June-October 1963: Discussions at Moscow, New York, and Washington
199. Telegram From the Mission at Berlin to the Department of State
Source: Department of State, Central Files, POL 7 US/Kennedy. Confidential; Priority. Repeated to Bonn, Dublin, Moscow, London, Paris, and USAREUR. Passed to the White House on June 28.
200. Telegram From the Mission at Berlin to the Department of State
Source: Department of State, Central Files, POL 28 Berlin. Confidential; Limit Distribution. Repeated to Bonn.
201. Telegram From the Embassy in the Soviet Union to the Department of State
Source: Department of State, Central Files, POL 7 US/Harriman. Secret; Eyes Only. Passed to the White House.
202. Memorandum of Meeting
Source: Kennedy Library, National Security Files, Meetings and Memoranda Series, Meetings with the President. Secret. Drafted by Kaysen.
203. Telegram From the Embassy in Germany to the Department of State
Source: Department of State, Central Files, DEF 18–4. Secret; Priority. Received at 6:15 p.m. and relayed to the White House. Repeated to Berlin.
204. Telegram From Secretary of State Rusk to the Department of State
Source: Department of State, Central Files, ORG 7 S. Confidential; Priority. Passed to the White House. Rusk was in Moscow August 3–10 to sign the Nuclear Test Ban Treaty.
205. Letter From President Kennedy to Chancellor Adenauer
Source: Department of State, Central Files, POL 15–1 US/Kennedy. Secret. The source text bears no drafting information. The letter was transmitted to Bonn in telegram 374, August 6 at 9:58 p.m., with the instruction that it be delivered as soon as possible. (Ibid., DEF 18–4)
206. Telegram From the Mission at Berlin to the Department of State
Source: Department of State, Central Files, POL 17 US–USSR. Confidential; Priority. Received at 3:23 p.m. and repeated to Bonn, London, Paris, and Moscow.
207. Telegram From Secretary of State Rusk to the Department of State
Source: Department of State, Central Files, POL US–USSR. Secret; Operational Immediate; Eyes Only. Received at 9:07 p.m. and passed to the White House.
208. Memorandum of Conversation
Source: Department of State, Central Files, POL GER. Secret; Eyes Only. The source text bears no drafting information, but it was approved in S on August 28. The meeting was held at Khrushchev’s dacha. A summary of the conversation was transmitted in Secto 53 from Moscow, August 9. (Ibid., ORG 7 S)
209. Telegram From Secretary of State Rusk to the Department of State
Source: Department of State, Conference Files: Lot 66 D 110, CF 2290. Secret; Operational Immediate; No Other Distribution. Drafted and initialed by Rusk.
210. Telegram From the Department of State to the Embassy in Germany
Source: Department of State, Central Files, POL 28 Berlin. Confidential; Limit Distribution. Drafted by Ausland; cleared by Ambassador at Large Thompson, Valdes (SOV), and Baraz (INR/SOV); and approved by Davis. Repeated to Berlin, Paris, London, Moscow, SHAPE, U.S. Element Live Oak, CINCEUR, USAREUR, and USAFE.
211. Telegram From the Department of State to the Embassy in Germany
Source: Department of State, Central Files, DEF 18–4. Secret; Operational Immediate. The source text bears the notation “Text rec’d from White House.”
212. Memorandum for the Files by the Ambassador at Large (Thompson)
Source: Department of State, Central Files, POL 21. Secret.
213. Telegram From the Department of State to the Embassy in Germany
Source: Department of State, Presidential Correspondence: Lot 66 D 204. Confidential. Drafted by Rusk and Thompson and cleared by Bundy.
214. Memorandum of Conversation
Source: Kennedy Library, National Security Files, Countries Series, Germany. Secret. Drafted by McGhee on September 25 and approved in the White House on October 1.
215. Telegram From the Department of State to the Embassy in Germany
Source: Department of State, Conference Files: Lot 66 D 110, CF 2315. Secret. Drafted by Creel, Finn, and Stalder (GER) and approved by Tyler. Repeated to Paris, Rome, London, Berlin, and USUN for Secretary Rusk.
216. Telegram From Secretary of State Rusk to the Department of State
Source: Department of State, Central Files, POL 27 LAOS. Secret; Limit Distribution.
217. Telegram From the Embassy in Germany to the Department of State
Source: Department of State, Central Files, POL 32–4 GER. Secret; Limit Distribution.
218. Memorandum of Conversation
Source: Department of State, Secretary’s Memoranda of Conversation: Lot 65 D 330. Secret. Drafted by Imhof and approved in S on October 13. The source text is labeled “Part 3 of 6 parts.” Couve de Murville was in the United States to attend the 18th session of the U.N. General Assembly. In addition to Germany, the Foreign Ministers discussed NATO, East-West relations, and French-U.S. relations.