121. Letter From the Secretary of State to the President

Source: Eisenhower Library, Dulles Papers, President’s Correspondence with Bulganin. Personal and Private.

122. Letter From the Deputy Secretary of Defense (Robertson) to the Secretary of State

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 330.13/3–156. Secret. In a letter to Eisenhower, March 1, Robertson wrote:

“Pursuant to our telephone conversation of Tuesday [February 28] morning, I have conducted with the Joint Chiefs of Staff an objective analysis of the views on force levels previously expressed by the Department of Defense, with particular respect to the discussions on this subject in the forthcoming Subcommittee meetings. As suggested by you, I have forwarded to Mr. Dulles the results of our review.

“It occurs to me that you might be interested in seeing our conclusions prior to our meeting, which Admiral Radford and I have requested the Joint Chiefs to attend this afternoon. I am therefore enclosing a copy of my letter to Mr. Dulles. A copy is also being furnished to Mr. Stassen.” (Eisenhower Library, Whitman File)

123. Letter From the President to His Special Assistant (Stassen)

Source: Eisenhower Library, Staff Secretary Records, Disarmament. Secret.

124. Letter From Chancellor Adenauer to Secretary of State Dulles

Source: Department of State, Presidential Correspondence: Lot 66 D 204, German Officials with Dulles/Herter 1953–61. The following typed notation appears on the source text immediately before the letter: “The German Ambassador presents his compliments to the Acting Secretary of State and has the honor to forward the following confidential letter of Chancellor Adenauer to the Secretary of State.” In a note to Merchant, March 14, Earl D. Sohm, Special Assistant to the Under Secretary of State, noted that the letter had been delivered by Werner Rouget, Third Secretary of the German Embassy, on behalf of the German Ambassador. (Ibid.)

125. Telegram From the Department of State to the Embassy in the United Kingdom

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 330.13/3–1656. Secret. Drafted by Baker and approved by Bond. Repeated to Paris.

126. Telegram From the Department of State to the Embassy in the United Kingdom

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 330.13/3–656. Secret. Drafted by Baker and approved by Bond.

127. Telegram From the Embassy in France to the Department of State

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 330.13/3–1956. Secret; Priority. Repeated priority to London.

128. Letter From the Officer in Charge, Office of United Nations Political and Security Affairs (Meyers), to the Assistant Secretary of State for International Organization Affairs (Wilcox)

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 600.0012/3–2356. Confidential. A copy was sent to Bond.

129. Letter From the Officer in Charge, Office of United Nations Political and Security Affairs (Meyers), to the Assistant Secretary of State for International Organization Affairs (Wilcox)

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 600.0012/3–556. Confidential. A copy was sent to Bond.

130. Telegram From the Department of State to the Embassy in the United Kingdom

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 330.13/4–556. Confidential. Drafted by Baker and approved by Bond.

131. Letter From the President’s Special Assistant (Stassen) to the President

Source: Eisenhower Library, Whitman File, Administration Series, Stassen. Confidential.

132. Letter From the Chairman of the Atomic Energy Commission (Strauss) to the President

Source: Eisenhower Library, Whitman File, Administration Series, AEC. Confidential. The President initialed the source text.

133. Letter From the Officer in Charge, Office of United Nations Political and Security Affairs (Meyers), to the Assistant Secretary of State for International Organization Affairs (Wilcox)

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 600.0012/4–1656. Confidential. A copy was sent to Bond.

134. Telegram From the Department of State to the Embassy in the United Kingdom

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 330.13/4–1156. Secret; Priority. Drafted by Wolf and approved by Dulles. Repeated to Paris, Bonn, and Ottawa by pouch.

135. Memorandum of a Conversation Between the President and the Deputy Representative at the United Nations (Wadsworth), White House, Washington, April 19, 1956

Source: Department of State, Atomic Energy Files: Lot 57 D 688, IAEA—General. Confidential. Drafted by Wadsworth.

136. Telegram From the Embassy in the United Kingdom to the Department of State

Source: Eisenhower Library, Whitman File, Administration Series, Stassen. Secret; Priority. Repeated to Paris, Bonn, and Moscow. A copy is also in Department of State, Central Files, 330.13/4-2556. Another account of this Stassen–Khrushchev conversation is in telegram 2788 from London, May 14. (Ibid., 330.13/5–1456)

137. Telegram From the Embassy in the United Kingdom to the Department of State

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 330.13/4–2656. Secret. Repeated to Paris, Bonn, Moscow, and Ottawa by pouch.

