141. Editorial Note
In a memorandum to the Secretary, November 27, Assistant Secretary of State Elbrick had indicated that the Italian Embassy had informed the Department of State that Foreign Minister Giuseppe Pella wished to meet with Dulles as a form of preliminary consultation prior to the NATO Heads of Government Meeting in Paris (December 16–19). Dulles approved Elbrick’s recommendation that he meet with Pella. (Department of State, Central Files, 765.13/11–2757)
The memoranda of conversation covering the meetings in Washington among Dulles, Pella, and their advisers on December 6 indicate that questions pertaining to NATO, the Middle East, and disarmament were discussed. (Ibid., Secretary’s Memoranda of Conversation: Lot 64 D199)