Foreign Relations of the United States, 1958–1960, National Security Policy; Arms Control and Disarmament, Volume III

Arms Control and Disarmament

166. Memorandum of Conversation

Washington, August 8, 1958.

Source: Department of State, Secretary’s Memoranda of Conversation: Lot 64 D 199. Secret. Drafted by Vincent Baker and approved by Executive Secretary Fisher Howe on August 15.

168. Memorandum of Conversation

Washington, August 13, 1958.

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 700.5611/8–1358. Secret. Drafted by Vincent Baker.

169. Memorandum of Telephone Conversation Between Secretary of State Dulles and the Under Secretary of State (Herter)

August 14, 1958, 12:54 p.m.

Source: Eisenhower Library, Dulles Papers, General Telephone Conversations. Transcribed by Phyllis D. Bernau. Dulles was in New York and Herter was in Washington.

170. Memorandum of Conversation

Washington, August 15, 1958.

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 700.5611/8–1558. Secret. Drafted by Baker.

171. Record of Meeting

Washington, August 18, 1958.

Source: Eisenhower Library, NSC Staff Records, Executive Secretary’s Subject Files, Policy re Use. Secret. Drafted by Bromley Smith on August 20.

172. Memorandum of Conference With President Eisenhower

Washington, August 18, 1958.

Source: Eisenhower Library, Whitman File, Eisenhower Diaries. Secret. Drafted by Goodpaster. According to Eisenhower’s Appointment Book, this meeting lasted from 2:35 to 3:43 p.m. (ibid.)

173. Memorandum of Conference With President Eisenhower

Washington, August 19, 1958.

Source: Eisenhower Library, Whitman File, Eisenhower Diaries. Secret. Drafted by Goodpaster.

174. Memorandum of Conference With President Eisenhower

Washington, August 20, 1958, 5:20 p.m.

Source: Eisenhower Library, White House Office Files, Staff Secretary Records, AEC Vol. II. Secret. Drafted by Goodpaster.

176. Memorandum of Discussion at the 378th Meeting of the National Security Council

Washington, August 27, 1958.

Source: Eisenhower Library, Whitman File, NSC Records. Top Secret; Eyes Only. Drafted by Boggs on August 28.

177. Letter From the Chairman of the Atomic Energy Commission (McCone) to President Eisenhower

Washington, August 28, 1958.

Source: Eisenhower Library, White House Office Files, Project Clean Up, Presidential Actions—Atomic. Secret; Restricted Data.

178. Record of Meeting

Washington, September 23, 1958.

Source: Eisenhower Library, NSC Staff Records, Executive Secretary’s Subject Files, Policy Re Use. Secret. The source text bears no drafting information.

179. Memorandum of Conversation

Washington, September 30, 1958.

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 700.5611/9–3058. Secret. Drafted by Donald R. Morris.

180. Memorandum From Members of the Inter-Agency Group on Surprise Attack (Kistiakowsky and Minshull) to the President’s Special Assistant for Science and Technology (Killian)

Washington, September 30, 1958.

Source: Eisenhower Library, White House Office Files, Additional Records of the Special Assistant for Science and Technology, Surprise Attack Policy. Secret. The interagency group was formed pursuant to Eisenhower’s July 14 request. (Letter from Kistiakowsky to Dulles, August 15; ibid., Surprise Attack Panel)

In an April 28 letter to Khrushchev, President Eisenhower suggested that as a means of moving toward disarmament, the United States and the Soviet Union should instruct their technical experts to study among other things the practical problems and feasibility of inspecting against surprise attack. (Documents on Disarmament, 1945–1959, pp. 1006–1007) After a lengthy exchange of correspondence on the subject (letters from Khrushchev to Eisenhower, May 9 and July 2; notes from the U.S. Embassy to the Soviet Foreign Ministry, July 31 and September 8; and a note from the Soviet Foreign Ministry to the U.S. Embassy, September 15; all ibid., pp. 1036–1041, 1084–1090, 1126, and 1129–1131), the two sides were close to an agreement on a technical conference that would include experts from countries other than the United States and the Soviet Union. On October 10, the United States agreed to a meeting of experts at Geneva, beginning on November 1, 1958. (Note from the U.S. Embassy to the Soviet Foreign Ministry, October 10; ibid., pp. 1145–1146)

181. Memorandum of Conversation Between Secretary of State Dulles and President’s Special Assistant for National Security Affairs (Gray)

Washington, October 8, 1958, 11 a.m.

Source: Eisenhower Library, Dulles Papers, Memoranda of Conversation. Secret; Personal and Private. Drafted by Dulles.

182. Memorandum by the President’s Staff Secretary (Goodpaster)

Washington, October 10, 1958.

Source: Eisenhower Library, White House Office Files, Staff Secretary’s Records, Nuclear Testing. Secret. Gordon Gray and Goodpaster took part in a visit by NSC–OCB staff to the Nevada test site October 3–5. Goodpaster prepared an October 10 memorandum for the record concerning the trip and an October 9 memorandum of his discussions during the visit with Dr. Edward Teller. (Both ibid.) See the Supplement.

183. Memorandum of Discussion at the 382d (Special) Meeting of the National Security Council

Washington, October 13, 1958.

Source: Eisenhower Library, Whitman File, NSC Records. Top Secret; Eyes Only. Drafted by Lay on October 14.

184. Memorandum of Discussion at the 383d Meeting of the National Security Council

Washington, October 16, 1958.

Source: Eisenhower Library, Whitman File, NSC Records. Top Secret; Eyes Only. Drafted by Gleason on October 17.

185. Memorandum From the President’s Special Assistant for National Security Affairs (Gray) to the President’s Staff Secretary (Goodpaster)

Washington, October 22, 1958.

Source: Eisenhower Library, White House Office Files, Staff Secretary’s Records, Nuclear Testing. Secret.