Foreign Relations of the United States, 1961–1963, Volume XXI, Africa
North Africa Region: Document List
Document 1: Briefing Paper Prepared in the Department of State
Washington, undated.
Source: Department of State, Conference Files: Lot 66 D 110. Confidential. Drafted by Root; cleared by Valdes, McBride, and Witman; and approved by Collopy. This paper was part of the Briefing Book prepared for the President's visit to France May 31-June 2, 1961.
Document 2: Memorandum From the Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs (Fredericks) to Secretary of State Rusk
Washington, August 11, 1961.
Source: Department of State, Central Files, 120.1480A/8-1161. Secret. Drafted by Root and sent through the Executive Secretariat. Copies were sent to Bowles, Ball, and Johnson.
Document 3: Telegram From the Department of State to the Embassy in the United Arab Republic
Washington, January 29, 1963, 4:30 p.m.
Source: Department of State, Central Files, 770.00/1-2963. Secret. Drafted by Newsom, cleared by Davies, and approved by Williams. Repeated to Benghazi, Tripoli, Tunis, and London and pouched to Algiers and Rabat.
Document 4: Paper by the Officer in Charge of Tunisian Affairs (Stackhouse)
Washington, July 26, 1963.
Source: Department of State, S/P Files: Lot 70 D 199, AF-1963. Confidential. A handwritten marginal notation on the source text indicates that the paper was discussed at the Secretary's Policy Planning meeting on July 30.
Document 5: Report Prepared by the Policy Planning Council
Washington, September 23, 1963.
Source: Department of State, S/S-NSC Files: Lot 70 D 265, Basic National Security Policy 1963. Confidential.
Document 6: Memorandum From Robert W. Komer of the National Security Council Staff to President Kennedy
Washington, October 14, 1963.
Source: Kennedy Library, National Security Files, Countries Series, Algeria, Proposed Ben Bella Visit. Confidential.
Document 7: Telegram From the Department of State to the Embassy in Algeria
Washington, October 14, 1963, 7:17 p.m.
Source: Department of State, Central Files, POL 32-1 ALG-MOR. Confidential. Drafted by McClintic and approved by Newsom. Also sent to Rabat, Paris, and Tunis.
Document 8: Telegram From the Department of State to the Embassy in Algeria
Washington, October 15, 1963, 6:52 p.m.
Source: Department of State, Central Files, POL 32-1 ALG-MOR. Confidential. Drafted by Hooper and approved by Williams. Also sent to Rabat and repeated to Paris and Tunis.
Document 9: Telegram From the Department of State to the Embassy in France
Washington, October 18, 1963, 7:18 p.m.
Source: Department of State, Central Files, POL 32-1 ALG-MOR. Secret. Drafted by Hooper, cleared by Sisco and Davis, and approved by Tasca. Repeated to Tunis, Algiers, Rabat, Addis Ababa, Bern, and USUN.
Document 10: Memorandum From Robert W. Komer of the National Security Council Staff to the President's Military Aide (Clifton) for President Kennedy
Washington, October 19, 1963, 2:30 p.m.
Source: Kennedy Library, National Security Files, Countries Series, Algeria, 10/63. Secret. A handwritten note on the source text reads: “President saw.”
Document 11: Telegram From the Department of State to the Embassy in Morocco
Washington, October 19, 1963, 7:31 p.m.
Source: Department of State, Central Files, POL 32-1 ALG-MOR. Confidential. Drafted by McClintic, cleared by Marvin, and approved by Hooper. Repeated to Algiers, Tunis, Paris, and Madrid.
Document 12: Memorandum From Robert W. Komer of the National Security Council Staff to the President's Special Assistant for National Security Affairs (Bundy)
Washington, October 21, 1963.
Source: Kennedy Library, National Security Files, Countries Series, Algeria, 10/63. Secret.
Document 13: Memorandum From Robert W. Komer of the National Security Council Staff to President Kennedy
Washington, October 21, 1963.
