181. Telegram From the Department of State to the Embassy in France

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 780.5–MSP/12–2956. Secret; Limit Distribution. Drafted by Elbrick, cleared with Rountree, and approved by Secretary Dulles. Also sent to London.

182. Memorandum of a Meeting, White House, Washington, January 1, 1957, 2-5:50 p.m.

Source: Eisenhower Library, Whitman File, Legislative Meetings. Confidential. Drafted by L. Arthur Minnich.

183. Editorial Note

184. Editorial Note

185. Memorandum From the Secretary of Defense (Wilson) to the Executive Secretary of the National Security Council (Lay)

Source: Department of State, S/S Files: Lot 63 D 351, NSC 5428 Memos. Top Secret. Attached to a January 17 memorandum from Lay to the National Security Council that indicates the President approved Secretary Wilson’s recommendation contained in this memorandum.

186. Editorial Note

187. Editorial Note

188. Memorandum of a Conversation, Department of State, Washington, January 25, 1957

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 880.2553/1–2557. Confidential. Drafted by Williams.

189. Editorial Note

190. Editorial Note

191. Memorandum of a Conference With the President, Washington, March 6, 1957

Source: Eisenhower Library, Whitman File, Eisenhower Diaries. Secret. Drafted by Goodpaster on March 7.

192. Position Paper Prepared in the Department of State

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 120.1580/5–3157. Top Secret. The source text is marked “General Paper 11” and is part of a series of position papers, drafted in the Department of State, in preparation for the special mission of Ambassador Richards to the Middle East. In addition to 11 position papers concerning economic, military, and procedural issues in general, papers analyzing the possibilities for involvement in the President’s special Middle East program were prepared for the following countries: Afghanistan, Egypt, Ethiopia, Greece, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Jordan, Lebanon, Libya, Morocco, Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, Sudan, Syria, Tunisia, Turkey, and Yemen. All of these papers are ibid.

Documentation on the Richards Mission in general is printed in this compilation. Documentation concerning those aspects of the Richards Mission pertaining to individual countries is printed in the respective compilations in volumes XIII, XVI, and XVIII. Additional documentation relating to the Mission is in Department of State, Central File 120.1580 and NEA Files: Lot 57 D 616, which contains Ambassador Richards’ personal files.

The position paper printed here is a revision of a paper originally drafted on February 27. A cover sheet indicates that the paper was drafted by Burdett and cleared with Memminger, Stevens, Rockwell, Jones, and Withers in the Bureau of Near Eastern, South Asian, and African Affairs; with the Office of Eastern European Affairs; and with Mathews of the Policy Planning Staff, except for recommendation 6. The paper was also cleared with the Joint Chiefs of Staff and with the Department of Defense “as appropriate guidance for the Richards Mission from a military viewpoint.”

193. Editorial Note

194. Letter From the President to His Special Assistant (Richards)

Source: Eisenhower Library, Whitman File, Administration Series. The text of this letter was drafted in the Department of State by Burdett and Mathews and transmitted to the White House on March 4 under cover of a memorandum from Secretary Dulles to President Eisenhower. In the memorandum, Dulles suggested that the President meet with Richards prior to his departure, and that in order to focus attention on the mission there be a short ceremony when the President signed the Joint Resolution on the Middle East Program. Dulles also transmitted under cover of the March 4 memorandum a suggested statement for the President’s possible use during such a ceremony. Notations on copies of these documents in Department of State, Central Files, 120.1580/3–457, indicate that Eisenhower initialed his approval on March 9 and that the President, Secretary Dulles, and Ambassador Richards revised the suggested statement prior to its delivery by the President. The memorandum of Eisenhower’s meeting with Dulles and Richards on March 6 is printed as Document 191.

195. Letter From the Secretary of State to the President’s Special Assistant (Richards)

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 120.1580/3–957. Secret. Drafted by Burdett and Mathews.

196. Telegram From the Department of State to the Embassy in Turkey

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 880.2553/3–957. Confidential. Drafted by Owen T. Jones and approved by Rountree. Also sent to Tehran, Baghdad, Rome, London, and Paris.

197. Circular Telegram From the Department of State to Certain Diplomatic Missions

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 120.1580/3–1257. Secret; Limit Distribution. Sent to Ankara, London, Baghdad, Karachi, Tehran, Paris, Paris (for Perkins), Jidda, Tel Aviv, Cairo, Damascus, New Delhi, Moscow, Athens, Beirut, Khartoum, Tripoli, Kabul, and Addis Ababa.

198. Agreed United States-United Kingdom Position Paper

Source: Department of State, Conference Files: Lot 62 D 181, CF 856. Secret. A cover sheet indicates that the paper was prepared jointly by representatives of the British Embassy in Washington and the Department of State and that, within the Department of State, it was approved in substance by Rountree, Moline, Corbett, Beckner, and Metzger. The paper was one of several agreed position papers done in preparation for the Anglo-American Heads of Government Conference at Bermuda. See the editorial note, infra. The paper was discussed at a meeting of Department of State and British Embassy officials on March 8. The memorandum of the conversation is ibid., Central File, 880.2553/3–857. The recommended position was formally approved by the two governments on March 23.

199. Editorial Note

200. Telegram From the President’s Special Assistant (Richards) to the Delegation at the Bermuda Conference

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 120.1580/3–2157. Secret; Niact. Also sent to the Department of State as telegram 2169, which is the source text.

201. Memorandum of a Conversation, Mid-Ocean Club, Bermuda, March 21, 1957, 8 p.m.

Source: Department of State, Conference Files: Lot 62 D 181, CF 861. Secret. Drafted by Rountree.

202. Memorandum of a Conversation, Mid-Ocean Club, Bermuda, March 21, 1957, 10:30 a.m.

Source: Department of State, Conference Files: Lot 62 D 181, CF 861. Secret. Drafted by Walmsley. The Delegation at Bermuda transmitted a summary of this conversation to the Department of State in Secto 8, March 22.

203. Memorandum of a Conversation, Mid-Ocean Club, Bermuda, March 23, 1957, 10:30 a.m.

Source: Department of State, Conference Files: Lot 62 D 181, CF 861. Secret. Drafted by Wilkins.

204. Paper Agreed Upon at the Conference at Bermuda

Source: Department of State, Conference Files: Lot 62 D 181, CF 868. Secret.

205. Telegram From the Department of State to the Embassy in Iraq

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 120.1580/3–2357. Secret. Drafted by Newsom and approved by Rountree who signed for Dulles. Repeated to Jidda, Beirut, Karachi, London, Tehran, Ankara, Cairo, and Damascus.

206. Letter From the Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security Affairs (Sprague) to the Deputy Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs (Murphy)

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 684A.86/3–2857. Top Secret.

207. Telegram From the President’s Special Assistant (Richards) to the Department of State

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 120.1580/3–2857. Secret. Repeated to Cairo, Damascus, Amman, and Jidda.

208. Telegram From the Department of State to the President’s Special Assistant (Richards), at Karachi

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 120.1580/3–2857. Secret. Drafted by Newsom and approved by Rountree who signed for Dulles. Repeated to Baghdad, Cairo, Damascus, Amman, and Jidda.

209. Memorandum for the Record by the Secretary of State’s Special Assistant (Macomber)

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

210. Memorandum of a Conversation, Department of State, Washington, April 4, 1957

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 880.2553/4–457. Confidential. Drafted by Dillon.