United Nations


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

Source: National Archives and Records Administration, RG 59, Central Files 1960–63, 320/2–261. Confidential.


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

Source: National Archives and Records Administration, RG 59, Central Files 1960–63, 320/2–261. Confidential.


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

Source: National Archives and Records Administration, RG 59, Central Files 1960–63, 320/2–861. Confidential.


163. Memorandum of Conversation

Source: National Archives and Records Administration, RG 59, Central Files 1960–63, 320/2–2761. Confidential. Drafted by Lindquist on February 28.


164. Memorandum From the Assistant Secretary of State for International Organization Affairs (Cleveland) to Secretary of State Rusk

Source: National Archives and Records Administration, RG 59, Central Files 1960–63, 320/3–1761. Confidential. Drafted by Virginia F. Hartley (IO/UNP) on March 17; concurred in by Donald Dumont (AF), William H. Sullivan (FE), George N. Monsma (ARA), James M. Ludlow (NEA), and Larry C. Williamson (EUR).


165. Telegram From the Department of State to the Legation in Hungary

Source: National Archives and Records Administration, RG 59, Central Files 1960–63, 320/4–661. Official Use Only. Drafted by Edward J. Trost (EUR/EE), cleared by Michael Newlin (IO/UNP), and approved by Robert M. McKisson.


166. Memorandum From the Assistant Secretary of State for International Organization Affairs (Cleveland) to Secretary of State Rusk and the Under Secretary of State (Bowles)

Source: National Archives and Records Administration, RG 59, Central Files 1960–63, 303.702/4–1261. Confidential. Drafted on April 12 by Virginia F. Hartley. The date is handwritten on the memorandum. An attached draft memorandum from Cleveland and Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for European Affairs William R. Tyler, on the question of negotiations with the Outer Mongolians, dated July 20, is not printed.


167. Circular Telegram From the Department of State to Certain Posts

Source: National Archives and Records Administration, RG 59, Central Files 1960–63, 303/4–1461. Confidential; Priority. Drafted by Virginia F. Hartley; cleared in AF and EUR, and by George N. Monsma (ARA), James M. Ludlow (NEA), and William F. Sullivan (FE); and approved by Assistant Secretary Cleveland. Sent to USUN and repeated to Paris, London, Taipei, Abidjan, Dakar, Yaounde, Rabat, Tokyo, Moscow, Ankara, Quito, Santiago, Lome, and Tananarive.


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

Source: National Archives and Records Administration, RG 59, Central Files 1960–63, 320/4–2061. Confidential. Repeated to Seoul. Drafted on April 20 by William B. Buffum (IO/UNP); cleared by Olcott Deming and Henry J. Tasca (AF), Harlan M. Cleveland (IO), William H. Sullivan (FE), and Edward T. Long (EUR); and approved by Woodruff Wallner (IO).


169. Memorandum From the Assistant Secretary of State for International Organization Affairs (Cleveland) to Secretary of State Rusk

Source: Kennedy Library, National Security Files, Subjects Series, United Nations (General), 1/61–7/61, Box 310. Confidential.


170. Memorandum From the Regional Planning Adviser in the Bureau of Far Eastern Affairs (Jenkins) to the Assistant Secretary of State for Far Eastern Affairs (McConaughy)

Source: National Archives and Records Administration, RG 59, Central Files 1960–63, 310/1–661. Confidential. Copies were sent to Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Economic Affairs Avery F. Peterson, all Advisers, and Officer Directors.


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

Source: National Archives and Records Administration, RG 59, Central Files 1960–63, 230/6–161. Secret; Priority.


173. Memorandum From the President’s Special Assistant for National Security Affairs (Bundy) to Secretary of State Rusk

Source: Kennedy Library, National Security Files, Subjects Series, United Nations, (General), Box 310, 1/61–7/61. Confidential.


174. Memorandum Prepared in the Bureau of International Organization Affairs for President Kennedy

Source: Kennedy Library, National Security Files, Subjects Series, United Nations (General), 1/61–7/61, Box 310. Secret-Confidential Without Tab C. Drafted by Cleveland and Thomas W. Wilson (IO) and Joseph J. Sisco (IO/UNP) on July 24. A July 24 covering memorandum from Cleveland to Secretary Rusk forwarded this memorandum and its attachments to the Secretary. A handwritten note on the covering memorandum reads: “For Tuesday luncheon meeting.”


175. Memorandum From the Assistant Secretary of State for International Organization Affairs (Cleveland) to the President’s Special Assistant for National Security Affairs (Bundy)

Source: Kennedy Library, National Security Files, Subjects Series, United Nations (General), 1/61–7/61, Box 310. Confidential. Drafted by Cleveland and Elmore Jackson (IO). Copies were sent to Secretary Rusk, Under Secretary Ball, Deputy Under Secretary for Political Affairs Johnson, and Policy Planning Council Chairman McGhee.


