U.S. Policy Toward Allied Rights in Berlin1
1. Continued from Foreign Relations,, 1952–1954, vol. VII, Part 2, pp. 1235 ff.
141. Telegram From the Berlin Element, HICOG, to the Office of the High Commissioner for Germany, at Bonn
Source: Department of State, Central Files, 962A.7162B/3–3155. Secret; Niact. Repeated to Paris, London, Heidelberg, and Washington. The source text is the Department of State copy.
142. Telegram From the Berlin Element, HICOG, to the Office of the High Commissioner for Germany, at Bonn
Source: Department of State, Central Files, 962A.7162B/4–155. Secret; Niact Repeated to Heidelberg and Washington. The source text is the Department of State copy.
143. Telegram From the Berlin Element, HICOG, to the Office of the High Commissioner for Germany, at Bonn
Source: Department of State, Central Files, 962A.7162B/4–255. Confidential; Priority. Repeated to Paris, Moscow, Heidelberg, and Washington. The source text is the Department of State copy.
144. Telegram From the Department of State to the Office of the High Commissioner for Germany, at Bonn
Source: Department of State, Central Files, 962A.7162B/4–555. Confidential. Drafted by Eleanor Dulles and Blumberg, cleared with Lewis and Kellermann, and approved by Barbour. Also sent to Berlin and Moscow and repeated to Paris and London.
145. Letter From Marshal Zhukov to President Eisenhower
Source: Department of State, Central Files, 761.00/4–655. Secret; Niact; Limit Distribution. Transmitted to the Department of State in telegram 1730 from Moscow, April 6, which is the source text. The original Russian language text was transmitted as an enclosure to despatch 389 from Moscow, April 7. (Ibid., 761.00/4–755)
146. Telegram From the Office of the High Commissioner for Germany to the Department of State
Source: Department of State, Central Files, 962A.7162B/4–655. Confidential; Priority. Repeated to Berlin, Moscow, Paris, Heidelberg, and Duesseldorf.
147. Letter From President Eisenhower to Marshal Zhukov
Source: Department of State, Central Files, 761.00/4–955. Secret; Niact. Transmitted in telegram 806 to Moscow, April 9, to be delivered to the Foreign Ministry. Telegram 806 is the source text. The letter was delivered on April 10.
148. Telegram From the Office of the High Commissioner for Germany to the Department of State
Source: Department of State, Central Files, 962A.7162B/4–1255. Confidential; Priority. Repeated to Berlin, Moscow, Heidelberg, and Paris.
149. Telegram From the Office of the High Commissioner for Germany to the Department of State
Source: Department of State, Central Files, 762.0221/4–1855. Confidential; Priority. Repeated to Paris, London, Berlin, and Moscow.
150. Telegram From the Office of the High Commissioner for Germany to the Department of State
Source: Department of State, Central Files, 762.0221/4–2555. Confidential. Repeated to Paris, London, Berlin, Moscow, and Heidelberg.
151. Telegram From the Office of the High Commissioner for Germany to the Department of State
Source: Department of State, Central Files, 762.0221/4–2655. Confidential; Priority. Repeated to Berlin and Moscow.
153. Telegram From the Berlin Element, HICOG, to the Department of State
Source: Department of State, Central Files, 762.0221/5–155. Secret; Niact. Repeated to Bonn.
155. Telegram From the Department of State to the Embassy in France
Source: Department of State, Central Files, 962A.7162B/5–855. Secret. Drafted by Blumberg, cleared with Lyon, and approved by Elbrick. Repeated to Bonn and London.
156. Telegram From the Department of State to the Embassy in Germany
Source: Department of State, Central Files, 962A.7162B/5–355. Secret; Priority. Drafted by Blumberg; cleared with Lyon, Stoessel, Elbrick, and the Department of Defense; and approved by Murphy. Repeated to Berlin, Heidelberg, Moscow, London, and Paris.
158. Telegram From the Department of State to the Mission at Berlin
Source: Department of State, Central Files, 762.0221/5–1755. Secret. Repeated to Bonn.
159. Memorandum of a Conversation, Department of State, Washington, May 16, 1955
Source: Department of State, Central Files, 762A.00/5–1655. Unclassified. Drafted by Strauss on May 20.
160. Letter From the Ambassador in Germany (Conant) to the Secretary of State
Source: Department of State, Conference Files: Lot 63 D 123, CF 474. Secret.
161. Memorandum on the Substance of Discussion at the Department of State–Joint Chiefs of Staff Meeting, Pentagon, Washington, May 20, 1955, 11:30 a.m.
Source: Department of State, State–JCS Meetings: Lot 61 D 417, Meeting 125. Top Secret. A typewritten note on the source text reads: “State Draft. Not cleared with any of participants.”
162. Telegram From the Department of State to the Embassy in Germany
Source: Department of State, Central Files, 962A.7162B/5–2055. Secret. Drafted by Lyon, cleared with Beam, and approved by Murphy. Repeated to Heidelberg, Berlin, Moscow, Paris, and London.
163. Letter From the Deputy Secretary of Defense (Anderson) to the Secretary of State
Source: Department of State, Central File, 762.0221/5–2655. Top Secret. A brief memorandum of transmittal assigning action to the Office of German Affairs is not printed.
164. Memorandum of a Conversation, Department of State, Washington, June 14, 1955, 11:30 a.m.
Source: Department of State, Conference Files: Lot M–88, Box 170. Confidential. Drafted by Lyon. Chancellor Adenauer and Dulles also met on June 13; see vol. v, pp. 224–228.
165. Telegram From the Delegation at the Tenth Anniversary Meeting of the United Nations to the Department of State
Source: Department of State, Central Files, 962A.7162B/6–2155. Secret. Repeated to Berlin, Bonn, London, Moscow, and Paris.
166. Telegram From the Embassy in Germany to the Department of State
Source: Department of State, Central Files, 962A.7162B/7–555. Confidential. Repeated to Berlin.
167. Paper Prepared by the Operations Coordinating Board
Source: Department of State, OCB Files: Lot 61 D 385, Germany. Top Secret. Attached to the source text was a covering memorandum, dated August 26, which stated that the paper had been prepared in connection with a progress report by the Operations Coordinating Board from reports submitted by the Departments of State and Defense, the CIA, USIA, and ICA. A copy of the progress report, dated September 14, which is less detailed than this paper, is ibid.,S/S–NSC Files: Lot 63 D 351, NSC 5404 Series.
168. Telegram From the Department of State to the Embassy in Germany
Source: Department of State, Central Files, 962A.7162B/10–2155. Confidential. Drafted by Auchincloss, cleared with Reinstein, and approved by Barbour. Repeated to Berlin, London, Paris, and Moscow.
169. Memorandum of Discussion at the 265th Meeting of the National Security Council, Washington, November 10, 1955
Source: Eisenhower Library, Whitman File, NSC Records. Top Secret. Prepared by Gleason on November 11.
170. Telegram From the Secretary of State to the Department of State
Source: Department of State, Central Files, 762A.0221/11–1255. Top Secret. Secretary Dulles was in Geneva for the Conference of Foreign Ministers, October 27–November 16.