Arms Control and Disarmament
91. Record of National Security Council Action No. 2440
Source: Department of State, S/S-NSC (Miscellaneous) Files: Lot 66 D 95, Records of Action by the National Security Council, Meetings of the National Security Council 1961. Secret. Taken at the 492d meeting (see Document 90).
92. Note Prepared in the Department of Defense
Source: Washington National Records Center, RG 330, OSD Files: FRC 65 A 3464, Atomic 400.112 8 Apr 61 (Jan-Nov 61). Top Secret. No drafting information appears on the source text, which bears the stamped notation: “SecDef has seen.” Gerald Johnson prepared a lengthier but similar memorandum on the same subject on November 3. (Kennedy Library, National Security Files, Subjects Series, Nuclear Weapons Testing 11/1-28/61)
93. Message From Prime Minister Macmillan to President Kennedy
Source: Kennedy Library, National Security Files, Departments and Agencies Series, ACDA, Disarmament, Volume II. Top Secret; Atomic. Attached to a covering note from Ormsby Gore to the President.
94. Memorandum From the President’s Special Assistant for National Security Affairs (Bundy) to President Kennedy
Source: Kennedy Library, National Security Files, Subjects Series, Nuclear Weapons Testing 11/1-28/61. Secret.
95. Message From Prime Minister Macmillan to President Kennedy
Source: Washington National Records Center, RG 330, OSD Files: FRC 65 A 3464, Atomic 400.112, 8 Apr 61 (Jun-Nov 61). Top Secret. Another copy is in Department of State, Presidential Correspondence: Lot 66 D 204, Macmillan-Kennedy 1960-1961.
96. Draft Report of the Meeting of the Foreign Weapons Evaluation Group (Bethe Panel), November 16-17, 1961
[Source: Washington National Records Center, RG 330, OSD/AE Files: FRC 69 A 2243, 58 AWT USSR Tests (1961-1965). Secret; Restricted Data. 4 pages of source text not declassified.]
97. Telegram From the Department of State to the Mission to the North Atlantic Treaty Organization and European Regional Organizations
Source: Department of State, Central Files, 600.0012/11-1661. Confidential; Priority. Repeated to Bonn, Copenhagen, London, Oslo, Ottawa, Stockholm, and USUN.
98. Memorandum From the Assistant Secretary of State for International Organization Affairs (Cleveland) to Secretary of State Rusk
Source: Department of State, Presidential Memoranda of Conversation: Lot 66 D 149, August-December 1961. Secret.
99. Memorandum From the Representative to the Geneva Conference on the Discontinuance of Nuclear Weapon Tests (Dean) to Secretary of State Rusk
Source: Department of State, Central Files, 397.5611-GE/11-2261. Confidential. Also addressed to Foster.
101. Memorandum of Conversation
Source: Department of State, Secretary’s Memoranda of Conversation: Lot 65 D 330. Secret. Draftedby Goodby and approved in S on December 4.
102. Letter From the Chairman of the NSC Committee on Atmospheric Testing Policy (Seaborg) to President Kennedy
Source: Kennedy Library, National Security Files, Subjects Series, Nuclear Weapons Testing, 11/29-12/6/61. Secret; Restricted Data.
103. Telegram From the Department of State to the Mission to the United Nations
Source: Department of State, Central Files, 600.0012/11-2861. Confidential. Drafted by Ronald I. Spiers, Director of the Office of Political Affairs in ACDA, and William G. Jones, Deputy Director of the Office of United Nations Political and Security Affairs; cleared by Foster and by EUR, AF, ARA, and NEA; and approved by Cleveland.
105. National Security Action Memorandum No. 116
Source: Kennedy Library, National Security Files, Meetings and Memoranda Series, NSAM 116. Secret; Restricted Data.
106. Memorandum From the Representative to the Geneva Conference on the Discontinuance of Nuclear Weapon Tests (Dean) to Secretary of State Rusk
Source: Department of State, Central Files, 397.5611-GE/12-461. Confidential. This memorandum was sent to the President. Another copy is in the Kennedy Library, President’s Office Files, Disarmament, Nuclear Test Ban Negotiations 4/28/61-3/62. Other copies were sent to Ambassador Thompson in Moscow, Stelle in Geneva, Foster, Ambassador Stevenson at USUN, McNamara, Allen Dulles, and Seaborg.
