Foreign Relations of the United States, 1958–1960, Eastern Europe; Finland; Greece; Turkey, Volume X, Part 2
U.S. Policy Toward Yugoslavia: Document List
Document 114: Telegram From the Embassy in Yugoslavia to the Department of State
Belgrade, January 2, 1958, noon.
Source: Department of State, Central Files, 768.5–MSP/1–258. Confidential. Repeated to Paris.
Document 115: Telegram From the Embassy in Austria to the Department of State
Vienna, January 13, 1958, 10 a.m.
Source: Department of State, Central Files, 768.00/1–1358. Secret.
Document 116: Memorandum of Conversation
Washington, January 24, 1958.
Source: Department of State, Yugoslavia Desk Files: Lot 65 D 121, Investments and Loans. Official Use Only. Drafted by Katz.
Document 117: Telegram From the Embassy in Yugoslavia to the Department of State
Belgrade, February 7, 1958, 6 p.m.
Source: Department of State, Central Files, 768.5–MSP/2–758. Confidential. Repeated to Paris and Bonn.
Document 118: Telegram From the Department of State to the Embassy in Yugoslavia
Washington, February 13, 1958, 6:26 p.m.
Source: Department of State, Central Files, 768.5–MSP/2–758. Confidential. Drafted by Hill and cleared by Rehm in L and the Department of Defense. Repeated to Paris for CINCEUR and DEFREPNAMA and to Bonn for USAREUR.
Document 119: Telegram From the Embassy in Yugoslavia to the Department of State
Belgrade, February 17, 1958, noon.
Source: Department of State, Central Files, 768.5–MSP/2–1758. Official Use Only. Repeated to Paris. Ambassador Rankin arrived in Belgrade on February 8 and presented his credentials to President Tito on February 19.
Document 120: National Security Council Report
Washington, February 28, 1958.
Source: Department of State, S/S–NSC Files: Lot 62 D 1, NSC 5805. A Financial Appendix is not printed. NSC 5805 was prepared after a review of NSC 5601 by the National Security Council on December 24, 1957. See Foreign Relations, 1955–1957, vol. XXVI, pp. 707–714 and 801. NSC 5805 was discussed by the NSC on April 14; see Document 122.
Document 121: Despatch From the Embassy in Yugoslavia to the Department of State
Belgrade, March 10, 1958.
Source: Department of State, Central Files, 768.00/3–1058. Confidential. Drafted by Marcy. Repeated to London, Paris, Bonn, Munich, Frankfurt, Vienna, Moscow, Prague, Warsaw, Budapest, Bucharest, Zagreb, Sarajevo, Rome for McSweeney, and Berlin for EAD.
Document 122: Editorial Note
Document 123: Telegram From the Embassy in Yugoslavia to the Department of State
Belgrade, April 24, 1958, 5 p.m.
Source: Department of State, Central Files, 768.00/4–2458. Official Use Only. Transmitted in two sections and repeated to London, Paris, Moscow, Zagreb, and Sarajevo.
Document 124: Memorandum From the Deputy Administrator of the Office of Refugee and Migration Affairs (McCollum) to the Secretary to the Cabinet (Rabb)
Washington, April 30, 1958.
Source: Eisenhower Library, Gray Papers, Yugoslavia—Escapees. Secret.
Document 125: Telegram From the Embassy in Yugoslavia to the Department of State
Belgrade, May 19, 1958, 5 p.m.
Source: Department of State, Central Files, 768.5–MSP/5–1958. Confidential.
Document 126: Memorandum of Conversation
Washington, May 20, 1958.
Source: Department of State, Central Files, 768.5–MSP/5–2058. Official Use Only. Drafted by McKisson.
Document 127: Memorandum of Conversation
Washington, June 9, 1958.
Source: Department of State, Central Files, 611.68/6–958. Official Use Only. Drafted by Hill.
Document 128: Telegram From the Embassy in Yugoslavia to the Department of State
Belgrade, June 20, 1958, 3 p.m.
Source: Department of State, Central Files, 768.5/6–2058. Secret. Repeated to Moscow, London, Paris, Bonn, Vienna, Prague, Warsaw, Berlin, Bucharest, Budapest, Frankfurt, Zagreb, and Sarajevo.
Document 129: Telegram From the Embassy in Yugoslavia to the Department of State
Belgrade, June 20, 1958, 3 p.m.
