W. W. Rostow (1916–2003) was Professor of Economics and History at the University of Texas at Austin.

• Preface 1. The Issues and the Decision 2. The Background: Europe, the U.S.S.R., and the U.S. 3. American Perceptions of the Soviet Union and the Death of Stalin 4. Three Protagonists of Negotiation 5. From March 11 to April 16, 1953 6. The Aftermath 7. Some Conclusions Appendixes A. The March 6, 1953, Draft of the Proposed "Message" and Related Documents B. The Provisional CIA Estimate of the Consequences of Stalin's Death C. Extracts from the Author's Notes on the Origin of the President's Speech of April 16, 1953 D. State Department Memorandum with Consolidated Advice for the March 11, 1953, NSC Meeting E. The Full Text of Eisenhower's Speech of April 16 and Dulles' of April 18 F. Dulles Accepts the Speech G. The Final Draft of the Princeton Statement of U.S. ForeignPolicy Goals, May 11, 1952 H. Stalin's Responses to James Reston's Four Questions of December 18, 1952, as Published December 25 I. Dulles to Hughes Memorandum of April 10, 1953 J. Nitze Still Resistant, March 1953 K. Three Rostow-Jackson Letters, April 1953 L. Jackson's Letter to Dulles Following the April 16 Speech M. The Speech Viewed from Moscow N. Churchill and Attlee on Eisenhower's Speech O. Two Accounts of the Foreign Ministers Meeting in Berlin on February 10, 1954 Notes Index

W. W. Rostow (1916–2003) was Professor of Economics and History at the University of Texas at Austin.

• Preface 1. The Issues and the Decision 2. The Background: Europe, the U.S.S.R., and the U.S. 3. American Perceptions of the Soviet Union and the Death of Stalin 4. Three Protagonists of Negotiation 5. From March 11 to April 16, 1953 6. The Aftermath 7. Some Conclusions Appendixes A. The March 6, 1953, Draft of the Proposed "Message" and Related Documents B. The Provisional CIA Estimate of the Consequences of Stalin's Death C. Extracts from the Author's Notes on the Origin of the President's Speech of April 16, 1953 D. State Department Memorandum with Consolidated Advice for the March 11, 1953, NSC Meeting E. The Full Text of Eisenhower's Speech of April 16 and Dulles' of April 18 F. Dulles Accepts the Speech G. The Final Draft of the Princeton Statement of U.S. ForeignPolicy Goals, May 11, 1952 H. Stalin's Responses to James Reston's Four Questions of December 18, 1952, as Published December 25 I. Dulles to Hughes Memorandum of April 10, 1953 J. Nitze Still Resistant, March 1953 K. Three Rostow-Jackson Letters, April 1953 L. Jackson's Letter to Dulles Following the April 16 Speech M. The Speech Viewed from Moscow N. Churchill and Attlee on Eisenhower's Speech O. Two Accounts of the Foreign Ministers Meeting in Berlin on February 10, 1954 Notes Index