Intro -- Half Title -- Series Page -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Dedication -- Contents -- Introduction -- Notes -- Part I: An Open Window in the Iron Curtain: During the Presidency of Dwight D. Eisenhower -- 1. The United States and Polish October -- 1.1 Polish October -- 1956 -- 1.2 Washington toward the ""thaw"" in Poland -- 1.3 Initial reactions to the new situation in Poland -- 1.4 The developing of contingencies toward Poland -- Notes -- 2. The Swan Song of the Liberation -- 2.1 Reflections on military aid to Poland after Polish October -- 2.2 NSC 5705/1
2.3 Abandoning the option of military aid to Poland -- Notes -- 3. First PL 480 Agreement -- Notes -- 4. Activities at the Political Level -- 4.1 Assessment of the situation in Poland by various agencies of the presidential administration and intelligence service -- 4.2 Developing a new policy toward Poland -- NSC 5808/1 -- 4.3 The US and the Rapacki Plan. Assessments of the situation in Poland -- 4.4 Vice President Richard Nixon's visit to Poland -- 4.5 US policy toward Poland at the end of the decade -- Notes -- 5. Activities at the Economic Level -- 5.1 Further credit agreements
5.2 The US-Polish claims agreement of 1960 and restoration of the MFN -- Notes -- 6. Public Diplomacy: Cultural and Scientific Cooperation and Humanitarian Aid -- 6.1 New American possibilities -- 6.2 Successful US initiatives -- 6.3 Scientific cooperation -- 6.4 Humanitarian activity -- 6.5 Secret book distribution program -- Notes -- 7. Radio Free Europe in the Eisenhower Administration's Policy toward Poland -- 7.1 Moderating the broadcast activity of the RFE Polish Service after October 1956 -- 7.2 A new framework for US broadcasting policy
7.3 Attempts to limit the activities of the RFE Polish Service -- 7.4 New ""Special Guidance -- Conclusions -- Notes -- Part II: ""Don't Shut the Door"": During the Presidencies of John F. Kennedy and Lyndon B. Johnson -- 8. New Hopes and First Disappointments -- 8.1 The Kennedy administration plans for Poland -- 8.2 US administration's reflections on policy toward Poland -- 8.3 The impact of the Cuban missile crisis on relations with Poland -- 8.4 Espionage incidents and other issues in the bilateral relations -- Notes -- 9. Economic Negotiations in the Shadow of Politics
9.1 Congress' approach toward aid to Poland and the threat of MFN withdrawal -- 9.2 New credit arrangements after the Cuban Missile Crisis -- Notes -- 10. Other Fields of Cooperation -- 10.1 Information and cultural activities -- 10.2 Participation in the PIF and other industry-related activity -- 10.3 Humanitarian aid and cooperation in the field of medical research -- Notes -- 11. The Laborious ""Bridge Building -- 11.1 New goals of the Johnson administration -- 11.2 Attempts to expand trade with Eastern Europe -- 11.3 ""Making Europe Whole"" -- Johnson's European speech -- Notes
