U.S. Efforts to Help Resolve the “Pushtunistan” Dispute Between Afghanistan and Pakistan; U.S. Interest in Countering Soviet Influence in Afghanistan; Concern With the Effectiveness of U.S. Economic Assistance Programs1

1. Continued from Foreign Relations, 1955–1957, vol. VIII, pp. 163 ff.


100. Telegram From the Embassy in Afghanistan to the Department of State

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 789.5–MSP/1–458. Secret; Priority.


101. Telegram From the Embassy in Afghanistan to the Department of State

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 789.00/1–1358. Secret; Limited Distribution.


103. Letter From the Officer in Charge of Pakistan-Afghanistan Affairs (Soulen) to the Chargé in Afghanistan (Elwood)

Source: Department of State, SOA Files: Lot 60 D 544, Afghanistan—Internal Security of Country. Secret; Official–Informal. Drafted by David B. Bolen.


104. Telegram From the Mission at the United Nations to the Department of State

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 789.11/5–658. Confidential; Priority.


105. Memorandum From the Assistant Secretary of State for Near Eastern, South Asian, and African Affairs (Rountree) to the Under Secretary of State (Herter)

Source: Department of State, S/SOCB Files: Lot 62 D 430, Afghanistan. Secret. Drafted by Dudley C. Bostwick and Leon B. Poullada of SOA on June 6 and cleared with E/AV and W/MSC.


106. Memorandum of a Conversation, Department of State, Washington, June 24, 1958

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 611.89/6–2458. Confidential. Drafted by Poullada on June 25. Dulles and Daud also discussed Afghan-Soviet relations and Afghan-Pakistani relations. Separate memoranda of those conversations are printed infra and as Document 108.


107. Memorandum of a Conversation, Department of State, Washington, June 24, 1958

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 661.89/6–2455. Confidential. Drafted by Poullada on June 25.


108. Memorandum of a Conversation, Department of State, Washington, June 24, 1958

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 689.90D/6–2458. Confidential. Drafted by Poullada on June 25.


109. Memorandum of a Conversation, Department of State, Washington, June 25, 1958

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 889.00/6–2558. Official Use Only. Drafted by Poullada.


110. Memorandum of a Conversation, White House, Washington, June 26, 1958, 2:30 p.m.

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 033.8911/6–2658. Confidential. Drafted by Bartlett. At 11 a.m., the President was briefed about the Daud visit by Dulles, Rountree, Mills, and Bartlett. A memorandum of that conversation, drafted by Rountree and Bartlett, is ibid.


111. Memorandum of a Conversation, Department of State, Washington, June 26, 1958

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 889.00/6–2658. Secret. Drafted by Howison.


112. Memorandum of a Conversation, July 6, 1958

Source: Department of State, SOA Files: Lot 62 D 43, Afghanistan 1958. Confidential. Drafted by Meyer.


113. Despatch From the Embassy in Afghanistan to the Department of State

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 789.00/7–3058. Secret.


116. Telegram From the Embassy in Pakistan to the Department of State

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 689.90D/10–2958. Secret. Repeated to Kabul.


117. Telegram From the Embassy in Afghanistan to the Department of State

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 790D.00/11–358. Confidential. Repeated to Karachi, Tehran, Ankara, and New Delhi.


118. Memorandum From the Under Secretary of State (Herter) to the President

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 789.5–MSP/11–858. Secret.


119. Letter From the Ambassador in Afghanistan (Mills) to the Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Near Eastern and South Asian Affairs (Hart)

Source: Department of State, SOA Files: Lot 62 D 43, Afghanistan 1958. Confidential; Official–Informal.


120. Telegram From the Embassy in Afghanistan to the Department of State

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 689.90D/12–1358. Secret. Repeated to Karachi, New Delhi, Tehran, Ankara, London, Peshawar, and Lahore.


121. Memorandum From the Under Secretary of State for Economic Affairs (Dillon) to the Director of the International Cooperation Administration (Smith)

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 411.8941/1–559. Confidential. Drafted by Dudley C. Bostwick and John O. Bell.


122. Telegram From the Embassy in Afghanistan to the Department of State

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 611.89/1–759. Confidential. Repeated to Tehran, Karachi, Ankara, London, and Moscow.


123. Telegram From the Department of State to the Embassy in Pakistan

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 689.90D/1–659. Secret; Limit Distribution. Drafted by Soulen, Bartlett, and Hart and approved by Rountree. Repeated to Kabul.


124. Telegram From the Department of State to the Embassy in Afghanistan

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 611.89/1–2259. Secret; Priority; Limit Distribution. Drafted by Soulen and approved by Rountree.


125. Telegram From the Department of State to the Embassy in Afghanistan

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 611.89/3–1959. Confidential; Niact. Drafted by Leon B. Poullada and Herman F. Eilts and approved by Rountree. Repeated to Karachi and New Delhi.


126. Airgram From the Embassy in Afghanistan to the Department of State

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 689.00/4–1459. Secret.


127. Telegram From the Embassy in Afghanistan to the Department of State

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 789.00/5–459. Secret; Priority. Repeated to Karachi, Peshawar, and Lahore.


128. Telegram From the Department of State to the Embassy in Pakistan

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 689.90D/5–659. Secret; Priority. Drafted by Bolen and approved by Hart. Repeated to Kabul.


129. Telegram From the Embassy in Afghanistan to the Department of State

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 689.90D/6–1259. Secret; Priority. Repeated to Karachi.