February-March 1962: Final Meetings Between Ambassador Thompson and Foreign Minister Gromyko; Beginning of the Crisis Over Air Access to Berlin


311. Telegram From the Department of State to the Mission at Berlin

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 762.00/3-362. Secret; Limit Distribution. Drafted by Ausland; cleared by Hillenbrand, Davis, G/PM, SOV, the Joint Chiefs of Staff, and the Department of Defense (ISA); and initialed and approved by Kohler. Repeated to Bonn, Paris, London, and Moscow.


312. Letter From Secretary of State Rusk to the President’s Special Representative in Berlin (Clay)

Source: Department of State, Rusk Files: Lot 72 D 192. Secret; Personal. Drafted by Rusk and approved by Kohler.


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

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 962.72/3-562. Secret; Priority; Limit Distribution. Repeated to SHAPE, USAFE, Berlin, Moscow, London, and Paris.


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

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 962.72/3-662. Confidential; Priority; Eyes Only.


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

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 862.181/3-762. Secret; Priority. Repeated to Berlin, Paris, London, Moscow, and SHAPE.


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

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 762.00/3-762. Secret; Limit Distribution.


317. Letter From the Assistant Chief of the Mission at Berlin (Lightner) to the Ambassador to Yugoslavia (Kennan)

Source: Kennedy Library, National Security Files, Germany. Confidential; Official-Informal. Copies were sent to Rusk, Bundy, Dowling, and Thompson.