U.S. INTEREST IN THE POLITICAL AND ECONOMIC STABILITY OF FRANCE; FRENCH EFFORTS TO ESTABLISH TRIPARTITE CONSULTATIVE TALKS; NEGOTIATIONS CONCERNING ATOMIC COOPERATION AND NUCLEAR SHARING; SECRETARY OF STATE DULLES’ VISIT TO PARIS JULY 5, 1958; PRESIDENT EISENHOWER’S VISITS TO PARIS SEPTEMBER 2–4 AND DECEMBER 19–21, 1959; PRESIDENT DE GAULLE’S VISIT TO WASHINGTON APRIL 22–26, 1960


61. Telegram From the Embassy in Italy to the Department of State

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 740.5/10–1858. Secret; Priority. Repeated priority to London, Paris, and Bonn.


62. Memorandum of Conversation

[Source: Department of State, Secretary’s Memoranda of Conversation: Lot 64 D 199. Secret; Limit Distribution. 2 pages of source text not declassified.]


63. Letter From President Eisenhower to President de Gaulle

Source: Eisenhower Library, Whitman File, International File. Secret. The text was transmitted in telegram 1392 to Paris, October 20 (Department of State, Central Files, 740.5/10–2058), and handed to Pompidou at 11 a.m. on October 21. (Telegram 1434 from Paris, October 21; ibid., 740.5/10–2158)


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

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 740.5/10–2558. Secret; Limited Distribution. Drafted and approved by McBride and cleared by the Executive Secretariat. Repeated to London, Bonn, and Rome.


65. Memorandum of Conversation

Source: Department of State, WE Files: Lot 72 D 144, de Gaulle Letters. Secret. Drafted by Jandrey.


66. Memorandum of Conversation

Source: Department of State, WE Files: Lot 61 D 30, Memos of Conversation—1958. Secret. Drafted by Kidder.


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

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 740.5/10–3158. Secret; Limit Distribution. Drafted by McBride; cleared by the Office of European Regional Affairs, the Executive Secretariat, and Murphy; and approved by Elbrick. Repeated to London, Bonn, and Rome.


68. Letter From the British Ambassador (Caccia) to Secretary of State Dulles

Source: Department of State, Presidential Correspondence: Lot 66 D 204. Secret; Personal. a handwritten notation on the source text reads: “Sec saw.”


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

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 751.13/11–1858. Secret; Priority; Limit Distribution. Drafted by Looram; cleared by McBride, Elbrick, Calhoun, and Minnich at the White House; and approved by Dulles.


70. Memorandum of Conversation

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 740.5/11–2058. Confidential. Drafted by McBride and approved by Herter on December 11. See also Document 71.


71. Memorandum of Conversation

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 740.5/11–2058. Confidential. Drafted by McBride and approved by Herter on December 11. See also Document 70. Another copy of this memorandum of conversation is in Department of State, Central Files, 751.5621/11–2058.


72. Memorandum of Conversation

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 751.5621/11–2858. Secret. Drafted by Brown.


73. Memorandum From the Assistant Secretary of State for European Affairs (Merchant) to Acting Secretary of State Herter

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 611.51/11–2858. Secret. Drafted by McBride.


74. Telegram 2020 From the Embassy in France to the Department of State

[Source: Department of State, Central Files, 740.5/11–2953. Secret; Limit Distribution. 1 page of source text not declassified.]


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

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 751.13/11–2958. Secret; Limit Distribution. A handwritten notation on the source text indicates that a copy of the telegram was sent to the White House.


77. Memorandum of Conversation

Source: Department of State, WE Files: Lot 72 D 441, de Gaulle Memos, Nov. 1–Dec. 31, 1958. Secret; Limit Distribution. Drafted by Brown. A summary of this conversation was transmitted in telegram 2041 to Paris, December 4. (Ibid., Central Files, 740.5/12–458)


78. Memorandum of Conversation

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 740.5/12–1058. Secret. Drafted by Brown.


79. Memorandum of Conference With President Eisenhower

Source: Eisenhower Library, Whitman File, DDE Diaries. Top Secret. Drafted by John S.D. Eisenhower on December 15.


80. Memorandum of Conversation

[Source: Department of State, Conference Files: Lot 64 D 560, CF 1169. Top Secret. 1 page of source text not declassified.]


81. Memorandum of Conversation

Source: Department of State, Conference Files: Lot 64 D 560, CF 1169. Secret; Limit Distribution. Drafted by McBride on December 16. The meeting was held at the Hotel Matignon.


82. Telegram From Secretary of State Dulles to the Department of State

Source: Department of State, Conference Files: Lot 64 D 560, CF 1179. Secret.


83. Record of Conversation

[Source: Department of State, WE Files: Lot 61 D 30, de Gaulle Government—1958. Secret. 2 pages of source text not declassified.]


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

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 751.5621/12–1858. Secret; Priority; Limit Distribution.


85. Memorandum of Conversation

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 740.5/1–759. Secret. Drafted by Brown and approved by David E. Boster, staff assistant to Secretary Dulles, on January 16.


86. Letter From Secretary of State Dulles to the Chairman of the Atomic Energy Commission (McCone)

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 751.5621/1–859. Secret. Drafted by Farley.


87. Memorandum of Conversation

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 396.1/1–959. Secret. Drafted by Brown and initialed by Murphy.


88. Memorandum for the Record

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 102.202/1–2259. Top Secret. Prepared by Deputy Secretary of Defense Donald A. Quarles. Sent to the Department of State by William B. Connett, Jr., First Secretary of the Embassy in Paris, on January 23.


89. Memorandum of Conversation

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 700.5/1–2259. Secret. Drafted by Brown and approved by Greene on January 30.


90. Memorandum of Conversation

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 700.5/1–2759. Secret. Drafted by Brown and initialed by Murphy.