August-September 1962: Contingency Planning, the Death of Peter Fechter, and the Abolition of the Office of the Soviet Commandant
90. Telegram From the Mission at Berlin to the Department of State
Source: Department of State, Central Files, 962.72/8–162. Secret; Priority. Also sent to Bonn and repeated to Paris, Moscow, London, USAREUR, USAFE, and SHAPE.
91. Memorandum From Secretary of State Rusk to President Kennedy
Source: Kennedy Library, National Security Files, Germany, Berlin. Secret. According to another copy, this memorandum was drafted by Cash and Hillenbrand on August 1. (Department of State, Central Files, 661.62B1/8–262)
92. Memorandum of Conversation
Source: Department of State, Secretary’s Memoranda of Conversation: Lot 65 D 330. Secret. The source text bears no drafting information but it was approved in S on August 21. The time of the meeting is taken from Rusk’s Appointment Book. (Johnson Library)
93. Memorandum From William Y. Smith to the President’s Military Representative (Taylor)
Source: National Defense University, Taylor Papers, Box 38, 505 Berlin Contingency Planning. Top Secret. Initialed by Smith. A similar account drafted by General Gray is ibid.
94. Memorandum of Conversation
Source: Department of State, Central Files, 762.00/8–1362. Secret; Limited Distribution; Eyes Only. Drafted by Anderson. The time of the meeting is taken from Rusk’s Appointment Book. (Johnson Library)
95. Transcript of Conversation Between Frank E. Cash, Jr., and Arthur R. Day
Source: Kennedy Library, National Security Files, Germany, Berlin. Secret. The source text bears no drafting information. Cash was in Washington; Day was in Berlin.
96. Telegram From the Department of State to the Mission at Berlin
Source: Department of State, Central Files, 762.00/8–2062. Confidential; Priority; Eyes Only. Drafted by Cash, cleared by Tyler, and approved by Rusk.
97. Telegram From the Supreme Allied Commander, Europe (Norstad) to Secretary of Defense McNamara
Source: Eisenhower Library, Norstad Papers, Subject File, Dowling. Secret; By Special Means; Personal. Repeated to Bonn personal for Dowling, to CINCUSEUR personal for General Freeman, and to USCOB personal for General Watson. The source text indicates that it was delivered to Gilpatric in McNamara’s absence and passed to the Department of State.
98. Telegram From the Embassy in Germany to the Department of State
Source: Department of State, Central Files, 611.62A/8–2162. Secret; Priority. Received at 8:58 a.m.
99. Memorandum of Conversation
Source: Department of State, Secretary’s Memoranda of Conversation: Lot 65 D 330. Secret. Drafted by Cash and approved in S on September 6. The meeting was held in Secretary Rusk’s office.
100. Telegram From the Mission at Berlin to the Department of State
Source: Department of State, Central Files, 762.00/8–2362. Secret; Niact. Received at 12:31 p.m. Repeated to Bonn, London, Moscow, Paris, USAREUR, and SHAPE.
101. Memorandum From the Assistant to the President’s Military Representative (Legere) to the President’s Military Representative (Taylor)
Source: National Defense University, Taylor Papers, Box 38, 510 Partition of Berlin. Secret.
102. Memorandum of Conversation
Source: Department of State, Central Files, 762.00/8–2362. Secret. Drafted by Anderson and approved in S on September 7. The meeting was held in Secretary Rusk’s office. A detailed summary of this conversation was transmitted to Bonn in telegram 510, August 23. (Ibid., 611.61/8–2362)
103. Memorandum From the President’s Special Assistant for National Security Affairs (Bundy) to the President’s Special Counsel (Sorensen)
Source: Kennedy Library, National Security Files, Germany, Berlin. Secret.
104. Telegram From the Department of State to the Mission at Berlin
Source: Department of State, Central Files, 762.54/8–2362. Secret; Niact; Limit Distribution. Drafted by Brandin and Penberthy and cleared in draft by General Gray, Bundy, Tyler, Secretary Rusk, and ISA. Also sent to Bonn and Paris and repeated to London, Moscow, and USAREUR.
105. Telegram From the Mission at Berlin to the Department of State
Source: Department of State, Central Files, 762.00/8–2562. Secret; Niact. Repeated to Bonn, London, Moscow, Paris, USAREUR, and SHAPE.
106. Letter From President Kennedy to Senator Mike Mansfield
Source: Department of State, Central Files, 762.00/8–2862. Secret. The source text bears no drafting information.
107. Memorandum for the Record
Source: Kennedy Library, National Security Files, Germany, Berlin, BQD-CC. Top Secret. Drafted by Kaysen.
108. Telegram From the Department of State to the Mission at Berlin
Source: Department of State, Central Files, 762.00/8–2862. Secret; Limit Distribution. Drafted by Ausland, cleared in draft by Rusk and in substance by Gray and Nitze, and approved by Brandin. Repeated to Bonn, Paris, Moscow, London, USAREUR, and USAFE.
109. Memorandum of Conversation
Source: Department of State, Central Files, 762.00/8–3062. Secret. Drafted and initialed by Cash on August 30 and approved in S on September 6. The meeting was held in Secretary Rusk’s office.
110. Memorandum of Conversation
Source: Kennedy Library, National Security Files, Germany. Secret. Drafted by Davis on September 1. The meeting was held in President Kennedy’s office.
111. Telegram From the Embassy in Germany to the Department of State
Source: Department of State, Central Files, 762.00/9–162. Secret; Niact; Limit Distribution. Repeated to London, Paris, Moscow, USAREUR, and SHAPE.
112. Memorandum of Conversation Between Secretary of the Interior Udall and Chairman Khrushchev
Source: Department of State, Presidential Correspondence: Lot 77 D 163. Secret. Drafted by the U.S. interpreter, Kamman, with additions and corrections by Udall, who visited the Soviet Union for 11 days beginning August 29. A summary of the conversation, transmitted in telegram 616 from Moscow, September 7 (ibid., Central Files, 033.1100–UD/9–762), is printed in vol. V, Document 139.