179. Editorial Note
From March 21 to 23, President Eisenhower and British Prime Minister Macmillan met in Bermuda to discuss foreign policy matters of mutual concern. Documentation on these meetings is scheduled for publication in volume XXVII. Among the many topics discussed during these meetings, the following related directly or indirectly to regulation of armaments and atomic energy: force level reductions, missiles, nuclear warheads, armaments research, development, and production, nuclear weapons testing, and nuclear weapons to fourth countries. Particularly relevant documents are Benson E.L. Timmons’ memorandum of conversation in the President’s quarters, Mid-Ocean Club, dated March 22 at 3:20 p.m., on guided missiles and nuclear weapons testing; Gerard Smith’s memorandum of conversation at the Mid-Ocean Club, dated March 23 at 11:15 a.m., on the French nuclear weapons program and nuclear testing; and two conference papers: “Agreed Note on Military Nuclear Programmes of Fourth Countries”, dated March 23, and “Agreement for Prior Consultation about New Proposals regarding Nuclear Tests”, undated.
A joint statement by Eisenhower and Macmillan following the Bermuda meetings on March 24 included a declaration on policy regarding nuclear tests (annex II); it is printed in Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: Dwight D. Eisenhower, 1957, pages 211–212.