176. Confidential Report of the Chairman of the U.S. Delegation to the Economic and Social Council of the United Nations (Klutznick)

Source: Kennedy Library, National Security Files, Departments and Agencies Series, Department of State, 8/1/61–8/4/61, Box 284. Confidential. The 32d session of ECOSOC was held in Geneva July 5–August 4. The report was transmitted under cover of a letter of August 4 from Klutznick in Geneva to Assistant Secretary of State Cleveland.


177. Notes on Discussions

Source: Kennedy Library, Arthur M. Schlesinger Papers, UN Speeches, 8/2/61–8/11/61, Box WH22. Confidential. Prepared by Harlan Cleveland.


178. Paper Prepared in the Bureau of International Organization Affairs

Source: National Archives and Records Administration, RG 59, Central Files 1960–63, 303/8–1561. Confidential. Drafted by Alfred E. Wellons and Virginia F. Hartley, and cleared by LaRue R. Lutkins (FE), William B. Buffum (UNP), Jesse MacKnight and Donald Dumont (AF), and Woodruff Wallner (IO). A covering memorandum to McGeorge Bundy, also dated August 15, signed by William H. Brubeck for Lucius D. Battle, noted that Bundy’s office had requested the study by telephone the night before.


179. Telegram From the Department of State to the Embassy in the Republic of China

Source: National Archives and Records Administration, RG 59, Central Files 1960–63, 303/8–1561. Secret; Niact. Drafted by Lutkins; cleared by Robert W. Rinden (CA), Wallner, William O. Anderson (EUR/SOV), Jesse MacKnight (AF), McGeorge Bundy, and William H. Brubeck (S/S); and approved by Assistant Secretary McConaughy (FE).


180. Memorandum of Conversation

Source: National Archives and Records Administration, RG 59, Central Files 1960–63, 303/8–2461. Secret. Drafted by Rinden.


181. Circular Telegram From the Department of State to Certain Posts

Source: National Archives and Records Administration, RG 59, Central Files, 1960–63, 303/8–3161. Confidential; Priority. Drafted by Alfred E. Wellons, cleared by Virginia F. Hartley, William B. Buffum, and Gene F. Caprio (IO/UNP), Louise McNutt (FE), George L. Rueckert (EUR), Robert W. Rinden (CA), and Jesse MacKnight (AF); and approved by Wallner. Sent to Abidjan, Addis Ababa, Bangui, Benghazi, Brazzaville, Cotonou, Dakar, Fort Lamy, Freetown, Lagos, Leopoldville, Lome, Libreville, London, Mogadiscio, Monrovia, Niamey, Ouagadougou, Paris, Pretoria, Taipei, Tananarive, Tripoli, Tunis, Yaounde, and USUN.


182. Memorandum From the Assistant Secretary of State for International Organization Affairs (Cleveland) to Acting Secretary of State Bowles

Source: Kennedy Library, National Security Files, Subjects Series, United Nations (General), 9/61, Box 310. Secret. Drafted by Virginia F. Hartley on September 18, and concurred in by Leonard C. Meeker (L).


184. Memorandum From the Under Secretary of State for Economic Affairs (Ball) to President Kennedy

Source: Kennedy Library, National Security Files, Subjects Series, United Nations (General), 9/61, Box 310. Confidential. A handwritten notation on the memorandum reads: “Taken frm 9/23 week-end book.”


185. National Security Action Memorandum No. 101

Source: National Archives and Records Administration, RG 59, S/S-NSC Files: Lot 72 D 316, NSAM No. 101. No classification marking. Copies were sent to the Secretaries of Defense and the Treasury; the Directors of Central Intelligence, USIA, and ACDA; the Administrators of AID and NASA; the Chairman of AEC; the Executive Secretary of the National Aeronautics and Space Council; and the President’s Special Assistant for Science and Technology. An attached covering memorandum from Executive Secretary Lucius D. Battle to Secretary Rusk, October 10, asked IO to report to the White House on activities to be undertaken in the UN context.


186. Memorandum From Secretary of State Rusk to President Kennedy

Source: Kennedy Library, National Security Files, Meetings and Memoranda Series, NSAM 101, Follow-up, Box 332. Confidential.


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

Source: National Archives and Records Administration, RG 59, Central Files 1960–63, 310/10–1861. Confidential; Priority; Limited Distribution.


188. Memorandum From the Assistant Attorney General (Katzenbach) to the President’s Special Assistant for National Security Affairs (Bundy)

Source: Kennedy Library, National Security Files, Subjects Series, United Nations (General), 10/61–11/61, Box 310. No classification marking.


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

Source: National Archives and Records Administration, RG 59, Central Files 1960–63, 310/10–2561. Confidential; Priority; Limit Distribution. Drafted by Virginia F. Hartley and Joseph J. Sisco, cleared by William H. Luers (SOV), and approved by Cleveland.