181. Memorandum of a Conversation, Secretary Dulles’ Residence, Washington, March 2, 1957, 2:25 p.m.

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 674.84A/3–257. Secret. Drafted by Rountree. The Department of State transmitted a summary of the conversation to the Embassy in Cairo as telegram 2936, to the Embassy in Tel Aviv as 845, and to USUN by pouch on March 5. (Ibid., 674.84A/3–557)

182. Message From President Eisenhower to Prime Minister Ben Gurion

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 674.84A/3–257. Confidential. The Department of State transmitted the text of this message to the Embassy in Tel Aviv in Niact telegram 835, March 2, 6:08 p.m., with the instruction: “Please deliver immediately to Prime Minister following message from President. Pursuant arrangements made with Ambassador Eban, text will be released midnight Washington time March 2.” Telegram 835 was drafted by Dulles and cleared with Herter, Phleger, and Rountree. The message was released at midnight, March 2; the source text is the White House press release.

183. Telegram From the Embassy in Israel to the Department of State

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 674.84A/3–357. Confidential; Niact; Presidential Handling. Received at 4:44 p.m.

184. Memorandum of a Telephone Conversation Between the Secretary of State and the French Ambassador (Alphand), Washington, March 3, 1957, 6:30 p.m.

Source: Eisenhower Library, Dulles Papers, General Telephone Conversations. Secret; Personal and Private.

185. Memorandum of a Conversation, Secretary Dulles’ Residence, Washington, March 3, 1957, 6:40 p.m.

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 674.84A/3–357. Secret. Drafted by Rountree.

186. Memorandum of a Telephone Conversation Between the President and Secretary of State, Washington, March 3, 1957, 7:47 p.m.

Source: Eisenhower Library, Dulles Papers, White House Telephone Conversations. Transcribed by Proctor. The Secretary was at his home in Washington. The source text indicated that Proctor could only hear Dulles’ side of the conversation.

187. Memorandum of a Telephone Conversation Between the Israeli Ambassador (Eban) and the Secretary of State, Washington, March 3, 1957, 10:25 p.m.

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 674.84A/3–357. Secret. Drafted by Rountree.

188. Memorandum of a Telephone Conversation Between the Secretary of State and the French Ambassador (Alphand), Washington, March 3, 1957

Source: Eisenhower Library, Dulles Papers, General Telephone Conversations. Drafted by Dulles.

189. Telegram From the Embassy in Israel to the Department of State

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 674.84A/3–457. Confidential; Niact. Received at 7:28 a.m.

190. Telegram From the Mission at the United Nations to the Department of State

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 674.84A/3–457. Confidential; Priority. Received at 9:01 p.m.

191. Memorandum From the Assistant Secretary of State for International Organization Affairs (Wilcox) to the Secretary of State

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 684A.86/3–457. Official Use Only. A marginal notation on the source text by Bernau reads: “Sec saw”.

192. Memorandum From the Secretary of State to Ambassador C. Douglas Dillon

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 974.7301/3–557. Dillon was appointed Deputy Under Secretary of State for Economic Affairs on March 14, 1957.

193. Telegram From the Mission at the United Nations to the Department of State

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 674.84A/3–557. Confidential; Niact. Received at 10:45 p.m.

194. Telegram From the Mission at the United Nations to the Department of State

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 684A.86/3–557. Confidential; Priority. Received at 12:32 p.m., March 6.

195. Memorandum by the Representative at the United Nations (Lodge)

Source: Department of State, Wilcox Files: Lot 60 D 113, Middle East. Confidential. Lodge dictated the memorandum over the telephone to the Department of State at 11:45 a.m. on March 7. An inscription on the source text in an unidentified hand reads: “Lodge sent reply to Sec.” (See Document 197.)

196. Memorandum of a Telephone Conversation Between Secretary of State Dulles in Washington and Secretary-General Hammarskjöld in New York, March 6, 1957, 12:55 p.m.

Source: Eisenhower Library, Dulles Papers, General Telephone Conversations. Transcribed by Asbjornson.

197. Telegram From the Mission at the United Nations to the Department of State

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 674.84A/3–657. Confidential; Priority. Received at 9:47 p.m.

198. Telegram From the Mission at the United Nations to the Department of State

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 674.84A/3–657. Confidential; Priority. Received at 10:17 p.m.

199. Letter From the Secretary of State to the Representative at the United Nations (Lodge)

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 674.84A/3–657. Confidential. Drafted by Rountree.

200. Letter From Foreign Minister Meir to Secretary of State Dulles

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 674.84A/3–657. Personal. Typed on the stationery of the Israeli Delegation to the United Nations. Delivered to the Department of State by Eban on March 9; see telegram 860, Document 208.

201. Message From Prime Minister Ben Gurion to President Eisenhower

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 674.84A/3–1157. Secret. Transmitted to the Department of State in telegram 1054 from Tel Aviv, March 7, received at 5:42 p.m., March 8. Telegram 1054 also contained the following comment: “At Ben Gurion’s request I [Lawson] saw him in his office in Jerusalem at 6:30 this evening [March 7]. He handed me his reply to President’s March 2 letter. Foreign Office is keeping text and contents strictly confidential and will not release to press. Only fact reply has been given me will be announced. Ben Gurion’s oral comments in elaboration his letter will be reported in separate telegram.” The “separate telegram” is telegram 1056, Document 204. A copy of telegram 1054 in the Eisenhower Library, Whitman File, Dulles-Herter Series bears Eisenhower’s initials. The signed copy of Ben Gurion’s message was transmitted to the Department of State in despatch 454, March 11. (Ibid., International File)

202. Memorandum From the Director of the Executive Secretariat (Howe) to the Acting Secretary of State

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 611.74/3–857. Christian A. Herter was Acting Secretary in Dulles’ absence at the SEATO Council meeting at Canberra.

203. Memorandum of a Conference With the President, White House, Washington, March 8, 1957, 4:16–4:50 p.m.

Source: Eisenhower Library, Whitman File, Eisenhower Diaries. Secret. Drafted by Goodpaster on March 9. The time of the meeting is from the record of the President’s Daily Appointments. (Ibid.) Another memorandum of the conversation by Rountree is in Department of State, Secretary’s Memoranda of Conversations: Lot 64 D 199.

204. Telegram From the Embassy in Israel to the Department of State

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 674.84A/3–857. Secret; Priority; Presidential Handling. Received at 3:21 p.m. A copy of the telegram in the Eisenhower Library, Whitman File, Dulles–Herter Series bears Eisenhower’s initials.

205. Telegram From the Department of State to the Secretary of State, at Canberra

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 674.84A/3–857. Secret. Drafted by Howe, cleared with Rountree, and approved by Howe. A copy of this telegram, ibid., Conference Files: Lot 62 D 181, CF 847, bears the marginal notation: “Sec saw”.

206. Memorandum by the Officer in Charge of Israel–Jordan Affairs (Bergus)

Source: Eisenhower Library, White House Central Files, Suez Canal Crisis. Secret. Drafted by Bergus on March 8. Herter transmitted the memorandum on March 9 to the White House with a copy of a memorandum of a March 9 conversation between Eban and Herter (see telegram 860, Document 208). In the covering memorandum, Herter described the memorandum as “a written summary of the oral briefing” Rountree gave on March 8 to the President (see Document 203). A marginal notation by Goodpaster on the covering memorandum indicates: “President informed of substance”.

Copies of this memorandum are attached to the memorandum of conversation by Rountree of the White House conversation on March 8; see footnote 1, Document 203.