Office of the Historian

May-June 1961: The Opening Sessions of the Geneva Conference on Laos and the Vienna Summit

111. Telegram From the Department of State to the Delegation to the Conference on Laos

Washington, June 7, 1961, 9:08 p.m.

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 751J.00/6–761. Secret, Niact. Drafted by Usher; cleared with Anderson of SEA, Chapman, McConaughy, and William O. Anderson of SOV; and approved by the Secretary. Repeated niact to London, Moscow, and Paris, priority to Vientiane, and to Bangkok.

112. Telegram From the Delegation to the Conference on Laos to the Department of State

Geneva, June 11, 1961, 2 p.m.

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 751J.00/6–1161. Secret; Priority. Repeated to London, Paris, Vientiane, Bangkok, and Saigon.

113. Memorandum of Conversation

Washington, June 14, 1961, 12:02–1:07 p.m.

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 751J.00/6–1461. Secret. Drafted by Jenkins and approved in S on July 1. The time of the meeting is taken from Rusk’s Appointment Book. (Johnson Library)

114. Telegram From the Delegation to the Conference on Laos to the Embassy in Thailand

Geneva, June 16, 1961, 11 p.m.

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 751J.00/6–1661. Secret. Sent also to Saigon and Vientiane; repeated to Rangoon, New Delhi, London, Paris, Phnom Penh, and the Department of State as Confe 205. The source text is the Department of State copy.