Efforts by the United States to help promote the political and economic integration of Western Europe; United States support for the proposed European Atomic Energy Community (EURATOM) and the European Economic Community (Common Market); United States concern with the cartel aspects of the European Coal and Steel Community; United States support for the proposed European Free Trade Association 1
1. Continued from Foreign Relations, 1952–1954, volume vi .
203. Telegram From the Ambassador in Germany (Conant) to the Department of State
Source: Department of State, Central Files, 840.1901/11–2656. Confidential. Repeated for information to Paris, London, The Hague, Luxembourg, Brussels, and Rome.
204. Memorandum From the Assistant Secretary of State for European Affairs (Elbrick) and the Special Assistant to the Secretary of State for Atomic Energy Affairs (Smith) to the Secretary of State
Source: Department of State, Atomic Energy Files: Lot 57 D 688, Atomic Energy—General. Confidential. Sent through Under Secretary Hoover and initialed by him. Also concurred in and initialed by Murphy, MacArthur, Strauss, Bowie, and Timmons.
205. Letter From the Chairman of the Atomic Energy Commission (Strauss) to the Under Secretary of State (Hoover)
Source: Department of State, Central Files, 611.0097/12–1956. Confidential.
206. Telegram From the Ambassador in Belgium (Alger) to the Department of State
Source: Department of State, Central Files, 840.1901/12–1956. Confidential. Repeated for information to Paris, London, Luxembourg, Rome, Bonn, and The Hague; passed to Butterworth in Luxembourg and USRO in Paris.
207. Telegram From the Secretary of State to the Embassy in Germany
Source: Department of State, Central Files, 840.1901/12–1856. Confidential. Drafted by Cleveland and Schaetzel and approved by Elbrick. Also sent to Paris, Rome, Brussels, The Hague, and Luxembourg, passed to USRO and to Butterworth, and repeated for information to London. An earlier draft of this telegram was forwarded to Dulles for his approval on December 27, under cover of a memorandum from Elbrick and Farley. Dulles approved the draft and it was sent out as telegram 1833 with certain minor modifications. (Ibid., Atomic Energy Files: Lot 57 D 688, Atomic Energy—General)
208. Memorandum of a Conversation Between the Secretary of State and Jean Monnet, Department of State, Washington, January 10, 1957
Source: Department of State, Central Files, 840.1901/1–1057. Secret. Drafted by Dulles.
209. Memorandum of a Conversation, Department of State, Washington, January 11, 1957, 4:30 p.m.
Source: Department of State, Central Files, 840.05/1–1157. Secret. Drafted by Tyler. The conversation took place in the Secretary’s office.
211. Telegram From the Secretary of State to the Embassy in the United Kingdom
Source: Department of State, Central Files, 440.002/1–257. Secret; Priority. Drafted by Blake and Jacob M. Myerson of RA and approved by Frank. Repeated for information to Ankara, Athens, Bonn, Brussels, Lisbon, Paris, Rome, The Hague, and Luxembourg (for the Embassy and Butterworth); Paris was instructed to pass the telegram to USRO.
212. Telegram From the Secretary of State to the Embassy in Belgium
Source: Department of State, Central Files, 840.1901/1–2357. Confidential; Priority. Drafted by Schaetzel and approved by Elbrick. Repeated for information to London, Paris, Luxembourg, Bonn, Rome, and The Hague.
213. Telegram From the Secretary of State to the Embassy in Belgium
Source: Department of State, Central Files, 840.05/1–857. Confidential; Priority. Drafted by Blake and Cleveland; approved by Weiss. Also sent to Bonn, Luxembourg, Rome, Paris (priority), and The Hague, and repeated for information to London.
214. Letter From the Secretary of State to the Chairman of the Atomic Energy Commission (Strauss)
Source: Department of State, Central Files, 611.4097/1–2957. Confidential. Drafted by Schaetzel and Cleveland on January 23.
215. Memorandum From the Chairman of the Council on Foreign Economic Policy (Randall) to the Director of the Office of International Trade and Resources (Thibodeaux)
Source: Department of State, Central Files, 850.33/2–257. This memorandum was also addressed to Assistant Secretary of Commerce Marshall M. Smith.
