Office of the Historian

Arms Control and Disarmament

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

Moscow, July 18, 1963, 5 p.m.

Source: Department of State, Central Files, DEF 18-3 USSR (MO). Secret; Operational Immediate; Ban. Received at 12:43 p.m.

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

Washington, July 18, 1963, 9:29 p.m.

Source: Department of State, Central Files, DEF 18-4. Secret; Operational Immediate; Eyes Only—Ban. Drafted by Rusk; cleared in draft and substance with the President, Thompson, Ball, Bundy, and Read; and approved by Rusk. All those officials participated in a meeting on the test ban negotiations held at the White House from 6:30 to 7 p.m. that day. At the outset, “the comment was made that the Moscow delegation had ‘pact fever’ and needed to be slowed down.” In the course of the meeting, agreement was reached on several of the instructions contained in telegram 237. (Memorandum by Bromley Smith; Kennedy Library, National Security Files, Departments and Agencies Series, ACDA, Test Ban Negotiations, Harriman Trip) See the Supplement.

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

Moscow, July 19, 1963, 8 p.m.

Source: Department of State, Central Files, DEF 18-3 USSR (MO). Secret; Flash; Ban. Received at 4 p.m.

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

Washington, July 19, 1963, 8:13 p.m.

Source: Department of State, Central Files, DEF 18-4. Secret; Operational Immediate; Eyes Only Ban. Drafted by Foster, cleared by Rusk and Ball, and approved by Read.

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

Moscow, July 20, 1963, 4 p.m.

Source: Department of State, Central Files, DEF 18-3 USSR (MO). Secret; Flash; Eyes Only; Ban. Received at 11:19 a.m.

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

Moscow, July 20, 1963, 7 p.m.

Source: Department of State, Central Files, DEF 18-3 USSR (MO). Secret; Operational Immediate. Received at 2:30 p.m.

337. Memorandum for the Record

Washington, July 22, 1963.

Source: Central Intelligence Agency, DCI Memos for Record 6/5-7/20/63. Secret; Eyes Only. Prepared by McCone.

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

Moscow, July 22, 1963, 8 p.m.

Source: Department of State, Central Files, DEF 18-3 USSR (MO). Secret; Operational Immediate; Ban. A longer account of this conversation is in telegram 280 from Moscow, July 23. (Ibid., POL 7 US/Harriman)

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

Moscow, July 22, 1963, 9 p.m.

Source: Department of State, Central Files, DEF 18-3 USSR (MO). Secret; Flash. Received at 4:22 p.m.

340. Memorandum of Conference With President Kennedy

Washington, July 22, 1963, 6–6:45 p.m.

Source: Kennedy Library, National Security Files, Meetings and Memoranda Series, Meetings with the President, Harriman Mission, 7/63. Secret. Drafted by Bromley Smith. The ending time of the meeting is from the President’s Appointment Book. (Ibid.)

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

Washington, July 22, 1963, 10:27 p.m.

Source: Department of State, Central Files, DEF 18-4. Secret; Operational Immediate; Eyes Only Ban. Drafted by Ball; cleared by the President, S, and Foster in substance and by Bromley Smith in draft; and approved by Read.

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

Moscow, July 23, 1963, noon.

Source: Department of State, Central Files, DEF 18-3 USSR (MO). Secret. Received at 8:50 a.m.

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

Moscow, July 23, 1963, 8 p.m.

Source: Department of State, Central Files, POL 7 US/Harriman. Secret. Received at 3:57 p.m.

344. Memorandum of Conference With President Kennedy

Washington, July 23, 1963, 5:15–5:50 p.m.

Source: Kennedy Library, National Security Files, Meetings and Memoranda Series, Meetings with the President, Harriman Mission, 7/63. Secret. Drafted by Bromley Smith. The ending time of the meeting is from the President’s Appointment Book. (Ibid.)

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

Moscow, July 23, 1963, 9 p.m.

Source: Department of State, Central Files, DEF 18-3 USSR (MO). Secret; Operational Immediate. Received at 7:15 p.m.

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

Washington, July 23, 1963, 9:05 p.m.

Source: Department of State, Central Files, DEF 18-4. Secret; Operational Immediate; Eyes Only Ban. Drafted by Ball; cleared by the President, Rusk, Foster, and Thompson; and approved by Read.

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

Moscow, July 24, 1963, 9 p.m.

Source: Department of State, Central Files, POL 7 US/Harriman. Secret; Flash. Received at 4 p.m.

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

Moscow, July 25, 1963, 1 a.m.

Source: Department of State, Central Files, DEF 18-3 USSR (MO). Secret; Operational Immediate. Received at 9 p.m.

349. Memorandum of Conference With President Kennedy

Washington, July 24, 1963, 6–6:50 p.m.

Source: Kennedy Library, National Security Files, Meetings and Memoranda Series, Meetings with the President, Harriman Mission, 7/63. Secret. Drafted by Bromley Smith. The ending time of the meeting is from the President’s Appointment Book. (Ibid.)

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

Washington, July 24, 1963, 9:43 p.m.

Source: Department of State, Central Files, DEF 18-6. Secret; Operational Immediate; Eyes Only Ban. Drafted by Rusk; cleared by Foster, Thompson, Ball, and Bundy; and approved by Read.

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

Washington, July 24, 1963, 9:44 p.m.

Source: Department of State, Central Files, DEF 18-4. Secret; Operational Immediate; Eyes Only Ban. Drafted by Rusk; cleared by Foster, Thompson, Ball, and Bundy; and approved by Read.

352. Letter From President Kennedy to President de Gaulle

Washington, July 25, 1963.

Source: Department of State, Presidential Correspondence: Lot 66 D 204, Kennedy/Johnson Correspondence with de Gaulle 1961-1964. Top Secret; Eyes Only. A note on the source text reads: “Original delivered to Elysee on 25 Jul 63.” Concerning the delivery of this letter, see Document 349.

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

Moscow, July 25, 1963, 10 p.m.

Source: Department of State, Central Files, DEF 18-3 USSR (MO). Secret. Received at 6:28 p.m.

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

Moscow, July 27, 1963, noon.

Source: Department of State, Central Files, POL 7 US/Harriman. Secret; Eyes Only. Received at 8:30 a.m. and passed to the White House. The portions of this telegram concerning Germany are printed in vol. XV, pp. 539–544.

356. Memorandum by Director of Central Intelligence McCone

Washington, July 30, 1963.

Source: Central Intelligence Agency, DCI Memoranda 3/1/62-4/30/65. Secret. A typewritten note after the drafting line reads: “Noted by Dr. Chamberlain, whose changes are incorporated.” This memorandum was possibly prepared in anticipation of the briefing described in Document 357.

358. Telegram From the White House to the Embassy in France

Washington, August 4, 1963, 8:48 p.m.1

Source: Department of State, Presidential Correspondence: Lot 66 D 204, President de Gaulle’s Correspondence with Presidents Kennedy and Johnson, 1961-1964 Vol. I. Secret; Operational Immediate; Eyes Only. The source text does not indicate whether the telegram went directly from the White House to the Embassy or whether it was relayed to the Department for transmission to Paris. The Department received the telegram at 12:11 a.m. on August 5.

360. Telegram From the Department of State to the Embassy in Germany

Washington, August 6, 1963, 9:58 p.m.

Source: Department of State, Presidential Correspondence: Lot 66 D 204, Presidents Kennedy and Johnson, Correspondence with German Officials, 1963-1964 Vol. II. Secret; Operational Immediate. Drafted in the White House.

  1. The source text bears Greenwich Mean Time and date of 050248Z August.↩