Diplomatic Exchanges and Multilateral Discussions Concerning the Possibility of a Meeting of the Heads of Government, May 6–June 4, 1955
103. Letter From Prime Minister Eden to President Eisenhower
Source: Eisenhower Library, Whitman File, International File. Top Secret. Attached to a note of transmission from Ambassador Makins to President Eisenhower, dated May 6. The same day Makins delivered a copy to Secretary Dulles noting that the Prime Minister and the Foreign Secretary were anxious that their proposals be considered before Dulles met with Macmillan at Paris. (Ibid.)
104. Letter From the Secretary of State to the British Ambassador (Makins)
Source: Eisenhower Library, Whitman File, Dulles–Herter Series. Top Secret. Attached to this letter was a note from Secretary Dulles to President Eisenhower, dated May 6, which states that Dulles redrafted the President’s draft reply into its present form. The major change was made in the third paragraph where Dulles cast the text into a more questioning tone. A copy of the President’s draft, also dated May 6, is ibid.
106. Memorandum of a Conversation, Embassy Residence, Paris, May 7, 1955, 3–4 p.m.
Source: Department of State, CFM Files, Lot M–88, Box 170. Secret. A summary of the conversation was transmitted in Secto 4 from Paris, May 7. (Ibid., Conference Files: Lot 60 D 627, CF 448)
107. Telegram From the Secretary of State to the Department of State
Source: Department of State, Central Files, 396.1/5–855. Top Secret; Niact; Absolutely No Distribution.
108. Telegram From the Secretary of State to the Department of State
Source: Department of State, Central Files, 396.1/5–855. Top Secret; Niact; Absolutely No Distribution.
109. Telegram From the Department of State to the Secretary of State, at Paris
Source: Department of State, Central Files, 396.1/5–855. Top Secret; Priority; No Distribution. Drafted by Hoover and cleared by Murphy.
110. Telegram From the Secretary of State to the Department of State
Source: Department of State, Central Files, 396.1/5–955. Top Secret; No Other Distribution. A copy of this telegram was delivered to the White House at noon on May 9.
111. Telegram From the Secretary of State to the Department of State
Source: Department of State, Central Files, 396.1/5–955. Secret; Priority; Limited Distribution.
112. Telegram From the Department of State to the Secretary of State, at Paris
Source: Department of State, Central Files, 396.1/5–955. Top Secret; Niact
113. Telegram From the Department of State to the Secretary of State, at Paris
Source: Department of State, Central Files, 396.1/5–955. Top secret; Niact.
115. Telegram From the Department of State to the Secretary of State, at Vienna
Source: Department of State, Central Files, 396.1/5–1355. Top Secret; Niact. Drafted by Hoover. Secretary Dulles was in Vienna to sign the Austrian State Treaty.
116. Telegram From the Secretary of State to the Department of State
Source: Department of State, Central Files, 110.11–DU/5–1555. Top Secret.
117. Memorandum of Discussion at the 249th Meeting of the National Security Council, Washington, May 19, 1955
Source: Eisenhower Library, Whitman File, NSC Records. Top Secret. Drafted by Gleason on May 20.
118. Memorandum of a Conversation, Department of State, Washington, May 20, 1955, 2 p.m.
Source: Department of State, Conference Files: Lot 63 D 123, CF 471. Secret. Copies of this memorandum were circulated as PMCG MC–1, dated May 23; a set of the PMCG MC is ibid.
119. Telegram From the Department of State to the Embassy in the United Kingdom
Source: Department of State, Central Files, 396.1/5–2355. Secret; Limit Distribution. Also sent to Paris for Pinay and repeated to Moscow. Drafted by MacArthur on May 21 at the request of Secretary Dulles, who in turn made several minor revisions of the text. (Memorandum by MacArthur, May 21; ibid., 396.1/5–2155) MacArthur, again at the request of Dulles, also cleared it with President Eisenhower at a meeting at 10:50 a.m. on May 23, where two minor revisions were made by the President.
