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
92. Memorandum of Conversation
Source: Department of State, Central Files, 700.5/2–359. Secret. Drafted by Brown and initialed by Murphy. See also Document 93.
93. Memorandum of Conversation
Source: Department of State, Central Files, 700.5/2–359. Secret. Drafted by J.W. Bennett of the Office of Chinese Affairs and initialed by Murphy. See also Document 92.
95. Telegram From Secretary of State Dulles to the Department of State
Source: Department of State, Central Files, 110.11–DU/2–659. Secret. The full text of this telegram is in volume VIII, Document 163. Also published in part in Declassified Documents, 1983, 2496.
96. Memorandum of Conversation
Source: Department of State, Central Files, 751.5621 /3–359. Confidential. Drafted by McBride and approved by Herter on March 9.
97. Memorandum of Conversation
Source: Department of State, Central Files, 740.5/3–459. Secret. Drafted by Brown.
98. Telegram From the Embassy in France to the Department of State
Source: Department of State, Central Files, 740.5/3–659. Secret; Niact; Limit Distribution. Repeated to London.
99. Telegram From the Department of State to the Embassy in France
Source: Department of State, Central Files, 751.5/3–659. Secret; Limit Distribution. Drafted by Brown; cleared by Farley, Timmons, and McBride; and approved by Merchant. Repeated to London.
101. Telegram From the Department of State to the Embassy in France
Source: Department of State, Central Files, 700.5/3–1159. Secret. Drafted by McBride; cleared by Timmons, Greene, and Murphy; and approved by Merchant.
102. Memorandum of Conversation
Source: Department of State, Central Files, 740.5/3–1859. Secret. Drafted by Looram and approved by Herter on March 26.
103. Paper Prepared in the White House
Source: Eisenhower Library, Whitman File, DDE Diaries. Confidential. No drafting information appears on the source text. Initialed by President Eisenhower.
104. Memorandum of Conversation
[Source: Department of State, WE Files: Lot 61 D 30, Memoranda of Conversation—1959. Secret. 2 pages of source text not declassified.]
106. Memorandum of Conversation
Source: Department of State, Conference Files: Lot 64 D 560, CF 1235. Confidential. Drafted by McBride and approved by Herter on April 20.
108. Memorandum of Conversation
Source: Department of State, Central Files, 751.5621/4–2359. Secret. Drafted by Farley and approved by Calhoun on April 28.
109. Memorandum of Conversation
Source: Department of State, Central Files, 611.51/5–1559. Secret. Drafted by McBride and approved by Merchant. A typed notation at the top of the source text reads: “Approved by Mr. Merchant as more complete record of earlier report which had been approved by the Secretary.” A copy of this earlier report, a memorandum of conversation, May 7, also drafted by McBride, is ibid., 611.51/5–159. This meeting was held at the Hotel Matignon.
110. Memorandum of Conference With President Eisenhower
Source: Eisenhower Library, Whitman File, DDE Diaries. Top Secret. Drafted by Major Eisenhower and initialed by Goodpaster.
111. Memorandum From the Assistant Secretary of State for European Affairs (Merchant) to Secretary of State Herter
Source: Eisenhower Library, Project Clean Up. Secret. Drafted by Turner C. Cameron, Deputy Director of the Office of Western European Affairs, Brown, and Looram; concurred in by Timmons, Farley, and Joseph C. Satterthwaite, Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs; sent through Calhoun and Murphy; and initialed by Merchant, Calhoun, and Murphy. At Herter’s request, it was sent to Goodpaster by Calhoun under cover of a May 7 memorandum. Calhoun wrote that the Secretary had designated Murphy to coordinate the successive stages of action set forth in the memorandum and stated:
“Because the Secretary will not be able to discuss the matter with the President before his departure for Geneva, I would appreciate it if you would brief the President orally on the successive actions we contemplate vis-à-vis the French. Concerning the draft letter to President de Gaulle, the Secretary believes it will have to be revised further in light of developments which take place during the first phases of the proposed action program.” (Ibid.)
113. Telegram From the Department of State to the Embassy in France
Source: Department of State, Central Files, 711.56351 /5–1559. Secret; Limit Distribution. Drafted by Brown, cleared by McBride and the Executive Secretariat, and approved by Murphy. Repeated to Geneva and London and pouched to Tunis, Rabat, and Algiers.
114. Memorandum of Conversation
Source: Department of State, Presidential Memoranda of Conversation: Lot 66 D149. Secret; Limit Distribution. Drafted by Murphy. The meeting was held at the White House.
115. Memorandum of Conversation
Source: Department of State, Central Files, 398.10/5–2259. Confidential. Drafted by Beigel and approved for Dillon by Robert C. Brewster, his staff assistant, who initialed the source text on May 28. A handwritten note on the source text indicates it was cleared by George Willis, Director of International Finance at the Department of the Treasury, on May 26. The meeting was held at the Department of the Treasury.
116. Memorandum of Conversation
Source: Department of State, Conference Files: Lot 64 D 560, CF 1339. Secret; Limit Distribution. Drafted by Stoessel and approved by Herter on May 29. This meeting was held at the Villa Greta. Separate memoranda covering each subject discussed, numbered US/MC/60–65, were also prepared. Copies of the memoranda covering the first item, the Air Transport Agreement (US/MC/62), and the last item, the tactics at the Geneva Meeting (US/MC/63), are ibid. A summary of this conversation was sent to the Department of State in Secto 113 from Geneva, May 24. (Ibid., Central Files, 396.1–GE/5–2459)
117. Letter From President de Gaulle to President Eisenhower
Source: Eisenhower Library, Whitman File, International File. Secret. The source text is a translation. Attached to the source text, which bears Eisenhower’s initials, was the handwritten French text.
118. Memorandum From Acting Secretary of State Dillon to President Eisenhower
Source: Eisenhower Library, Project Clean Up. Secret.
119. Letter From President Eisenhower to President de Gaulle
Source: Eisenhower Library, Whitman File, International File. Secret. Transmitted in telegram 4753 to Paris, June 5. (Department of State, Central Files, 611.51/6–559) In telegram 4531 from Paris, June 8, Houghton reported that the signed, sealed original letter was handed to de Courcelle, Secretary General of Presidency, at 5:30 p.m. on June 8. (Ibid., 711.11–EI/6–859)
120. Memorandum From Director of Central Intelligence Dulles to President Eisenhower
[Source: Eisenhower Library, Whitman File. Secret. 3 pages of source text not declassified.]