107. Circular Airgram From the Department of State to All Posts
Source: Department of State, Central Files, 397.5611-GE/12-561. Official Use Only. Drafted in the Public Affairs area of ACDA and approved by James E. Goodby.
109. Letter From the Director of Defense Research and Engineering (Brown) to President Kennedy
Source: Kennedy Library, National Security Files, Subjects Series, Nuclear Weapons Tests, 12/7-18/61. Secret; Restricted Data. Another copy is in Washington National Records Center, RG 330, OSD Files: FRC 65 A 3464, Atomic 400.112 (8 Apr 61).
110. Memorandum From the President’s Special Assistant for Science and Technology (Wiesner) to President Kennedy
Source: Kennedy Library, National Security Files, Subjects Series, Nuclear Weapons Tests, 12/19-20/61. Secret; Restricted Data.
111. Memorandum of Conversation
Source: Department of State, Presidential Memoranda of Conversation: Lot 66 D 149, UK. Top Secret. There is no drafting information on the source text, which is on White House stationery. According to the President’s Appointment Book, the meeting was held at Government House. (Kennedy Library)
112. Memorandum of Conversation
Source: Department of State, Presidential Memoranda of Conversation: Lot 66 D 149, UK. Top Secret. There is no drafting information on the source text, which is on White House stationery. According to the President’s Appointment Book, the meeting was held at Government House. (Kennedy Library)
113. Memorandum From the President’s Special Assistant (Schlesinger) to President Kennedy
Source: Kennedy Library, National Security Files, Subjects Series, Nuclear Weapons Tests, 12/21/61-1/8/62. No classification marking. A handwritten note reads: “President saw.”
114. Memorandum From the President’s Special Assistant for National Security Affairs (Bundy) to President Kennedy
Source: Kennedy Library, National Security Files, Subjects Series, Nuclear Weapons Tests, 12/21/61-1/8/62. Secret. A handwritten note reads: “President saw.” In a covering note to Clifton, not found attached, Bundy stated that this memorandum and Schlesinger’s memorandum (Document 113) needed to be “called to the President’s attention for careful consideration.” The President had “several times indicated to me his desire to have the other side of the atmospheric case sharply stated,” as Schlesinger’s memorandum did. “Since it will be very important, if the President should ever take this course, not to have the author of this memo blamed for it, I am emphasizing the quality of the argument and not the name of the creator.” (Kennedy Library, National Security Files, Subjects Series, Nuclear Weapons Tests, 12/12/61-1/8/62)
116. Memorandum From the President’s Special Assistant (Schlesinger) to President Kennedy
Source: Kennedy Library, National Security Files, Subjects Series, Nuclear Weapons Tests, 12/21/61-1/8/62. Secret. A notation in Bundy’s handwriting reads: “Put in folder of things to talk to Pres. about.”
117. Memorandum for the Record
Source: National Defense University, Taylor Papers, Daily Staff Meetings Jan-Apr 62. Secret. Drafted by Ewell. The records of White House staff meetings were routinely circulated to Taylor and members of his staff.
118. Memorandum From the Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security Affairs (McNaughton) to Secretary of Defense McNamara
Source: Washington National Records Center, RG 330, OSD Files: FRC 66 A 3542, Atomic 400.112 12 Jan 62. Secret.
119. Letter From President Kennedy to Prime Minister Macmillan
Source: Department of State, Presidential Correspondence: Lot 66 D 204, Kennedy-Macmillan 1960-1962. Top Secret. Attached to a note from Bundy to Rusk, stating that Kennedy wanted Rusk to deliver it to Ormsby Gore. A draft by Foster, dated January 11, is ibid.
120. Memorandum From the President’s Deputy Special Assistant for National Security Affairs (Kaysen) to President Kennedy
Source: Kennedy Library, National Security Files, Subjects Series, Nuclear Weapons Tests, 1/13-15/62. Top Secret.