156. Memorandum of a Telephone Conversation Between the Secretary of State in Washington and the Representative at the United Nations (Lodge) in New York, February 26, 1957, 10:21 a.m.1
TELEPHONE CALL TO AMB LODGE
L returned the call and the Sec said the Pres agrees for L to go ahead and talk about it with the group of our co-sponsors on the earlier res. Lodge said fine and will give them copies. The Sec referred [Page 285] to his [Dulles’]2 suggestion re talking with the French. L said it would be a big thing. L said Cyprus will last 10 minutes and this will come up this a.m. L said it probably will leak though he will mark it confidential and working paper and if caught he will say it was for exploratory talks to find a way. L will do nothing this a.m. Once they know we are working on a res then we can get it stalled and the Sec hopes it could be stalled until this p.m. Eban is coming down and the Sec may see him during the lunch hour. The Sec said if a virulent debate breaks out it might hurt. L thinks Hammarskjold’s report should be factual and clear cut. The Sec said he would not have it slam the door shut. The Sec told re the Dean message and read from it3 —the possibilities of agreement are not wholly out. L said that Hammarskjold should put it out at the proper time and after the talk the Sec has with Eban and it should include the important points L has sent down. L will do that and if there are leaks he will say it was for informal consultations to find a way and that kind of a leak should help.
- Source: Eisenhower Library, Dulles Papers, General Telephone Conversations. Transcribed by Bernau.↩
- During a previous conversation with Lodge that morning, Dulles expressed his intention to suggest that President Eisenhower try to get the French to put pressure on the Israelis. (Memorandum of telephone conversation by Bernau, 9:58 a.m., February 26; ibid.)↩
- Document 153.↩