Western Reaction to Khrushchev’s November 10 Speech


25. Telegram From the Embassy in the Soviet Union to the Department of State

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 762.0221/11–1153. Secret; Priority. Received at 1:15 p.m. Repeated to London, Bonn, Paris, and Berlin.


26. Telegram From the Embassy in the United Kingdom to the Department of State

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 762.00/11–1253. Secret. Repeated to Paris, Bonn, and Moscow.


27. Telegram From the Mission at Berlin to the Department of State

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 762.0221/11–1258. Secret; Priority; Limited Distribution. Transmitted in two sections and also sent to London, Paris, Bonn, and Moscow.


28. Memorandum of Conversation

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 762.00/11–1258. Secret. Drafted by Hillenbrand on November 13 and initialed by Elbrick.


29. Memorandum of Conversation

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 762.00/11–1258. Secret. Drafted by Hillenbrand on November 13.


30. Telegram From the Mission in Berlin to the Department of State

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 762.0221/11–1358. Confidential. Also sent to Bonn and repeated to Moscow, London, and Paris.


31. Circular Telegram From the Department of State to Certain Diplomatic Missions

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 762.00/11–1358. Official Use Only. Drafted by Armitage and McKiernan; cleared with Hillenbrand, Freers, Kretzmann in P, and Timmons; and approved by Elbrick. Sent to all posts except Bonn, Paris Topol, London, Moscow, and Berlin, to which it was repeated.


32. Memorandum From Acting Secretary of State Herter to President Eisenhower

Source: Eisenhower Library, Whitman File, DullesHerter Series. Secret. Initialed by the President.


33. Telegram From the Embassy in the Soviet Union to the Department of State

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 762.00/11–1458. Secret; Priority. Also sent to Bonn and repeated to London and Paris.


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

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 762.00/11–1458. Confidential; Priority. Repeated to London, Paris, Moscow, and Berlin.


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

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 762.00/11–1458. Secret. Drafted by McFarland; cleared with Eleanor Dulles, Kohler, and Fessenden; and approved by Hillenbrand. Repeated to Berlin, Rome, Moscow, London, and Paris.


36. Telegram From the Embassy in France to the Department of State

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 762.0221/11–1558, Confidential. Repeated to Berlin, London, Moscow, and Bonn.


37. Telegram From the Department of State to the Mission to the North Atlantic Treaty Organization and European Regional Organizations

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 762.00/11–1558. Confidential. Drafted and approved by Kohler.


38. Telegram From the Mission at Berlin to the Department of State

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 762.0221/11–1558. Confidential. Also sent to Bonn and repeated to Moscow, London, and Paris.


39. Telegram From the Mission at Berlin to the Department of State

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 762.0221/11–1558. Secret; Priority. Also sent to Bonn and repeated to Moscow, London, and Paris.


40. Telegram From the Mission at Berlin to the Department of State

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 762.00/11–1658. Top Secret; Niact; Limit Distribution. Also sent to Bonn.


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

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 762.00/11–1758. Top Secret; Niact; Limit Distribution. Repeated to Berlin.


42. Memorandum of Conversation

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 762.00/11–1758. Secret. Drafted by Hillenbrand. For Grewe’s account of this conversation, see Rückblenden, pp. 364–365.


43. Telegram From the Mission to the North Atlantic Treaty Organization and European Regional Organizations to the Department of State

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 762.00/11–1758. Secret; Niact. Repeated to Bonn, Berlin, and London.


44. Memorandum of Telephone Conversation Between Secretary of State Dulles and Secretary of Defense McElroy

Source: Eisenhower Library, Dulles Papers, General Telephone Conversations. No classification marking. Drafted by Phyllis D. Bernau.


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

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 762.00/11–1758. Secret; Limit Distribution. Drafted by McKiernan; cleared by Hillenbrand, Fessenden, EE, and BNA; and approved by Kohler. Repeated to London, Berlin, Paris, and Moscow.


46. Notes of the Secretary’s Staff Meeting

Source: Department of State, Secretary’s Staff Meetings: Lot 63 D 75. Secret.


47. Memorandum of Conversation Between President Eisenhower and Secretary of State Dulles

Source: Eisenhower Library, Dulles Papers, Memoranda of Conversation. Secret; Personal and Private.


48. Memorandum of Telephone Conversation Between Secretary of State Dulles and Secretary of Defense McElroy

Source: Eisenhower Library, Dulles Papers, General Telephone Conversations. No classification marking. Drafted by Bernau.


49. Telegram From the Embassy in the United Kingdom to the Department of State

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 762.00/11–1958. Secret; Priority; Limited Distribution. Repeated to Paris, Bonn, and Moscow.


50. Telegram from the Mission at Berlin to the Department of State

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 762.00/11–1958. Secret; Priority. Also sent to Bonn and repeated to Moscow, London, and Paris.


51. Telegram From the Mission at Berlin to the Department of State

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 762.0221/11–2058. Secret; Niact. Also sent to Bonn and repeated to Moscow, London, and Paris.


52. Telegram From the Commander in Berlin (Hamlett) to the Department of the Army

Source: Department of State, JCS Files. Secret, Also sent to USCINCEUR and CINCUSAREUR and repeated to Bonn.


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

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 762.0221/11–2058. Secret; Niact. Repeated to London, Paris, Moscow, and Berlin.