Foreign Relations of the United States, 1961–1963, Volume XIII, Western Europe and Canada
223. Memorandum From the Assistant Secretary of State for European Affairs (Kohler) to Secretary of State Rusk
Washington, January 24, 1961.
Source: Department of State, Central Files, 651.00/1–2461. Secret. Drafted by Beigel, concurred by McBride, initialed by Kohler, and sent through Merchant who also initialed.
224. Memorandum of Conversation
Washington, February 28, 1961.
Source: Department of State, Central Files, 396.1/2–2861. Secret. Drafted by McBride and approved by S on March 17.
Washington, March 10, 1961.
Source: Department of State, Central Files, 611.51/3–1061. Confidential; Limit Distribution. Drafted by Kohler and Glenn and approved by the White House on March 17. Chaban-Delmas visited the United States March 2–16, and in a memorandum to the President on February 16 Rusk had recommended that the President receive him. (Ibid., 033.5111/2–1661)
226. Telegram From the Department of State to the Embassy in France
Washington, April 26, 1961, 9:58 p.m.
Source: Department of State, Presidential Correspondence: Lot 66 D 204. Official Use Only; Niact. For text of an April 24 message sent to de Gaulle on Algeria, see Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: John F. Kennedy, 1961, p. 315.
Washington, May 5, 1961, 10:07 p.m.
Source: Department of State, Central Files, 611.51/4–1861. Secret; Limit Distribution. Drafted by Owen; cleared with RA, S/AE, WE, Acheson, and Kohler; and approved by Rusk.
228. Talking Points
Washington, May 27, 1961.
Source: Department of State, Conference Files: Lot 66 D 110, CF 1895. Secret; Limit Distribution. No drafting information appears on the source text but like the scope paper, referred to below, it was probably drafted in the Department of State.
229. Memorandum From the President's Special Assistant for National Security Affairs (Bundy) to President Kennedy
Source: Kennedy Library, President's Office Files, France. Top Secret.
Paris, June 2, 1961, 11:30 a.m.–1 p.m.
Source: Department of State, Conference Files: Lot 66 D 110, CF 1891. Secret. Drafted by McBride. A summary of this conversation was transmitted from Paris in Secto 9, June 2. (Ibid., CF 1892) The President visited Paris on his way to the summit meeting with Khrushchev in Vienna.
Washington, June 6, 1961, 4:30 p.m.
Source: Kennedy Library, National Security Files, Meetings with the President. Secret. No drafting information appears on the source text. Printed in part in Declassified Documents, 1986, 2256.
Washington, July 2, 1961, 4:28 p.m.
Source: Department of State, Central Files, 700.5611/7–261. Secret; Verbatim Text. Drafted by Beigel and cleared by Kohler and Tyler.
Source: Department of State, Central Files, 700.5611/7–261. Secret; Verbatim Text.
234. Telegram From Secretary of State Rusk to the Department of State
Paris, August 7, 1961, midnight.
Source: Department of State, Conference Files: Lot 65 D 366, CF1943. Secret. Drafted by Rusk who was in Paris August 4–9.
235. Editorial Note
236. Telegram From the Embassy in France to the Department of State
Paris, November 6, 1961, 3 p.m.
Source: Department of State, Central Files, 651.00/11–661. Secret; Priority. Repeated to London, Bonn, Berlin, and Moscow.
Washington, November 29, 1961, 8:42 p.m.
Source: Department of State, Central Files, 751.5/11–1461. Secret; Limit Distribution. Drafted by Beigel and Williams (S/AE) on November 22; cleared by Tyler, Owen, the President (through Bromley Smith), and the Department of Defense; and approved by Rusk.
238. Letter From the Assistant Secretary of State for European Affairs (Kohler) to the Ambassador to France (Gavin)
Washington, February 2, 1962.
[Source: Kennedy Library, National Security Files, France. Secret; Personal. 2 pages of source text not declassified.]
Paris, February 21, 1962, 8 p.m.
Source: Department of State, Central Files, 375/2–2162. Secret; Limit Distribution. In addition to this telegram, Gavin reported on his discussion of NATO in telegram 3972 (Document 127), and of Algeria in telegram 3857, February 20. (Department of State, Central Files, 611.51/2–2062)
Washington, February 28, 1962, 9:45 a.m.
Source: Department of State, Central Files, 611.51/2–2862. Secret. Drafted and initialed by Tyler and approved by the White House on March 7. The meeting was held at the White House.
Paris, March 9, 1962, 7 p.m.
Source: Department of State, Central Files, 611.51/3–962. Secret; Limit Distribution.
242. Letter From the Ambassador to France (Gavin) to President Kennedy
Paris, March 9, 1962.
Source: Department of State, Central Files, 611.51/3–1262. Secret. The source text was attached to a letter from Gavin to Tyler, which stated that Gavin was enclosing it for Tyler's information.
Washington, March 14, 1962, 9:25 p.m.
Source: Department of State, Central Files, 700.5612/3–1462. Secret. Drafted by Fessenden; cleared by Tyler, Owen, Beigel, and Bundy (in substance); and approved and signed by Ball.
244. Summary of Discussion Between President Kennedy and Prime Minister Macmillan
Washington, April 28, 1962.
Source: Department of State, Central Files, 396.1/4–2862. Secret. No drafting information appears on the source text. The meeting was held at the White House. Regarding Macmillan's visit to Washington, April 27–29, see Document 391.
Athens, May 4, 1962, 5 a.m.
Source: Department of State, Central Files, 711.5611/5–462. Secret; Limit Distribution. Also sent to the other NATO capitals.
246. Telegram From the Department of State to Secretary of State Rusk, at Athens
Washington, May 5, 1962, 8 p.m.
Source: Department of State, Central Files, 711.5611/5–562. Secret; Priority; Eyes Only; No Distribution. Drafted and initialed by Ball.
Athens, May 6, 1962, 4 p.m.
Source: Department of State, Central Files, 711.5611/5–662. Secret: Priority; No Other Distribution.
Washington, May 9, 1962, 6:17 p.m.
Source: Department of State, Central Files, 611.51/5–962. Secret; Priority. Drafted by Springsteen (U), cleared with Tyler and the White House, and approved by Ball.
249. Memorandum of Meeting
Washington, May 11, 1962, 4:30 p.m.
Source: Kennedy Library, National Security Files, France. Top Secret. The meeting was held in the Cabinet Room. A memorandum of Malraux' conversation with the President along these same lines on May 13 is in the Johnson Library, National Security Files, Aides Files, Bundy. A memorandum with Rusk the following day is in Department of State, Secretary's Memoranda of Conversation: Lot 65 D 330.
Paris, May 16, 1962, 7 p.m.
Source: Department of State, Central Files, 611.51/5–1662. Secret.
Source: Department of State, Central Files, 611.51/5–1862. Top Secret; Priority. Drafted by Bundy and approved by Rusk.
Source: Department of State, Central Files, 611.51/5–2862. Secret; Niact.
Western Europe and Canada
Economic and Political Integration (Documents 1-90)
North Atlantic Treaty Organization (Documents 91-222)
France (Documents 223-277)
Italy (Documents 278-323)
Portugal (Documents 324-362)
Spain (Documents 363-378)
United Kingdom (Documents 379-417)
Canada (Documents 418-455)
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