Editorial Note
Between December 4 and 8, President Eisenhower, Secretary of State Dulles, and other members of the administration traveled to Bermuda for a conference with the Heads of Government of the United Kingdom and France. During the course of the conference, President Eisenhower and Prime Ministers Churchill and Laniel, as well as their respective Foreign Ministers, discussed a wide range of global, regional, trilateral, and bilateral problems. The national defense and security policies of the United States, the United Kingdom, and France were frequently discussed in the context of more specific issues such as Korea, relations with the Soviet Union, the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, etc. For documentation [Page 609] on the Bermuda Conference of the Heads of Government of the United States, the United Kingdom, and France, December 4–8, 1953, see volume V, Part 2, pages 1710 ff.
In preparation for the conference, Bowie drafted a series of papers entitled “Analysis of Soviet Position”. Copies of the various drafts of this paper bearing dates between November 25 and 28, including the final draft, which “has been revised to reflect the views of the Secretary”, are in PPS files, lot 64 D 563, “Record Copies.”