Office of the Historian

119. Memorandum for the Record1

Washington, August 10, 1964.

August 10, 1964, 12:35 PM—Meeting in Cabinet Room

PRESENT

  • The President, Secretaries Rusk, McNamara, Ball, Vance, Messrs. McCone, Wheeler, Reedy, McG. Bundy
  • For second item: William Bundy, John McNaughton

1. Cyprus

Secretary Ball reported briefly on the events of recent days and concluded with a report that a cease-fire appeared now to be accepted, although fragile and precarious. In this situation, he felt that the prospects for successful negotiations were somewhat less gloomy than they have been. He reported that Mr. Acheson in Geneva was encouraged, that the Greeks have adopted a serious negotiating position and had added a serious negotiator, Sossides, to the Geneva operation. In summary, Mr. Ball believed that we should press to make the cease-fire stick, and move forward with Mr. Acheson’s negotiations. The President agreed with this position.

[Here follows discussion of Southeast Asia.]

McG. B. 2
  1. Source: Johnson Library, National Security File, Files of McGeorge Bundy, Vol. 6. Top Secret. Drafted by Bundy on August 13.↩
  2. Printed from a copy that bears these typed initials.↩