Editorial Note
On March 8, the Ambassadors of Denmark, Iceland, Portugal, and Italy were invited to meet separately with John D. Hickerson, who in each case reviewed the history of the North Atlantic Pact negotiations [Page 177] and extended an invitation to participate in final discussions and to join as an original signatory of the Pact. Memoranda of these conversations, not printed, are in Department of State file No. 840.20/3–849.
On the same day, the content of this presentation by Hickerson was transmitted to the field by the Secretary of State in his telegrams 97 to Copenhagen, 40 to Reykjavik, and 65 to Lisbon. These telegrams, not printed, are also in file No. 840.20/3–849.