United States Interest in Developments in Morocco; United States Relations With Morocco1

1. For previous documentation on this subject, see Foreign Relations, 1952–1954, vol. xi, Part 1, pp. 599 ff. See also Documents 2537.


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

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 711.56371/4–3057. Secret. Passed to CINCEUR. Also sent to Rabat. Repeated to Madrid and to CINCNELM, London. Drafted by Bovey and cleared with OSD, WE, L, and RA.


213. Telegram From the Embassy in Morocco to the Department of State

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 120.1580/5–857. Secret. Repeated to Paris, Tunis, London, Tripoli, New Delhi, Rome, Kabul, Athens, Ankara, Beirut, Cairo, Damascus, Amman, Jidda, Addis Ababa, Khartoum, Karachi, Tehran, Baghdad, and Tel Aviv.


214. Despatch From the Embassy in Morocco to the Department of State

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 711.56371/7–2557. Secret.


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

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 651.719/8–1057. Confidential. Repeated to Rabat and Tunis. Drafted by Bovey and cleared with AFN, WE, E, U/MSA, and in substance with ICA.


216. Telegram From the Department of State to the Embassy in Morocco

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 711.56371/9–1557. Secret. Repeated to Paris, CINCNELM, London, and CINCUSAFE, Wiesbaden; and by pouch to Tunis and Tripoli; sent to Paris to be passed to USCINCEUR and Knight. Drafted by Porter and cleared with ICA, E, RA, WE, AF, U/MSA, S/P, L/SFP, and the Department of Defense.


217. Message From the Ambassador in Morocco (Cannon) to Minister of Foreign Affairs Balafrej

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 771.11/11–557. Confidential–Informal. Enclosure to despatch 144 from Rabat, November 5.


218. Memorandum From the Secretary of State to the President

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 711.11/11–1957. Secret. Drafted by William N. Stokes, Officer in Charge of Northwest Africa Affairs.


219. Memorandum of a Conversation, Department of State, Washington, November 26, 1957, 9:30 a.m.

Source: Department of State, Secretary’s Memoranda of Conversation: Lot 64 D 199. Secret. Drafted by Bovey.


220. Memorandum of a Conversation, Department of State, Washington, November 26, 1957, 5 p.m.

Source: Department of State, AF/AFN Files: Lot 63 D 250, Base Negotiations (1957) M–12. Secret. Drafted by Bovey.


221. Memorandum From the Assistant Secretary of State for Near Eastern, South Asian, and African Affairs (Rountree) to the Secretary of State

Source: Department of State, AFN Files: Lot 63 D 250, Base Negotiations (1957) M–12. Secret. Drafted by Bovey.


222. Telegram From the Department of State to the Embassy in Morocco

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 771.5–MSP/12–257. Secret. Repeated to Paris. Drafted by George Dolgin, Officer in Charge of Northern Africa Economic Affairs, and cleared with ICA and U/MSA.


223. Memorandum From the Deputy Under Secretary of State for Economic Affairs (Dillon) to the Director of the International Cooperation Administration (Smith)

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 771.5–MSP/12–2457. Secret.