Joint Defense Arrangements; Negotiations Relating to Trade, Agricultural Products, and Waterways; U.S. Concern Over Rising Nationalism and Possible Changes of Policy By the New Conservative Government1

1. For previous documentation on U.S. relations with Canada, see Foreign Relations, 1952–1954, vol. VI, Part 2, pp. 2022 ff.


370. Memorandum of a Conversation Between Prime Minister Diefenbaker and the Ambassador in Canada (Merchant), Prime Minister’s Office, Ottawa, June 22, 1957

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 742.13/6–2557. Confidential. Drafted by Merchant on June 24 and enclosed in a letter dated June 25 from Merchant to Howe. Copies were distributed to Dulles, Herter, Murphy, Elbrick, and to the White House. (Note from Joseph N. Greene, Jr., to Dulles, July 1; ibid.)


371. Telegram From the Embassy in Canada to the Department of State

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 742.5/7–1057. Top Secret.


372. Memorandum of a Conversation, Canadian Embassy, Washington, July 24, 1957

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 411.4241/7–2457. Confidential. Drafted by Nichols on July 25.


373. Letter From the Secretary of State to the Chairman of the Council on Foreign Economic Policy (Randall)

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 411.4241/7–2557. No drafting information is given on the source text.


374. Memorandum of a Conversation, Prime Minister Diefenbaker’s Residence, Ottawa, July 28, 1957

Source: Department of State, Secretary’s Memoranda of Conversation: Lot 64 D 199. Secret. Drafted by Merchant on July 30. See Documents 375 and 376 for memoranda of other parts of this conversation. After his visit to Ottawa, July 27–28, Dulles went to London for a meeting of the Subcommittee of the U.N. Disarmament Commission, which was held on August 2.


375. Memorandum of a Conversation, Prime Minister Diefenbaker’s Residence, Ottawa, July 28, 1957

Source: Department of State, Secretary’s Memoranda of Conversation: Lot 64 D 199. Secret. Drafted by Merchant on July 30. See Documents 374 and 376 for memoranda of other parts of this conversation.


376. Memorandum of a Conversation, Prime Minister Diefenbaker’s Residence, Ottawa, July 28, 1957

Source: Department of State, Secretary’s Memoranda of Conversation: Lot 64 D 199. Secret. Drafted by Merchant on July 30. See Documents 374 and 377 for memoranda of other parts of this conversation.


377. Letter From the Secretary of State to the President

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 110.11–DU/7–2957. Secret. Transmitted in Dulte 2 from London, July 29, which is the source text, with the notation: “Eyes Only Acting Secretary for President from Secretary.”


378. Letter From the Chairman of the Council on Foreign Economic Policy (Randall) to the Secretary of State

Source: Eisenhower Library, Whitman File, DullesHerter Series. Secret.


379. Despatch From the Embassy in the United Kingdom to the Department of State

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 442.006/9–957. Confidential.