105. Editorial Note
Anthony Eden, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, headed a British delegation visiting the United States from January 30 to February 3. During his stay in Washington, Eden, along with his Foreign Secretary, Selwyn Lloyd, and others in his party, met with President Eisenhower, Secretary Dulles, and other American officials on several occasions to reaffirm the close relationship between the two nations and discuss foreign policy matters of common interest. Some of these meetings involved discussions on disarmament and atomic energy. Parts of two joint statements issued by Eisenhower and Eden, both dated February 1, contained references to disarmament and the peaceful uses of atomic energy. They are printed in Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: Dwight D. Eisenhower, 1956, pages 214–221.
For full documentation on the Eden visit, see volume XXVII. Especially relevant are the memoranda of discussion on the subject of disarmament between the working staffs of the United States and United Kingdom preceding Eden’s visit on January 23 (Department of State, Central Files, 600.0012/1–2356), January 24 (ibid., 600.0012/1–2456), January 25 (ibid., 600.0012/1–2556), January 26 (ibid., 600.0012/1–2656), and January 27 (ibid., 600.0012/1–2756); the memorandum of conversation among Secretary Dulles, Foreign Secretary Lloyd, and several of their respective staffs on January 31 at 2:40 p.m. (ibid., Conference Files: Lot 62 D 181, CF 648); and the memorandum of conversation among Secretary Dulles, Deputy Secretary of Defense Reuben B. Robertson, Jr., Lewis L. Strauss, Harold E. Stassen, Admiral Arthur W. Radford, Prime Minister Eden, Foreign Secretary Lloyd, Ambassador Roger Makins, and others on February 1 at 12:07 p.m. (ibid.). All these documents except for the memoranda of discussion between the working staffs are scheduled for publication in volume XXVII.