Review of Basic Disarmament Policy; Negotiations in the Subcommittee of the United Nations Disarmament Commission; Proposals for Inspection and Verification; Nuclear Weapons Tests; Effects of Fall-Out From Nuclear Explosions; Exchange of Atomic Information; Peaceful Uses of Atomic Energy; Creation of the International Atomic Energy Agency1

1. Continued from Foreign Relations, 1952–1954, vol. II, Part 2, pp. 845 ff. Much of the documentation appearing in the Foreign Relations series for 1955–1957 concerns subjects relating to regulation of armaments and atomic energy.


241. Letter From President Eisenhower to Prime Minister Macmillan

Source: Eisenhower Library, Whitman File, DDE Diaries. Secret.


242. Memorandum From the Secretary of State to the President

Source: Eisenhower Library, Whitman File, DullesHerter Series. Secret.


244. Telegram From the Department of State to the Embassy in the United Kingdom

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 330.13/6–1857. Secret; Priority. Drafted by Spiers, Bowie, and Dulles A copy of this telegram is initialed “DE” in the President’s handwriting. (Eisenhower Library, Whitman File, DullesHerter Series)


245. Telegram From the Embassy in the United Kingdom to the Department of State

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 330.13/6–2057. Secret; Priority; Limit Distribution, A copy of this telegram is initialed “DE” in the President’s handwriting. (Eisenhower Library, Whitman File, DullesHerter Series)


246. Memorandum of a Conversation Between the Secretary of State and the British Ambassador (Caccia), Secretary Dulles’ Residence, Washington, June 23, 1957, 10 a.m.

Source: Eisenhower Library, Dulles Papers, General Memoranda of Conversation. Personal and Private. Drafted by Dulles.


247. Telegram From the Department of State to the Embassy in the United Kingdom

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 611.4112/6–2357. Secret; Priority. Drafted and approved by Dulles. Cleared by Beam.


248. Memorandum of a Conference With the President, White House, Washington, June 24, 1957, 9 a.m.

Source: Eisenhower Library, Whitman File, DDE Diaries. Top Secret. Drafted by Goodpaster.


250. Telegram From the Department of State to the Embassy in the United Kingdom

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 330.13/6–2657. Secret; Priority; Presidential Handling.


251. Letter From the President’s Special Assistant (Stassen) to the President

Source: Eisenhower Library, Whitman File, Administration Series, Stassen. Secret.


252. Letter From the Secretary of Defense (Wilson) to the Secretary of State

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 600.0012/7–157. Top Secret.


253. Telegram From the Department of State to the Embassy in the United Kingdom

Source: Eisenhower Library, Whitman File, Administration Series. Secret; Priority; Eyes Only. Drafted by Dulles.


254. Telegram From the Embassy in the United Kingdom to the Department of State

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 611.0012/7–257. Top Secret; Niact.


255. Telegram From the Embassy in the United Kingdom to the Department of State

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 330.13/7–857. Secret. Repeated to Bonn, Paris for Embassy and USRO, Moscow, and Tokyo, and pouched to Ottawa.


256. Telegram From the Embassy in the United Kingdom to the Department of State

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 330.13/7–1057. Secret. Repeated to Paris for Embassy and USRO, Bonn, and Moscow.


257. Telegram From the Embassy in the Soviet Union to the Department of State

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 330.13/7–1257. Confidential. Repeated to London.


258. Memorandum for the File, by the President’s Special Assistant for National Security Affairs (Cutler)

Source: Eisenhower Library, Sp. Asst. for Nat. Sec. Affairs Records, Chronological. Top Secret.


259. Telegram From the Embassy in the Federal Republic of Germany to the Department of State

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 330.13/7–1857. Secret; Priority. Repeated to Paris for Embassy and USRO and London.


260. Telegram From the Embassy in the Federal Republic of Germany to the Department of State

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 330.13/7–1857. Secret; Priority.


261. Telegram From the Department of State to the Embassy in the United Kingdom

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 330.13/7–2257. Secret; Priority. Drafted by Dulles, this telegram is apparently in response to telegram 593 from London, July 21, which explained “the reasons for the rather generalized language on the relationship of aerial and ground inspection in the four power reports to NATO.” (Ibid., 330.13/7–2157)


264. Telegram From the Department of State to the Embassy in the United Kingdom

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 110.11–DU/7–2657. Secret; Priority; Presidential Handling.


265. Telegram From the Secretary of State to the Department of State

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 330.13/7–2957. Top Secret; Eyes Only.


266. Memorandum of a Conversation Between the President and the Acting Secretary of State, White House, Washington, July 30, 1957, 4:10 p.m.

Source: Eisenhower Library, Herter Papers, Nuclear Testing. Top Secret. Drafted by Herter.


267. Telegram From the Secretary of State to the Department of State

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 330.13/7–3057. Secret; Eyes Only. A covering note from Howe to Goodpaster, July 31, forwarding a copy of this telegram to the President is initialed “DE” in the President’s handwriting. (Eisenhower Library, Whitman File, DullesHerter Series)


268. Telegram From the Delegation to the Subcommittee of the United Nations Disarmament Commission to the Department of State

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 330.13/7–3057. Secret. Repeated to Paris for Embassy and USRO, Bonn, Moscow, and Tokyo, and pouched to Ottawa.


269. Telegram From the Secretary of State to the Embassy in the Federal Republic of Germany

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 330.13/7–3157. Secret; Niact. Repeated to the Department of State as Dulte 6 which is the source text.


270. Telegram From the Secretary of State to the Department of State

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 330.13/7–3157. Secret; Eyes Only.