740.5/8–2354
The Secretary of State to Prime Minister Churchill 1
top secret
Washington, August 23,
1954.
Am greatly cheered by your message. Let us “bite” hard and I think we should get something not only digestible but invigorating. I eagerly await the results of your talk with Mendes-France. I agree that we must keep in closest touch and I could come over at your call, although I must be in Manila September 3, which is our September 2.2
Give my best regards to Anthony and be sure to let me know what happens.
Foster Dulles
- The source text was transmitted in niact telegram 1046 to London at 11:29 p.m. on Aug. 23.↩
- Secretary Dulles would be in Manila for the signing of a Southeast Asia collective defense treaty. Documentation on the Manila Conference, Sept. 6-8, is presented in volume XII.↩