The Soviet Note of November 27 and the Western Replies of December 31
74. Telegram From the Embassy in the United Kingdom to the Department of State
Source: Department of State, Central Files, 762.0221/11–2858. Secret; Priority. Repeated to Paris, Bonn, Berlin, and Moscow.
75. Telegram From the Embassy in Germany to the Department of State
Source: Department of State, Central Files, 762.0221/11–2858. Secret; Niact. According to another copy of this telegram, it was drafted by Bruce. (Ibid., Bruce Diaries: Lot 64 D 327) Repeated to Paris, London, Moscow, and Berlin.
76. Memorandum of Conversation
Source: Department of State, Central Files, 762.00/11–2858. Secret. Drafted by Brown. A summary of this conversation was transmitted to Bonn in telegram 1131, November 28. (Ibid., 762.0221/11-2858)
77. Telegram From the Mission at Berlin to the Department of State
Source: Department of State, Central Files, 762.0221/11–2858. Also sent to Bonn and POLAD USAREUR and repeated to Moscow, London, and Paris.
78. Letter From Secretary of State Dulles to Senator Hickenlooper
Source: Department of State, Central Files, 762.00/11–2858. Personal and Confidential.
79. Telegram From the Embassy in France to the Department of State
Source: Department of State, Central Files, 762.0221/11–2858. Confidential. Repeated to Berlin, Bonn, London, and Moscow.
80. Memorandum of Conversation With President Eisenhower and Secretary of State Dulles
Source: Eisenhower Library, Dulles Papers, Memoranda of Conversation. Secret; Personal and Private. Prepared by Dulles.
81. Telegram From the Mission at Berlin to the Department of State
Source: Department of State, Central Files, 762.0221/11–3058. Confidential; Priority Repeated to London, Paris, Moscow, and Bonn.
82. Telegram From the Embassy in Germany to the Department of State
Source: Department of State, Central Files, 762.0221/12–258. Secret; Priority; Noforn. Repeated to Berlin, London, Paris, Moscow, USAFE, and USAREUR. According to Bruce’s Diary (ibid., Lot 64 D 327) it was drafted by Tyler and Bruce after a day of conferences with the political section of the Embassy.
83. Telegram From the Embassy in Germany to the Department of State
Source: Department of State, Central Files, 762.0221/12–253. Secret; Noforn. Repeated to Berlin, London, Paris, Moscow, USAFE, and USAREUR.
84. Telegram From the Embassy in the Soviet Union to the Department of State
Source: Department of State, Central Files, 762.00/12–358. Confidential. Transmitted in two sections.
85. Telegram From the Embassy in the Soviet Union to the Department of State
Source: Department of State, Central Files, 762.00/12–558. Secret. Repeated to London, Paris, and Bonn.
86. Telegram From the Department of State to the Embassy in the United Kingdom
Source: Department of State, Central Files, 762.00/12–358. Secret. Drafted by Eleanor Dulles, cleared by Kohler, and approved by Hillenbrand. Repeated to Berlin, Bonn, Moscow, and Paris.
87. Telegram From the Embassy in the Soviet Union to the Department of State
Source: Department of State, Central Files, 762.00/12–858. Secret; Priority. Repeated to London, Paris, Belgrade, Bonn, and Berlin.
88. Telegram From the Embassy in Germany to the Department of State
Source: Department of State, Central Files, 762.00/12–858. Confidential; Priority. Repeated to Berlin, London, Paris, Moscow, and USAREUR Heidelberg.
89. Memorandum From George A. Morgan of the Policy Planning Staff to the Assistant Secretary of State for Policy Planning (Smith)
Source: Department of State, PPS Files: Lot 67 D 548, Germany. Secret. Also sent to the other members of the Policy Planning Staff.
90. Telegram From the Embassy in the United Kingdom to the Department of State
Source: Department of State, Central Files, 762.00/12–958. Secret; Priority; Limit Distribution; Noforn. Repeated to Berlin, Bonn, Paris, and Moscow.
91. Letter From Acting Secretary of Defense Quarles to Secretary of State Dulles
Source: Department of State, Central Files, 762.00/12–958. Top Secret. The source text indicates that the Secretary saw this letter on December 10.
92. Telegram From the Embassy in the Soviet Union to the Department of State
Source: Department of State, Central Files, 762.00/12–1058. Secret. Repeated to London, Paris, and Bonn.
93. 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, 762.00/12–1058. Secret; Priority. Repeated to Bonn and London.
94. Letter From John J. McCloy to the Assistant Secretary of State for European Affairs (Merchant)
Source: Department of State, PPS Files: Lot 67 D 548, Germany. No classification marking. McCloy was U.S. High Commissioner for Germany from 1949 to 1952.
95. Letter From James B. Conant to Secretary of State Dulles
Source: Department of State, PPS Files: Lot 67 D 548, Germany. No classification marking. Conant was U.S. High Commissioner for Germany from 1953 to 1955 and Ambassador to the Federal Republic of Germany from 1955 to 1957.
96. Diary Entry by the Ambassador to Germany (Bruce)
Source: Department of State, Bruce Diaries: Lot 64 D 327. Secret.
97. Memorandum of Conference With President Eisenhower
Source: Eisenhower Library, Eisenhower Papers, DDE Diaries. Top Secret. Prepared by John S.D. Eisenhower on December 17. The meeting was held in the President’s office immediately following the 390th Meeting of the National Security Council. For the President’s account of this meeting, see Waging Peace, pp. 337–339; for Major Eisenhower’s account, see Strictly Personal, pp. 213–216. Another record of this meeting is in Eisenhower Library, NSC Staff Records, Executive Secretary Subject Files, Berlin Contingency Planning. Lay also made a record; see footnote 7 below.
98. Telegram From the Department of State to the Embassy in Germany
Source: Eisenhower Library, Whitman File, Miscellaneous Material. Secret; Niact; Limit Distribution. Drafted by McFarland December 5–8; cleared by Secretary Quarles, General Taylor, the President, Kohler, Merchant, Murphy, Calhoun, and officers from the Legal Adviser’s Office; and approved by Herter. Also sent to Berlin and repeated to USAREUR, Paris, London, and Moscow.
99. Letter From Chancellor Adenauer to Secretary of State Dulles
Source: Department of State, Presidential Correspondence: Lot 66 D 204. The source text is a translation by the Division of Language Services of the Department of State, February 13, 1981. The German-language text is ibid., German Officials, 1958/1959. A very rough translation of the letter was transmitted in telegram 1245 from Bonn, December 11. (Ibid.)
100. Telegram From the Department of State to the Embassy in Germany
Source: Department of State, Central Files, 762.00/12–858. Secret; Priority. Drafted by McKiernan, cleared by Hillenbrand, and approved by Kohler. Repeated to Paris, London, Moscow, USAREUR, and Berlin.
101. 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, 762.00/12–1158. Confidential. Repeated to London and Bonn.
- Presumably the entry was written in Bonn.↩