294. Editorial Note

On March 25, President Eisenhower met with the Congressional leaders so that he and Secretary Dulles could brief them on the discussions at Bermuda. He began by saying “that in all of the many conferences that he had attended in peace and war, this one gave him about the finest feeling as to the competence of the participants and the trust that could be put in them; from a personal standpoint, he had had a great feeling of satisfaction from the conference.” Secretary Dulles seconded these views, noting that the discussions had been “friendly and informal, leading to much understanding rather than to any formal agreements or protocols.” (Minutes of the bipartisan Congressional meeting by L. Arthur Minnich, Jr., March 25; Eisenhower Library)