 371, 712
    • Palestine Arab delegation, 84, 95, 348, 349–352
    • UNRWA, 50, 83–85, 87–88, 91, 188–189
  • U.S. Chiefs of Mission (August 1961) consideraton, 206–212
  • U.S. congressional concern, 17, 95
  • U.S. position, 91–92, 96–98, 130, 193–194, 763–764
• Palmer, Stephen E., Jr., 83n, 87, 92n, 96n, 110n, 146, 346n, 349, 371n, 409, 46On, 525, 528n, 537n, 547n, 577, 629n, 677n, 701n, 708, 737n
• Pasha, Midhat, 160
• Pegov, Nikolai M., 257n
• Pelen, Pierre, 178
• Peres, Shimon, 671–674, 676, 683, 713
• Persian Gulf, 24–25
• Peru, 382
• Pezzullo, Lawrence A., 676n
• Pilcher, John L., 470n
• Plimpton, Francis T.P., 92n, 96, 351–352, 372, 409, 413
• Polk, William R., 252
• Prihar, Col. Yehuda, 672, 673
• Qadir (Pakistan), 591
• Qassim, Abdul K.:
  • Arab-Israeli dispute, 190
  • internal opposition to, 654–656
  • Iraqi move toward the Soviet bloc, 741–743
  • Kennedy, correspondence with, 41–42
  • Kennedy letter to Arab leaders, 100, 128
  • Kurdish people, 593–594
  • Kuwaiti-Iraq conflict, 159–160, 162–163, 171–172, 174, 175, 374, 378–379, 742, 765
  • NIE 36.2-62, 455–456
  • oil company dispute, 364–366, 379, 742–743
• Qods-Nakhai, Hosein, 89–90, 508n, 590, 591–592, 593, 606, 610
• al-Qudsi, Nazim, 564, 565
• Quinn, Lt. Gen. William W., 542
• Quwatli, Adnan, 269, 272
• Ramsey, Henry C., 540
• Reid, Ogden R., 10–12
• Reinhardt, G. Frederick, 49–50, 144, 671
• Rewinkel, Milton C., 184n, 439n
• Riad, Mahmoud, 404
• Richards, Arthur L., 489
• Robinson, W.B., 659n
• Rockwell, Stuart W., 674–675, 720–723
• Rogers, Jordan T., 746n, 756
• Roosevelt, Franklin D., 180n
• Root, John, 146, 439n
• Rose, W.C.C., 20
• Rostow, Walt W., 75, 142n, 155–157, 173, 212n, 228n, 272, 303n, 345, 354–355, 364n, 380, 384n, 392, 539, 540, 570, 639n
• Rusk, Dean, 42, 49n, 156n, 216n, 303, 570, 575–576, 590, 691n
  • Afghanistan, 591–592
  • CENTO, 77–79
  • Farbstein Resolution, 468–469
  • Iran, 39n, 49–51, 433–437, 583n, 591–593, 726–727
    • Bakhtiar U.S. visit to U.S., 32–34
    • Military Assistance Steering Group, 467–468
    • Qods-Nakhai, meeting with, 89–90
    • Shahʼs visit to U.S., 610–625
    • U.S. Task Force on Iran, 99, 293n
  • Israel, 92–96, 341n, 342, 676–677, 684–685, 701–702, 719
    • atomic energy program, 9–10, 158–159, 244
    • Ben Gurian visit to U.S., 81, 86
  • Jordan River development, 490–494, 693, 699
  • Jordanian-U.S. relations, 53–54, 469–470, 573–575
  • Kennedy letter to Arab leaders, 187–193
  • Kuwaiti-Iraq conflict, 163–164, 168, 171, 174, 175, 176–179, 184–185
  • Kuwait, 254
  • Lake Tiberias incident, 550–554, 627–629, 630–631
  • Lebanon, coup in, 395–396
  • Palestinian refugee issue, 83–85, 96–98, 221–222, 264n, 346–348, 349–354, 371–373, 584, 731
  • Saudi Arabia, 82–83, 182, 369–370, 489–490
  • Syrian rebellion against UAR, 276–280, 281, 289-290
  • UAR, 158–159, 356–359, 489–490, 566–569, 637–638, 640–642
    • U.S. action program, 384–395
    • BowlesʼUAR visit, 432
    • Kamel, meeting with, 18–20
    • Kamel-Kennedy meeting, 103
    • Nasser visit to U.S., 505–506
• Russell, H. Earle, 311
• Ryan, William F., 530
• Saade, Abdullah, 383
• Sabri, Ali, 256n, 404
• al-Saʼid, Nuri, 162
• Salinger, Pierre, 148
• Saltonstall, Leveret, 761n
• Saud ibn Abd al-Aziz, King of Saudi Arabia (see also Saudi Arabia), 161, 180n, 674
  • Dhahran airfield, 51, 52, 82
  • Kennedy, correspondence with, 82–83, 180–181, 369, 370n