Source: Department of State, Central Files, 768.5/6–2058. Secret. Repeated to London, Moscow, and Paris.
Document 130: Telegram From the Embassy in Yugoslavia to the Department of State
Belgrade, July 1, 1958, 4 p.m.
Source: Department of State, Central Files, 768.5–MSP/7–158. Confidential.
Document 131: Memorandum of Conversation
Washington, July 19, 1958.
Source: Department of State, Secretary’s Memoranda of Conversation: Lot 64 D 199. Confidential. Drafted by Sutterlin.
Document 132: Memorandum of Conversation
Brioni, July 26, 1958.
Source: Department of State, Central Files, 768.11/7–2958. Confidential. Sent to the Department of State as an enclosure to despatch 3 from Venice, July 29.
Document 133: Operations Coordinating Board Report
Washington, August 6, 1958.
Source: Department of State, OCB Files: Lot 62 D 430, Yugoslavia. Secret. A title page, a memorandum noting OCB concurrence, a statement of purpose and use, and two appendices outlining expenditures under the Mutual Security and P.L. 480 programs are not printed. In the covering memorandum, Roy Melbourne, Acting Executive Officer, noted that the Board revised and concurred in the report at its July 30 meeting. No copy of the draft report presented to the Board was found. Minutes of the Board meeting are ibid., Minutes.
Document 134: Memorandum of Conversation
Washington, September 12, 1958.
Source: Department of State, Central Files, 768.5–MSP/9–1258. Limited Official Use. Drafted by Katz on September 15.
Document 135: Memorandum of Conversation
New York, September 27, 1958, 12:20 p.m.
Source: Department of State, Secretary’s Memoranda of Conversation: Lot 64 D 199. Secret. Drafted by Greene. The meeting was held at the Waldorf Astoria. Popovic was in the United States to attend the 13th Session of the U.N. General Assembly. A note on the source text indicates the conversation took place in French.
Document 136: Telegram From the Embassy in Yugoslavia to the Department of State
Belgrade, October 23, 1958, 4 p.m.
Source: Department of State, Central Files, 768.5–MSP/10–2358. Confidential. Repeated to Zagreb, Sarajevo, and Paris.
Document 137: Telegram From the Embassy in Yugoslavia to the Department of State
Belgrade, November 4, 1958, noon.
Source: Department of State, Central Files, 768.5–MSP/11–458. Confidential.
Document 138: Memorandum of Conversation
Washington, January 21, 1959.
Source: Department of State, Central Files, 611.6826/1–2159. Confidential. Drafted by Spear.
Document 139: Telegram From the Embassy in Yugoslavia to the Department of State
Belgrade, February 10, 1959, noon.
Source: Department of State, Central Files, 768.5–MSP/2–1059. Confidential.
Document 140: Telegram From the Department of State to the Embassy in Turkey
Washington, February 20, 1959, 1:25 p.m.
Source: Department of State, Central Files, 768.11/2–1459. Confidential. Drafted by Sutterlin and approved by Kohler. Repeated to Athens, Belgrade, Iskenderun, Istanbul, Izmir, London, Paris, and Rome.
Document 141: Memorandum of Conversation
Belgrade, March 19, 1959.
Source: Department of State, Central Files, 611.68/3–2159. Confidential. Drafted by Rankin and sent to the Department of State as an enclosure to despatch 419 from Belgrade, March 21. The meeting was held at Tito’s residence.
Document 142: Telegram From the Embassy in Yugoslavia to the Department of State
Belgrade, March 31, 1959, 9 a.m.
Source: Department of State, Central Files, 768.5–MSP/3–3159. Confidential.
Document 143: Memorandum of Conversation
Belgrade, May 12, 1959.
Source: Department of State, Central Files, 768.5–MSP/5–1359. Confidential. Drafted by Weiss and sent to the Department of State as an enclosure to despatch 513 from Belgrade, May 13. In addition to the memorandum of conversation, the despatch included a May 12 Yugoslav aide-mémoire, which summarized the points made by Todorovic in his presentation, and two annexes prepared in the Embassy, which analyzed the Yugoslav investment requests.
Document 144: Telegram From the Embassy in Yugoslavia to the Department of State
Belgrade, May 16, 1959, 4 p.m.
