Office of the Historian

236. Telegram From the Department of State to the Embassy in the United Kingdom1

Washington, June 11, 1957—6:05 p.m.

8686. For Acting Chairman, U.S. Delegation Disarmament.2 You will promptly submit the following note to Zorin:

“The document which the United States Delegation received from you on June 8 has been transmitted to my Government. My Government has instructed me to state that it is receiving careful study.

My Government has also instructed me again to make clear that the informal paper of May 31, to which you refer in your memorandum of June 7 is without status as a communication between governments. It is for this reason that the United States Delegation asked that the memorandum be returned.

My Government has also authorized me to assure you that official proposals of the United States Government on the various aspects will be transmitted to you as soon as possible.”3

Dulles
  1. Source: Department of State, Central Files, 330.13/6–1157. Secret; Priority; Limited Distribution. Drafted by Dulles, approved by Stassen, and repeated to Paris.↩
  2. Charles H. Owsley served as acting chairman of the Delegation during Stassen’s consultations in Washington.↩
  3. The Soviet note replying to this U.S. note was transmitted in telegram 7010 from London, June 17. (Department of States, Central Files, 330.13/6–1757)↩