159. Editorial Note
At the first meeting of the Inter-American Committee of Presidential Representatives on September 19, José Isaac Fábrega, the Personal Representative of the President of Panama, presented a memorandum to Milton S. Eisenhower, Chairman of the Committee, regarding the implementation of the Panama Canal Treaty of 1955. At Fábrega’s request, Milton Eisenhower forwarded the 12-page memorandum and annex to President Eisenhower on September 19, under cover of a letter to Ann C. Whitman, the President’s personal secretary. On the same day, Colonel Andrew J. Goodpaster, the President’s Staff Secretary, transmitted the memorandum and annex to Secretary Dulles. “The President,” he explained, “would appreciate a report on the matter, looking to a reply to the Panamanians by himself or by the Secretary, as appropriate.” (Eisenhower Library, Whitman File, Dulles–Herter Series) The Committee of Presidential Representatives had been formed pursuant to a suggestion by President Eisenhower during the meeting of the Presidents of the American Republics at Panama. See volume VI, Documents 109 ff.