426. Editorial Note
At the August 6, 1962, White House staff meeting, Carl Kaysen, Deputy Special Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs related the President’s opinion that the United States should grant official recognition to the Peruvian junta. Assistant Secretary of State Martin and Presidential Special Assistant Arthur Schlesinger favored waiting, at least until the August 8 OAS Council meeting. (Memorandum for the record, August 6; National Defense University, Taylor Papers, Daily Staff Meetings, May-September 1962)
At the COAS meeting, the representatives of the Peruvian junta reaffirmed their commitment to respect individual and civil liberties and to conduct free and fair elections as soon as possible. The United States was able to forestall the Venezuelan initiative to call a special OAS Meeting of Foreign Ministers on Peru. On August 17 the Department of State issued a press release announcing the resumption of U.S. diplomatic relations with Peru. (Department of State Bulletin, September 3, 1962, pages 348-349)