III. Continuing U.S.–U.K. Political, Economic, and Military Relations, April 1956-March 1957
237. Memorandum of a Conversation Between the Secretary of State and the British Ambassador (Makins), Secretary Dulles’ Residence, Washington, April 29, 1956
Source: Eisenhower Library, Dulles Papers, General Memoranda of Conversation. Secret; Personal and Private. Drafted by Dulles on April 30.
238. Letter From Prime Minister Eden to President Eisenhower
Source: Eisenhower Library, Whitman File, International File. Top Secret. Enclosed in a letter from Makins to the President, May 1.
239. Memorandum of a Conversation Between the British Minister of Defense (Monckton) and the First Secretary of the Embassy in the United Kingdom (Dale), London, May 8, 1956
Source: Department of State, EUR Files: Lot 58 D 193, M–1 UK Defense 1956. Secret. Drafted by Dale.
240. Memorandum From the Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for European Affairs (Elbrick) to the Deputy Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs (Murphy)
Source: Department of State, Central Files, 741.5–MSP/6–1556. Confidential. Drafted by Warrick E. Elrod, Jr., and Ernest A. Lister and approved by Murphy.
242. Telegram From the Embassy in the United Kingdom to the Department of State
Source: Department of State, Central Files, 741.13/7–656. Confidential; Priority. Repeated to Wellington, Canberra, New Delhi, Pretoria, Karachi, Colombo, Ottawa, and Salisbury.
243. Memorandum of a Conversation, London, July 16, 1956
Source: Department of State, London Embassy Files: Lot 61 F 14, IRBM. Top Secret. Drafted by Brown. Enclosed in a letter from Brown to Elbrick, July 20.
245. Telegram From the Embassy in the United Kingdom to the Department of State
Source: Department of State, Central Files, 841.10/11–1956. Top Secret; Limit Distribution.
246. Letter From Sir Winston Churchill to President Eisenhower
Source: Eisenhower Library, Whitman File. Private and Personal. Eisenhower’s reply to this letter, November 27, is printed in Dwight D. Eisenhower, Waging Peace, 1956–1961 (New York, 1965), pp. 680–681.
247. Memorandum From the Officer in Charge of United Kingdom and Ireland Affairs (Dale) to the Director (Parsons) and Deputy Director (Lister) of the Office of British Commonwealth and Northern European Affairs
Source: Department of State, Central Files, 841.10/11–2656. Confidential. Drafted by Dale, Elrod, and Charlotte M. McLaughlin.
248. Telegram From the Embassy in the United Kingdom to the Department of State
Source: Department of State, Central Files, 741.00/12–856. Confidential. Repeated to Paris.
249. Memorandum for the Record by the Secretary of State
Source: Eisenhower Library, Dulles Papers, General Memoranda of Conversation. Secret; Personal and Private. Secretary Dulles and Foreign Secretary Macmillan were in Paris to attend the North Atlantic Council meeting on December 11. The source text indicates that Dulles conveyed the contents of the addendum orally to William Macomber, his Special Assistant, who drafted that portion of the memorandum.
250. Memorandum of a Conversation Between the Secretary of State and the British Ambassador (Caccia), Secretary of State Dulles’ Residence, Washington, December 24, 1956
Source: Eisenhower Library, Dulles Papers, General Memoranda of Conversation. Secret; Personal and Private. Drafted by Dulles.
252. Telegram From the Embassy in the United Kingdom to the Department of State
Source: Department of State, Central Files, 033.4111/1–2357. Secret; Priority.
253. Notes on a Discussion Between the Secretary of Defense (Wilson) and the British Minister of Defence (Sandys), Pentagon, Washington, January 28, 1957
Source: Department of State, London Embassy Files: Lot 61 F 14, 320 Western Bloc. Secret. Enclosed in a letter from Timmons to Winthrop G. Brown, February 5, which indicates that the notes were prepared by Brown. Sandys became Minister of Defence on January 13.
254. Notes on a Conversation Between the Secretary of State and the British Minister of Defence (Sandys), Washington, January 29, 1957
Source: Department of State, Martin Files: Lot 74 D 484, S/WF. Top Secret. Drafted by Edwin M. Martin. Numerous handwritten corrections to the roughly-typed text have been incorporated. Separate notes covering the portion of the conversation dealing with Korea are printed infra.
255. Notes on a Conversation Between the Secretary of State and the British Minister of Defence (Sandys), Washington, January 29, 1957
Source: Department of State, Martin Files: Lot 64 D 484, S/WF. Top Secret. Drafted by Martin. Numerous handwritten corrections to the roughly-typed text have been incorporated. Separate notes covering the portion of the conversation dealing with British force cuts and the IRBM are printed supra.
256. Memorandum for the Files by the Alternate Permanent Representative on the North Atlantic Council (Martin)
Source: Department of State, Paris Embassy Files: Lot 61 F 100, USRO/OES Files. Top Secret.
257. Position Paper Prepared in the Bureau of European Affairs
Source: Department of State,BNA Files: Lot 64 D 241, 5A. Secret. Enclosed as Tab A to a memorandum drafted by Dale and sent by Elbrick through Murphy to the Secretary of State. Dulles approved its use as the basis for discussion with the British and other U.S. Government agencies in connection with the meeting between President Eisenhower and Prime Minister Macmillan at Bermuda, March 21–23. The Secretary also approved Tab B, Department of State modifications to the British suggested agenda for the Bermuda talks. Macmillan wished to reserve certain topics for his personal discussions with the President. Dulles wrote on the bottom of Dale’s memorandum, “I believe Dept shld also study the ‘reserved’ UK items.”
258. Letter From the Secretary of State to the President
Source: Eisenhower Library, Whitman File. Secret.
259. Memorandum of a Telephone Conversation Between President Eisenhower and Prime Minister Macmillan, March 5, 1957, 11:55 a.m.
Source: Eisenhower Library, Whitman File, DDE Diaries. Presumably prepared by Ann C. Whitman.
260. Letter From Prime Minister Macmillan to President Eisenhower
Source: Eisenhower Library, Whitman File. Secret. Enclosed in a note from British Minister Coulson to the President, March 5. (Department of State, Presidential Correspondence: Lot 66 D 204, Macmillan to Eisenhower Correspondence 1957–1958) At the top of the source text, the following handwritten note appears: “no answer needed.”
261. Telegram From the Embassy in the United Kingdom to the Department of State
Source: Department of State, Central Files, 611.41/3–757. Secret.
262. Memorandum From the Acting Secretary of State and the Secretary of Defense (Wilson) to the President
Source: Eisenhower Library, Staff Secretary Records, IRBM for UK. Top Secret. Tabs B–E [4 pages of source text] were not declassified.