332. Editorial Note
Dr. Milton Eisenhower, accompanied by his daughter Ruth, William A. Wieland, and others, visited Mexico August 12–27. After arriving in Mexico City the afternoon of August 12, Eisenhower met briefly with President López Mateos at the President’s official residence, Los Pinos, and separately with José Garostiza, Acting Minister of Foreign Relations. Memoranda of these conversations and of conversations with other members of the Mexican Government were transmitted to the Department in despatch 277 from Mexico City, September 9. (Department of State, Central Files, 120.1512/9–959) Eisenhower and his party toured Cuernavaca, Mazatlán, and other cities and regions of Mexico before leaving the country on August 27. The Embassy reported to the Department on Eisenhower’s visit in despatch 276, September 9. (Ibid.) A memorandum of the conversation between Eisenhower and López Mateos is infra.