Efforts of the United States to Strengthen the Alliance through increased economic and political cooperation at the biannual meetings of the Foreign Ministers of the North Atlantic Council, May 1955–May 1957; meeting of the Heads of Government at the North Atlantic Council session in Paris, December 16–19, 1957
32. Memorandum of a Conversation Between the Secretary of State and the British Ambassador (Makins), Department of State, Washington, June 29, 1956
Source: Department of State, PPS Files: Lot 66 D 487, Europe. Top Secret. Drafted by Timmons.
33. Memorandum of a Conversation Between the Secretary of State and the British Ambassador (Makins), Department of State, Washington, July 13, 1956
Source: Department of State, Central Files, 740.5/7–1556. Top Secret. Drafted by MacArthur. Cleared by Dulles.
34. Letter From Prime Minister Eden to President Eisenhower
Source: Eisenhower Library, Whitman File, International File. Secret; Personal. Sent as an enclosure to Makins’ July 18 letter of transmission to the President.
35. Memorandum of a Conversation, Department of State, Washington, August 13, 1956
Source: Department of State, Central Files, 740.5/8–1356. Top Secret. Drafted by Murphy.
37. Memorandum From the Secretary of State to the President
Source: Eisenhower Library, Dulles Papers. Top Secret; Personal and Private. Dulles sent a draft of this memorandum to the President as an enclosure to a letter of October 1. He had previously sent a copy of the memorandum to Wilson in a letter of September 13 and received Wilson’s comments in a letter of September 25. (Department of State, Central Files, 740.5/9–1356 and 740.5/9–2556, respectively) Wilson also sent his comments to the President in a memorandum entitled, “United States Position on the Review of NATO Strategy and Force Levels” a copy of which is attached to Wilson’s September 25 letter to Dulles. Wilson’s argument to both the Secretary of State and the President was that Dulles’ memorandum did not adequately reflect the position the Department of Defense felt it must take in planning for the succeeding 3 years. Wilson recommended a sizable reduction of both U.S. combat and support forces in Europe and preparation of plans for further reduction of combat divisions in Germany.
The draft of the memorandum was discussed at the White House on October 2 and the memorandum of that conference with the President is printed infra. The memorandum as revised at the meeting and approved by the President on October 2 is printed here.
38. Memorandum of Conference With the President, Washington, October 2, 1956
Source: Eisenhower Library, Whitman File, Eisenhower Diaries. Top Secret. Drafted by Goodpaster.
41. Telegram From the United States Delegation at the North Atlantic Ministerial Meeting to the Department of State
Source: Department of State, Central Files, 740.5/12–1156. Confidential. Drafted by Bowie. Transmitted in two sections and repeated to the other NATO capitals and Moscow.
42. Telegram From the United States Delegation at the North Atlantic Council Ministerial Meeting to the Department of State
Source: Department of State, Central Files, 740.5/12–1156. Confidential. Drafted by Bowie. Transmitted in two sections and repeated to the other NATO capitals and Moscow.
43. Telegram From the United States Delegation at the North Atlantic Council Ministerial Meeting to the Department of State
Source: Department of State, Central Files, 740.5/12–1256. Confidential. Drafted and approved by Elbrick. Transmitted in four sections and repeated to the other NATO capitals and Moscow.
44. Memorandum of a Conversation, Paris, December 11, 1956, 5:45 p.m.
Source: Department of State, Conference Files: Lot 62 D 181, CF 825. Top Secret. Drafted by Wolf and approved by Elbrick.
45. Message From the Secretary of State to the President
Source: Department of State, Central Files, 110.11–DU/12–1156. Secret. Transmitted to Washington in Dulte 9, December 11, at 9 p.m., a copy of which was sent to the White House on December 12 where it was retransmitted to the President in Augusta, Georgia, as DE WTE 46. This copy bears a handwritten notation by Goodpaster that the President saw the telegram on December 13. (Eisenhower Library, Whitman File, Dulles–Herter Series)
46. Telegram From the United States Delegation at the North Atlantic Council Ministerial Meeting to the Department of State
Source: Department of State, Central Files, 740.5/12–1256. Confidential. Approved by Bowie and transmitted in two sections. Repeated to the other NATO capitals and Moscow.
47. Telegram From the United States Delegation at the North Atlantic Council Ministerial Meeting to the Department of State
Source: Department of State, Central Files, 740.5/12–1356. Confidential; Priority. Drafted by Unger and approved by Elbrick. Transmitted in four sections and repeated to the other NATO capitals.
48. Telegram From the United States Delegation at the North Atlantic Council Ministerial Meeting to the Department of State
Source: Department of State, Central Files, 740.5/12–1356. Confidential. Transmitted in two sections and repeated to the other NATO capitals and Moscow.
49. Telegram From the United States Delegation at the North Atlantic Council Ministerial Meeting to the Department of State
Source: Department of State, Central Files, 740.5/12–1456. Secret; Limited Distribution. Approved by Elbrick. Transmitted in five sections and repeated to the other NATO capitals and Moscow.
50. Telegram From the United States Delegation at the North Atlantic Council Ministerial Meeting to the Department of State
Source: Department of State, Central Files, 740.5/12–1456. Secret. Repeated to the other NATO capitals and Moscow.
51. Telegram From the United States Delegation at the North Atlantic Council Ministerial Meeting to the Department of State
Source: Department of State, Central Files, 740.5/12–1456. Secret. Transmitted in two sections and repeated to the other NATO capitals and Moscow.
52. Message From the Secretary of State to the President
Source: Department of State, Central Files, 110.11–DU/12–1456. Secret; Priority. Transmitted to Washington in Dulte 19, December 14, at 4 p.m. The copy of the telegram in the Eisenhower Library, Whitman File, Dulles–Herter Series, bears the President’s initials.
54. Memorandum of Conference With the President, Washington, December 15, 1956, 2:30 p.m.
Source: Eisenhower Library, Whitman File, Eisenhower Diaries. Secret. Drafted by Goodpaster.
55. Message From the Secretary of State to Chancellor Adenauer
Source: Department of State, Central Files, 740.5/3–1757. Top Secret. Transmitted in telegram 2539 to Bonn, March 17, with the instruction that it be delivered to Adenauer. Bonn was also instructed to add orally that the United States had unsuccessfully attempted “at the highest level” to postpone the British action.
57. Telegram From the Political Adviser to the Chief of the United States Mission to the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (Nolting) to the Department of State
Source: Department of State, Central Files, 740.5/10–257. Top Secret, Priority; Limited Distribution.
58. Memorandum of a Conversation, Department of State, Washington, October 24, 1957
Source: Department of State, Secretary’s Memoranda of Conversation: Lot 64 D 199. Secret. Drafted by McBride on October 29 and cleared by Elbrick and Timmons.
59. Memorandum of a Conversation, Department of State, Washington, October 25, 1957
Source: Eisenhower Library, Whitman File, Administration Series, Dec 1957 NATO Briefing Papers. Secret. Drafted by Elbrick. Sent to the President for approval under cover of a November 1 memorandum of transmittal from Howe to Goodpaster. A handwritten notation by Minnich dated November 4 on Howe’s memorandum indicates the President approved it after making some corrections.
60. Memorandum of Conference With the President, Washington, October 28, 1957
Source: Eisenhower Library, Staff Secretary Records, NATO. Secret. Drafted by Goodpaster on October 30.