241. Editorial Note
Prime Minister Antonio Segni and Foreign Minister Giuseppi Pella made an official visit to the United States from September 30 to October 4. The invitation to visit the United States was issued at Segni’s request and was timed to increase his prestige immediately prior to the national congress of the Christian Democratic Party. (Scope Paper for Segni visit; Department of State, Conference Files: Lot 64 D 560, CF 1491) Segni, Pella, and Ambassador Brosio met with President Eisenhower and Secretary of State Herter at the White House at 11:30 a.m. on September 30; [Page 538] see Documents 242–247. Further discussions among Prime Minister Segni, Foreign Minister Pella, and Secretary Herter took place at the Department of State on the morning of October 1 and in the afternoon of October 2; see Documents 248–258. Segni’s party left Washington on the morning of October 3 and after a 2-day visit to New York flew back to Rome on the evening of October 4. For texts of official communiqués issued during the Segni visit, see Department of State Bulletin, October 19, 1959, pages 541–543. Documentation on the meetings is in Department of State, Conference Files: Lot 64 D 560, CF 1490–1499.