Review of Basic Disarmament Policy; Negotiations in the Subcommittee of the United Nations Disarmament Commission; Proposals for Inspection and Verification; Nuclear Weapons Tests; Effects of Fall-Out From Nuclear Explosions; Exchange of Atomic Information; Peaceful Uses of Atomic Energy; Creation of the International Atomic Energy Agency 1
1. Continued from Foreign Relations, 1952–1954, vol. II, Part 2, pp. 845 ff. Much of the documentation appearing in the Foreign Relations series for 1955–1957 concerns subjects relating to regulation of armaments and atomic energy.
181. Telegram From the Embassy in the United Kingdom to the Department of State
Source: Department of State, Central Files, 330.13/4–1357. Secret.
182. Telegram From the Embassy in the United Kingdom to the Department of State
Source: Department of State, Central Files, 330.13/4–1757. Secret. Repeated to Paris, Moscow, Bonn, Ottawa, and Tokyo.
183. Memorandum of a Conversation, Department of State, Washington, April 20, 1957
Source: Department of State, Central Files, 600.0012/4–2057. Top Secret. Drafted by Spiers on April 24.
184. Memorandum of a Conversation, Secretary Dulles’ Residence, Washington, April 21, 1957, 4 p.m.
Source: Department of State, Central Files, 600.0012/4–2157. Confidential. Drafted by Parsons. This conversation was reported to Tokyo in telegram 2298, April 21. (Ibid., 770.5611/4–2157)
185. Memorandum of a Conference With the President, Augusta, Georgia, April 23, 1957
Source: Eisenhower Library, Whitman File, DDE Diaries. Top Secret. Drafted by Goodpaster on April 24. Copies of this memorandum were sent to Dulles, Wilson, and Strauss under cover of an April 27 memorandum from Cutler. (Ibid., Dulles Papers, General Memcons)
187. Telegram From the Embassy in the United Kingdom to the Department of State
Source: Department of State, Central Files, 330.13/4–2757. Secret; Priority. Repeated to Moscow.
188. Telegram From the Embassy in the United Kingdom to the Department of State
Source: Department of State, Central Files, 330.13/4–1757. Confidential. Repeated to Paris, Bonn, and Moscow.
189. Telegram From the Embassy in the United Kingdom to the Department of State
Source: Department of State, Central Files, 330.13/4–2857. Secret.
190. Memorandum From the Acting Secretary of State to the President
Source: Eisenhower Library, Whitman File, Dulles–Herter Series.
191. Memorandum of a Conference With the President, White House, Washington, May 2, 1957
Source: Eisenhower Library, Whitman File, DDE Diaries. Drafted by Goodpaster on May 2. The conference was held following the NSC meeting. Another meeting was held later that day with the President, Strauss, Gerard Smith, Wadsworth, and Goodpaster, during which they discussed the arguments raised against the IAEA statute. (Memorandum of conference by Goodpaster, May 3; ibid.)
192. Letter From the President’s Special Assistant (Stassen) to the Secretary of State
Source: Department of State, Central Files, 600.0012/3–557. Top Secret; Personal.
193. Letter From the President’s Special Assistant (Stassen) to the Under Secretary of State (Herter)
Source: Department of State, Central Files, 600.0012/5–757. Secret. A handwritten notation on the source text reads: “Delivered by hand ⅝ 12:25 pm.”
194. Telegram From the Embassy in the United Kingdom to the Department of State
Source: Department of State, Central Files, 330.13/5–957. Top Secret; Eyes Only.
195. Policy Recommendation Prepared by the Chairman of the Delegation to the Subcommittee of the United Nations Disarmament Commission (Stassen)
Source: Department of State, Disarmament Files: Lot 58 D 133, Disarmament Policy. Secret. Transmitted in telegrams 6122, 6123, and 6124 from London, May 9. (Ibid., Central Files, 330.13/5–957)
196. Letter From the Secretary of Defense (Wilson) to the Secretary of State
Source: Department of State, Central Files, 600.0012/5–1757. Secret.
197. Memorandum of a Conversation, Secretary Dulles’ Office, Department of State, Washington, May 17, 1957, 3 p.m.
Source: Department of State, Central Files, 600.0012/5–1757. Secret. Drafted by Baker. Another account of this meeting by Cutler is in the Eisenhower Library, Whitman File, Administration Series, Disarmament Talks. See also footnote 1, infra .
198. Record of Actions and Decisions Taken at a Meeting in Secretary Dulles’ Office, Department of State, Washington, May 17, 1957
Source: Department of State, Central Files, 600.0012/5–1757. Secret. Prepared by Greene. For a summary of this meeting, see supra . A footnote to the source text reads: “IO—Messrs. Owsley and Baker are preparing a summary record of the meeting.”
199. Letter From the President’s Special Assistant (Stassen) to the Secretary of Defense (Wilson)
Source: Eisenhower Library, Project Clean-up, Disarmament. Secret.
200. Informal Memorandum From the President’s Special Assistant (Stassen) to the Secretary of State
Source: Department of State, Central Files, 600.0012/2–2257. Secret.
201. Memorandum of Discussion at the 324th Meeting of the National Security Council, Washington, May 23, 1957
Source: Eisenhower Library, Whitman File, NSC Records. Top Secret; Eyes Only. Drafted by Gleason on May 24.
202. Letter From the Deputy Secretary of Defense (Quarles) to the Secretary of State
Source: Department of State, Central Files, 600.0012/5–2457. Secret.
203. Letter From the Ambassador in the United Kingdom (Whitney) to the President
Source: Eisenhower Library, Whitman File, Administration Series, Whitney. Top Secret.
204. Informal Record of a Meeting, Secretary Dulles’ Office, Department of State, Washington, May 24, 1957, 2 p.m.
Source: Department of State, Central Files, 600.0012/5–2457. Secret. Drafted by Greene.
206. Memorandum of a Conference, White House, Washington, May 25, 1957, 9–11:20 a.m.
Source: Eiserhower Library, Project Clear Up, Disarmament—Basic Papers. Secret. Drafted by Cutler. A notation on a cover sheet, presumably in Cutler’s handwriting, reads in part:
“RC’s summary memo of decisions. First draft prepared immediately after WH Cabinet Room Conference. Second draft attached, prevision [?] prepared in conference in Cabinet Room 3:30–6:30 May 25 by persons noted on first page in ink and approved by P[resident] 7:10 pm.”
There is no notation of persons in ink on the first page of the source text. The first page of the source text does have a handwritten notation: “As approved by P[resident] at 7:10 pm.” The initials “D.E” appear in the President’s handwriting following paragraph 5 of the source text.
207. Memorandum of a Conversation, Secretary Dulles’ Residence, Washington, May 26, 1957, 9:35 a.m.
Source: Department of State, Central Files, 600.0012/5–2657. Secret. The drafting officer is not identified but was probably Elbrick.
208. Telegram From the Department of State to the Embassy in France
Source: Department of State, Central Files, 330.13/5–2657. Secret; Priority. Drafted by Dulles; cleared by Elbrick and in substance by Stassen. Repeated to London for Stassen.
209. Memorandum of a Conversation, Soviet Embassy, London, May 28, 1957, 2:45 p.m.
Source: Department of State, Disarmament Files: Lot 58 D 133, Chron File. Confidential. Drafted by Akalovsky.
210. Telegram From the Office of the Permanent Representative at the North Atlantic Treaty Organization to the Department of State
Source: Department of State, Central Files, 330.13/5–2957. Secret; Priority. Repeated to London, Bonn, The Hague, Ottawa, Oslo, and Brussels, and pouched to all other NATO capitals.