CH–28. Editorial Note
Between February 29 and March 2, 1960, President Eisenhower, accompanied by Secretary Herter, Assistant Secretary Rubottom, White House Press Secretary Hagerty and others, visited Chile as part of a larger goodwill tour of South America. Documentation concerning the President’s visit to Chile is principally in Conference Files, Lot 64 D 559, CF 1595–1596, 1602, and 1604. Additional pertinent materials are in decimal file 725.00(W), PPS Files, Lot 67 D 548, “Chile,” and Eisenhower Library, Project Clean Up, “Chile”. The Embassy’s report on Eisenhower’s visit was transmitted to the Department of State under cover of dispatch 629, March 4, 1960, not printed. (725.00(W)/3–460) For documentation on the preparation for the President’s trip to South America and its results, see Documents CH–28–30.
While in Chile, President Eisenhower held formal conversations with President Alessandri on February 29, and Secretary Herter met with Germán Vergar Donoso, Chilean Minister of Foreign Affairs, on March 1 at the Santiago Club. These conversations covered a wide range of topics, and separate memoranda were prepared for each subject. All of the memoranda, designated US/MC/11–20, 25–26, are in Conference Files, Lot 64 D 559, CF 1596. Those not printed herein cover the following subjects: “Argentine-Chile Frontier Matters” (US/MC/12); “Peruvian Arms Purchases; the Peru-Ecuador Boundary Dispute” (US/MC/13); “World Disarmament and Limitation of Arms Sales to Latin America” (US/MC/16); “Chilean Diplomatic Approaches to other Countries for Special Consideration by OAS of Arms Limitation in Latin America” (US/MC/17); “The Connally Amendment and the International Court of Justice” (US/MC/18); “The Summit Meeting” (US/MC/19); and “South American Free Trade Zone” (US/MC/20).