Foreign Relations of the United States, 1961–1963, Volume XII, American Republics
Brazil: Document List
Document 203: Paper by the Operations Coordinating Board
Washington, February 1, 1961.
Source: Kennedy Library, National Security Files, Countries Series, Brazil, January 1-February 24, 1961. Secret. Drafted by Marotta.
Document 204: Telegram From the Department of State to the Embassy in Brazil
Washington, February 3, 1961, 10:51 p.m.
Source: Kennedy Library, President's Office Files, Brazil—Secretary 1961. Confidential; Niact; Limit Distribution. Drafted by Boonstra. Approved by Ball. Cleared by Mann, Martin, and S/S in the Department, Dillon for Treasury, Goodwin for the White House, and by Agriculture and the Export-Import Bank.
Document 205: Telegram From the Embassy in Brazil to the Department of State
Rio de Janeiro, March 3, 1961,1 p.m.
Source: Department of State, Latin America Task Force Files: Lot 61 D 298, Brazil 1. Confidential.
Document 206: Memorandum From Secretary of State Rusk to President Kennedy
Washington,March 21, 1961.
Source: Kennedy Library, President's Office Files, Brazil—Secretary 1961. Confidential. Special Ambassador Moreira Salles met with President Kennedy and Mann on March 22 from 4:50 to 5:16 p.m. No record of their conversation was found.
Document 207: Telegram From the Embassy in Brazil to the Department of State
Rio de Janeiro, April 12, 1961, midnight.
Source: Kennedy Library, President's Office Files, Brazil, Security, 1961. Secret; Priority; Eyes Only. Treasury Secretary Dillon saw President Quadros while in Rio de Janeiro to attend the second annual meeting of governors of the Inter-American Development Bank, April 10-14.
Document 208: Memorandum From the Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Inter-American Affairs (Coerr) to Acting Secretary of State Bowles
Washington,May 14, 1961.
Source: Department of State, Central Files, 732.5-MSP/5-1261. Secret. A copy was sent to the Latin American Task Force on May 15.
Document 209: Memorandum of Conversation
Washington,May 16, 1961.
Source: Kennedy Library, National Security Files, Countries Series, Brazil, February 25-May 31, 1961. Confidential. Drafted by Coerr.
Document 210: Telegram From the Embassy in Brazil to the Department of State
Rio de Janeiro, May 31, 1961, 4 p.m.
Source: Department of State, Central Files, 732.5-MSP/5-3161. Secret. Drafted by Bond.
Document 211: Memorandum of Conversation
Washington,July 14, 1961.
Source: Kennedy Library, National Security Files, Countries Series, Brazil, June-July 1961. Official Use Only. Drafted by Barall. Approved in U on July 24 and in the White House August 2.
Document 212: National Intelligence Estimate
Washington, August 8, 1961.
Source: Central Intelligence Agency Files, Job 79-R01012A, ODDI Registry. Secret. According to a covering sheet, this estimate was prepared by the Central Intelligence and the intelligence organizations of the Departments of State, Army, Navy, Air Force, and the Joint Staff. The Director of Central Intelligence submitted this estimate to the U.S Intelligence Board on August 8, and all members of the Board concurred except the representatives of the AEC and FBI, who abstained, the subject being outside their jurisdictions.
Document 213: Editorial Note
Document 214: Telegram From the Embassy in Brazil to the Department of State
Rio de Janeiro, September 8, 1961,6 p.m.
Source: Department of State, Central Files, 732.5-MSP/9-861. Secret.
Document 215: Telegram From the Department of State to the Embassy in Brazil
Washington, September 12, 1961, 7:13 p.m.
Source: Department of State, Central Files, 732.5-MSP/9-861. Confidential. Drafted by Hembra; approved by Woodward; and cleared by Martin, Springsteen, the Export-Import Bank, and Treasury.
Document 216: Memorandum From the Assistant Secretary of State for Inter-American Affairs (Woodward) to Secretary of State Rusk
Washington,October 3, 1961.
Source: Department of State, Central Files, 611.32/10-361. Confidential. Drafted by Woodward and cleared with Cleveland and McGhee.
Document 217: Telegram From the Embassy in Brazil to the Department of State
Rio de Janeiro,October 21, 1961, 8 p.m.
Source: Department of State, Central Files, 611.32/10-2161. Secret.
Document 218: Letter From the Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security Affairs (Williams) to the Assistant Secretary of State for Inter-American Affairs (Woodward)
Washington,November 7, 1961.
