Editorial Note
On June 2, 1954, at 9:22 a.m., the President’s Press Secretary, James C. Hagerty, called Secretary Dulles to inquire about the status of several foreign policy issues in preparation for the President’s press conference scheduled for 10:30 a.m. that morning. Secretary Dulles recorded their conversation concerning Guatemala as follows:
“4. Guatemala. If asked about our intention of getting the Caracas resolution injected, the Sec. said he is not up to date on that. We are checking up on ships. Doubt was thrown on the ships involved in the Guatemala incident because of the manifest. If asked re the President of Guatemala saying he would meet with the President if the President so invited him, the Sec. suggested ducking anything further on this. The issue is not between governments, but whether it is subject to control of international communism, which the Caracas Resolution said is a threat to security.” (Eisenhower Library, Dulles papers, “White House Telephone Conversations”)
The record of President Eisenhower’s press conference is in Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: Dwight D. Eisenhower, 1954, pages 526–533.