61. Telegram From the Embassy in the Soviet Union to the Department of State

Source:Kennedy Library, National Security Files, Countries Series, USSR, Khrushchev Correspondence. Secret; Eyes Only; Niact; Elite. Passed to the White House at 11:05 a.m. October 23. A Department of State translation of this message is in Department of State, Presidential Correspondence: Lot 66 D 204, along with the Russian-language text. Also printed in Department of State Bulletin, November 19, 1973, pp. 636-637.

62. Telegram From the Department of State to the Embassy in the Soviet Union

Source: Department of State, Presidential Correspondence: Lot 66 D 204. Confidential; Niact; Eyes Only. Drafted and approved by Ball and cleared by Bundy. Other copies of this message are ibid.: Lot 77 D 163, and in the Kennedy Library, National Security Files, Countries Series, USSR, Khrushchev Correspondence. Also printed in Department of State Bulletin, November 19, 1973, p. 636.

63. Letter From Chairman Khrushchev to President Kennedy

Source:Kennedy Library, President’s Office Files, Cuba. No classification marking. This “official translation” prepared in the Department of State and an “informal translation” from the Embassy in Moscow (transmitted in telegram 1070, October 25; Department of State, Presidential Correspondence: Lot 66 D 304) are printed in Department of State Bulletin, November 19, 1973, pp. 637-639.

64. Telegram From the Department of State to the Embassy in the Soviet Union

Source: Department of State, Presidential Correspondence: Lot 66 D 204. Confidential; Niact; Eyes Only. Drafted at the White House. Another copy is ibid.: Lot 77 D 163, and in the Kennedy Library, National Security Files, Countries Series, USSR, Khrushchev Correspondence. Also printed in Department of State Bulletin, November 19, 1973, p. 639.

65. Telegram From the Embassy in the Soviet Union to the Department of State

Source:Kennedy Library, National Security Files, Countries Series, USSR, Khrushchev Correspondence. Secret; Eyes Only; Niact; Verbatim Text. Passed to the White House at 9:15 p.m. October 26. Other copies of this message are in Department of State, Presidential Correspondence: Lot 66 D 204, and ibid.: Lot 77 D 163. A copy of the Russian-language text is in the former. This “informal translation” and an “official translation” prepared by the Department of State are printed in Department of State Bulletin, November 19, 1973, pp. 640-645.

66. Letter From Chairman Khrushchev to President Kennedy

Source: Department of State, Presidential Correspondence: Lot 66 D 204. No classification marking. Other copies of this letter are ibid.: Lot 77 D 163, and in the Kennedy Library, National Security Files, Countries Series, USSR, Khrushchev Correspondence. This “official translation” prepared by the Department of State and an “informal translation” from the Embassy in Moscow are printed in Department of State Bulletin, November 19, 1973, pp. 646-649. A note on the source text indicates a copy was sent to Acting Secretary General U Thant.Problems of Communism reports that this message was broadcast over Moscow radio at 5 p.m., the same time the Russian text was delivered to the Embassy.

67. Telegram From the Department of State to the Embassy in the Soviet Union

Source:Kennedy Library, National Security Files, Countries Series, USSR, Khrushchev Correspondence. Unclassified; Niact. Drafted and cleared by Brubeck. Other copies of this letter are in Department of State, Presidential Correspondence: Lot 66 D 204, and ibid.: Lot 77 D 163. Also printed in Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States:John F. Kennedy, 1962, p. 813; Documents on Disarmament, 1962, vol. II, pp. 990-991; and Claflin, The President Wants To Know, pp. 209-210.

68. Letter From Chairman Khrushchev to President Kennedy

Source: Department of State, Presidential Correspondence: Lot 66 D 204. No classification marking. Other copies of this letter are ibid.: Lot 77 D 163, and in the Kennedy Library, National Security Files, Countries Series, USSR, Khrushchev Correspondence. The Russian-language text is in Department of State, Presidential Correspondence: Lot 66 D 204. Also printed in Documents on Disarmament, 1962, vol. II, pp. 995-999. This “informal translation” and an “official translation” prepared by the Department of State are printed in Department of State Bulletin, November 19, 1973, pp. 650-654. According to a footnote in the Bulletin this message was broadcast in English over Moscow radio at 5 p.m. Moscow time, October 28, and a Russian text delivered to the Embassy at 5:10 p.m. the same day.

