I DECLASSIFIED ' 'o o REPRODUCED ATTtlE IIAnOllAl ARCHlVEsI l ' Auu Ori'ij By NARA Dale ar J1 ECRET DEPARTMENT OF STATE EXECUTIVE SECRETARIAT October 12 1964 THE SECRETARY'S STAFF MEETING 9 15 aam o Monday The Under Secretary presided o 1a INR - Mr Hughes Bochum Observatory has reported there may be a second Soviet spacecraft in orbit judging by signals they have received o Ambassador Thompson asked what our plans were for a congratulatory message At a later stage in the meeting Mr a Phillips P asked for guidance on what we should say about the Soviet space feat and the Under Secretary asked Mr Read S S to see what had been done on earlier occasionsa Mr a Hughes said there was a report that Khrushchev had warned Sukarno about the increasing activity of the Indonesian Communist partya The Chinese Communists are going to some lengths to deny that they have notified other governments of an imminent nuclear testa The Cyprus parliament will debate the question of U Sa installations on the Island a There is a report that Khrushchev has ordered his Ambassadas in Africa to gather evidence of Chicom activity there which he will use in a presentation to the December International Communist Conference o The Canadians wish to reduce the number of their military personnel in Southeast Asia and are sending a five-man mission to a number of countries in the area to see whether the number cannot be cut by about ha1f a 2a EUR - Mr Tyler The West German Government has informed us that the inclusion of West Berlin in the Test Ban Treaty will be made by SECRET 11 DECLASSIFIED i i - SECRET -2- formal deposit of the document of ratification in Moscow some time this month 3 lQ_- Mr Cleveland Thant has said it might be necessary to postpone the General Assembly because of U S and Soviet intransigence over the assessments issue 10 will begin consultations this week within the Department on our strategy for the General Assembly expand these to inter- government consultations next week and undertake international consultations during the last week in October The Non-Aligned Conference resolution is a good road map to the General Assembly 0n the Chicom admission issue we are probably within three or four votes of losing a simple majority and may have to con sider tying it to other issues e g SEA and perhaps proposing that the matter be referred to a study committee florder to defer General Assembly consideration for an additional year 4 - Mr Lee Bureau of Budget is asking for a decision on the Cuban assets legislation The Under Secretary said this had been worked out and the alternatives would be presented to the President when he returns to Washington 5 - Mro Rostow UN admission of the CPR and the SEA problems as well as MLF were the principle subjects of interest at the recent APAG meetinga 6 SZAL - Ambassador Thompson SCI and INR might work up a report on the most recent Pugwash Conference which took positions at variance with UaSo policy SECRET namoougsn ATTHE mom memes Repaobucsn AT THE mum mums 5 DECLASSIFIED SECRET on MLF to see whether our scientists are being used in a way which might incline us to change our official attitude toward these conferences Mr Kretzmann SCI said such a report was now being typed Richard T Davies eputy Executive Secretary SECRET This document is from the holdings of The National Security Archive Suite 701 Gelman Library The George Washington University 2130 H Street NW Washington D C 20037 Phone 202 994-7000 Fax 202 994-7005 nsarchiv@gwu edu