Office of the Historian

North Atlantic Treaty Organization

151. Telegram From the Embassy in France to the Department of State

Paris, August 17, 1962, 9 p.m.

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 611.00/8–1762. Secret; Limit Distribution. Repeated to Bonn.

152. Telegram From the Department of State to the Embassy in France

Washington, August 23, 1962, 9:28 p.m.

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 375.75611/8–1062. Secret. Drafted by Kranich; cleared with Weiss, Bundy, Owen, Popper, and the Department of Defense; and approved by Tyler.

153. Telegram From the Mission to the North Atlantic Treaty Organization and European Regional Organizations to the Department of State

Paris, September 18, 1962, 9 p.m.

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 740.5612/9–1862. Secret; Limited Distribution. Pouched to the other NATO capitals.

155. Telegram From the Mission to the North Atlantic Treaty Organization and European Regional Organizations to the Department of State

Paris, October 18, 1962, 9 p.m.

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 740.5611/10–1862. Secret; Priority; Limit Distribution.

156. Telegram From the Department of State to the Mission to the North Atlantic Treaty Organization and European Regional Organizations

Washington, October 31, 1962, 7:27 p.m.

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 375/10–2962. Secret; Priority. Drafted by Popper; cleared with Thompson, Hillenbrand, Nitze, and Schaetzel; and approved by Tyler.

157. Memorandum of Conversation

Washington, November 14, 1962.

Source: Department of State, Conference Files: Lot 65 D 533, CF 2181. Secret. Drafted by Tyler and approved in U and S on November 19 and in the White House on November 29.

158. Scope Paper Prepared for the NATO Ministerial Meeting

Washington, December 6, 1962.

Source: Department of State, Conference Files: Lot 65 D 533, CF 2204. Secret. Drafted by Popper and cleared by Tyler, Schaetzel, Seymour Weiss, Owen, and the Department of Defense.

159. Telegram From Secretary of State Rusk to the Department of State

Paris, December 15, 1962, 9 p.m.

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 396.1–PA/12–1562. Secret; Priority. According to another copy this telegram was drafted by Rusk. (Ibid., Rusk Files: Lot 72 D192, Chron)

160. Telegram From the Department of State to the Embassy in Italy

Washington, December 18, 1962, 8:17 p.m.

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 740.5611/12–1862, Top Secret. Drafted by Seymour Weiss and Johnson; cleared with Kitchen, NEA, EUR, and the Department of Defense; and approved by Johnson. Also sent to Ankara.

161. Circular Airgram From the Department of State to Certain Missions

Washington, December 20, 1962, 12:47 p.m.

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 396.1–PA/12–2062. Secret. Drafted by Van Hollen; cleared by Popper, Swank (S), and the Department of Defense; and approved by Schaetzel. Sent to the other NATO capitals and Moscow, Stockholm, Madrid, New Delhi, Tokyo, Geneva, Bangkok, and Berlin.

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

Washington, December 21, 1962, 5:32 p.m.

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 740.5611/12–2162. Secret; Priority; Limit Distribution. Drafted by Schaetzel, cleared with Rostow, and initialed by Rusk. Also sent to Rome and repeated to Paris.

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

Washington, January 10, 1963, 9:05 p.m.

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 611.41/1–363. Secret; Priority; Limit Distribution. Drafted by Popper; cleared with OSD/ISA, GER, Seymour Weiss, Schaetzel, and Owen; and approved by Tyler. Repeated to London, Paris Topol, Rome, and Brussels.

164. Telegram From the Mission to the North Atlantic Treaty Organization and European Regional Organizations to the Department of State

Paris, January 11, 1963, 9 p.m.

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 375/1–1163. Secret; Niact. Also sent to EUCOM, SHAPE, SACLANT, and USAREUR.

165. Memorandum for the Record

Washington, January 12, 1963.

Source: Kennedy Library, National Security Files, Meetings and Memoranda Series, Meetings with the President. Top Secret. Prepared by Bromley Smith on January 15. A copy of Kitchen’s notes on this meeting, which give more detail on the work of the Steering Group, is in Department of State, Conference Files: Lot 66 D 110, CF 2217.

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

Bonn, January 14, 1963, 7 p.m.

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 375.75611/1–1463. Secret; Priority; Limit Distribution. Repeated to London and Paris.

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

Washington, January 18, 1963, 1:49 p.m.

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 740.5611/1–1863. Secret; Eyes Only. Drafted by Owen and Ball; cleared with Bundy, Rusk, and Ball; and initialed by Rusk.

168. Remarks of President Kennedy to the National Security Council Meeting

Washington, January 22, 1963.

Source: Kennedy Library, National Security Files, NSC Meetings 63. Secret. No drafting information appears on the source text.

169. Summary Record of NSC Executive Committee Meeting No. 38 (Part II)

Washington, January 25, 1963, 4 p.m.

Source: Kennedy Library, National Security Files, Executive Committee Meetings. Top Secret.

170. Memorandum From the Assistant Secretary of State for European Affairs (Tyler) to Secretary of State Rusk

Washington, January 28, 1963.

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 375/1–2863. Secret. Drafted and initialed by Tyler. The source text bears the notation “Secretary Saw.”

172. National Security Action Memorandum No. 218

Washington, January 30, 1963.

Source: Department of State, NSAMs: Lot 72 D 316. Secret.

173. Summary Record of NSC Executive Committee Meeting No. 41

Washington, February 12, 1963, 10 a.m.

Source: Kennedy Library, National Security Files, Executive Committee Meetings. Top Secret.

174. Memorandum of Conversation

Washington, February 18, 1963, 4 p.m.

Source: Kennedy Library, National Security Files, Meetings with the President. Secret. No drafting information appears on the source text. The meeting was held in the President’s office.

175. Memorandum for the Record

Washington, February 21, 1963, 12:20 p.m.

Source: Kennedy Library, National Security Files, Meetings with the President. Secret. Prepared by Bundy on February 23. The meeting was held in the Cabinet Room.

176. Memorandum From President Kennedy to the Members of the MLF Negotiating Delegation

Washington, February 21, 1963.

Source: Kennedy Library, National Security Files, MLF. Secret. No drafting information appears on the source text. An earlier draft of these instructions had been approved in principle at a meeting at the White House on February 13. (Memorandum IND/M/17, February 14; Department of State, Conference Files: Lot 66 D 110, CF 2218) Paragraphs 1-2b and 3–7 of the February 14 draft are the same as the source text; paragraphs 2c i-iv were not present in the draft. No other record of the meeting at the White House has been found.

177. Memorandum of Conversation

Washington, February 25, 1963, 5 p.m.

Source: Department of State, Central Files, Pol Ger-US. Confidential. Drafted by Brandin and approved in S on March 1.

178. Memorandum for the Record

Washington, February 28, 1963.

Source: Kennedy Library, National Security Files, Clifton Series, JCS/Kennedy. Top Secret.

179. Memorandum of Conversation

Washington, March 6, 1963, noon.

Source: Department of State, Central Files, Def 4 NATO. Secret. Drafted by Schaetzel and approved by the White House on March 19. The meeting was held at the White House. For Stikker’s account of the conversation, see Men of Responsibility, pp. 375–377. Memoranda of his conversation on NATO questions with Tyler on March 4 and with Rusk and Rostow on March 5 are in Department of State, Central Files, Def 4 NATO; a memorandum of his conversation with Hillenbrand on Berlin on March 5 is ibid., NATO 8–3. Memoranda of his conversations on NATO military matters with McNamara on March 7 and Rusk on March 8 are ibid., Def 12 NATO.