U.S. Interest in the Political and Economic Stability of France; U.S. Economic Assistance to the French Rearmament and Defense Program; Visit to Washington of Foreign Minister Pineau, June 18–20, 1956; Visit to Washington of Prime Minister Mollet, February 26–28, 19571
1. For previous documentation on U.S. relations with France, see Foreign Relations, 1952–1954, vol. VI, Part 2, pp. 1139 ff.
1. Telegram From the Embassy in France to the Department of State
Source: Department of State, Central Files, 751.00/1–655. Secret; Priority. Repeated to Bonn, London, and Moscow.
3. Telegram From the Embassy in France to the Department of State
Source: Department of State, Central Files, 651.00/3–2455. Secret. Repeated to London, Bonn, Luxembourg, Moscow, Rome, Brussels, and The Hague.
4. Memorandum From the Deputy Secretary of Defense (Anderson) to the Executive Secretary of the National Security Council (Lay)
Source: Department of State, S/S–NSC Files: Lot 63 D 351. Top Secret. Sent to members of the National Security Council as an enclosure to a letter from Lay of April 5. Copies were also sent to Humphrey, Hughes, Radford, and Allen W. Dulles.
5. Memorandum From the Secretary of State’s Special Assistant for Intelligence (Armstrong) to the Secretary of State
Source: Department of State, Central Files, 751.00/4–1255. Secret. No drafting information is given on the source text. The handwritten note, “Sec saw,” appears on the source text.
6. Memorandum of a Conversation Between General de Gaulle and the Minister in France (Achilles), Paris, April 20, 1955
Source: Department of State, Central Files, 751.00/4–2255. Confidential. Transmitted to the Department as an enclosure to despatch 2270 from Paris, April 22.
7. Telegram From the Delegation at the North Atlantic Council Ministerial Meeting to the Department of State
Source: Department of State, Central Files, 611.51/5–955. Secret. Repeated to Rabat and Tripoli. For documentation on the NAC meetings at Paris, May 9–11, 1955, see vol. IV, pp. 1 ff.
8. Telegram From the Embassy in France to the Department of State
Source: Department of State, Central Files, 751.5–MSP/6–155. Secret; Niact. Repeated to USRO.
9. Memorandum for the Record by Rear Admiral Truman J. Hedding of the Office of the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff
Source: Naval Historical Center, Radford Papers, Memos for the Record. Top Secret.
10. Telegram From the Embassy in France to the Department of State
Source: Department of State, Central Files, 751.5–MSP/11–2155. Secret; Limit Distribution.
12. Telegram From the Embassy in France to the Department of State
Source: Department of State, Central Files, 611.51/12–855. Secret; Priority.
13. Memorandum From the Assistant Secretary of State for European Affairs (Merchant) to the Secretary of State
Source: Department of State, Central Files, 751.00/1–556. Confidential. Drafted by William R. Tyler, initialed by Merchant, and, according to a handwritten note on the source text, seen by the Secretary.
14. Despatch From the Embassy in France to the Department of State
Source: Department of State, Central Files, 751.00/1–1756. Confidential. Drafted by Robert H. McBride, First Secretary of the Embassy, and concurred in by Robert P. Joyce, Counselor of the Embassy. Copies were sent to London, Bonn, Moscow, Rome, The Hague, Brussels, Luxembourg, Madrid, Saigon, Phnom Penh, Vientiane, Tangier, Algiers, Tunis, and Rabat.
15. Memorandum for the Record by Rear Admiral Truman J. Hedding of the Office of the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff
Source: Naval Historical Center, Radford Papers, Memos for the Record. Secret
16. Telegram From the Embassy in France to the Department of State
Source: Department of State, Central Files, 751.00/2–2156. Secret.
17. Telegram From the Embassy in France to the Department of State
Source: Department of State, Central Files, 751.00/3–356. Confidential; Priority. Repeated to Bonn, London, and The Hague.
18. Memorandum of a Conversation, French Embassy, Karachi, March 7, 1956, 1:30 p.m.
Source: Department of State, Secretary’s Memoranda of Conversation: Lot 64 D 199. Secret. Drafted by Kenneth T. Young. Approved by Secretary Dulles and circulated to appropriate U.S. officials on March 8. The conversation took place during the second SEATO Council meeting.
19. Telegram From the Embassy in France to the Department of State
Source: Department of State, Central Files, 611.51/3–1356. Secret. Transmitted via pouch and received in the Department on March 15.
20. Telegram From the Department of State to the Embassy in France
Source: Department of State, Central Files, 611.51/3–1756. Secret. Drafted by Tyler on March 15, cleared by Rountree, initialed by Merchant, and approved by Murphy.
22. Telegram From the Embassy in the United Kingdom to the Department of State
Source: Department of State, Central Files, 851.05100/4–556. Secret; Priority.
23. Telegram From the Embassy in France to the Department of State
Source: Department of State, Central Files, 751.00/5–256. Confidential. Repeated to London, Bonn, Rome, Cairo, Moscow, and Algiers.
24. Letter From the Ambassador in France (Dillon) to the Ambassador in the Soviet Union (Bohlen)
Source: Department of State, Paris Embassy Files: Lot 64 F 6, 350—Pineau, Christian. Confidential.
26. Memorandum of Conversations, Department of State, Washington, June 18 and 19, 1956
Source: Department of State, Conference Files: Lot 62 D 181, CF 712. Secret. Drafted by Tyler on June 21.
27. Despatch From the Embassy in France to the Department of State
Source: Department of State, Central Files, 75 1.5–MSP/7–2556. Confidential. Drafted by D.J. McGrew, John W. Tuthill, Director of ICA in Paris, and Harvey R. Wellman, First Secretary of the Embassy in Paris; and cleared in draft with MAAG. The source text indicates it is a Country Team message.
28. Telegram From the Embassy in France to the Department of State
Source: Department of State, Central Files, 411.5141/10–556. Confidential. Repeated to Bonn.
29. Telegram From the Embassy in France to the Department of State
Source: Department of State, Central Files, 851.00/11–2756. Confidential. Repeated to London, Bonn, The Hague, Rome, Brussels, and Luxembourg.
30. Telegram From the Embassy in France to the Department of State
Source: Department of State/Central Files, 751.00/11–2856. Secret. Repeated to USUN and London.