Evolution of the Southeast Asia Treaty Organization; SEATO Council Meetings; Activities of the ANZUS Powers; The Question of a Defense Production Base in Australia and New Zealand; The Afro-Asian Conference (The Bandung Conference); The NSC 5612 Series; United States Concern with Regional Development in Asia1
1. Continued from Foreign Relations, 1952–1954, vol. XII, Part 1.
91. Telegram From the Delegation at the SEATO Council Meeting to the Department of State
Source: Department of State, Central Files, 396.1–KA/3–856. Confidential. Repeated to London, Paris, Canberra, Wellington, and Manila.
92. Telegram From the Delegation at the SEATO Council Meeting to the Department of State
Source: Department of State, Conference Files, Lot 62 D 181, CF 680. Confidential. Repeated to London, Paris, Canberra, Wellington, Bangkok, and Manila.
93. Telegram From the Delegation at the SEATO Council Meeting to the Department of State
Source: Department of State, Central Files, 396.1–KA/3–956. Confidential. Repeated to London, Paris, Manila, Bangkok, Singapore, Wellington, and Canberra.
94. Paper Agreed Upon at the Second SEATO Council Meeting
Source: Department of State, Conference Files: Lot 62 D 181, CF 661. Secret.
96. Telegram From the Embassy in Laos to the Department of State
Source: Department of State, Central Files, 790.5/3–1256. Secret. Repeated priority to Paris, Saigon, Phnom Penh, and Bangkok. The Legation in Laos was raised to Embassy status on August 10, 1955.
97. Telegram From the Embassy in Laos to the Embassy in Thailand
Source: Department of State, Conference Files: Lot 62 D 181, CF 680. Secret; Priority; Niact. Repeated priority to the Department, which is the source text. Dulles was in Bangkok March 13–14.
98. Telegram From the Embassy in Afghanistan to the Department of State
Source: Department of State, Central Files, 790.5/3–1556. Confidential; Priority. Repeated to Karachi, London, Ankara, Tehran, New Delhi, Beirut, Dhahran, and Lahore.
99. Telegram From the Embassy in Laos to the Department of State
Source: Department of State, Central Files, 790.5/3–1556. Top Secret. Repeated to Taipei, Paris, Bangkok, Saigon, and Phnom Penh.
100. Minutes of a Cabinet Meeting, White House, Washington, March 23, 1956, 9-11:40 a.m.
Source: Eisenhower Library, Whitman File, Cabinet Meetings. Confidential. Drafted by L.A. Minnich, Jr., Assistant Staff Secretary in the White House. Among the 36 persons present at this meeting were the President and Secretaries Dulles and Wilson.
101. Telegram From the Embassy in Laos to the Department of State
Source: Department of State, Central Files, 790.5/3–2756. Top Secret. Repeated to Bangkok, Paris, Saigon, and Phnom Penh.
103. Memorandum of a Conversation Among the Secretary of State, the Secretary of the Treasury (Humphrey), and the Secretary of Defense (Wilson), Washington, April 19, 1956
Source: Eisenhower Library, Dulles Papers, General Memoranda of Conversation. Secret. Drafted by Dulles on April 25.
104. Memorandum From the Ambassador to Laos (Yost) to the Director of the Office of Philippine and Southeast Asian Affairs (Young)
Source: Department of State, Central Files, 790.5/5–2856. Secret.
105. Letter From the Counselor of the Department of State (MacArthur) to the First Secretary of Embassy in New Zealand (Fraleigh)
Source: Department of State, Central Files, 790.5/6–2156. Confidential. Attached to FRALEIGH’s reply dated June 21, quoted in footnote 4 below.
In a memorandum to the Secretary dated June 15, MacArthur stated that on May 15 and 16 he had called in representatives of Pakistan, the Philippines, New Zealand, Australia, and France and stressed to them the importance of filling their positions on the new SEATO International Secretariat and SEATO Permanent Working Group “at the earliest moment.” (Ibid., 790.5/6–1555)
107. Telegram From the Embassy in Laos to the Department of State
Source: Department of State, Central Files, 790.5/6–557. Secret; Priority. Repeated to Bangkok.
108. Telegram From the Department of State to the Embassy in Laos
Source: Department of State, Central Files, 790.5/6–2156. Secret. Drafted in C; cleared by MacArthur, Bowie, Kenneth Young, and Howard Jones; and approved by Robertson. Repeated to Bangkok.
109. Telegram From the Embassy in Laos to the Department of State
Source: Department of State, Central Files, 790.5/6–2756. Secret. Repeated to Bangkok.
110. Memorandum of a Conversation, Department of State, Washington, July 2, 1956
Source: Department of State, Central Files, 102.2/7–256. Secret. Drafted by W. Tapley Bennett, Murphy’s Special Assistant.
111. Memorandum of a Conversation, Department of State, Washington, July 2, 1956
Source: Department of State, Central Files, 790.5/7–256 Secret. Drafted by Corcoran.
112. Memorandum of a Conversation, White House, Washington, August 3, 1956
Source: Department of State, Secretary’s Memoranda of Conversation: Lot 64 D 199. Confidential; Limited Distribution. Drafted by Sebald. A marginal notation indicates that this memorandum received White House approval on August 17.
113. Memorandum of a Conversation, Department of State, Washington, August 4, 1956, 4 p.m.
Source: Department of State, Conference Files: Lot 62 D 181, CF 729. Secret. Drafted by Sebald.
114. Memorandum From the Executive Secretary of the National Security Council (Lay) to the Council
Source: Department of State, S/S–NSC Files: Lot 63 D 351, NSC 5612 Series. Top Secret
115. Memorandum From the Joint Chiefs of Staff to the Secretary of Defense (Wilson)
Source: Department of State, S/S–NSC Files: Lot 63 D 351, NSC 5612 Series. Top Secret. Attached to a memorandum dated August 29, not printed, from Lay to the NSC.
116. Telegram From the Embassy in Laos to the Department of State
Source: Department of State, Central Files, 790.5/8–2856. Confidential; Priority. Repeated to Bangkok, Saigon, London, Paris, Ottawa, New Delhi, and Phnom Penh.
117. Memorandum From the Assistant Secretary of State for Far Eastern Affairs (Robertson to the Secretary of State
Source: Department of State, S/S–NSC Files: Lot 63 D 351, NSC 5612 Series. Secret.
118. Memorandum of Discussion at the 295th Meeting of the National Security Council, Washington, August 30, 1956
Source: Eisenhower Library, Whitman File, NSC Records. Top Secret. Drafted by Gleason on August 31.
119. National Security Council Report
Source: Department of State, S/S–NSC Files: Lot 63 D 351, NSC 5612 Series. Top Secret.