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40. Memorandum of a Telephone Conversation Between the Secretary of State and the Deputy Director for Plans, Central Intelligence Agency (Wisner), Washington, April 1, 1955, 12:57 p.m.1

Washington, April 1, 1955, 12:57 p.m.

TELEPHONE CALL TO MR. WISNER

The Sec. asked what they are doing on Bandung. W. said they are working on an interdepartmental comm. headed by some of our people. The Sec. was just wondering if we have done enough imaginative thinking on it. W. said they are paying attention to that angle and have put their most able and imaginative people on the job. They have irons in the fire in the field and are using contacts … and seeking to influence them … The Sec. mentioned that we are thinking of sending someone (Carey) to Djakarta. They agreed it was bad that Powell2 was going. W. will send over a brief statement3 re what they are doing. It might suggest things for the Sec. to tell them.

  1. Source: Eisenhower Library, Dulles Papers, General Telephone Conversations. Transcribed by Phyllis D. Bernau, Personnel Assistant to the Secretary of State,↩
  2. Representative Adam Clayton Powell of New York.↩
  3. No paper of this description has been found in Department of State files.↩