352. Editorial Note
At 10:09 a.m. on October 18, Secretary Dulles telephoned Allen Dulles. Their conversation, as transcribed by Bernau, went as follows: “The Sec. said he is quite worried about what may be going on in the Near East. He does not think we have really any clear picture as to what the British and French are up to there. He thinks they are deliberately keeping us in the dark. He wondered if AWD has any real feel of it. AWD said yes in Syria—Egypt fairly well. The Sec. wondered if it would be worth while to have some of his people and ours for meeting—11:30 tomorrow. AWD will bring [Kermit] Roosevelt and one other. The Sec. will have Armstrong and Rountree.”
Dulles’ Appointment Book for October 19 indicates that the Secretary attended a meeting on the Near East which began at 11:32 a.m. and which was attended by Armstrong, Rountree, Higgs, and Wilkins, who were later joined by Allen Dulles and Kermit Roosevelt. (Princeton University Library, Dulles Papers) No account of this [Page 746] meeting has been found in Department of State files or in the Eisenhower Library.