Source: Department of State, Central Files, 732.00/11-761. Secret. Woodward replied to Williams' letter on November 15. (Ibid., 732.00/11-1361) He welcomed the offer of the Department of Defense to consult with the State Department on the Brazilian situation. He hoped to do so after consultation with the Embassy in Rio de Janeiro and following the completion of a new Special National Intelligence Estimate on Brazil (Document 219). Ambassador Gordon, in telegram 1280 from Rio de Janeiro, November 25, wrote, “Embassy greatly disturbed at evident breakdown in communication among agencies US Government implicit in Williams' letter.” The Embassy, he continued, was aware of the developments in Brazil described in the Defense Department letter. (Department of State, Central Files, 732.00/11-2561)
Document 219: Special National Intelligence Estimate
Washington, December 7, 1961.
Source: Central Intelligence Agency Files, Job 79-R01012A, ODDI Registry. Secret. According to a covering sheet, this estimate was prepared by the Central Intelligence Agency and the intelligence organizations of the Departments of State, Army, Navy, Air Force, and the Joint Staff. All members of the USIB concurred in this estimate on December 7 except the representatives of the AEC and FBI, who abstained, the subject being outside their jurisdictions.
Document 220: Memorandum From the Administrator of the Agency for International Development (Hamilton) to President Kennedy
Washington, February 9, 1962.
Source: Department of State, Central Files, 811.0032/2-962. Official Use Only. A February 9 covering memorandum from Hamilton to Bundy indicates the memorandum is a response to a February 5, request from the President for information on U.S.-sponsored economic projects being implemented in Brazil prior to the October 1962 Congressional, state, and municipal elections there.
Document 221: Memorandum of Conversation
Washington,February 19, 1962.
Source: Department of State, Secretary's Memoranda of Conversation: Lot 65 D 330. Official Use Only. Drafted by Wilson of ARA/EST. Approved in S on February 28.
Document 222: Memorandum From Secretary of the Treasury Dillon to President Kennedy
Washington,April 3, 1962.
Source: Kennedy Library, National Security Files, Countries Series, Brazil, April 1962. Confidential.
Document 223: Memorandum of Conversation
Washington, April 3, 1962, 2:30 p.m.
Source: Department of State, Presidential Memoranda of Conversation: Lot 66 D 149. Official Use Only. Drafted by DeSeabra of L/S. Approved by S on April 12 and by the White House on April 16. The meeting was held at the White House. The time of the meeting is from the President's Appointment Book. (Kennedy Library)
Document 224: Memorandum of Conversation
Washington,April 4, 1962,10:16-11:13 a.m.
Source: Department of State, Presidential Memoranda of Conversation: Lot 66 D 149. Official Use Only. The meeting took place at the White House. The time of the meeting was taken from the President's Appointment Book. (Kennedy Library) Approved in S on April 12 and in the White House on April 16.
Document 225: Memorandum Prepared by Director of Central Intelligence McCone
Washington,April 4, 1962.
Source: Central Intelligence Agency, Job 80-B01285A, DCI/McCone Files, Memoranda to the Record. Secret. Drafted by McCone on April 5. Copies were sent to General Carter and to Helms, Earman, and Elder.
Document 226: Memorandum of Discussion With Secretary of State Rusk
Washington,April 10, 1962.
Source: Central Intelligence Agency, Job 80-B01285A, DCI/McCone Files, Memoranda to the Record. Secret. Drafted on April 11.
Document 227: Memorandum of Conversation
Washington,April 12, 1962, 1 p.m.
Source: Department of State, Secretary's Memoranda of Conversation: Lot 65 D 330. Confidential. Drafted by Martin.
Document 228: Report From the Inter-Departmental Survey Team on Brazil to President Kennedy
Washington,November 3, 1962.
Source: Kennedy Library, National Security Files, William H. Brubeck Series, Brazil, November-December 1962. Secret. Under the provisions of NSAM 173, “Interdepartmental Field Visits,” July 18, the Special Group (Counter-Insurgency) approved the creation of a joint survey team, headed by General William H. Draper, Jr., to examine the effectiveness of the cooperation of the Country Team in Brazil and the departments and agencies in Washington with which they worked. The Draper Commission spent 16 days traveling throughout Brazil in October 1962. (Department of State, NSAM Files: Lot 72 D 316)
Document 229: Memorandum From the Executive Secretary of the Department of State (Brubeck) to the President's Special Assistant for National Security Affairs (Bundy)
Washington,November 30, 1962.
Source: Kennedy Library, President's Office Files, Brazil—General, 1962. Secret.
