790.5/6–1254: Telegram
The Secretary of State to the United States Delegation at the Geneva Conference1
Tosec 406. For Undersecretary from Secretary. It seems clear from Canberra’s 290 repeated Tosec 371,2 other messages from Peaslee3 and talks here with Spender that Australians are convinced of the need for developing collective arrangements for Southeast Asia area. With recent development in Eden’s position,4 it should be easier for Australia and New Zealand to assist in carrying project forward and I am sure Casey’s return to Geneva will give you opportunity to enlist his aid. I understand he plans return home via Washington and in your discretion tell him I am delighted he plans stop in Washington and will look forward to opportunity of good discussions with him. Suggest to him that he let me know his plans as soon as they are firm.
- Drafted by Raynor and Outerbridge Horsey, Officer in Charge of Commonwealth Affairs.↩
- Not printed.↩
- Amos Peaslee, Ambassador in Australia.↩
- A possible reference to the information received by Dulles in telegram Dulte 164 from Geneva, June 9, marked “Eyes only Secretary”. In it the Under Secretary reported: “Clear that Eden now considers negotiations here have failed. Believe he is prepared to move ahead quickly in Southeast Asia coalition which would guarantee Cambodia and most of Laos under umbrella of some UN action with respect to those two countries. He expects active cooperation from Burma, and hopes for benevolent neutrality from India. He apparently does not feel much can be salvaged in Vietnam.” (751G.00/6–954) Full text of this telegram is printed in vol. xvi, p. 1083.↩