IV. Diplomatic Efforts to Resolve the Crisis in Jordan, July 18–August 21, 1958: Jordanian Request for U.S. Troops; The Murphy Mission; U.S. Response to a Soviet Proposal for a Heads of Government Meeting; The Lebanese Presidential Election; Jordanian Request for Additional Military Aid and a Mutual Defense Treaty; Negotiations with the United Arab Republic; Emergency Session of the U.N. General Assembly
220. Memorandum of a Conversation, Department of State, Washington, July 23, 1958, 11 a.m.
Source: Department of State, Central Files, 785.00/7–2358. Top Secret; Presidential Handling. Drafted in S/S–RO by R.A. McKinnon and approved as accurate by Reinhardt.
221. Memorandum of a Conference With the President, White House, Washington, July 23, 1958, 3 p.m.
Source: Eisenhower Library, Whitman File, Eisenhower Diaries. Secret. Drafted by Goodpaster. The full text of this document is scheduled for publication in volume XII.
222. Letter From President Eisenhower to Prime Minister Macmillan
Source: Department of State, Central Files, 785.00/7–2358. Secret; Presidential Handling. Transmitted to London in telegram 884 with instructions to pass to the Prime Minister from the President. Telegram 884 is the source text. Drafted by Dulles and cleared by Eisenhower. a draft of this letter, with Eisenhower’s handwritten revisions, is in Eisenhower Library, Dulles Papers, Meetings with the President.
224. Message From Foreign Secretary Lloyd to Secretary of State Dulles
Source: Department of State, Presidential Correspondence: Lot 66 D 204. Secret. The text of the message was conveyed to the Department on July 24 under a covering note from Hood to Dulles.
225. Telegram From the Embassy in Jordan to the Department of State
Source: Department of State, Central Files, 785.00/7–2458. Secret; Priority. Also sent to Ankara and repeated to Baghdad, Cairo, Damascus, London, and Paris.
226. Memorandum of Discussion at the 373d Meeting of the National Security Council, Washington, July 24, 1958
Source: Eisenhower Library, Whitman File, NSC Records. Top Secret; Eyes Only. Drafted by Boggs on July 25. The full text of the discussion of item 2 is scheduled for publication in volume XII.
227. Telegram From the Embassy in Lebanon to the Department of State
Source: Department of State, Central Files, 110.13–MU/7–2458. Secret.
228. Memorandum for the Record by the Secretary of State’s Staff Assistant (Boster)
Source: Department of State, Central Files, 396.1/7–2458. Confidential.
229. Telegram From the Embassy in Lebanon to the Department of State
Source: Department of State, Central Files, 783A.00/7–2458. Secret; Priority. Repeated to London, Paris, and USUN.
231. Memorandum for the Record by the Secretary of State’s Staff Assistant (Boster)
Source: Department of State, Central Files, 396.1/7–2558. Confidential; Eyes Only.
232. Telegram From the Embassy in Lebanon to the Department of State
Source: Department of State, Central Files, 783A.00/7–2558. Secret; Niact. Holloway sent a separate report on this meeting to Admiral Burke in CINCSPECOMME telegram 6238 to CNO, July 25. (National Archives and Records Administration, RG 218, JCS Files: CCS Lebanon (5–13–58) Sec. 4; included in the microfiche supplement)
233. Telegram From the Embassy in Jordan to the Department of State
Source: Department of State, Central Files, 785.00/7–2558. Top Secret; Niact.
234. Telegram From the Department of State to the Embassy in Lebanon
Source: Department of State, Central Files, 110.13–MU/7–2558. Secret; Priority; Limited Distribution. Drafted by Bergus and cleared by Rockwell, Rountree, Sisco, Walmsley, and Dulles. Repeated to USUN.
235. Telegram From the Embassy in Lebanon to the Delegation at the Baghdad Pact Council Meetings, at London
Source: Department of State, Central Files, 783A.00/7–2658. Secret. Repeated to the Department of State. The source text is the Department of State copy.
236. Telegram From the Department of State to the Delegation at the Baghdad Pact Council Meetings, at London
Source: Department of State, Central Files, 785.00/7–2558. Top Secret; Priority. Drafted by Rockwell and cleared by Herter and in substance by Irwin in Defense.
237. Telegram From the Secretary of State to the Department of State
Source: Department of State, Presidential Correspondence: Lot 66 D 204. Top Secret; Priority. The telegram was marked in the Department of State for Presidential handling, which indicates that it was sent to the White House for Eisenhower.
239. Telegram From the Embassy in Lebanon to the Department of State
Source: Department of State, Central Files, 783A.00/7–2858. Secret; Priority. Repeated to London.
240. Telegram From the Embassy in Lebanon to the Department of State
Source: Department of State, Central Files, 783A.00/7–3058. Secret; Priority.
241. Telegram From the Embassy in Lebanon to the Department of State
Source: Department of State, Central Files, 783A.00/7–3058. Secret; Priority.
242. Telegram From the Embassy in Lebanon to the Department of State
Source: Department of State, Central Files, 783A.00/7–3058. Secret; Niact. Repeated to Amman.
243. Telegram From the Embassy in Israel to the Department of State
Source: Department of State, Central Files, 110.13–MU/7–3158. Secret; Priority. Repeated to Amman. Murphy arrived in Amman on the afternoon of July 30 and departed for Tel Aviv on the evening of July 31.
244. Telegram From the Embassy in Lebanon to the Department of State
Source: Department of State, Central Files, 783A.00/7–3158. Secret; Priority. Repeated to Cairo, London, Paris, and USUN.
246. Letter From Secretary of State Dulles to Prime Minister Macmillan
Source: Department of State, Central Files, 785.00/8–258. Top Secret. Drafted in C by G.M. Godley and cleared by Frederick W. Jandrey in EUR, Berry in NEA, Dillon, Dulles, and in Defense by General Picher, Captain Costello, and Irwin. Transmitted to London in telegram 1398, August 2, for delivery to the Prime Minister. Telegram 1398, which is the source text, was repeated to Amman and to Beirut for Murphy.
247. Telegram From the Embassy in Lebanon to the Department of State
Source: Department of State, Central Files, 783A.00/8–158. Secret; Priority. Repeated to Cairo, London, Paris, and USUN.
249. Telegram From the Embassy in Iraq to the Department of State
Source: Department of State, Central Files, 783A.00/8–258. Secret; Priority. Repeated to Beirut and USUN.