Foreign Relations of the United States, 1958–1960, Western Europe, Volume VII, Part 2

U.S. CONCERN WITH POLITICAL, ECONOMIC, AND MILITARY DEVELOPMENTS RELATING TO THE UNITED KINGDOM; U.K. INTEREST IN ACQUIRING THE SKYBOLT MISSILE SYSTEM; MEETINGS OF PRESIDENT Eisenhower AND PRIME MINISTER MACMILLAN AT WASHINGTON JUNE 9–11, 1958, MARCH 19–23, 1959, AND MARCH 26–29, 1960, AND AT LONDON AUGUST 27–SEPTEMBER 2, 1959

336. Message From Prime Minister Macmillan to President Eisenhower

London, January 2, 1958.

Source: Department of State, Presidential Correspondence: Lot 66 D 204. Top Secret. Transmitted to Secretary of State Dulles by Ambassador Caccia under cover of a message from Foreign Secretary Lloyd dated January 2.

337. Memorandum From President Eisenhower to Secretary of State Dulles

January 3, 1958.

Source: Eisenhower Library, Whitman File, Dulles–Herter Series. Secret. Transmitted to Dulles under cover of a note from Eisenhower, January 3, that reads in part: “The attached memorandum is nothing more than some extracts that I made of Harold’s notes and then began making on them some comments to myself. I doubt that it has any slightest value, but I send you a copy anyhow. I suggest you find a nearby wastebasket.” (Ibid.)

338. Letter From Prime Minister Macmillan to President Eisenhower

London, February 16, 1958.

Source: Department of State, Presidential Correspondence: Lot 66 D 204. Top Secret.

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

February 22, 1958, 5:09 p.m.

Source: Eisenhower Library, Whitman File, International File. Secret; Presidential Handling. Drafted and approved in S/S and cleared by Goodpaster.

340. Memorandum of Conversation

Copenhagen, May 4, 1958, 5:15 p.m.

Source: Department of State, Secretary’s Memoranda of Conversation: Lot 64 D 199. Secret. Drafted by Elbrick. The meeting was held at the British Embassy residence.

341. Letter From Prime Minister Macmillan to President Eisenhower

London, May 6, 1958.

[Source: Eisenhower Library, Whitman File, International File. Top Secret. 3 pages of source text not declassified.]

342. Letter From Prime Minister Macmillan to President Eisenhower

London, June 1, 1958.

Source: Department of State, Presidential Correspondence: Lot 64 D 204. Top Secret. Transmitted to the President under cover of a June 1 note from Ambassador Caccia.

343. Editorial Note

344. Memorandum of Conversation

June 9, 1958, 3 p.m.

Source: Department of State, Conference Files: Lot 63 D 123, CF 1022. Top Secret; Eyes Only. Drafted by William N. Dale, Officer in Charge of United Kingdom and Ireland Affairs, and approved by the White House. The meeting was held at the White House. Five separate memoranda of this conversation were prepared; see also Documents 345–347. A memorandum covering procedures for further meetings (MCT MC/11) is in Department of State, Conference Files: Lot 63 D 123, CF 1022.

345. Memorandum of Conversation

June 9, 1958, 3 p.m.

Source: Department of State, Conference Files: Lot 63 D 123, CF 1022. Top Secret; Eyes Only. Drafted by Dale and approved by the White House. See also Documents 344 and 346–347.

346. Memorandum of Conversation

June 9, 1958, 4 p.m.

Source: Department of State, Conference Files: Lot 63 D 123, CF 1022. Top Secret; Eyes Only. Drafted by Dale and approved by the White House. See also Documents 344–345 and 347.

347. Memorandum of Conversation

June 9, 1958, 3 p.m.

Source: Department of State, Conference Files: Lot 63 D 123, CF 1022. Top Secret; Eyes Only. Drafted by Dale and approved by the White House. See also Documents 344–346.

348. Memorandum of Conversation

June 11, 1958, 2:30 p.m.

Source: Department of State, Conference Files: Lot 63 D123, CF 1020. Secret. Drafted by Dulles. The meeting was held at the White House.

349. Editorial Note

350. Memorandum of Conversation

July 17, 1958, 3:30 p.m.

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 033.4111/7–2358. Top Secret. Drafted by Reinhardt. The meeting was held at the White House.

351. Memorandum by the Counselor of the Department of State (Reinhardt)

September 11, 1958.

Source: Eisenhower Library, Dulles Papers, General Memoranda of Conversation. Top Secret; Personal and Private. Drafted by Reinhardt.

352. Editorial Note

353. Memorandum of Conversation Between Secretary of State Dulles and the British Ambassador (Caccia)

January 21, 1959.

Source: Eisenhower Library, Dulles Papers, Macmillan and Lloyd Correspondence, 1958. Top Secret; Eyes Only; Personal and Private. Drafted by Dulles.

354. Letter From the Minister of the British Embassy (Hood) to Secretary of State Dulles

January 23, 1959.

Source: Eisenhower Library, Dulles Papers, Macmillan and Lloyd Correspondence, 1958. Top Secret and Strictly Personal.

355. Editorial Note

356. Memorandum of Conference With President Eisenhower

March 19, 1959, 9 a.m.

Source: Eisenhower Library, Whitman File, Miscellaneous Material. Top Secret. Drafted by John Eisenhower.

357. Memorandum of Conversation

March 20, 1959, 11:20 a.m.

Source: Eisenhower Library, Whitman File, Miscellaneous Material. Secret; Personal and Private. Drafted by Dulles and Joseph N. Greene, Jr., Dulles’ Special Assistant. The meeting was held in Dulles’ room at Walter Reed Hospital.

358. Memorandum of Conversation

Camp David, March 20, 1959, 3–4:40 p.m.

Source: Department of State, Presidential Memoranda of Conversation: Lot 66 D 149. Secret. Drafted by Merchant. The meeting was held in the Aspen Lodge. Separate memoranda of this conversation were prepared; see Documents 359–360. Other memoranda covering Macmillan’s visits to Moscow, Paris, and Bonn and the reply to the Soviet note are in Eisenhower Library, Whitman File, International File. Another record of this conversation prepared by Andrew J. Goodpaster, March 23, is ibid., Staff Secretary Rec-ords.