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


32. Memorandum of Conference With President Eisenhower

Source: Eisenhower Library, Whitman File, Eisenhower Diaries, Top Secret. Drafted by Goodpaster. The meeting took place after the National Security Council meeting.


34. Memorandum of Conversation

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 611.51/7–558. Secret. Drafted by Looram and initialed by Elbrick. A summary of this conversation was sent to the Department in Secto 2 from Paris, July 5. (Ibid.)


35. Memorandum by Secretary of State Dulles

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 611.51/7–558. Secret. Drafted by Dulles. The copy of this memorandum in the Eisenhower Library, Whitman File, International File bears the President’s initials.


36. Memorandum of Conversation

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 611.51/7–558. Secret. Drafted by Looram and initialed by Elbrick.


37. Telegram From Secretary of State Dulles to the Department of State

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 611.51/7–558. Secret. A copy of this telegram in the Eisenhower Library, Whitman File, International File, bears the President’s initials.


38. Telegram From the Embassy in France to the Department of State

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 711.11–EI/7–858. Confidential; Niact.


39. Memorandum of Conversation

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 611.51/7–958. Secret. Drafted by Looram.


41. Memorandum of Conversation

[Source: Department of State, WE Files: Lot 61 D 30, Memoranda of Conversation—1958. Confidential. 2 pages of source text not declassified.]


42. Memorandum of Conversation

[Source: Department of State, Secretary’s Memoranda of Conversation: Lot 64 D 199. Secret. 1 page of source text not declassified.]


43. Memorandum of Conversation

Source: Eisenhower Library, Whitman File, International File. Drafted by Elbrick. Also published in part in Declassified Documents, 1982, 910.


44. Memorandum From the Assistant Secretary of State for European Affairs (Elbrick) to Secretary of State Dulles

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 751.00/9–958. Confidential. Drafted by Looram, sent through Murphy, and initialed by Jandrey.


45. Letter From President de Gaulle to President Eisenhower

Source: Eisenhower Library, Whitman File, International File. Secret. The source text is a translation. Attached are the French texts of the letter and the enclosed memorandum. Dulles, who received the French texts from Alphand on September 25, sent them and the translations to the President under cover of a September 25 letter in which he wrote: “I told the French Ambassador that this memorandum raised very major problems and would probably require considerable study both by the Department of State and the Department of Defense.” Both de Gaulle’s and Dulles’ letters bear Eisenhower’s initials. (Ibid.)


46. Memorandum of Conversation

Source: Department of State, Secretary’s Memoranda of Conversation: Lot 64 D199. Secret; Presidential Handling. Drafted by Greene. This meeting was held at the Waldorf Astoria.


47. Telegram From the Department of State to the Embassy in France

Source: Department of State, Presidential Correspondence: Lot 66 D 204. Official Use Only; Priority. Drafted by Looram and approved by Dulles and Goodpaster.


48. Letter From President Eisenhower to President de Gaulle

Source: Department of State, Presidential Correspondence: Lot 66 D 204. Secret. Dulles sent this letter to the President under cover of an October 1 memorandum. (Eisenhower Library, Whitman File, International File) After the President signed the letter, it was delivered to Alphand on December 2.


49. Memorandum of Conversation

Source: Department of State, WE Files: Lot 61 D 30, de Gaulle Government—1958. Confidential. Drafted by Stoessel.


50. Memorandum of Conversation

Source: Department of State, Secretary’s Memoranda of Conversation: Lot 64 D199. Secret. Drafted by Jandrey.


51. Telegram From the Department of State to the Embassy in the United Kingdom

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 740.5/10–858. Secret; Limit Distribution. Drafted by L. Dean Brown, cleared by the Office of European Regional Affairs and the Office of British Commonwealth and Northern European Affairs, and approved by McBride. Repeated to Paris, Bonn, and Rome.


52. Memorandum of Conversation

Source: Department of State, WE Files: Lot 72 D 441, de Gaulle Letters. Secret; Limited Distribution. Drafted by Parsons. A summary of this conversation was transmitted in telegram 3674 to London, October 10. (Ibid., Central Files, 740.5/10–1058)


54. Telegram From the Embassy in France to the Department of State

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 740.5/10–958. Secret; Limit Distribution. Repeated to Bonn, London, and Rome.


55. Memorandum From the Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for European Affairs (Jandrey) to Secretary of State Dulles

Source: Department of State, WE Files: Lot 72 D 441, de Gaulle Letters. Secret. Drafted by McBride, concurred in by the Office of European Regional Affairs and the Office of British Commonwealth and Northern European Affairs, sent through Murphy and Calhoun, and initialed by Calhoun and Jandrey.


56. Telegram 1293 From the Embassy in France to the Department of State

[Source: Department of State, Central Files, 751.5611/10–1058. Secret; Limit Distribution. 2 pages of source text not declassified.]


57. Telegram From the Department of State to the Embassy in the United Kingdom

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 740.5/10–1158. Secret; Limit Distribution. Drafted by Brown and approved by Timmons. Repeated to Paris, Bonn, Rome, and Ottawa.


59. Memorandum of Conversation

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 740.5/10—1758. Secret; Limit Distribution. Drafted by McBride.


60. Memorandum of Conversation

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 740.5/10–1758. Secret; Limit Distribution. Drafted by McBride.