U.S. Policy Toward the Soviet-Dominated Nations in Eastern Europe; U.S. Response to the Rapacki Plan for Creation of a Nuclear-Free Zone in Central Europe; President Eisenhower’s Proclamation of Captive Nations Week
31. Letter From the Director of the Office of Eastern European Affairs (Vedeler) to the Minister in Romania (Wharton)
Source: Department of State, Central Files, 033.6611/10–1260. Confidential; Official-Informal. Drafted by McKisson.
33. Instruction From the Department of State to the Legation in Hungary
Source: Department of State, Central Files, 033.6411/10–2160. Secret; Limited Distribution. Drafted by Steven D. Zagorski (INR/IRC) and cleared with McKisson.
34. Memorandum From Secretary of State Herter to President Eisenhower
Source: Eisenhower Library, Whitman File, Dulles-Herter Series. Confidential. The source text bears Eisenhower’s handwritten initials “DE.”
35. Paper Prepared in the Embassy in Czechoslovakia
Source: Department of State, Central Files, 611.49/11–1860. Confidential. Transmitted to the Department of State as an enclosure to despatch 308 from Prague, November 18, which indicated that the paper had been prepared by Jonathan Dean. Although the paper was not a final submission on the subject, it was submitted “at this time as evidence of the direction our thinking is developing.”