355. Editorial Note

The United States Delegation began November 11 with the usual staff meeting at 9:15 a.m. At 10 and 10:30, tripartite coordinating groups met to discuss disarmament and German reunification. In the afternoon, Merchant and Beam discussed the course of the conference with former Hungarian Prime Minister Nagy. The four Foreign [Page 750] Ministers met informally at 3 p.m. to consider the future work of the conference, and at 3:30 the eleventh session of the conference began. Following the session, Secretary Dulles met with Macmillan at 7:30 and with French General Billotte at 8 to discuss Algeria. At 8, Suydam also briefed the press. (Department of State, Conference Files: Lot 60 D 627, CF 582, Chron–20 and US OD/13)

A record of the eleventh session of the Foreign Ministers is infra. Regarding the meeting with Molotov at 3 p.m., see footnote 3, Document 351. Records of the staff meeting, the conversation with Nagy, the meeting with Billotte, and Suydam’s press conference are in Department of State, Conference Files: Lot 60 D 627, CF 582. No records of the other meetings have been found in Department of State files.