215. Editorial Note
Prime Minister Fanfani visited the United States July 28–31. On July 29, he addressed separate sessions of the U.S. Senate and House of Representatives. For text of his address to the Senate, see Department of State Bulletin, August 18, 1958, pages 287–288. At 3:30 p.m. that day, Fanfani met with Secretary of State Dulles; see Document 216. At 11:30 a.m. on July 30, Fanfani met with President Eisenhower and Secretary Dulles at the White House for further discussions. At the request of Fanfani, their first topic of discussion was the placement of IRBM missiles in Italy. This discussion was restricted to Fanfani, Ambassador Brosio, Eisenhower, and Dulles; see Document 217. At the conclusion of this part of the discussion, Raimondo Manzini, Fanfani’s Chef du Cabinet, and Frederick Jandrey, Acting Assistant Secretary of State for European Affairs, joined the talks. Dulles recounted in detail the discussions of the previous day, and talks continued on the Middle East crisis. A copy of this memorandum of conversation is in Department of State, Conference Files: Lot 63 D 123, CF 1068. Following these talks and lunch with the President, Fanfani met again with Secretary Dulles at the Department of State at 3 p.m.; see Documents 218–224. At 5 p.m., Fanfani met with Secretary of Defense McElroy; see Document 225.
On July 31, Fanfani visited New York and then flew to London for discussions with British leaders. A copy of the joint statement issued at the end of Fanfani’s talks in Washington is printed in Department of State Bulletin, August 18, 1958, page 287.