Eisenhower Library, Dulles papers, “Memoranda of Conversation”
Memorandum of Telephone Conversation, by the Secretary of State1
Ambassador Spender called to say that he had been told by Casey that Casey had told Eden that he felt that the five-power military conference should be gotten under way at once, preferably meeting at Washington. He thought also that a political conference should be convened with as much Asian participation as possible, and that the exploratory talks should be concluded within not less than two weeks. The main gist of the report was that the Australians were concerned over the delay in “putting heat” on the United Kingdom.
- Drafted by the Secretary personally.↩