No. 830
Editorial Note
On November 10, the White House issued a statement by President Eisenhower and Prime Minister Yoshida. For text, see Department of State Bulletin, November 22, 1954, page 765.
Department of State files contain several memoranda of Yoshida’s conversations with officials of cabinet rank other than those printed in this compilation. All such memoranda are in Conference files, lot 60 D 627, CF 397.
On November 12, the Department issued a press release concerning trade agreement negotiations with Japan, which began in Geneva on February 21, 1955, under the sponsorship of contracting parties to the GATT. For text of the release, which includes formal notice of intention to negotiate, see Department of State Bulletin, November 22, 1954, page 767. Information on these negotiations will appear in a forthcoming volume of Foreign Relations.
Yoshida left Washington on November 13 and arrived back in Japan on November 16.