Source: Kennedy Library, National Security Files, Countries Series, Algeria, 10/63. Secret. A handwritten notation by Komer to Bundy in the margin of the source text reads: “MAC—this is way of informing JFK that we're being solicited, and that we propose to stall.”
Document 14: Telegram From the Department of State to the Embassy in Algeria
Washington, October 22, 1963, 7:40 p.m.
Source: Department of State, Central Files, POL 32-1 ALG-MOR. Secret; Priority. Drafted by Newsom, cleared by Newsom and Hilliker, and approved by Tasca. Repeated to Rabat, Cairo, and Paris.
Document 15: Memorandum for the Record
Washington, October 23, 1963.
Source: Kennedy Library, National Security Files, Countries Series, Algeria, 10/63. Secret. Drafted by Robert W. Komer. Copies were sent to Bundy, Williams, and Newsom.
Document 16: Telegram From the Department of State to the Embassy in Morocco
Washington, October 23, 1963, 6:18 p.m.
Source: Department of State, Central Files, DEF 19-3 US-MOR. Secret. Drafted by Haynes and Newsom, cleared by Heffner (DOD), and approved by Tasca. Repeated to Paris, Algiers, and USUN.
Document 17: Circular Telegram From the Department of State to Certain Diplomatic Posts
Washington, October 23, 1963, 6:58 p.m.
Source: Department of State, Central Files, POL 32-1 ALG-MOR. Limited Official Use. Drafted by Newsom and Stackhouse; cleared by Sisco, Davies, Imhof, Ortiz, Meade, and Heffner (DOD); and approved by Tasca. Sent to Nouakchott, Dakar, Accra, Conakry, Bamako, Niamey, Lagos, Dar-es-Salaam, Addis Ababa, Tunis, Tripoli, Cairo, Amman, Damascus, Baghdad, Kuwait, Jidda, Khartoum, Taiz, and USUN. Repeated to Rabat and Algiers and pouched to Madrid, Paris, and London.
Document 18: Memorandum From Robert W. Komer of the National Security Council Staff to President Kennedy
Washington, October 24, 1963.
Source: Kennedy Library, National Security Files, Countries Series, Algeria, 10/63. Secret.
Document 19: Memorandum From Robert W. Komer of the National Security Council Staff to the President's Special Assistant for National Security Affairs (Bundy)
Washington, October 24, 1963.
Source: Kennedy Library, National Security Files, Countries Series, Algeria, 10/63. Secret.
Document 20: Memorandum From Robert W. Komer of the National Security Council Staff to President Kennedy
Washington, October 25, 1963.
Source: Kennedy Library, National Security Files, Countries Series, Morocco, 10/63. Secret.
Document 21: Telegram From the Department of State to the Embassy in Morocco
Washington, October 25, 1963, 6:37 p.m.
Source: Department of State, Central Files, POL 32-1 ALG-MOR. Secret. Drafted by Hooper, cleared by Newsom, and approved by Tasca. Repeated to Algiers, Cairo, Tunis, Paris, Madrid, and USUN, and by pouch to London, Rome, and Tripoli.
Document 22: Telegram From the Department of State to the Embassy in Morocco
Washington, October 27, 1963, 7:40 p.m.
Source: Department of State, Central Files, POL 15-1 MOR. Secret; Immediate; Limit Distribution. Drafted by Newsom, cleared by Getsinger and Tasca, Bundy (White House), and approved by Ball as Acting Secretary of State.
Document 23: Telegram From the Department of State to the Embassy in Algeria
Washington, October 27, 1963, 7:41 p.m.
Source: Department of State, Central Files, POL 32-1 ALG-MOR. Secret; Immediate; Limit Distribution. Drafted by Newsom; cleared by McGeorge Bundy, Tasca, and Getsinger; and approved by Ball.
Document 24: Memorandum From Robert W. Komer of the National Security Council Staff to President Kennedy
Washington, October 28, 1963.
Source: Kennedy Library, National Security Files, Countries Series, Morocco, 10/63. Secret.