138. Report by the Chairman of the Delegation at the Working-Level Meetings on the Statute of the International Atomic Energy Agency (Wadsworth)

Source: Department of State, Atomic Energy Files: Lot 57 D 688, Working Level-Meetings. Confidential. Regarding the working-level meetings held in Washington February 27–April 18, see Document 120. The report was transmitted to the Secretary of State under cover of a letter by Wadsworth, April 26, which briefly summarized the salient issues at the meetings and recommended “the revised Statute as an acceptable basis for continuing negotiations to establish this Agency at an early date.” (Ibid.)

139. Telegram From the Embassy in the United Kingdom to the Department of State

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 330.13/4–2956. Secret; Priority. Repeated to Paris and Bonn and pouched to Ottawa.

140. Editorial Note

141. Memorandum of Discussion at the 284th Meeting of the National Security Council, Washington, May 10, 1956

Source: Eisenhower Library, Whitman File, NSC Records. Top Secret. Drafted by Gleason on May 11.

142. Memorandum of a Conversation, Department of State, Washington, June 6, 1956

Source: Department of State, Secretary’s Memoranda of Conversation: Lot 64 D 199. Secret. Drafted by Gerard C. Smith.

143. Memorandum From the President’s Special Assistant (Stassen) to the President

Source: Department of State, Disarmament Files: Lot 58 D 133, Disarmament Policy. Top Secret. Attached to the source text is a covering memorandum from Stassen to the NSC, June 29, indicating that the memorandum to the President was prepared pursuant to NSC Action No. 1553 after consultation with the eight task force groups, preliminary discussions with members of the NSC, and a discussion session with the NSC Planning Board and the President’s Special Committee on Disarmament Problems. Stassen also suggested that the NSC should be prepared to discuss the recommendations in his memorandum to the President anytime after July 12, as the President might determine. The NSC did not discuss the memorandum until its meeting of November 21. See the Annex to NSC Action No. 1553, Document 165.

144. Letter From the Commissioner of the Atomic Energy Commission (Murray) to the President

Source: Eisenhower Library, Sp. Asst. for Nat. Sec. Affairs Records. Top Secret.

145. Memorandum From the President’s Special Assistant (Stassen) to the President

Source: Eisenhower Library, Staff Secretary Records, Disarmament. Confidential. A July 25 note in Goodpaster’s handwriting, attatched to the source text, reads:

“I reported to the President that the attached had come in, and that H.E.S. would come in to discuss them, in the near future.

“(When H.E.S. had last met with President, latter had asked him to make notes of comments of State, Strauss, Radford.)” (Ibid.)

Stassen’s notes on comments for DOD and JCS are in his memorandum to the President, infra . For his notes on comments for AEC, see Document 147.

146. Memorandum From the President’s Special Assistant (Stassen) to the President

Source: Eisenhower Library, Staff Secretary Records, Disarmament. Confidential. Attached to the source text is the note by Goodpaster quoted in footnote 1, supra .

147. Memorandum From the President’s Special Assistant (Stassen) to the President

Source: Eisenhower Library, Staff Secretary Records, Disarmament. Confidential. Attached to the source text is the note by Goodpaster quoted in footnote 1, Document 145.

148. Letter From the Secretary of Defense (Wilson) to the Secretary of State

Source: Department of State, Atomic Energy Files: Lot 57 D 688, IAEA—General. Confidential.

149. Letter From the Deputy Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs (Murphy) to the President’s Deputy Special Assistant (Peaslee)

Source: Department of State, Disarmament Files: Lot 58 D 133, Disarmament Policy. Top Secret. A covering note from Peaslee to the NSC and the members of the President’s Special Committee on Disarmament Problems, August 17, indicates that this letter as well as an August 14 letter from Wainhouse to Peaslee and Peaslee’s August 16 reply to Wainhouse were transmitted to these two bodies in connection with a memorandum from Peaslee to the President’s Special Committee, August 15, on an armament regulation program. (Eisenhower Library, Staff Secretary Records, Disarmament) The source text is identified as Enclosure 1.

150. Letter From the Deputy Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs (Murphy) to the President’s Deputy Special Assistant (Peaslee)

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 330/7–1656. Confidential.