215. Editorial Note
On February 19, President Eisenhower sent the Congress a message outlining his fiscal year 1959 appropriations request for the Mutual Security Program. For text, see American Foreign Policy: Current Documents, 1958, pages 1557–1563. On February 25, Eisenhower and Secretary of State Dulles addressed the Conference on the Foreign Aspects of United States Security, which had been convened at the President’s request. For texts of their statements, see Department of State Bulletin, March 17, 1958, pages 411–417. An internal, classified Department of State publication noted that Eisenhower’s and Dulles’ activism on this issue was part of an administration effort to garner congressional support for the Mutual Security Program. (Current Economic Developments, no. 540, March 4, 1958, page 15; Washington National Records Center, Current Economic Developments: FRC 72 A 6248)