Discussions at Washington, New York, and San Francisco on Procedures for a Meeting of the Heads of Government, June 6–24, 1955


134. Letter From the Chairman of the Quantico Vulnerabilities Panel (Rostow) to the President’s Special Assistant (Rockefeller)

Source: Department of State, S/SNSC Files: Lot 66 D 148. Secret.


135. Telegram From the Embassy in the Soviet Union to the Department of State

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 396.1/6–1255. Secret; Limit Distribution. Repeated to London and Paris.


137. Memorandum of a Conversation, Department of State, Washington, June 13, 1955, 4:30 p.m.

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 033.62A11/6–1355. Top Secret. Drafted by Merchant.


138. Memorandum From the Assistant Secretary of State for European Affairs (Merchant) to the Secretary of State

Source: Eisenhower Library, Dulles Papers, Strictly Confidential. Top Secret; Personal and Private.


139. Memorandum of a Conversation, White House, Washington, June 14, 1955

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 033.62A11/6–1455. Secret. Drafted by Merchant.


140. Memorandum of a Conversation, Waldorf-Astoria Hotel, New York, June 17, 1955, 2:10–4 p.m.

Source: Department of State, Conference Files: Lot 63 D 123, CF 481. Top Secret. Drafted by Bowie. This meeting is also described briefly in Erinnerungen, pp. 461–462.


141. Memorandum From the Secretary of State to the President

Source: Eisenhower Library, Dulles Papers, White House Memoranda. Secret-Personal and Private.


142. Letter From Secretary of State Dulles to Foreign Minister Molotov

Source: Department of State, Conference Files: Lot 63 D 123, CF 486. Confidential. Attached to this letter was a cover sheet which noted that it had been drafted by Bohlen and delivered to Molotov just prior to his meeting with the three Western Foreign Ministers (see PMCG (SF) MC–2, infra ). The Foreign Ministers were at San Francisco for ceremonies of the tenth anniversary of the United Nations.


143. Memorandum of a Conversation, Pacific Union Club, San Francisco, June 20, 1955, 10:45 p.m.

Source: Department of State, Conference Files: Lot 63 D 123, CF 487. Secret. Drafted by Bohlen on June 21. This conversation took place following Secretary Dulles’ dinner for the Foreign Ministers. Also discussed following dinner were Austria, the Berlin Autobahn situation, disarmament, and a declaration for the U.N. tenth anniversary meeting. Memoranda of these conversations, PMCG (SF) MC–3 through MC–6, are ibid. For Macmillan’s account of the dinner, see Tides of Fortune, pp. 609–610. For a French account of this conversation, see Documents Diplomatiques Français, 1955, Annexes, Tome 1, pp. 223–228.