U.S. INTEREST IN THE POLITICAL AND ECONOMIC STABILITY OF FRANCE; FRENCH EFFORTS TO ESTABLISH TRIPARTITE CONSULTATIVE TALKS; NEGOTIATIONS CONCERNING ATOMIC COOPERATION AND NUCLEAR SHARING; SECRETARY OF STATE DULLES’ VISIT TO PARIS JULY 5, 1958; PRESIDENT EISENHOWER’S VISITS TO PARIS SEPTEMBER 2–4 AND DECEMBER 19–21, 1959; PRESIDENT DE GAULLE’S VISIT TO WASHINGTON APRIL 22–26, 1960
181. Telegram From the Department of State to the Embassy in the United Kingdom
Source: Department of State, Presidential Correspondence: Lot 66 D 204. Secret; Niact; Presidential Handling. Approved by Herter and Goodpaster.
182. Letter From President de Gaulle to President Eisenhower
Source: Eisenhower Library, Whitman File, International File. Secret. The source text is a Department of State translation. The French text of the letter is attached. The letter arrived at the White House on June 13 and was transmitted to Eisenhower in Manila in Todel 6, June 15. (Department of State, Central Files, 751.11/6–1560) Eisenhower began a 2–week trip to the Far East, including visits to the Philippines, Formosa, and Korea, on June 12.
183. Telegram From the Department of State to the Embassy in France
Source: Department of State, Central Files, 770.00/6–960. Secret. Drafted by McBride on June 13; cleared by Kohler, Fessenden, and McElhiney; and approved by Dillon. Repeated to London, Bonn, Rome, and Ottawa.
184. Memorandum of Conversation
Source: Department of State, Central Files, 396.1–WA/6–2060. Secret. Drafted by McBride and initialed by Kohler.
185. Memorandum of Conversation
Source: Department of State, Central Files, 740.5/6–2460. Secret. Drafted by McBride and cleared by S and M on July 1. A summary of this conversation was transmitted in telegram 5529 to Paris, June 24. (Ibid.) Herter and Alphand also discussed MRBMs; the Secretary of State said that there had been no answer to the alternatives proposed by Gates and that perhaps the whole question should be restudied. A memorandum of this conversation is ibid., S/S-S Files: Lot 69 D 150.
186. Telegram From the Embassy in France to the Department of State
Source: Department of State, Central Files, 770.00/6–2460. Secret; Niact. Also sent to Ottawa and repeated to London, Bonn, and Rome.
187. Telegram From the Department of State to the Embassy in the United Kingdom
Source: Department of State, Presidential Correspondence: Lot 66 D 204. Secret; Niact; Presidential Handling. Drafted in the Department of State and approved by Herter on June 29 and by Goodpaster on June 30. A copy of Herter’s memorandum to Eisenhower, June 29, enclosing the draft of this letter, is ibid., Central Files, 396.1/6–2960.
188. Memorandum of Telephone Conversation Between President Eisenhower and Secretary of State Herter
Source: Eisenhower Library, Herter Papers, Telephone Conversations. No classification marking. Transcribed in the Secretary’s Office.
189. Memorandum by Secretary General of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization Spaak
[Source: Department of State, Central Files, 770G.00/7–2760. Secret. 2 pages of source text not declassified. Transmitted to the Department of State in Polto 206 from Paris, July 27, which is the source text.]
190. Letter From President Eisenhower to President de Gaulle
Source: Eisenhower Library, Project Clean Up. Secret. Under cover of a July 28 memorandum, Herter sent the President a draft of this reply to de Gaulle’s letter of June 10. The Secretary explained that the British Embassy had been shown the first draft of this letter. Herter stated that at the insistence of Lloyd, he had omitted from the draft the suggestion that NATO problems be discussed tripartitely, an idea that Herter stated the President had mentioned to him in their telephone conversation of July 1. Moreover Herter wrote, “Although the draft letter to General de Gaulle is as responsible as possible under existing circumstances, it avoids any commitments to engage in the type of global strategic planning which he desires.” The Secretary added that the suggested reply had been approved by Gates. (Department of State, Central Files, 396.1/7–2860) Goodpaster approved the draft and the letter was transmitted in telegram 482 to Paris, August 2. (Ibid., 396.1/8–260) A copy of the first draft of this letter is attached to Merchant’s memorandum to Kohler, July 14, and is ibid., WE Files: Lot 72 D 441, de Gaulle Memos—1960. A copy of Lloyd’s letter to Herter is ibid., Presidential Correspondence: Lot 66 D 204.
191. Letter From President de Gaulle to President Eisenhower
Source: Eisenhower Library, Project Clean Up. No classification marking. The source text is a Department of State translation; the French text is attached. The Embassy in Paris transmitted a translation of this letter in telegram 545 from Paris, August 9; a copy was sent to Goodpaster on August 10. (Department of State, Central Files, 396.1/8–960) The signed original was sent to Goodpaster by Calhoun under cover of a memorandum on August 11. (Ibid., 396.1/8–1160)
192. Memorandum of Telephone Conversation Between President Eisenhower and Secretary of State Herter
Source: Eisenhower Library, Herter Papers, Telephone Conversations. No classification marking. Transcribed in the Secretary’s Office.
193. Memorandum for the Files
Source: Eisenhower Library, Whitman File, International File. Secret. Prepared by the President.
194. Letter From Prime Minister Macmillan to President Eisenhower
Source: Department of State, Presidential Correspondence: Lot 66 D 204. Top Secret. A copy of this letter was also sent to Herter by Thomas Brimelow, Counselor of the British Embassy, under cover of a letter of August 13. (Ibid.)
195. Memorandum of Conversation
Source: Department of State, Central Files, 375/8–1760. Top Secret; Presidential Handling. Drafted by Morris. The meeting was held at the Prime Minister’s Office in Whitehall.
197. Letter From President Eisenhower to President de Gaulle
Source: Eisenhower Library, Whitman File, International File. Secret. Dillon sent Eisenhower on August 24 a proposed reply to de Gaulle which was drafted by Brown and approved by Kohler, Merchant, and Brown. Dillon informed the President that while Herter, who was in San José for the American Foreign Ministers Meeting, August 16–21, had not read this draft, he was “in accord with its general contents.” On August 26, the President approved Goodpaster’s minor textual revisions. The President also approved some minor changes in the text suggested by Houghton and the addition of two sentences, the third and fourth, to the sixth paragraph. (Telegram 862 to Paris, August 30; Department of State, Central Files, 740.5/8–3060) The text of this letter was transmitted in telegrams 816 and 850 to Paris, August 26 and 29 respectively. (Ibid., 740.5/8–2660 and 740.5/8–2960)
198. Memorandum From Secretary of State Herter to President Eisenhower
Source: Eisenhower Library, Whitman File, Dulles-Herter Series. Secret. A handwritten notation on the source text by Goodpaster, dated September 15, reads: “Told State that President had noted and initialled.” The source text bears Eisenhower’s initials.
200. Memorandum of Conference With President Eisenhower
Source: Eisenhower Library, Whitman File, Eisenhower Diaries. Secret. Drafted by Goodpaster on September 28.
201. Intelligence Report Prepared in the Bureau of Intelligence and Research
Source: Department of State, INR Files. Secret; Noforn. In addition to the abstract and the chapter on foreign policy printed here, this 27–page report comprised a cover sheet, a table of contents, and four chapters on the Algerian problem, the domestic situation, the economic situation, and the Community.