Document 25: Telegram From the Department of State to the Embassy in Mali
Washington, October 29, 1963, 8:48 p.m.
Source: Department of State, Central Files, POL 32-1 ALG-MOR. Secret; Immediate. Drafted by Hooper; cleared by Newsom, Connett, and Komer; and approved by Secretary Rusk. Fredericks is also indicated as an approving officer. Repeated to Rabat, Algiers, and Paris.
Document 26: Memorandum From the Director of the Bureau of Intelligence and Research (Hughes) to Secretary of State Rusk
Washington, October 30, 1963.
Source: Kennedy Library, National Security Files, Countries Series, Morocco, 10/63. Confidential; No Foreign Dissem.
Document 27: Memorandum From Robert W. Komer of the National Security Council Staff to the President's Special Assistant for National Security Affairs (Bundy)
Washington, November 1, 1963.
Source: Kennedy Library, National Security Files, Countries Series, Morocco, 11/63. Secret.
Document 28: Circular Telegram From the Department of State to Certain Diplomatic Posts
Washington, November 1, 1963, 7:13 p.m.
Source: Department of State, Central Files, POL 32-1 ALG-MOR. Secret. Drafted by Hooper, cleared by Newsom, and approved by Tasca. Sent to Addis Ababa, Khartoum, Tripoli, Tunis, Mogadiscio, Kampala, Dar-es-Salaam, Cotonou, Accra, Conakry, Abidjan, Monrovia, Bamako, Usumbura, Yaounde, Bangui, Fort Lamy, Brazzaville, Leopoldville, Libreville, Nouakchott, Niamey, Lagos, Dakar, Freetown, Lome, Ouagadougou, Tananarive, and Kigali. Repeated to Paris, Madrid, Cairo, Rabat, and Algiers.
Document 29: Memorandum From Robert W. Komer of the National Security Council Staff to the President's Special Assistant for National Security Affairs (Bundy)
Washington, November 4, 1963.
Source: Kennedy Library, National Security Files, Countries Series, Morocco, 11/63. Secret.
Document 30: Memorandum From the Department of State Executive Secretary (Read) to the President's Special Assistant for National Security Affairs (Bundy)
Washington, November 4, 1963.
Source: Department of State, Central Files, POL 32-1 ALG-MOR. Secret. Drafted by Stoltzfus and approved by Tasca.
Document 31: Telegram From the Department of State to the Embassy in Morocco
Washington, November 4, 1963, 6:11 p.m.
Source: Department of State, Central Files, POL 32-1 ALG-MOR. Confidential. Drafted by McClintic, cleared by Buffum and Jones, and approved by Tasca. Repeated to Algiers, Paris, Madrid, Cairo, Tunis, and USUN.
Document 32: Telegram From the Department of State to the Embassy in Ethiopia
Washington, November 12, 1963, 7:31 p.m.
Source: Department of State, Central Files, POL 32-1 ALG-MOR. Confidential; Priority. Drafted by Newsom and McClintic and approved by Tasca. Repeated to Rabat, Algiers, Paris, and Madrid.
Document 33: Circular Telegram From the Department of State to Certain African Posts
Washington, November 19, 1963, 6:35 p.m.
Source: Department of State, Central Files, POL 32-1 ALG-MOR. Secret. Drafted by Newsom and Stackhouse, cleared by Dorros and Allen, and approved by Tasca. Also sent to Khartoum, Dakar, Lagos, Abidjan, Bamako, and Dar-es-Salaam.
Document 34: Telegram From the Department of State to the Embassy in Morocco
Washington, December 24, 1963, 5:36 p.m.
Source: Department of State, Central Files, POL 32-1 ALG-MOR. Secret. Drafted by Newsom; cleared by Symmes, Long, Ortiz, Hadsel, Adams, and Heffner (DOD); and approved by Williams. Repeated to Paris, London, Madrid, Addis Ababa, Bamako, Tunis, and Algiers.