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402. Memorandum From the Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Near Eastern, South Asian, and African Affairs (Rountree) to the Counselor of the Department of State (MacArthur)1

Washington, June 19, 1956.

SUBJECT

  • Operation Stockpile

I have just received the attached letter from John Coulson2 informing us that the Foreign Office has agreed that planning should continue on the assumption that aircraft could be transferred to Cyprus. The letter states that further discussions on the subject can be conducted between the British Joint Services Mission and the US Joint Chiefs of Staff, and that the British Mission is being instructed accordingly.

While the letter is unsigned I am sure that this is a result of an oversight.

I have not sent a copy through S/S to the Secretary, Mr. Hoover or Mr. Murphy, but assume that you will wish to report this development when you next bring them up to date on the operation.

  1. Source: Department of State, S/S–NEA Files: Lot 61 D 417, …. Top Secret.↩
  2. Not printed.↩