Arms Control and Disarmament
271. Message From Prime Minister Macmillan to President Kennedy
Source: Department of State, Presidential Correspondence: Lot 66 D 204, Macmillan-Kennedy 1963. Top Secret. Attached to a note from Ormsby Gore to the President.
272. Memorandum by Director of Central Intelligence McCone
Source: Central Intelligence Agency, DCI, ER Subject Files, White Papers-Nuclear Test Ban 3/1/63-1/2/64. Secret. Circulated to McCloy.
273. Message From President Kennedy to Prime Minister Macmillan
Source: Department of State, Presidential Correspondence: Lot 66 D 204, Kennedy-Macmillan 1962-1963. Secret. Another copy is in the Kennedy Library, National Security Files, Departments and Agencies Series, ACDA, Disarmament, Test Ban Correspondence. A typewritten notation on the source text reads: “Copies sent Secret Eyes Only to Amb. Thompson & ACDA/Foster.”
274. Message From President Kennedy to Chairman Khrushchev
Source: Department of State, Presidential Correspondence: Lot 77 D 163, Kennedy-Khrushchev 1963. Top Secret. Attached to an April 11 memorandum from Thompson to Rusk, Ball, and McGeorge Bundy, in which Thompson wrote that he had delivered the note to Dobrynin that afternoon and had told Dobrynin that no decision had been made as to who the “senior personal representative” mentioned in the message might be. Dobrynin replied that the Soviets would therefore probably make no comment other than on the timing of the visit until they learned more. For the full text of this letter, see vol. VI, Document 92.
275. Telegram From President Kennedy to Prime Minister Macmillan
Source: Kennedy Library, National Security Files, Departments and Agencies Series, ACDA, Disarmament, Test Ban Correspondence 3/63-6/63. Secret. The time of transmission is 5:19 Zulu time. Although the message was sent from Washington, Kennedy was consulted about final wording while in Palm Beach. (Telegram CAP 63177, April 14, from the White House to Palm Beach, repeated to the Department of State; Department of State, Presidential Correspondence: Lot 66 D 204, Kennedy-Macmillan 1962-1963)
276. Telegram From the Department of State to the Embassy in the Soviet Union
Source: Department of State, Central Files, DEF 18-3 SWITZ (GE). Secret; Operational Immediate; Eyes Only; Verbatim Text. Drafted and approved by Goodby and cleared by Bundy, Foster, and Davis (EUR). Repeated to London for the Ambassador and to Geneva for Ambassador Stelle. The letter is also printed in Macmillan, At the End of the Day, pp. 466-468.
277. Memorandum for the Record
Source: Central Intelligence Agency, DCI Memos for Record, 4/15-6/4/63. Secret; Eyes Only. Drafted by McCone on April 18.
279. Memorandum From the Joint Chiefs of Staff to Secretary of Defense McNamara
Source: National Defense University, Taylor Papers, Comp Nuc Test Ban I, T-368-69. Secret; Restricted Data.
280. Telegram From the Embassy in the Soviet Union to the Department of State
Source: Department of State, Central Files, POL UK-USSR. Secret; Operational Immediate; Eyes Only.
281. Memorandum From the Ambassador at Large (Thompson) to Secretary of State Rusk
Source: Department of State, Central Files, POL 15-1 USSR. Secret; Eyes Only. Initialed by Thompson. Copies were sent to Ball and McGeorge Bundy.
283. Memorandum From the Joint Chiefs of Staff to Secretary of Defense McNamara
Source: Kennedy Library, National Security Files, Departments and Agencies Series, ACDA, Disarmament, Harriman Trip, Briefing Book I, Tab H. Top Secret.
284. National Security Action Memorandum No. 239
Source: Kennedy Library, National Security Files, Kaysen Series, Disarmament, Policy Review. Secret. This NSAM was apparently occasioned by a request made by Nitze to McGeorge Bundy in a May 2 memorandum. Nitze pointed out that the U.S.-Soviet dialog had been almost exclusively on the test ban and on general and complete disarmament and that the United States had not responded to Soviet initiatives regarding potential agreed force levels. The “present possibility of changes in the Soviet leadership” made it essential to make the U.S. position clear to the Soviets, but before that, “we must make our measures clear to ourselves.” (Ibid., Departments and Agencies Series, ACDA, Disarmament, General, 4/15-5/31/63)
285. Letter From Chairman Khrushchev to President Kennedy
Source: Department of State, Presidential Correspondence: Lot 66 D 204, Kennedy-Khrushchev. Secret. The source text is a Department of State translation. Another English text is in telegram 2839 from Moscow, May 8. (Ibid., Central Files, DEF 18-4) Also printed in vol. VI, Document 96.
