234. Editorial Note
President Eisenhower submitted his fiscal year 1960 Mutual Security appropriations request to the Congress on March 13. It reviewed U.S. activities under the program in 1958 and described at length the components envisioned for fiscal year 1960. For text, see American Foreign Policy: Current Documents, 1959, pages 1534–1548. Three days later, Eisenhower delivered an address over nationwide radio and television on the situation in Berlin and free world security. After speaking about Berlin and U.S. defense requirements, the President turned to international defense efforts and the Mutual Security Program, emphasizing their importance to U.S. and world freedom. The text is ibid., pages 626–634.