HOUSE INGTON i October 5 1962 i - -Mac i 1 3E The catalogue I am listing in order a pile of folders which have all the significant current and no so current business The items within the bundles are roughly in chronological order with the most recent on top I have not tried in every case tol sort out what is already dead but my notes will indicatelwhat is relevantly alive This does not include the weekend reading folders which are dealt with separately 1 Berlin You know more than we do You might look through the telegrams which showithe usual state of the usual discussion There is nothing hot in themi i Still current is the Zablocki resolution which I mentioned to you yesterday Its late st state is shown by the top paper 1 2 British Guiana I think ypu know about the mp st interesting develoPrnent hereCongo This is the item in which we have had the most action this week The Ball memo was the basis of the discussion at the Presi dent's lunch with Home on Sunday As of this writing McGhee still has not closed with Tshombe His reports on Adoula are discouraging Current hope is the notion that the other African states themselves will step in when the UN cleai s out See E Secto 52 of September 29 4 China As usual no actiori Some Wang-Cabot noises 1 5 Cuba Lots of activity the most important visible part is the activity of the OAS In one bundle of documents are the State Depart ment communique the transcript of the President's remarks to the assembled Latin ministers with whom he had lunch on Tuesday October 2 which has not been made public and Vivill not be and the various papers that have been handed to the Preside'nt on what we were trying to do in i this connectionthe next few papers are those having to do with the matter I mentioned to you this morning both its visible and invisible elements The state of the play on the latter is given to you by my memo for the SANITIZED I Siam NSF 9 31 Jz bHemmdm Kellie v 3H1 3332M ARS i5 '34 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