166. Editorial Note
According to notes taken at the meeting, the following exchange took place at the Secretary’s Staff Meeting which began at 9:15 a.m. on September 4 prior to Secretary Dulles’ return to Washington:
“Mr. Rountree said that, in accordance with the Secretary’s wishes, L, IO, and NEA had prepared comments on the next step to be taken in the Suez crisis and he wanted those comments to reflect the Under Secretary’s views before being presented to the Secretary. The Under Secretary said that he would discuss this matter with Mr. Rountree before the Secretary’s arrival.” (Department of State, Secretary’s Staff Meetings: Lot 63 D 75)
The comments mentioned by Rountree were presumably those contained in the memorandum from Rountree to Dulles, infra. No account of the subsequent discussion between Hoover and Rountree has been found.