286. Memorandum From the President’s Special Assistant for Science and Technology (Wiesner) to President Kennedy
Source: Kennedy Library, National Security Files, Kaysen Series, Nuclear Energy, Test Ban Negotiations 7/62-7/63. Secret.
287. Memorandum of Conversation Between Secretary of State Rusk and the Soviet Ambassador (Dobrynin)
Source: Department of State, Central Files, POL US-USSR. Top Secret; Eyes Only. Drafted by Rusk. The conversation was held on board the Patrick J. This memorandum of conversation is printed in full in vol. V, Document 195.
288. Memorandum for the Record
Source: Central Intelligence Agency, Meetings with President, 4/1/63-6/30/63. Secret. Drafted by McCone.
289. Telegram From the Department of State to the Embassy in the Soviet Union
Source: Department of State, Presidential Correspondence: Lot 66 D 204, Kennedy-Khrushchev. Top Secret; Operational Immediate; Eyes Only. Drafted and approved by Assistant Secretary of State for European Affairs William R. Tyler and cleared by McGeorge Bundy. Also printed in vol. VI, Document 102.
290. Memorandum for the Record
Source: National Defense University, Taylor Papers, CJCS Memoranda. Confidential. Drafted on June 27 by Chief Warrant Officer Proctor of Taylor’s personal staff.
291. Memorandum by the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff (Taylor)
Source: National Defense University, Taylor Papers, CJCS Memoranda. Secret.
292. Memorandum of Telephone Conversation Between Secretary of State Rusk and the Deputy Director of the Arms Control and Disarmament Agency (Fisher)
Source: Department of State, Rusk Files: Lot 72 D 192, Telephone Conversations. No classification marking. Drafted by Phyllis D. Bernau.
293. Telegram From the Embassy in the Soviet Union to the Department of State
Source: Department of State, Central Files, DEF 18-4. Secret; Operational Immediate; Eyes Only. Received at 4:48 a.m. on June 9. Also printed in vol. VI, Document 103.
294. Memorandum of Conversation
Source: Kennedy Library, National Security Files, Departments and Agencies Series, ACDA, Committee of Principals 3/61-11/63. Secret. Drafted by George Bunn, General Counsel of ACDA.
296. Paper by the Deputy Director of the Arms Control and Disarmament Agency (Fisher)
Source: Kennedy Library, National Security Files, Kaysen Series, Harriman Instructions. Top Secret. In a June 20 memorandum to the President, Kaysen stated that the paper was “Fisher’s report on the line of thought that has evolved from several discussions among Harriman, Foster, Fisher, Nitze, Haworth, Bundy and myself.” (Ibid.)
298. National Security Action Memorandum No. 250
Source: Kennedy Library, National Security Files, Meetings and Memoranda Series, NSAM 250. Top Secret; Restricted Data.
299. Proposed Interagency Briefing Paper
Source: Kennedy Library, National Security Files, Subjects Series, Nuclear Weapons Testing, Status of US/USSR Nuclear Technology 6/63. Top Secret. There is no drafting information on the source text. The paper printed here contains material modified or inserted after June 22. A June 25 White House telegram from Kaysen to Bundy (who was traveling with the President in Germany), which was drafted by Harold Brown, Wiesner, and AEC Commissioner Leland Haworth, proposed a change which is incorporated in the text printed here. The telegram concludes: “At present, McNamara proposes that after we have gone through the formal process of getting an agreed memorandum on this subject, he would be glad to have a Brown-Haworth-Wiesner comment and interpretation of it as a document bearing his endorsement for the President’s advice.” (Telegram Sitto No. 12; ibid., Kaysen Series, Harriman Instructions) No further information has been found on the use made of this paper.
300. Telegram From the Embassy in the United Kingdom to the Department of State
Source: Department of State, Central Files, POL/7 US/Harriman. Top Secret; Priority. Repeated to Moscow.