At the same meeting with the President, MacArthur informed him of the decisions that had been taken at the meetings on May 20 (see supra). President Eisenhower raised no objection to the arrangements, but did stress the importance of keeping the delegations small. (Memorandum by MacArthur, May 23; Department of State, Conference Files: Lot 63 D 123, CF 460)
120. Telegram From the Department of State to the Embassy in the United Kingdom
Source: Department of State, Central Files, 396.1/5–2355. Secret; Limit Distribution. Drafted by Beam and MacArthur on May 22. Cleared with Dulles and Merchant. Also sent to Paris and repeated to Moscow.
121. Telegram From the Department of State to the Embassy in the United Kingdom
Source: Department of State, Central Files, 396.1/5–2355. Secret; Limit Distribution. Drafted by MacArthur on May 22. Cleared with Dulles and Merchant. Also sent to Paris and repeated to Moscow. The list of topics had been the subject of a memorandum by Merchant on May 18 that included all of those mentioned below and a few others. (Ibid., 396.1–VI/5–1855) A similar list was drafted by Dulles on May 19 and left with the President. (Ibid., Conference Files: Lot 63 D 123, CF 472) From the progression of the topics presented it is likely that this enclosure was the final draft in that series of papers.
122. Telegram From the Department of State to the Embassy in France
Source: Department of State, Central Files, 396.1/5–2555. Secret; Priority; Limit Distribution. Drafted by MacArthur and cleared with Merchant. Repeated to London and Moscow.
123. Telegram From the Embassy in France to the Department of State
Source: Department of State, Central Files, 396.1/5–2655. Secret; Priority; Limit Distribution.
124. Telegram From the Embassy in the Soviet Union to the Department of State
Source: Department of State, Central Files, 396.1/5–2555. Official Use Only; Niact. This text should be compared for minor textual differences with that in Documents (R.I.I.A.) for 1955, pp. 3–5. The Russian text of the note is in Department of State, Central Files, 396.1–GE/5–2655.
125. Letter From Foreign Minister Pinay to Secretary of State Dulles
Source: Department of State, Conference Files: Lot 63 D 123, CF 489. Secret. The source text is a translation prepared in the Department of State. The French text of this note, as delivered to Murphy on May 28 in Note No. 317, is ibid.
126. Letter From Prime Minister Eden to President Eisenhower
Source: Eisenhower Library, Whitman File, International File. Secret and Personal. Attached to the source text was a letter of transmission from Ambassador Makins to the President, dated May 29, which states that Eden had not mentioned this matter to the French.
127. Letter From Foreign Secretary Macmillan to Secretary of State Dulles
Source: Department of State, Conference Files: Lot 63 D 123, CF 483. Secret. Delivered to the Department of State by Ambassador Makins on May 29, who stated that this message minus paragraphs 6 and 8 had also been communicated to Pinay.
128. Letter From President Eisenhower to Prime Minister Eden
Source: Department of State, Central Files, 396.1–GE/5–3155. Secret and Personal. This message was transmitted to London in telegram 6091, May 31, for delivery to the Prime Minister.
129. Telegram From the Department of State to the Embassy in France
Source: Department of State, Central Files, 396.1/5–3155. Secret; Limit Distribution. Repeated to Bonn, Moscow, and London. The same day Hoover sent a message to Macmillan, enclosing a copy of this message and thanking him for his note of May 29. (Telegram 6092 to London; ibid.)
130. Memorandum From the Counselor of the Department of State (MacArthur) to the Secretary of State
Source: Department of State, Conference Files: Lot 63 D 123, CF 515. Top Secret. A handwritten notation on the source text indicates that Secretary Dulles saw it.
131. Letter From Prime Minister Eden to President Eisenhower
Source: Eisenhower Library, Whitman File, International File. Secret. Attached to this letter was a note of transmission from Makins to President Eisenhower, dated June 3.
132. Letter From Foreign Minister Pinay to Secretary of State Dulles
Source: Department of State, Conference Files: Lot 63 D 123, CF 489. The source text is a translation of Note No. 327 prepared in the French Embassy at Washington and delivered to MacArthur, together with the French text, on June 4.