  • Kennedy letter to Arab leaders, 100, 127, 128, 180, 191
  • Kuwaiti-Iraqi conflict, 174
  • Palestinian refugee issue, 328
  • visit to U.S., 470–475, 480–481, 489–490, 585–586, 706–707
• Saudi Arabia:
  • Dhahran airfield, 51–53, 82–83, 170, 585–586
  • discrimination against Jewish Americans, 469, 475, 687–688, 766–767
  • Kennedy-al-Khayyal meeting, 180–182
  • Kennedy-Saud correspondence, 82–83, 180–181, 369, 370n
  • Kennedy-Saud meetings, 369–370, 470–475, 480–481, 489–490, 585–586, 706–707, 756–757
  • Kennedy letter to Arab leaders, 180, 191
  • Kuwaiti-Iraq conflict, 160, 169, 174–175, 179, 198, 471
  • Palestinian refugee issue, 328, 473
  • Syria, relations with, 336, 471
  • UAR, relations with, 471–472
  • U.K., relations with, 25, 706–707
  • U.S. economic assistance, 474, 480, 489–490, 585, 757–759
  • U.S. military assistance, 181, 182–183, 230, 470–474, 480, 585, 586
  • U.S. military training, 170–171, 181, 474, 480, 490, 585
• Saunders, Harold H., 326n, 757–759
• Sayre, Dean, 710
• El Sayyeh, Hamid, 640, 643
• Schlesinger, Arthur, Jr., 588, 651n
• Schott, Robert R., 38n, 39
• Scott, David, 636, 662–663
• Seelye, Talcott W., 369, 439n, 470, 480n, 585n, 706n
• Shah of Iran. See Pahlavi, Mohammed. R., Shah of Iran.
• Sharaf, Sami, 483
• Shishakli, Adib, 269, 270
• Shukairy, Ahmad, 329, 352, 369
• Sierra Leone, 371n
• Singapore, 622
• Sisco, Joseph J., 184n, 291n, 320n, 346, 490, 492n, 521n, 537n, 547n, 584n, 701n, 708, 737n, 762n
• Smith, Bromley, 175, 441n, 443n, 445n, 449n, 489n, 541n, 681
• Smith, Margaret Chase, 761n
• Southard, Frank, 643
• Southeast Asia Treaty Organization (SEATO), 7, 8
• Soviet Union, 137–138, 139–140, 713
  • Afghanistan, relations with, 33, 551, 592, 593, 634 disarmament, 622
  • Iran, relations with, 38, 204–206, 257–258, 284–287, 422, 423–425, 556, 557
  • Iraq, relations with, 364–366, 705, 741–742, 743
  • Israel, relations with, 288
  • Jewish population, 525–526
  • Kuwaiti-Iraq conflict, 378
  • Syrian rebellion against UAR, 277, 279 threat to Near East, 204–206, 218–219, 257–258, 556, 557, 559, 560, 592
  • UAR, relations with, 11, 27, 142, 143, 165–166, 361, 478, 712–713
  • U.S., relations with, 45, 614–615
• Spain, 249, 251
• Sparkman, John J., 1–3
• Speares, Denis J., 20, 168n, 739–740
• Special National Intelligence Estimates (see also National Intelligence Estimates):
  • SNIE 36.1-62, 549–550
  • SNIE 11-12-61, 284–285
  • SNIE 34-2-61, 122–125
• Spinelli, Pier P., 97, 525
• Springsteen, George S., 99
• Staebler, Ulysses, 80n, 125, 130
• Stanger, Ernest L., 18n
• Stevens,Georgiana, 410n
• Stevens, Sir Roger, 525
• Stevenson, Adlai E., 114n, 150–151, 550n, 587, 588, 631, 651, 665–666, 694, 731, 736
• Stoessel, Walter J., Jr., 15n, 34–36, 39n, 41n, 42, 53
• Stora, De Witt L., 163n
• Strong, Robert C., 34n, 100n, 114n, 146, 157n, 163n, 184n, 195, 207, 208, 212, 242n, 262n, 267, 276n, 279n, 289n, 291n, 321, 331n, 346n, 356n, 395n, 409, 413, 439n, 443n, 445n, 449n, 465n, 468, 505n, 521n, 522n, 530, 573n, 575n, 576n, 588, 651n, 660n, 677n, 693n, 701, 706n, 708, 711n, 737n, 739–740, 746n
• Sukamo, 51n
• Sulaiman, Ali H., 145n, 148, 149
• Swank, Emory C., 157n, 731
• Sweden, 555
• Syria (see also Lake Tiberias incident), 165, 523
  • discrimination against Jewish Americans, 768
  • France, relations with, 335–336
  • Iraq, relations with, 336