216. Memorandum of a Conversation, Department of State, Washington, February 4, 1957, 11 a.m.
Source: Department of State, Central Files, 840.1901/2–457. Confidential. Drafted by Cleveland on February 8. The EURATOM “Wise Men” were in the United States for an official 12-day visit, February 3–14, at the invitation of the Secretary of State and the Chairman of the Atomic Energy Commission. For text of the Department of the Department of State press release announcing their visit, see Department of State Bulletin, February 18, 1957, p. 250.
217. Letter From the Secretary of State to the Chairman of the Atomic Energy Commission (Strauss)
Source: Department of State, Central Files, 840.1901/2–557. Confidential. Drafted by Schaetzel.
218. Memorandum of Conference With the President, The White House, Washington, February 6, 1957, 3 p.m.
Source: Eisenhower Library, DDE Diaries, Meetings with the President. Drafted by Goodpaster. In a memorandum of January 31, Dulles briefed Eisenhower on the visit of the EURATOM “Wise Men” and recommended that the President meet with them. (Department of State, Central Files, 840.1901/1–3157)
219. Telegram From the Chargé in France (Yost) to the Department of State
Source: Department of State, Central Files, 440.002/2–657. Confidential. Also sent to Luxembourg for the Embassy and the CSC Mission.
220. Memorandum of a Conversation, Department of State, Washington, February 8, 1957
Source: Department of State, Central Files, 840.1901/2–857. Confidential. Drafted by Cleveland.
221. Memorandum of a Conversation Between the Secretary of State and the German Ambassador (Krekeler), Department of State, Washington, February 11, 1957
Source: Department of State, Central Files, 440.002/2–1157. Secret. Drafted by Reinstein on February 13.
222. Memorandum of a Conversation, Department of State, Washington, February 18, 1957
Source: Department of State, Secretary’s Memoranda of Conversation: Lot 64 D 199. Confidential. Drafted by Lisle on February 19.
224. Telegram From the Acting United States Representative to the European Coal and Steel Community (Boochever) to the Department of State
Source: Department of State, Central Files, 850.33/2–2157. Confidential; Priority. Repeated for information to Paris and Bonn; Paris was requested to pouch this telegram to Rome, The Hague, London, and Brussels; the Department was requested to pouch it to Dusseldorf.
225. Memorandum of a Conversation, Department of State, Washington, February 26, 1957
Source: Department of State, Conference Files: Lot 62 D 181, CF 833A. Secret. Drafted by Elbrick.
226. Memorandum of a Conversation, Department of State, Washington, March 5, 1957
Source: Department of State, Central Files, 440.002/3–557. Confidential. Drafted by Reinstein.
227. Circular Telegram From the Secretary of State to Certain Diplomatic Missions
Source: Department of State, Central Files, 740.00/3–657. Confidential; Limit Distribution. Drafted by Timmons and Cleveland and approved by Dulles. Sent to Brussels, Bonn, The Hague, Luxembourg (for the Embassy and Butterworth), London, Paris (for the Embassy and USRO), Rome, Ankara, Athens, Copenhagen, Lisbon, Oslo, Ottawa, Reykjavik, Bern, Stockholm, Dublin, and Vienna.
228. Letter From the Chairman of the Atomic Energy Commission (Strauss) to the Secretary of State
Source: Department of State, Central Files 840.1901/3–757. Official Use Only.
230. Letter From the Secretary of State to Foreign Minister Spaak
Source: Department of State, Central Files, 840.1901/3–2257. Confidential; Niact. This letter was transmitted for delivery to Spaak in telegram 1336 to Brussels, with the following instructions: “In presenting following letter to Minister Spaak advise him that CDA requirements of uranium ore are under review and that separate answer concerning his questions in regard this subject including the related provisions of the U.S.-Belgian bilateral agreement will be forthcoming soonest.” This telegram was repeated for information to London, Paris, Rome, Bonn, The Hague, and Luxembourg (for Butterworth and the Embassy).
232. Memorandum of a Conversation, Department of State, Washington, April 3, 1957
Source: Department of State, Central Files, 850.33/4–357. Confidential. Drafted by Jones.