Source: Department of State, Central Files, 768.5–MSP/5–1659. Confidential.
Document 145: Editorial Note
Document 146: Telegram 2947 From the Embassy in Greece to the Department of State
Athens, June 25, 1959, 3 p.m.
Document 147: Despatch From the Embassy in Yugoslavia to the Department of State
Belgrade, July 30, 1959.
Source: Department of State, Central Files, 868.00/7–3059. Confidential. Drafted by Wilson. Repeated to Rome, Athens, Vienna, Trieste, Zagreb, and Sarajevo.
Document 148: Editorial Note
Document 149: Memorandum of Conversation
Washington, October 5, 1959.
Source: Department of State, Central Files, 611.68/10–559. Confidential. Drafted by Sutterlin and approved in S on October 9.
Document 150: Letter From Representative Chester Bowles to the Counselor of the Embassy in Yugoslavia (O’Shaughnessy)
November 10, 1959.
Source: Department of State, Yugoslav Desk Files: Lot 65 D 121, Field Administration. Secret. Written en route from Brioni to Munich. Chester Bowles (D–Connecticut), member of the House Committee on Foreign Affairs, served as Ambassador to India and Nepal, 1951–1953.
Document 151: Telegram From the Embassy in Yugoslavia to the Department of State
Belgrade, November 23, 1959, 6 p.m.
Source: Department of State, Central Files, 768.00/11–2359. Confidential. Repeated to Ankara, Athens, Moscow, London, Paris, Bucharest, Zagreb, Sarajevo, and Rome.
Document 152: Operations Coordinating Board Report
Washington, December 23, 1959.
Source: Department of State, OCB Files: Lot 62 D 430, Yugoslavia. Secret. In an undated memorandum attached to the source text, Bromley Smith, Executive Officer of the OCB, noted that the Operations Coordinating Board concurred in this report at its meeting of December 23 and instructed the OCB Board Assistants to prepare a revised Operations Plan for Yugoslavia for the next semi-annual appraisal of Yugoslav affairs.
Document 153: Memorandum of Conversation
Washington, March 22, 1960.
Source: Department of State, Secretary’s Memoranda of Conversation: Lot 64 D 199. Confidential. Drafted by Katz and approved in U on March 28.
Document 154: Memorandum of Conversation
Washington, April 11, 1960.
Source: Department of State, Secretary’s Memoranda of Conversation: Lot 64 D 199. Official Use Only. Drafted by Sutterlin, approved in S on April 13, and initialed by Herter.
Document 155: Telegram From the Embassy in Yugoslavia to the Department of State
Belgrade, May 7, 1960, 9 a.m.
Source: Department of State, Central Files, 768.003/5–760. Confidential. Repeated to Moscow, Paris, London, Zagreb, and Sarajevo.
Document 156: Telegram From the Embassy in Yugoslavia to the Department of State
Belgrade, May 30, 1960, 4 p.m.
Source: Department of State, Central Files, 611.68/5–3060. Confidential. Repeated to Moscow.
Document 157: Memorandum of Conversation
Belgrade, May 30, 1960.
Source: Department of State, Central Files, 611.68/6–160. Confidential. Drafted by Rankin and sent to the Department of State as an enclosure to despatch 656 from Belgrade, June 1.
Document 158: Operations Coordinating Board Report
Washington, June 24, 1960.
Source: Department of State, OCB Files: Lot 62 D 430, Yugoslavia. Secret. A title page, a memorandum noting OCB concurrence, a statement of purpose and use, and three appendices (a list of selected U.S. arrangements with Yugoslavia, a financial and military aid analysis, and a list of P.L. 480 agreements and ICA-administered programs) are not printed. The report was approved by the OCB at its July 6 meeting. Minutes of the OCB meeting are Ibid., Preliminary Notes.
Document 159: Memorandum of Conversation
Washington, June 24, 1960.
Source: Department of State, Central Files, 611.68/6–2460. Confidential. Drafted by Sutterlin and approved in S on June 29.
Document 160: Editorial Note
Document 161: Memorandum of Conversation Between George F. Kennan and President Tito
Belgrade, July 8, 1960.
