United States Relations With the Philippines; United States Interest in Negotiating a Revised Military Base Agreement With the Philippines; Philippine Interest in a Reexamination of Overall Relations With the United States; Revision of the 1946 Trade Agreement Act; United States Interest in the Philippine Elections of 1957; United States Concern With Philippine Economic and Trade Policies1

1. Continued from Foreign Relations, 1952–1954, vol. XII, Part 2, pp. 491 ff.


372. Telegram From the Department State to the Embassy in the Philippines

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 411.9641/11–2955. Confidential; Niact. Drafted by Jones and Bell, cleared in substance in E, and approved by Robertson.


373. Memorandum From the Second Secretary of Embassy in the Philippines (Brand) to the Counselor of Embassy (Walker)

Source: Department of State,SPA Files: Lot 63 D 51, Base Negotiations. Confidential.


375. Telegram From the Embassy in the Philippines to the Department of State

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 711.56396/1–956. Secret.


376. Memorandum on the Substance of Discussions at a Department of State-Joint Chiefs of Staff Meeting, Pentagon, Washington, February 10, 1956, 11:30 a.m.

Source: Department of State, State–JCS Meetings: Lot 61 D 417. Top Secret. No drafting information is given on the source text. A note on the title page reads: “State Draft. Not cleared by any of the participants.”


377. Memorandum From the Assistant Secretary of State for Far Eastern Affairs (Robertson) to the Deputy Under Secretary of State for Economic Affairs (Prochnow)

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 896.10/2–1456. Confidential. Drafted in PSA.


378. Memorandum for the Files, by the Officer in Charge of Philippine Affairs (Cuthell)

Source: Department of State, SPA Files: Lot 61 D 26, Economic and Financial Policy and Planning. Confidential.


379. Memorandum From the Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Far Eastern Affairs (Sebald) to the Secretary of State

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 796.11/2–2156. Secret. Drafted in PSA, concurred in by Robertson (in substance) and Murphy, and approved by Dulles.


380. Telegram From the Embassy in the Philippines to the Department of State

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 711.56396/3–756. Secret; Limited Distribution Department. Repeated to Karachi eyes only for Robertson.


381. Telegram From the Department of State to the Embassy in the Philippines

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 711.56396/3–756. Secret; Priority. Drafted in PSA; cleared by Sebald, Murphy, and Phleger; and approved by Hoover. Also sent priority to New Delhi for Dulles.


382. Telegram From the Department of State to the Secretary of State, at New Delhi

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 711.56396/3–956. Secret; Priority. Drafted in PSA, cleared by Sebald and Phleger, and approved by Hoover.


383. Letter From President Magsaysay to Secretary of State Dulles

Source: Department of State, SPA Files: Lot 61 D 26, Philippine Attitudes Toward United States. Confidential.


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

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 110.10–DU/3–1656. Secret.


385. Memorandum on the Substance of Discussion at a Department of State-Joint Chiefs of Staff Meeting, Pentagon, Washington, March 30, 1956, 11:30 a.m.

Source: Department of State, State–JCS Meetings: Lot 61 D 417. Top Secret. No drafting information is given on the source text. A note on the title page reads: “State Draft. Not cleared with any of the participants.”


386. Letter From Secretary of State Dulles to President Magsaysay

Source: Department of State, SPA Files: Lot 61 D 26, Philippine Attitudes Toward United States. Personal and Confidential. Transmitted to Manila in telegram 3670, April 24. A copy of that telegram in the Eisenhower Library indicates that it was drafted by Dulles and cleared by Sebald and Hoover.


387. Memorandum From the Acting Secretary of State to the President

Source: Department of State, SPA Files: Lot 63 D 51, Property Rights, Folder Number 1. Secret. Drafted by Cuthell and approved by Sebald. In April 1956, the Office of Philippine and Southeast Asian Affairs was reorganized; it was divided into an Office of Southeast Asian Affairs, headed by Young, and an Office of Southwest Pacific Affairs, headed by Bell.SPA received jurisdiction over Philippine Affairs and Cuthell remained the Officer in Charge of Philippine Affairs.


388. Memorandum of a Telephone Conversation Between the Secretary of State and Vice President Nixon, Washington, May 11, 1956, 11:08 a.m.

Source: Eisenhower Library, Dulles Papers, General Telephone Conversations. Prepared in the Office of the Secretary of State.


389. Memorandum From the Director of the Office of Southwest Pacific Affairs (Bell) to the Assistant Secretary of State for Far Eastern Affairs (Robertson)

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 711.56396/5–1856. Secret. Drafted by Cuthell.


390. Telegram From the Embassy in the Philippines to the Department of State

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 711.56396/5–2756. Confidential; Priority.


391. Telegram From the Embassy in the Philippines to the Department of State

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 711.56396/6–1556. Secret; Limited Distribution.


392. Telegram From the Commander in Chief, Pacific (Stump), to the Chief of Naval Operations (Burke)

Source: Department of Defense, OASD/ISA Files, FMRA Records, Philippines. Secret.


393. Telegram From the Department of State to the Embassy in the Philippines

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 033.1100–NI/6–2856. Secret; Niact. Drafted and approved by Bell.


394. Telegram From the Embassy in the Philippines to the Department of State

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 033.1100–NI/7–556. Secret; Limited Distribution.


396. Telegram From the Department of State to the Embassy in the Philippines

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 711.56396/7–1856. Secret. Drafted in SPA and OSD; cleared by Robertson, Phleger, and Bendetsen; and approved by Dulles. Repeated to CINCPAC.


397. Telegram From the Commander in Chief, Far East (Lemnitzer), to the Department of State

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 711.56396/7–2656. Secret; Priority.


398. Telegram From the Commander in Chief, Far East (Lemnitzer), to the Department of State

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 711.56396/7–2756. Secret.


399. Telegram From the Embassy in the Philippines to the Department of State

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 711.56396/7–2856. Confidential; Priority.


400. Telegram From the Embassy in the Philippines to the Department of State

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 711.56396/8–1456. Secret.


401. Letter From the Acting Secretary of Defense (Robertson) to the President

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 711.56398/8–2156. Confidential.