No. 423
Editorial Note
On October 7, Prime Minister Churchill wrote to President Eisenhower proposing a bilateral meeting at the Azores in the following week. The President replied 3 days later that his schedule made this impossible, but suggested a meeting of their Foreign Ministers in Washington at that time. In a further exchange of messages it was decided that Secretary Dulles would go to London for a series of meetings with his British and French counterparts. For documentation on the preparations for and sessions at London, October 16–18, see volume VII, Part 1, pages 687 ff. During the course of the meetings in London, Secretary Dulles discussed the [Page 1004] ideas of a top-level four-power meeting and a solitary pilgrimage with Prime Minister Churchill.