PRESIDENT DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER’S TRIP TO SOUTH AMERICA, FEBRUARY 23–MARCH 7, 1960


68. Memorandum of a Conversation, White House, Washington, December 3, 1959

Source: Eisenhower Library, Whitman File, Eisenhower Diaries. Confidential. Drafted by Rubottom.


69. Message From the Secretary of State to the President, at New Delhi

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 711.11–EI/12–959. Secret. Transmitted to New Delhi in Tomur 13, which is the source text. Tomur 13 was drafted by Herter; cleared with Rubottom, John A. Calhoun, and G. Frederick Reinhardt, and initialed by Herter.


70. Memorandum of a Conversation Between the President and the Acting Secretary of State, White House, Washington, December 23, 1959

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 711.11–EI/12–2359. Confidential. Drafted by Dillon.


71. Memorandum From the Secretary of State to the President

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 711.11–EI/12–2959. Secret. Drafted by Melville E. Osborne.


72. Memorandum of a Conference With the President, Augusta, Georgia, December 29, 1959, 10:15 a.m..

Source: Eisenhower Library, Whitman File, Eisenhower Diaries. Secret. Drafted by Goodpaster on December 31.


74. Instruction From the Department of State to All Diplomatic Posts in Latin America

Source: Department of State, Conference Files: Lot 64 D 559, CD 1607. Confidential. Drafted by James A. McNamara of the Bureau of Inter-American Affairs and approved by Philip H. Burris. Also sent to Guayaquil, Maracaibo, Porto Alegre, Puerto La Cruz, Recife, Salvador, São Paulo, and Munich.


75. Memorandum of a Conference With the President, White House, Washington, February 8, I960

Source: Eisenhower Library, Whitman File, Eisenhower Diaries. Secret. Drafted by Goodpaster on February 12.


77. Memorandum From the Secretary of State to the President

Source: Eisenhower Library, Whitman File, Dulles-Herter Series. The source text bears the President’s initials.


78. Memorandum From the Director of the Executive Secretariat (Calhoun) to the President’s Staff Secretary (Goodpaster)

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 711.11–EI/4–2860. Secret. Drafted by Arthur R. Day of the Executive Secretariat’s Reports and Operations Staff on April 27.