Foreign Relations of the United States, 1961–1963, Volume XII, American Republics

Editors:

Edward C. Keefer

Harriet Dashiell Schwar

W. Taylor Fain III

General Editor:

Glenn W. LaFantasie

United States Government Printing Office
Washington
1996

Office of the Historian
Bureau of Public Affairs

Table of Contents

• Preface
• List of Sources
• List of Abbreviations
• List of Persons
• American Republics
• Alliance for Progress (Documents 1-72)
• Latin American Security (Documents 73-108)
• The Cuban Question in Latin America (Documents 109-171)
• Argentina (Documents 172-202)
• Brazil (Documents 203-240)
• British Guiana (Documents 241-299)
• The Dominican Republic (Documents 300-363)
• Haiti (Documents 364-391)
• Panama (Documents 392-411)
• Peru (Documents 412-434)
• Index

Overview

The documentation printed in this volume focuses on U.S. policy toward the American Republics of the Caribbean, Central, and South America. The guiding principle for selection was high-level interest within the Kennedy administration in policy and relations toward a specific country. This focus tends to give more coverage to countries in which there were crisis or specific problems and de-emphasizes countries that had basically good relations with the United States during the period. Documents were selected that highlight policy discussions within the U.S. Government, with particular emphasis on the highest level at which policy on a particular subject was determined, that revealed policy positions and internal differences over policy, and that summarized developments or positions regarding an issue. Records of conversations with foreign leaders both abroad and in Washington were selected to illuminate U.S. relations with those countries. Embassy reportage is limited to particularly significant cables that may have influenced or contributed to the making of U.S. policy at critical points. A number of relevant documents that conveyed finished intelligence to U.S. policymakers, in particular National Intelligence Estimates and Special National Intelligence Estimates, are included.