Foreign Relations of the United States, 1958–1960, Volume III, National Security Policy; Arms Control and Disarmament, Microfiche Supplement

323. Record of Conversation Between Eisenhower and John Foster Dulles¹

May 2, 1958

S/S:

There follows, for limited distribution, an excerpt from a conversation between the President and the Secretary on May 2:

“I said that I thought that as soon as I returned we should have a meeting and try and shape up our presentation on possible suspension of testing of nuclear weapons. The President inquired again about the status of the legislation. I explained the question of allowing agreements to be ineffective if within 30 days there was an adverse concurrent resolution. The President said that he felt while in general there was a duty to prevent any legislative encroachments, he recognized that this was a legitimate case for an exception and authorized Mr. Herter to inform the Attorney General accordingly. I said that the proposal had been concurred in by Defense and AEC.”

D.E. Boster

1. Source: Possible suspension of nuclear testing. Secret. 1 p. NARA, RG 59, Secretary’s Memoranda of Conversation: Lot 64 D 199.