U.S. Policy Toward the German Democratic Republic1

1. Continued from Foreign Relations, 1952–1954, vol. VII, Part 2, pp. 1544 ff.


217. Paper Prepared by the Operations Coordinating Board

Source: Department of State, OCB Files: Lot 62 D 430, Germany. Secret.


219. Memorandum of a Conversation, Department of State, Washington, September 30, 1955, 12:05 p.m.

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 033.62A11/9–3055. Secret. Drafted by Kidd on October 3. Brentano visited Washington following his meetings in New York with the three Western Foreign Ministers to discuss arrangements for the upcoming Foreign Ministers meeting at Geneva.


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

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 661.62B/10–1255. Secret. Repeated to Paris, Moscow, London, and Berlin.


221. Telegram From the Mission in Berlin to the Embassy in France

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 661.62A/10–2255. Secret. Repeated to Bonn, London, and Washington. The source text is the Department of State copy.


223. Telegram From the Mission in Berlin to the Embassy in Germany

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 762.0221/11–2855. Confidential; Priority. Repeated to Washington. The source text is the Department of State copy.


224. Telegram From the Mission in Berlin to the Embassy in Germany

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 762.0221/11–2955. Confidential; Niact. Repeated to Moscow, Heidelberg, and Washington. The source text is the Department of State copy.


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

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 762.0221/11–3055. Secret; Niact. Drafted by Reinstein, cleared by Beam and Merchant, and approved by Murphy. Repeated to Berlin and Moscow.


226. Telegram From the Delegation at the North Atlantic Council Ministerial Meeting to the Department of State

Source: Department of State, Conference Files: Lot 60 D 627. Secret. Drafted by Reinstein. Repeated to London, Bonn, and Moscow.


228. Report Prepared by the Operations Coordinating Board

Source: Department of State, S/SNSC Files: Lot 63 D 351, NSC 174 Series. Top Secret. A cover sheet, a May 25 memorandum of transmittal, and a financial annex are not printed.


229. Memorandum of Discussion at the 296th Meeting of the National Security Council, Washington, September 6, 1956

Source: Eisenhower Library, Whitman File, NSC Records. Top Secret. Drafted by Gleason on September 7.


230. National Security Council Report

Source: Department of State, S/SNSC Files: Lot 63 D 351, NSC 160 Series. Top Secret. Discussed by the National Security Council on September 6 (see supra) and approved by the President on September 12.


231. Report by the Operations Coordinating Board

Source: Department of State, OCB Files: Lot 62 D 430, Germany. Top Secret. Regarding the preparation of this report, see footnote 1, Document 84. A financial annex is not printed.


232. Paper Prepared by the Operations Coordinating Board

Source: Department of State, OCB Files: Lot 61 D 385, Germany. Top Secret. Attached to the source text were a cover sheet, a memorandum which noted that paper had been revised and approved by the OCB at its meeting on April 10, and a one-page paper entitled “Purpose and Use of the Outline Plan of Operations (Complete Text).”


234. Paper Prepared by the Operations Coordinating Board

Source: Department of State, OCB Files: Lot 61 D 385, Germany. Top Secret. A cover sheet, an undated memorandum which stated that the paper had been revised by the OCB at its meeting on June 5 and that it would be reviewed periodically, and a table of contents are not printed.


235. Report Prepared by the Operations Coordinating Board

Source: Department of State, OCB Files: Lot 62 D 430, Germany. Secret. Regarding the preparation of this report, see footnote 1, Document 127. A Consolidated Financial Annex to the Progress Reports for the Federal Republic of Germany, East Germany, and Berlin is not printed.


236. Telegram From the Mission in Berlin to the Embassy in Germany

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 033.6162B/8–1557. Confidential. Repeated to Moscow, London, Paris, Warsaw, Prague, Bucharest, Budapest, Belgrade, Munich, and Washington. The source text is the Department of State copy.


237. National Security Council Report

Source: Department of State, S/SNSC Files: Lot 63 D 351, NSC 5727 Series. Top Secret.