69. Telegram From the Department of State to the Embassy in the Soviet Union

Source: Kennedy Library, National Security Files, Countries Series, USSR, Khrushchev Correspondence. Unclassified; Niact. Repeated to Paris, London, and USUN. Other copies of this message are in Department of State, Presidential Correspondence: Lot 66 D 204, and ibid.: Lot 77 D 163. Also printed in Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States:John F. Kennedy, 1962, pp. 814-815;Department of State Bulletin, November 19, 1963, pp. 654-655;Documents on Disarmament, 1962, vol. II, pp. 654-655; and Claflin, The President Wants To Know, pp. 211-212.

70. Letter From Chairman Khrushchev to President Kennedy

Source:Problems of Communism, Special Edition—Spring 1992, pp. 60-62. The Russian-language text is ibid. This letter was forwarded by Ambassador Dobrynin to Robert Kennedy on October 29. The Attorney General studied the letter over night before asking Dobrynin to come to his office on October 30 and take it back because it involved a quid pro quo. For an account of this incident, see Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr., Robert Kennedy and His Times, p. 546. No record of the meeting has been found. The version of the letter printed here is an unofficial translation prepared by the Russian Embassy for publication in Problems of Communism.

71. Letter From Chairman Khrushchev to President Kennedy

Source: Department of State, Presidential Correspondence: Lot 77 D 163. Confidential. Another copy is in the Kennedy Library, National Security Files, Countries Series, USSR, Khrushchev Correspondence. The source text appears to be a translation by the Soviet Embassy in Washington.

72. Letter From President Kennedy to Chairman Khrushchev

Source:Kennedy Library, National Security Files, Countries Series, USSR, Khrushchev Correspondence. Secret. Another copy is in the Department of State, Presidential Correspondence: Lot 77 D 163.

73. Letter From Chairman Khrushchev to President Kennedy

Source:Kennedy Library, National Security Files, Countries Series, USSR, Khrushchev Correspondence. No classification marking. According to Problems of Communism the Russian text was transmitted by the Soviet Foreign Ministry to the Soviet Embassy in Washington on November 4. A note on the source text indicates it was received on November 5. Other copies are in Department of State, Presidential Correspondence: Lot 77 D 163, and ibid.: Lot 66 D 204.

74. Letter From President Kennedy to Chairman Khrushchev

Source:Kennedy Library, National Security Files, Countries Series, USSR, Khrushchev Correspondence. Top Secret; Eyes Only for the Secretary. Another copy is in Department of State, Presidential Correspondence: Lot 77 D 163. Also printed in Claflin, The President Wants To Know, pp. 217-221.

75. Message From Chairman Khrushchev to President Kennedy

Source: Department of State, Presidential Correspondence: Lot 77 D 163. Top Secret. According to Problems of Communism the Russian text was transmitted to the Soviet Embassy in Washington on November 11 and was given to Robert Kennedy the following day. A note at the top of the source text reads “1st oral” and a note at the end indicates it was received on November 12. Another copy is in the Kennedy Library, National Security Files, Countries Series, USSR, Khrushchev Correspondence.

76. Editorial Note

77. Message From Chairman Khrushchev to President Kennedy

Source:Kennedy Library, National Security Files, Countries Series, USSR, Khrushchev Correspondence. No classification marking. The date is handwritten on the source text. According to Problems of Communism the Russian text was transmitted to the Soviet Embassy in Washington on November 14, and Dobrynin was instructed to convey Khrushchev’s message to President Kennedy to Robert Kennedy. The source text is apparently a Soviet translation. Another copy is in Department of State, Presidential Correspondence: Lot 77 D 163.

