341. Editorial Note
Secretary of State Herter and Secretary of Defense Gates, accompanied by Milton Eisenhower and several others, visited Mexico, September 15–17, to attend the celebration of the 150th anniversary of Mexico’s independence. On September 16, Herter had a conversation with President López Mateos in the latter’s private residence at 6 p.m. Their conversation covered the following topics: “Address by Mexican Deputy at Special Session of Chamber of Deputies”, “Fifteenth General Assembly of the United Nations”, “The Seventh Meeting of Foreign Ministers at San José, Costa Rica”, “Proposed Meeting of U.S. and Mexican Presidents”, and “Presentations to President López Mateos”. A separate memorandum was prepared on each subject by Joseph J. Montllor, First Secretary of the U.S. Embassy, and approved in the Department of State’s Executive Secretariat, September 26–28. The memorandum covering the Seventh Meeting of Foreign Ministers is infra; copies of the others are in Department of State, Conference Files: Lot 64 D 559, CF 1763.