89. Editorial Note
From November 14 to 16, a meeting was held in Moscow of representatives from Albania, Hungary, North Vietnam, East Germany, Communist China, North Korea, Outer Mongolia, Poland, Romania, Czechoslovakia, Yugoslavia, and the Soviet Union. On November 21, a declaration signed by representatives from all the countries except Yugoslavia was published. It reaffirmed the revolutionary nature of the international Communist movement and Moscow’s direction of the movement. For text of the declaration, see Documents (R.I.I.A.) for 1957, pages 527–539. For an analysis of the significance of the meeting and the declaration, see Soviet Affairs, December 1957, pages 6–8. (Department of State, INR Files, Soviet Affairs)
[Page 187]According to the memorandum of discussion at the 346th meeting of the National Security Council on November 22, Director of Central Intelligence Dulles made the following remarks during his briefing on significant world developments affecting United States security:
“Mr. Allen Dulles first referred to the recent meeting in Moscow on November 14 to November 16. The fact that the communiqué had only been issued yesterday (November 21) indicated that there had been difficulties encountered at the meeting. After summarizing the contents of the communiqué, Mr. Dulles pointed out that it was neither very ringing nor very important. It was significant that the Yugoslavs had not joined in the communiqué and that there was to be apparently no new Cominform.” (Eisenhower Library, Whitman File, NSC Records)