  • Israel, policy toward, 627–629
  • Jordan, relations with, 336
  • Jordan River development, 16, 17, 490–493, 501–503, 696, 764
  • Palestinian refugee issue, 649–650
  • political situation:
    • army takeover, March 1962, 564–565, 571–576
    • new government, 321–323, 471, 495–498, 504–505, 522–524
    • U.S. policy, 334–338
  • rebellion against UAR, 259–264, 267, 268–271
    • Egyptian troop movement, 279–280
    • Jordanian position, 273–276, 282–283
    • Kennedy message to Nasser, 281
    • UAR position, 276–279
    • U.S. position, 272–273, 289–290, 302–303, 334–338
    • U.S. recognition of new government, 271, 273–274, 276, 282, 289–290
  • Soviet Union, relations with, 277, 279, 713
  • UAR, relations with (see also rebellion against UAR above), 523–524, 571–576
  • U.S. military and economic assistance, 494–496, 504–505
• Takla, Philippe, 267, 291n, 384n, 396, 407, 408, 646–647
• Talbot, Phillips:
  • Arab ambassadors discuss Ben Gurion-Kennedy meeting, 146–150
  • Arab-Israeli dispute, 710–718, 733n, 736n
  • CENTO, 90n
  • U.S. Chiefs of Mission Conferences, 206–212, 728–730
  • discrimination against Jewish
  • Americans, 761–762
  • Iran, 54, 89, 152n, 450n, 516, 518n, 519–520, 532n, 540, 541
    • Shah visit to U.S., 570, 582n, 590, 606, 610
    • U.S. Task Force on Iran, 99, 229, 245, 247–248, 249, 250, 252, 253, 293–296, 307, 416–427, 444
  • Iraq, 705, 746n
  • Israel, 86, 341n, 342–344, 414–416, 710–719
  • Jordan River development, 231n, 693–698
  • Kennedy letter to Arab leaders, 100n, 110n
  • Kuwaiti-Iraq conflict, 170–171, 163n, 380
  • Lake Tiberias incident, 534–538, 547n, 586, 629n
  • Lebanon, coup in, 395, 449n
  • Near East, 195–196, 762n
  • Palestinian refugee issue, 206–212, 346n, 353, 371n, 458–459, 584, 707, 710
    • Israeli position, 92–93, 320–321, 327–329, 349
    • Johnson (Joseph) Near East mission, 264, 291n, 409, 411, 412
  • Saudi Arabia, 180, 181, 183, 369n, 370n, 585n
  • Syria, 504–505, 522–524
  • Syrian rebellion against UAR, 259–261, 267, 268n, 276n, 279n, 321–323, 573n, 575n
  • UAR, 103, 142–145, 157n
    • economic issues, 354–356, 392, 441n, 566n, 640, 642, 760n
    • Nasser, 114n, 116n, 156n, 255–256, 404–406, 443n, 744n, 755n
• Talhouni, Bahjat, 328
• Tanganyika, 341
• Taylor, Gen. Maxwell D., 228n, 531–532, 635
• Thacher, Nicholas G., 255n, 371n, 376n, 384n, 409, 439n, 441n, 443n, 451n, 489n, 534, 537n, 547n, 550n, 554n, 660n, 740n, 744n, 762n
• Thomas, Charles W., 554n
• Thurston, Raymond L., 249, 251, 260n
• Tito, Josip B., 51n, 211, 344, 506
• Tonesk, William J., 393n
• Toure, Sekou, 138
• Tripartite Declaration, 19
• Truman, Harry S., 100, 187
• Tucker (DOD), 659n, 676n
• Tunisia, 115, 616
• Turkey, 131–132, 141, 160, 161, 178, 195, 335, 524, 510, 532, 595, 599, 604, 612, 613, 618
• Tyler, William R., 178, 195
• United Arab Republic (UAR) (see also Nasser, Gamal Abdul):
  • Arab-Israeli dispute, 18, 19–20
  • Arab nationalism, 164-.168
  • Arab socialism, 332, 398–399
  • Aswan Dam, 487, 567
  • atomic energy program, 217, 555–556
  • Ben Gurion visit to U.S., 131
  • Bowles visit to UAR, 404–406, 432, 441–445, 465–467, 478–479
  • France, relations with, 641 and IBRD, 345, 378, 638, 641, 642, 645–646, 680, 681–682 and IMF, 333, 566, 567, 569, 637, 678, 681
  • Israeli atomic energy program, 158–159
  • Israeli attitude toward, 26–28, 131, 136–137, 713