78. Message From President Kennedy to Chairman Khrushchev

Source:Kennedy Library, National Security Files, Countries Series, USSR, Khrushchev Correspondence. No classification marking. This message was considered an “oral” exchange, but a written copy was given to Dobrynin. Copies of this message went to Thompson, McNamara, and McCone.

79. Message From Chairman Khrushchev to President Kennedy

Source:Kennedy Library, National Security Files, Countries Series, USSR, Khrushchev Correspondence. No classification marking. For Robert Kennedy’s account of how this message was delivered by Dobrynin, see Schlesinger, Robert Kennedy and His Times, p. 550. Another copy is in Department of State, Presidential Correspondence: Lot 77 D 163.

80. Editorial Note

81. Message From President Kennedy to Chairman Khrushchev

Source: Department of State, Presidential Correspondence: Lot 77 D 163. Confidential. Another copy is in the Kennedy Library, National Security Files, Countries Series, USSR, Khrushchev Correspondence. Also printed in Claflin, The President Wants To Know, p. 222.

82. Letter From Chairman Khrushchev to President Kennedy

Source:Kennedy Library, National Security Files, Countries Series, USSR, Khrushchev Correspondence. No classification marking. Another copy is in Department of State, Presidential Correspondence: Lot 77 D 163. The Russian-language text is ibid. The source text is apparently a Soviet translation.

83. Message From Chairman Khrushchev to President Kennedy

Source:Kennedy Library, National Security Files, Countries Series, USSR, Khrushchev Correspondence. No classification marking, but the Department of State classified the message Top Secret and Eyes Only. (Department of State, Presidential Correspondence: Lot 77 D 163)

84. Letter From President Kennedy to Chairman Khrushchev

Source: Department of State, Presidential Correspondence: Lot 77 D 163. No classification marking. Another copy is in the Kennedy Library, National Security Files, Countries Series, USSR, Khrushchev Correspondence. Printed in part in Claflin, The President Wants To Know, pp. 227-229.

85. Letter From Chairman Khrushchev to President Kennedy

Source: Department of State, Presidential Correspondence: Lot 66 D 204. No classification marking. The Russian-language text is ibid.: Lot 77 D 163. The source text is apparently a Soviet translation. Other copies of this message are ibid., and in the Kennedy Library, National Security Files, Countries Series, USSR, Khrushchev Correspondence. Also printed in Documents on Disarmament, 1962, vol. II, pp. 1239-1242, and American Foreign Policy: Current Documents, 1962, pp. 1306-1308.

86. Memorandum for the Files

Source: Department of State, Presidential Correspondence: Lot 77 D 163. Secret. Prepared by Thompson.

87. Message From President Kennedy to Chairman Khrushchev

Source: Department of State, Presidential Correspondence: Lot 66 D 204. No classification marking. Other copies are ibid.: Lot 77 D 163, and in the Kennedy Library, National Security Files, Countries Series, USSR, Khrushchev Correspondence. Also printed in Documents on Disarmament, 1962, vol. II, pp. 1277-1279, and in American Foreign Policy: Current Documents, 1962, pp. 1310-1212.

88. Message From Chairman Khrushchev to President Kennedy

Source: Department of State, Presidential Correspondence: Lot 77 D 163. No classification marking. The Russian-language text is ibid. Another copy is in the Kennedy Library, National Security Files, Countries Series, USSR, Khrushchev Correspondence.

89. Message From Chairmen Khrushchev and Brezhnev to President Kennedy

Source: Department of State, Presidential Correspondence: Lot 66 D 204. No classification marking. A note on the source text indicates it is an unofficial translation by Henry and Ramsey of SOV. Another copy is in the Kennedy Library, National Security Files, Countries Series, USSR, Khrushchev Correspondence.

90. Telegram From the Department of State to the Embassy in the Soviet Union

Source: Department of State, Presidential Correspondence: Lot 66 D 204. Unclassified; Priority. Drafted by Henry and Ramsey. Another copy of this message is in the Kennedy Library, National Security Files, Countries Series, USSR, Khrushchev Correspondence.