273. Telegram From the Embassy in India to the Department of State

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 790. C11/6–558. Confidential. Repeated to Kathmandu. Ambassador Bunker, resident in New Delhi, was also accredited as Ambassador to Nepal.

274. Telegram From the Department of State to the Embassy in India

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 790C.5–MSP/10–1758. Confidential. Drafted by Bartlett and approved by Rountree. Repeated to Kathmandu for the U.S. Operations Mission.

275. Memorandum of a Conversation, Seattle, November 10, 1958, 5:45 p.m.

Source: Department of State, Conference Files: Lot 63 D 123, CF 1145. Confidential. Drafted by Bartlett. The source text indicates this conversation took place at the Olympic Hotel.

276. Telegram From the Embassy in India to the Department of State

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 861.0090C/1–959. Confidential. Repeated to Calcutta and Kathmandu.

277. Telegram From the Embassy in India to the Department of State

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 790C.5–MSP/3–359. Confidential. Repeated to Calcutta and Kathmandu.

278. Memorandum From the Acting Secretary of State to the President

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 790C.11/3–2359. Confidential. Drafted by Benjamin A. Fleck and Herbert G. Wing of SOA. Concurred in by Chief of Protocol Wiley T. Buchanan, Deputy Under Secretaries Robert Murphy and Loy Henderson, Director of Intelligence and Research Hugh Cumming, and Assistant Secretary of State for Administration Walter K. Scott. In a March 10 memorandum to Acting Secretary Herter, Assistant Secretary Rountree recommended that the King of Nepal be invited to the United States due to the serious situation created by “the growing success of the Soviet Union in its overtures to the Royal Government of Nepal.” (Ibid., 790C.11/3–1059)

279. Telegram From the Embassy in India to the Department of State

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 611.90C/4–2859. Confidential. Repeated to Calcutta and Kathmandu.

280. Telegram From the Embassy in India to the Department of State

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 790C.5–MSP/4–3059. Confidential. Repeated to Calcutta and Kathmandu.

281. Telegram From the Embassy in India to the Department of State

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 790C.00/5–959. Confidential. Repeated to Calcutta and Kathmandu.

282. Telegram From the Embassy in Nepal to the Department of State

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 790C.00/10–1559. Confidential. Repeated to New Delhi and Calcutta. On September 9, Henry E. Stebbins was appointed the first U.S. Ambassador resident in Nepal; he presented his credentials to the Government of Nepal on November 25. Douglas L. Heck was First Secretary of the Embassy.

283. National Intelligence Estimate

Source: Department of State, INR–NIE Files. Secret. National Intelligence Estimates were high-level interdepartmental reports appraising foreign policy problems. NIEs were drafted by officers from those agencies represented on the U.S. Intelligence Board, discussed and revised by interdepartmental working groups, coordinated by the Office of National Estimates of the CIA, approved by the USIB, and circulated under the aegis of the President to appropriate officers of cabinet level and the members of the NSC.

According to a note on the cover sheet, the following intelligence organizations participated in the preparation of this estimate: the CIA and the intelligence organizations of the Departments of State, Army, Navy, Air Force, and The Joint Staff. All members of the USIB concurred with the estimate on November 24 with the exception of the representatives of the Atomic Energy Commission and the Federal Bureau of Investigation. Those representatives abstained since the subject being considered was outside their jurisdiction.

284. Memorandum of a Conversation, White House, Washington, April 28, 1960

Source: Department of State, Secretary’s Memoranda of Conversation: Lot 64 D 199. Official Use Only; Limit Distribution. Drafted by Parker T. Hart. Herter briefed the President for his meeting with King Mahendra in a memorandum of April 20. (Ibid., Central Files, 790C.11/4–2060) The King was in Washington for a 4-day official visit, April 27–30. He remained in the United States for a brief tour of the country until May 13. For text of the joint communiqué issued after the King’s talk with President Eisenhower and the text of the King’s address before Congress on April 28, see Department of State Bulletin, May 23, 1960, pp. 827–831.

285. Memorandum of a Conversation, Department of State, Washington, May 17, 1960

Source: Department of State, Secretary’s Memoranda of Conversation: Lot 64 D 199. Confidential. Drafted by Bartlett. Assistant Secretary G. Lewis Jones briefed Dillon for this meeting in a memorandum of May 16. (Ibid., Central Files, 033.90C11/5–1660)

286. Letter From the Director of the Office of South Asian Affairs (Bartlett) to the Ambassador in Nepal (Stebbins)

Source: Department of State, SOA Files: Lot 63 D 110, Nepal—1960. Secret; Official-Informal. Drafted by Benjamin A. Fleck and Robert E. Jelley of SOA

287. Memorandum of a Conversation, New York, September 22, 1960, 3:30 p.m.

Source: Eisenhower Library, Staff Secretary Records, International Series. Confidential; Limit Distribution. Drafted by Jones on September 26. The source text indicates that the conversation took place at the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel. President Eisenhower and Prime Minister Koirala were in New York for the 15th Session of the U.N. General Assembly, which opened on September 19. Eisenhower was briefed for this meeting in a memorandum of September 21 from Acting Secretary Dillon. (Department of State, Central Files, 033.90C11/9–2760) A slightly different memorandum of this conversation, drafted by John S. D. Eisenhower, is in the Eisenhower Library, Staff Secretary Records, International Series.

288. Memorandum From the Secretary of State to the President

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 790C.02A/10–1360. Secret. Drafted by Jelley on October 6. In a memorandum of October 10 to Secretary Herter, Assistant Secretary Jones explained the background of Don K. Price’s visit to Nepal and recommended that the Secretary approve a memorandum for the President, informing him of the successful completion of Price’s special political mission to Nepal. (Ibid., 790C.02A/10–1060)

289. Memorandum of a Conversation, Department of State, Washington, October 31, 1960

Source: Department of State, Secretary’s Memoranda of Conversation: Lot 64 D 199. Limited Official Use. Drafted by Adams.

290. Despatch From the Embassy in Nepal to the Department of State

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 790C.00/12–2160. Confidential.