Soviet Union
151. Memorandum From the Presidentʼs Press Secretary (Salinger) to President Kennedy
Source: Department of State, Central Files, 611.61/2-162. Secret; Eyes Only. Also sent to Rusk and Murrow.
154. Memorandum From the Presidentʼs Press Secretary (Salinger) to President Kennedy
Source: Department of State, Presidential Correspondence: Lot 77 D 163. Secret; Eyes Only; No Other Distribution. Also sent to Rusk and Murrow.
156. Current Intelligence Weekly Review
Source: Central Intelligence Agency: Job 79-S01060A. Secret; No Further Dissemination. Prepared by CIAʼs Office of Current Intelligence. The source text comprises pp. 5-7 of the Weekly Review section of the issue.
158. Telegram From the Embassy in the Soviet Union to the Department of State
Source: Department of State, Central Files, 101/2-2162. Secret.
159. Memorandum From the Deputy Director of Plans and Policy of the United States Information Agency (Sorensen) to the Presidentʼs Special Counsel (Sorensen)
Source: Kennedy Library, Sorensen Papers, Box 54. Secret.
160. National Intelligence Estimate
Source: Johnson Library, National Security File, National Intelligence Estimates. Secret. Submitted by the Director of Central Intelligence and concurred in by the U.S. Intelligence Board on February 21.
161. Telegram From the Embassy in Yugoslavia to the Department of State
Source: Department of State, Central Files, 601.6168/2-2262. Top Secret.
164. Telegram From the Department of State to the Embassy in Yugoslavia
Source: Department of State, Central Files, 601.6168/2-2262. Top Secret; Eyes Only. Drafted by Davis, cleared in draft with Bohlen and Kohler, in substance with Rusk, and approved by Kohler.
165. Current Intelligence Weekly Review
Source: Central Intelligence Agency: Job 79-S01060A. Secret; Noforn. Prepared by CIAʼs Office of Current Intelligence. The source text comprises pp. 1-3 of the Weekly Review section of the issue.
167. Salinger Diary Entry
Source: Kennedy Library, Salinger Papers, Box 144, Visits. Secret.
170. Paper Prepared by the Secretary of Stateʼs Special Assistant (Bohlen)
Source: Kennedy Library, National Security Files, Countries Series, USSR, Adzhubei Visit. Secret; Eyes Only. The source text is attached to a March 9 memorandum of transmittal from Bohlen to Bundy, which stated that it was a response to an inquiry by Bundy and that because of the sensitivity of the subject, he was not sending it through the usual channels.
174. Memorandum of Conversation
Source: Kennedy Library, National Security Files, Countries Series,USSR, Dobrynin Talks. Confidential. No drafting information appears on the source text, but it was approved in the White House on April 9. Another copy of this memorandum is in Department of State, Presidential Memoranda of Conversation: Lot 66 D 149. For Dobryninʼs recollection of this meeting, see his memoir, In Confidence: Moscowʼs Ambassador to Americaʼs Six Cold War Presidents, pp. 58-59. Memoranda of Dobryninʼs initial calls on Acting Secretary of State Ball on March 21 and Secretary of State Rusk on March 29, are in Department of State, Secretaryʼs Memoranda of Conversation: Lot 65 D 330.
175. Memorandum From the Ambassador to the Soviet Union (Thompson) to Secretary of State Rusk
Source: Department of State, Central Files, 762.00/4-362. Top Secret. Drafted by Thompson and sent to Rusk through Kohler. On April 3 Thompson, who was in Washington for consultations, also briefed the Senate Foreign Relations Committee on recent developments in the Soviet Union. Although stating that any predictions about the Soviets were dangerous, he expressed personal optimism about relations between the two countries, leaving aside only the Berlin question. The Ambassador added that the two most difficult problems for Khrushchev were agriculture and the dispute with the Chinese, which he believed was deepening. For text of his briefing and replies to questions from the committee, see Executive Sessions of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, 1962, pp. 359-380.
177. Current Intelligence Weekly Review
Source: Central Intelligence Agency: Job 79-S01060A. Top Secret; [codeword not declassified]; Noforn. Prepared by CIAʼs Office of Current Intelligence. The source text comprises pp. 1-3 of the Weekly Review section of the issue.
179. Memorandum of Conversation
Source: Department of State, Central Files, 611.00/4-662. Confidential. Drafted by Thompson on April 9.
180. Current Intelligence Weekly Review
Source: Central Intelligence Agency: Job 79-S01060A. Top Secret; [codeword not declassified]; Noforn. Prepared by CIAʼs Office of Current Intelligence. The source text comprises pp. 2-3 of the Weekly Review section of the issue.