Algeria
66. Memorandum From Robert W. Komer of National Security Council Staff to the President’s Special Assistant for National Security Affairs (Bundy)
Source: Kennedy Library, National Security Files, Countries Series, Algeria, 4/62-6/62. Secret. A copy was sent to Dungan.
68. Central Intelligence Agency Information Report
Source: Kennedy Library, National Security Files, Brubeck Series, Algeria. Secret; Noforn; No Dissem Abroad; Limited; Background Use Only.
69. Memorandum From Harold H. Saunders of the National Security Council Staff to the President’s Special Assistant for National Security Affairs (Bundy)
Source: Kennedy Library, National Security Files, Countries Series, Algeria, 7/16/62-7/30/62. Secret. A copy was sent to Dungan.
70. Letter From the Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security Affairs (Sloan) to William R. Polk of the Policy Planning Council
Source: Washington National Records Center, RG 330,OASD/ISA Files: FRC 65 A 3501, Algeria 000.1-121, 1962. Secret. Drafted by Colonel Junkermann.
71. Memorandum From Robert W. Komer of the National Security Council Staff to President Kennedy
Source: Kennedy Library, National Security Files, Countries Series, Algeria, 9/1/62-10/15/62. Secret. A handwritten covering note from Komer to Bundy reads: “This is long, but State briefing book is lousy so I summed up their 30pp. in my three. I also wanted to clue JFK on State/AID hassle over aid to Algeria. Only he can decide it, in last analysis, and now is best time to educate him.” Department of State briefing material for Ben Bella’s visit in October 1962 is in Department of State, Conference Files: Lot 65 D 533, CF 2176.
72. Telegram From the Department of State to the Embassy in Algeria
Source: Department of State, Central Files, 033.51S11/10-2362. Confidential. Drafted by Hooper on October 22, cleared by Little and Bromley Smith, and approved by Tasca. Repeated to Paris.
73. Memorandum From the Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs (Williams) to the Under Secretary of State (Ball)
Source: Department of State, Central Files, 611.51S/10-2562. Secret. Drafted by Newsom.
74. National Intelligence Estimate
Source: Central Intelligence Agency, Job 79 R 01012A, Box 215. Secret. According to a note on the cover sheet: “The following intelligence organizations participated in the preparation of this estimate: “The Central Intelligence Agency and the intelligence organizations of the Departments of State, Defense, the Army, the Navy, and the Air Force.” All members of the U.S. Intelligence Board concurred in this estimate on November 7 except the Atomic Energy Commission Representative and the Assistant Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, who abstained on the grounds that the subject was outside their jurisdiction.
75. Memorandum From the Director of the Office of Northern African Affairs (Witman) to the Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs (Williams)
Source: Department of State, Central Files, 751S.00/11-762. Confidential. Drafted by Gonzalez.
76. Telegram From the Embassy in France to the Department of State
Source: Department of State, Central Files, 751S.00/12-662. Confidential. Repeated to Algiers.
77. National Security Action Memorandum No. 211
Source: Department of State, S/S-NSC Files: Lot 72 D 316, NSAMs. Secret. A copy was sent to the Director of the Bureau of the Budget.
78. Memorandum From Robert W. Komer of the National Security Council Staff to President Kennedy
Source: Kennedy Library, National Security Files, Countries Series, Algeria, 10/16/62-12/31/62. Secret.
79. Memorandum From the Joint Chiefs of Staff to Secretary of Defense McNamara
Source: Washington National Records Center, RG 330, OSD Files:FRC 69 A 3131, Algeria, 1963. Secret.
80. Paper Prepared in the Central Intelligence Agency
[Source: Kennedy Library, National Security Files, Meetings and Memoranda Series, NSAMs, NSAM 221. Secret. 2 pages of source text not declassified.]
81. Memorandum From Secretary of State Rusk to President Kennedy
Source: Kennedy Library, National Security Files, Meetings and Memoranda Series,NSAMs, NSAM-21. Secret. Attached to the source text but not printed is a 14-page “Discussion of the Strategy and Action Plan for Algeria.”
82. Memorandum From Robert W. Komer of the National Security Council Staff to President Kennedy
Source: Kennedy Library, President’s Office Files, Staff Memoranda, Robert W. Komer, Secret.
83. National Security Action Memorandum No. 221
Source: Kennedy Library, National Security Files, Meetings and Memoranda Series, NSAMs, NSAM-21. Secret. A copy was sent to the Director of the Bureau of the Budget.
84. Memorandum From Robert W. Komer of the National Security Council Staff to the President
Source: Kennedy Library, National Security Files, Countries Series, Algeria, 6/63-9/63. Confidential. A marginal handwritten notation reads: “(Taken from Pres. weekend reading dtd 7/19/63—Tab 6)”.
85. Memorandum of Conversation
Source: Department of State, President’s Memoranda of Conversation: Lot 66 D 149. Confidential. Drafted by Witman and approved by the White House on August 7. The conversation was held at the White House. Earlier on July 24, Komer sent a briefing memorandum to the President suggesting that he take the time for some serious talk with the new Algerian Ambassador, who was one of Ben Bella’s closest confidants. Komer proposed that the President focus on the need for Algeria to put its economy, which was in near chaos, in order before anyone else could do much to help, and on U.S. problems with Castro and how Algeria’s relations with Cuba raised difficulties for nations that wanted to help Algeria. (Kennedy Library, National Security Files, Countries Series, Algeria, 6/63-9/63)
86. Memorandum of Conversation
Source: Department of State, Central Files, POL 1 ALG. Confidential. Drafted by Porter and approved by the White House on September 23. The conversation was held at the White House.
87. Memorandum From Robert W. Komer of the National Security Council Staff to the President’s Special Assistant for National Security Affairs (Bundy)
Source: Kennedy Library, National Security Files, Countries Series, Algeria. Secret. The source text indicates two attachments: A memorandum from Read to Bundy, October 14, which discussed the revolt in the Kabylia region of Algeria, which had begun on September 29, and the Algerian-Moroccan border conflict, which had escalated since the first serious armed clash on October 8 (Department of State, Central Files, POL 26 ALG); and telegram 734 from Algiers, which advised against sending a high-level U.S. delegation to the Algerian ceremonies planned for November 1, the anniversary of the outbreak of Algeria’s revolution in 1954, which Communist governments intended to attend at the ministerial level (Ibid., POL 17-4 ALG).
88. Memorandum From Robert W. Komer of the National Security Council Staff to President Kennedy
Source: Kennedy Library, President’s Office Files, Morocco Security, 1960-1963. Secret.
89. Telegram From the Department of State to the Embassy in Algeria
Source: Department of State, Central Files, POL 32-1 ALG-MOR. Confidential. Drafted by Hooper, cleared by Baldwin and Komer, and approved by Tasca. Repeated to Paris, Rabat, Addis Ababa, USUN, and Moscow.
90. National Intelligence Estimate
Source: Central Intelligence Agency, Job 79 R 01012A, Box 242. Secret. According to a note on the cover sheet, the estimate was prepared by the CIA and the intelligence organizations of the Departments of State, Defense, the Army, the Navy, the Air Force, and NSA. All members of the U.S. Intelligence Board concurred in this estimate on November 27 except the Atomic Energy Commission Representative and the Assistant Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, who abstained because the subject was outside their jurisdiction.