Source: Department of State, Central Files, 768.11/7–1160. Confidential. Drafted by Kennan and sent as an enclosure to a July 11 letter from O’Shaughnessy to Kohler. Kennan, a former U.S. Ambassador to the Soviet Union and fellow at the Institute for Advanced Studies at Princeton, was in Yugoslavia for 3 days of meetings at the Institute of International Politics and Economics at Belgrade. In January 1961 President Kennedy appointed him Ambassador to Yugoslavia.
Document 162: Editorial Note
Document 163: Memorandum of Conversation
Belgrade, July 18, 1960, 9:30 a.m.
Source: Department of State, Conference Files: Lot 64 D 559, CF 1724. Confidential. Drafted by Broderick and approved by Leddy on July 26.
Document 164: Memorandum of Conversation
Vanga, July 19, 1960, 11 a.m.
Source: Department of State, Conference Files: Lot 64 D 559, CF 1724. Confidential. The drafting officer is not indicated; approved by Dillon on July 21. The meeting was held in Tito’s villa. See also Documents 165–168.
Document 165: Memorandum of Conversation
Vanga, July 19, 1960, 11 a.m.
Source: Department of State, Conference Files: Lot 64 D 559, CF 1274. Confidential. The drafting officer is not indicated; approved by Dillon on July 21. The meeting was held in Tito’s villa. See also Documents 164 and 166–168.
Document 166: Memorandum of Conversation
Vanga, July 19, 1960, 11 a.m.
Source: Department of State, Conference Files: Lot 64 D 559, CF 1274. Confidential. The drafting officer is not indicated; approved by Dillon on July 21. The meeting was held in Tito’s villa. See also Documents 164–165 and 167–168.
Document 167: Memorandum of Conversation
Vanga, July 19, 1960, 11 a.m.
Source: Department of State, Conference Files: Lot 64 D 559, CF 1274. Confidential. The drafting officer is not indicated; approved by Dillon on July 21. The meeting was held in Tito’s villa. See also Documents 164–166 and 168.
Document 168: Memorandum of Conversation
Vanga, July 19, 1960, 11 a.m.
Source: Department of State, Conference Files: Lot 64 D 559, CF 1274. Confidential. The drafting officer is not indicated; approved by Dillon on July 21. The meeting was held in Tito’s villa. See also Documents 164–167.
Document 169: Editorial Note
Document 170: Memorandum of Conversation
New York, September 22, 1960, 5 p.m.
Source: Eisenhower Library, Staff Secretary Records, International Series. Secret; Presidential Handling. Drafted by Bohlen. The meeting was held at the Waldorf Astoria.
Document 171: Memorandum of Conversation
Washington, September 23, 1960.
Source: Department of State, Secretary’s Memoranda of Conversation: Lot 64 D 199. Official Use Only. Drafted by Katz and approved in U on September 30. Mincev led a Yugoslav delegation to Washington for discussions on the Yugoslav economic development program with U.S. and IMF officials.
Document 172: Memorandum of Conversation
Washington, November 2, 1960.
Source: Department of State, Secretary’s Memoranda of Conversation: Lot 64 D 199. Confidential. Drafted by Katz and cleared in U on November 9. [text not declassified]
Document 173: Editorial Note
Document 174: Telegram From the Department of State to the Embassy in Italy
Washington, November 29, 1960, 9:33 p.m.
Source: Department of State, Central Files, 868.131/11–2960. Official Use Only; Priority. Drafted by Leddy and approved by Dillon. Repeated to Belgrade, Bonn, London, Paris, Bern, Stockholm, The Hague, and Vienna.
Document 175: Telegram From the Embassy in France to the Department of State
Paris, December 12, 1960, 8 p.m.
Source: Department of State, Central Files, 868.131/12–1260. Confidential. Transmitted in two sections and repeated to Belgrade, London, Vienna, Stockholm, Bonn, Rome, Brussels, The Hague, and Bern.
Document 176: Telegram From the Embassy in France to the Department of State
Paris, December 16, 1960, 10 p.m.
Source: Department of State, Central Files, 868.131/12–1660. Confidential. Repeated to Belgrade, London, Bonn, Vienna, Bern, Stockholm, The Hague, and Rome.
Document 177: Operations Coordinating Board Report
Washington, December 21, 1960.
Source: Department of State, OCB Files: Lot 62 D 430, Yugoslavia. Secret. In an undated memorandum attached to the source text, Bromley Smith noted that the Board concurred in this report at its December 21 meeting.