August-September 1961: The Division of Berlin; the Brandt-Kennedy Correspondence; Vice President Johnson’s Trip to Berlin; General Clay’s Appointment as Special Representative to Berlin; NSAMs No. 92 and 94; Meeting of the Four Western Foreign Ministers at Washington
135. Memorandum by the President’s Special Assistant for National Security Affairs (Bundy)
Source: Kennedy Library, National Security Files, Germany, Berlin. Top Secret.
136. Memorandum of Conversation
Source: Department of State, Central Files, 762.00/8-3161. Secret. Drafted by Guthrie and approved in S on September 8.
138. Telegram From the Department of State to the Embassy in the Soviet Union
Source: Department of State, Central Files, 762.00/9-361. Secret; Niact. Drafted by Bohlen, cleared by Kohler, and signed by Rusk.
139. Telegram From the Department of State to the Embassy in Germany
Source: Department of State, Presidential Correspondence: Lot 66 D 204. Secret; Limit Distribution; Verbatim Text. The source text bears the notation “Delivered Sept 6.”
140. Memorandum From the President’s Military Representative (Taylor) to President Kennedy
Source: National Defense University, Taylor Papers, Box 35, 6B NATO. Secret. The source text bears Taylor’s handwritten notation: “Read by HA [Higher Authority] 5 Sept 61.”
141. Memorandum of Action
Source: Department of State, Central Files, 762.00/9-561. Top Secret. Drafted by Cleveland. Attached to a memorandum from Cleveland to Kohler, also dated September 5.
142. Telegram From the Embassy in the Soviet Union to the Department of State
Source: Department of State, Central Files, 762.00/9-761. Secret; Priority.
143. Notes on Meeting of the Berlin Steering Group
Source: National Defense University, Lemnitzer Papers, Box 29. Top Secret. The source text is Lemnitzer’s handwritten notes.
144. National Security Action Memorandum No. 92
Source: Department of State, NSAMs: Lot 72 D 316. Top Secret. The source text bears no drafting information.
145. Telegram From the Embassy in the Soviet Union to the Department of State
Source: Department of State, Central Files, 762.00/9-961. Secret. Repeated to Paris, London, Bonn, and Berlin.
147. Memorandum From President Kennedy to Secretary of State Rusk
Source: Kennedy Library, National Security Files, Departments and Agencies, Department of State, General. Top Secret. The source text bears no drafting information.
148. National Security Action Memorandum No. 94
Source: Department of State, NSAMs: Lot 72 D 316. Top Secret.
149. Memorandum of Conversation
Source: Department of State, Central Files, 396.1-WA/9-1461. Secret; Limit Distribution. Drafted by Holloway, initialed by Kohler, and approved in S on October 1. The meeting was held in the Secretary’s Conference Room at the Department of State.
150. Memorandum of Conversation
Source: Department of State, Central Files, 762.00/9-1461. Confidential. Drafted by Guthrie and approved in S on September 19. A summary of the conversation was transmitted to Moscow in telegram 776, September 14. (Ibid.)
151. Memorandum of Conversation
Source: Department of State, Central Files, 762.00/9-1561. Secret. Drafted and initialed by Kohler and approved in S on October 2. The meeting was held during a luncheon at the White House.
152. Memorandum of Conversation
Source: Department of State, Central Files, 396.1-WA/9-1561. Secret. Drafted and initialed by Bohlen, also initialed by Kohler, and approved in S on October 1. A summary of the conversation was transmitted to Bonn in telegram 733, October 16. (Ibid., 762.0221/9-1661)
153. Telegram From the Department of State to the Embassy in Germany
Source: Department of State, Central Files, 762.0221/9-1761. Secret; Priority; Limited Distribution. Drafted by Day and approved by Kohler. Also sent to London, Paris, Moscow, and Berlin.
- The time of transmission is illegible.↩