Document 230: Memorandum Prepared for the National Security Council Executive Committee Meeting
Washington,December 11, 1962.
Source: Kennedy Library, National Security Files, Countries Series, Brazil, November 16-30, 1962. Secret. The meeting was scheduled for December 11 at 10 a.m. A December 12 memorandum from Brubeck to Martin, Gordon, and Moscoso, excerpts NSC Executive Committee Record of Action for this meeting. It concluded that the President “accepted the recommendation that our best course of action is to seek to change the political and economic orientation of Brazilian President Goulart and his Government” and decided to send a special envoy to Brazil to speak with President Goulart. (Department of State, Central Files, 611.32/12-1262) Attorney General Kennedy met with Goulart in Brasilia on December 17. A memorandum of their conversation, December 19, was transmitted in airgram A-710 from Rio de Janeiro, December 19. (Ibid., 033.1100-KE/12-1962)
Document 231: Memorandum of Conversation
Washington, December 26, 1962.
Source: Department of State, Central Files, 611.32/12-2662. Official Use Only. Drafted by King on December 27.
Document 232: Memorandum of Conversation
Washington, December 26, 1962.
Source: Department of State, Central Files, 611.32/12-2662. Official Use Only. Drafted by King on December 27.
Document 233: Policy Guidelines Paper Prepared in the Department of State
Washington, undated.
Source: Department of State, S/P Files: Lot 69 D 121. Secret. The source text was transmitted by Brubeck to Ford of S/P under cover of a memorandum dated February 7, 1963, which stated that the paper was being disseminated on a need-to-know basis for use within the Executive Branch and at U.S. missions abroad.
Document 234: Special National Intelligence Estimate
Washington, February 27, 1963.
Source: Central Intelligence Agency Files, Job 79-R01212A, ODDI Registry. Secret; Controlled Dissemination.
Document 235: Memorandum From the Ambassador to Brazil (Gordon) to President Kennedy
Washington, undated.
Source: Department of State, Central Files, POL 1 BRAZ-US. Secret. Drafted by Gordon. The paper was sent with a second paper (not printed), which summarized recent Brazilian political developments, under cover of a memorandum from Brubeck to Bundy dated March 6. The covering memorandum stated that the document was discussed on March 5 by senior representatives of the Departments of State and Defense, AID, and CIA all of whom had contributed to the documents considered at the December 11 meeting of the NSC Executive Committee (see Document 230). At their March 5 meeting they agreed that the approach described in the undated memorandum from Gordon was sound and that the decisions reached at the December 11 meeting were still valid.
Document 236: Memorandum of Conversation
Washington, March 12, 1963,12:30 p.m.
Source: Department of State, Central Files, POL BRAZ. Confidential. Drafted by DeSeabra of L/S and approved in S on March 26.
Document 237: Telegram From the Department of State to the Embassy in Brazil
Washington,March 13, 1963,8:21 p.m.
Source: Kennedy Library, National Security Files, Countries Series, Brazil, March 12-21, 1963. Secret; Priority; Limit Distribution. Drafted by Burton and Crane; cleared by Gordon, Wellman of ARA/EST and S/S; and approved by E.M. Martin.
Document 238: Memorandum From the Officer in Charge of Brazilian Affairs (Burton) to the Assistant Secretary of State for Inter-American Affairs (Martin)
Washington,May 14, 1963.
Source: Department of State, Central Files, POL BRAZ-US. Secret. Drafted by Burton and cleared in draft by Allen of ARA/RPA.
Document 239: Telegram From the Department of State to the Embassy in Brazil
Washington,August 16, 1963, 5:37 p.m.
Source: Kennedy Library, National Security Files, Countries Series, Brazil, August 21-31, 1963. Secret; Priority; Limit Distribution. Drafted by E.M. Martin; cleared by Weismann of ARA/BR, U.A. Johnson, and S/S; and approved by E.M. Martin.
Document 240: Policy Paper Prepared in the Department of State and the Agency for International Development
Washington,September 30, 1963.
Source: Department of State, Central Files, POL 1 BRAZ-US. Secret. A covering memorandum from Read to Bundy, October 1, explains that the paper was prepared jointly by Ambassador Gordon, ARA, and AID/LA for consideration at an October 3 meeting of the Latin American Policy Committee. No record of this meeting was found. ARA suggested that the paper be circulated to the members of the NSC Standing Group for their October 1 meeting. The Standing Group declined to discuss the paper at the meeting. Another covering memorandum, also dated October 1, from Stephen Wailes of S/S-S to Read indicates that the paper was circulated to Harriman.