January–November 1962: Efforts to find a Peaceful Solution to the Katanga Problem


333. Telegram From the Department of State to the Embassy in Belgium

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 770G.00/11–2062. Confidential; Priority. Repeated to London and USUN.


334. Telegram From the Department of State to the Embassy in Belgium

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 870G.25/11–2262. Secret; Niact. Drafted by McGhee, cleared by Wallner and Davis, and approved by Williams.


335. Telegram From the Department of State to the Embassy in Belgium

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 870G.25/11-2262. Secret;Niact. Drafted by McGhee, cleared by Wallner and Davis, and approved by Williams.


336. Telegram From the Embassy in Belgium to the Department of State

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 770G.00/11–2362. Confidential; Niact; Noforn.


337. Telegram From the Embassy in the Congo to the Department of State

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 770G.00/11–2662. Confidential; Niact. Received at 5:30 p.m. and repeated to USUN, Brussels, Elisabethville, London, and New Delhi.


338. Telegram From the Mission to the United Nations to the Department of State

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 770G.00/11–2662. Confidential; Niact. Received at 8:41 p.m. and repeated to London, Brussels, and Léopoldville.


339. Telegram From the Mission to the United Nations to the Department of State

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 770G.00/11–2662. Confidential; Priority. Received at 8:58 p.m. and repeated to London, Brussels, and Léopoldville.


340. Memorandum of Conversation

Source: Kennedy Library, National Security Files, Belgium. Secret. Drafted by Burdett and Glenn. Briefing material for the meeting, enclosed with a November 25 memorandum from Brubeck to Bundy, is in Department of State, Central Files, 770G.00/11–2562.


341. Telegram From the Consulate in Elisabethville to the Department of State

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 770G.00/11–2862. Confidential; Priority. Received at 11:39 a.m. and repeated to Léopoldville, Brussels, and USUN.


342. Telegram From the Mission to the United Nations to the Department of State

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 770G.00/11–2862. Confidential. Received at 6:07 a.m. on November 29 and repeated to Brussels, London, Léopoldville, and Elisabethville.


343. Telegram From the Mission to the United Nations to the Department of State

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 770G.00/11–2962. Confidential; Priority. Received at 3:25 a.m. on November 30 and repeated to Brussels, London, Léopoldville, and Elisabethville.


344. Telegram From the Department of State to the Embassy in the Congo

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 770G.00/11–3062. Secret; Priority. Drafted and approved by McGhee and cleared by Burdett, Fredericks, and Wallner. Also sent to Brussels, London, Elisabethville, and USUN.


345. Telegram From the Embassy in the Congo to the Department of State

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 770G.00/11–3062. Confidential; Niact; Limit Distribution. Received at 3:58 p.m. and repeated to London, Brussels, USUN, and Stanleyville.


346. Telegram From the Consulate in Elisabethville to the Department of State

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 770G.00/11–3062. Secret; Priority. Repeated to Léopoldville, USUN, and Brussels. The source text indicates that the telegram was received on November 30 but does not indicate the time of transmission or receipt. A note on the source text indicates the telegram was received by Godley’s office “through other channels” by telephone. The text was repeated in telegram 858 from Elisabethville, December 5. (Ibid., 770G.00/12–562)