  • Jordan River development, 494
  • Kennedy letter to Arab leaders, 110–113, 128, 191
  • Kennedy-Kamel meeting, 103
  • Kennedy-Nasser correspondence, 110–113, 389–391, 755–756
  • Nasser visit to U.S., possible, 114–116, 156–157, 255–256, 311–312, 334, 367–368, 386–387, 389, 393–395, 447, 451–453, 456–458, 487–490, 505–508, 658–667, 668, 718
  • Near East, relations with, 398, 674–675, 686
  • Nile Valley monuments, 113
  • Palestinian refugee isssue, 18–20, 50
  • Rostow-Kamel meeting, 344–345
  • Soviet Union, relations with, 11, 27, 142, 143, 165–166, 361, 478, 712–713
  • Saudi attitude toward, 471–472
  • Syria, relations with (see also rebellion against UAR under Syria), 523–524, 571–576
  • U.K., relations with, 22
  • U.S. economic assistance, 566–568, 637–638, 759–760
    • Kaissouni visit to U.S., 637–638, 640–646
    • Mason mission, 385, 392–393, 438n, 497–501, 566, 568–569
    • New Republic article, 744–746, 759–760
    • PL-480, 142, 144, 145, 345, 380–382, 445–447, 476–477, 566, 625–626
    • Saudi concern, 707
    • UAR aide-mémoire, 639–640
    • UAR request for, 354–361
    • U.S. position, 397, 566–569, 680–682, 686
  • U.S., relations with, 131, 331–334, 344–345, 397–399, 453–454, 648, 658, 660–661, 677–682, 686–687, 755–756, 759–760
    • Arab concern, 674–675
    • Bowlesʼ assessments, 481–489 and Israeli-U.S. relations, 713 new initiative, 49–51, 142–145, 155–157, 359–363, 438–439
    • U.S. action program, 384–395, 401–404, 447
• United Kingdom (see also U.K. subheadings under other subjects), 398, 588, 622
  • Arab-Israeli dispute, 20–25
  • Iran, relations with, 24, 45, 201–206
  • Iraq, relations with, 742–743
  • Israel:
    • atomic energy program, 554–556
    • U.S. sale of Hawks, 739–740
  • Kuwaiti-Iraq conflict, see under Kuwait
  • Lebanon, coup in, 395–396
  • Saudi Arabia, relations with, 706–707
  • Syria, 335
• United Nations (see also Palestine Conciliation Commission and U.N. subheadings under Palestine refugee issue; Lake Tiberias incident), 50, 369
  • Israel, 736–737
  • Jerusalem, status of, 688–691
  • Kuwaiti-Iraq conflict, 179, 198
  • Kuwaiti membership, 361, 364
  • UNHCR, role of, 463–464
• UNRWA (see also Palestinian refugee issue), 50, 83–85, 87–88, 346–354, 371, 712
• Upper Volta, 371n
• Uruguay, 371n
• Ustuwani (Syria), 575
• Valdes, Philip H., 49n
• Veliotes, Nicholas A., 243, 441n, 443n, 445n, 576n
• Venezuela, 115
• Vietnam, 381, 382n
• Vishinsky, Andrei, 621
• Von Horn, Gen. Carl H., 538, 550n, 551, 628, 629, 630, 631, 701–702
• Wade, R.H.B., 116n
• Wailes, Edward T., 44–46, 89, 105–110, 152–154, 169
• Wallner, Woodruff, 163n, 537n, 547n
• Walstrom, Milton C., 573n
• Wedge, Bryant M., 410n, 462, 530
• Weir, M.S., 20, 23
• Wheeler, Gen. Earle G., 176n, 641
• Wiggin, C.D., 20
• Wilkins, Fraser, 209, 210
• Williams, Haydn, 77n
• Williams, Maurice, 99, 439n, 445n, 480n, 489n
• Williams, Randall S., 643, 645, 660n, 677n
• Wilson, Evan M., 53, 54, 99
• Winckler, Jean-Claude, 178
• Witman, William, II, 195
• World Bank. See International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (IBRD).
• Wriggins, William H., 195
• Yaari, Raphael, 669
• Yarmuk River development (see also Jordan River development), 30, 31, 36, 231, 694
• Yatsevitch, 508, 511
• Yemen, 128
• Young, Cuyler, 430
• Yugoslavia, 344
• Yunis, Bakhir, 470
• Zahedi, Ardeshir, 23, 26, 34, 44, 450n
• Zahr ad-Din, 573