The Soviet Note of January 10 and the western replies of february 16


149. Memorandum of Conference With President Eisenhower

Source: Eisenhower Library, Whitman File, DDE Diaries. Top Secret. Drafted on January 30. For two other accounts of this meeting, see Eisenhower, Waging Peace, pp. 340–342, and Eisenhower, Strictly Personal, pp. 218–221.


150. Memorandum Prepared by Secretary of State Dulles

Source: Eisenhower Library, Whitman File, Miscellaneous Material. Top Secret. Drafted by Dulles following the conference reported in Document 149. Greene transmitted a copy of this memorandum to Goodpaster on January 29 and asked if it coincided with his record of the meeting. No record of Goodpaster’s comments has been found, but John S.D. Eisenhower prepared a 1-page 5-point comment adding certain details and suggesting some rearrangement of the paragraphs. (Department of State, Central Files, 762.00/1–2959)


151. Memorandum From Chancellor Adenauer to Secretary of State Dulles

Source: Department of State, Presidential Correspondence: Lot 66 D 204. Top Secret. Attached to a letter from Adenauer to Dulles, January 30, in which he attempted to write down his thoughts on the present world situation for Dulles’ attention only. The letter and memorandum were delivered to Dulles on February 2 by German Minister Krapf. A memorandum of their conversation, which included a brief exploration of the access question and the reply to the Soviet note of January 10 (see Document 124) is in Department of State, Secretary’s Memoranda of Conversation: Lot 64 D 199. Dulles sent a copy of the translation to President Eisenhower on February 3 and the copy of it in the Eisenhower Library, Whitman File, International File, was initialed by Eisenhower. A full text is in Adenauer, Erinnerungen, pp. 467–472.


153. Memorandum of Conversation

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 762.00/2–359. Secret. Drafted by Looram and approved by Greene on February 11. The time of the meeting is from Dulles Daily Appointment Book. (Princeton University Library, Dulles Papers) A summary of the conversation was transmitted to Paris in telegram 2785, February 3. (Department of State, Central Files, 762.00/2–359) Alphand had just returned from a 5-day visit to Paris, January 28–February 2, for consultations. For his brief account of the visit and his conversation with Dulles on February 3, see L’Etonnement, pp. 300–301.


155. Memorandum of Conversation

Source: Department of State, Conference Files: Lot 64 D 560, CF 1201. Top Secret. Drafted by Hillenbrand. The meeting was held at the Embassy Residence. In SVE/MC–3 through 8 Hillenbrand recorded Dulles’ conversation with Norstad on tripartitism; the French naval command question; NATO integrated air defense; French atomic questions; IRBMs for Germany; and IRBMs for Greece and Turkey. (Ibid.)


156. Memorandum of Conversation

Source: Department of State, Conference Files: Lot 64 D 560, CF 1201. Top Secret; Limit Distribution. Drafted by Hillenbrand. The meeting was held at the Embassy Residence.


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

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 762.00/2–559. Secret; Priority; Limit Distribution. Transmitted in two sections and repeated to Moscow, Bonn, Paris, and Berlin. The meeting was held at 5 p.m. on February 4 at the Foreign Office. (Princeton University Library, Dulles Papers, Dulles Daily Appointment Book)


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

Source: Eisenhower Library, Whitman File, Miscellaneous Material. Secret. The meeting was held at 9 p.m. on February 4 at 10 Downing Street. (Princeton University Library, Dulles Papers, Dulles Daily Appointment Book) For another account of the meeting, see Macmillan, Riding the Storm, pp. 587–588.


159. Memorandum of Conversation Between Secretary of State Dulles and Prime Minister Macmillan

Source: Department of State, Conference Files: Lot 64 D 560, CF 1201. Top Secret. Drafted by Dulles. The conversation was held at 10 Downing Street.


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

Source: Department of State, Conference Files: Lot 64 D 560, CF 1202. Secret. Drafted by Dulles.


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

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 762.00/2–659. Transmitted in two sections and repeated to Bonn, London, Moscow, Berlin, and Geneva. The meeting was held at 10 a.m. at the Quai d’Orsay with Dulles, Houghton, Lyon, Merchant, Hillenbrand, and Greene participating on the U.S. side. (Princeton University Library, Dulles Papers, Dulles Daily Appointment Book)


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

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 110.11–DU/2–659. Secret; Priority. Transmitted in two sections. Dulles was accompanied by Houghton, Merchant, and Lyon. President de Gaulle and Dulles also discussed French naval forces in the Mediterranean and tripartite consultations. (Sectos 16 and 26, February 6 and 8; ibid., Conference Files: Lot 64 D 560, CF 1203)


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

Source: Department of State, Conference Files: Lot 64 D 560, CF 1202, Secret.


164. Diary Entry by the Ambassador to Germany (Bruce)

Source: Department of State, Bruce Diaries: Lot 64 D 327. Secret. For another account of this meeting and the one that followed, see Adenauer, Erinnerungen, pp. 475–481. A German memorandum of this meeting, 115–12/59, prepared by Weber, is in Department of State, Conference Files: Lot 64 D 560, CF 1199.


165. Memorandum of Conversation

Source: Department of State, Conference Files: Lot 64 D 560, CF 1199. Drafted by Klein and approved by Greene on February 26. The meeting was held at Schaumburg Palace. A summary of this conversation was transmitted in Secto 24 from Bonn, February 8. (Ibid., CF 1203) For another account of this conversation and the private meeting that preceded it, see Adenauer, Erinnerungen, pp. 475–481. A briefing paper, drafted by Merchant on February 7, from which Secretary Dulles spoke, is in Department of State, Conference Files: Lot 64 D 560, CF 1199)


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

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 762.00/2–759. Secret; Priority.


167. Memorandum of Conversation

Source: Department of State, Conference Files: Lot 64 D 560, CF 1200. Top Secret. Drafted by Merchant, The meeting was held at Schaumburg Palace. For a brief account by the Chancellor, see Adenauer, Erinnerungen, p. 481. Bruce recorded his impressions in his diary. (Department of State, Bruce Diaries: Lot 64 D 327) A copy of Weber’s verbatim record of the conversation is ibid., Conference Files: Lot 64 D 560, CF 1200.


168. Memorandum of Conversation

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 762.00/2–859. Secret. Drafted by Klein on February 9 and approved by Greene on February 24. The meeting was held at Schaumburg Palace.


169. Memorandum of Conversation

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 762.00/2–1059. Confidential. Drafted by Eleanor Dulles. The time of the meeting is from Dulles’ Daily Appointment Book. (Princeton University Library, Dulles Papers)


170. Memorandum of Conversation Between President Eisenhower and Secretary of State Dulles

Source: Eisenhower Library, Dulles Papers, Memoranda of Conversation with the President. Top Secret; Personal and Private. Drafted by Greene.


171. Telegram From the Department of State to the Embassy in Germany

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 762.00/2–1259. Top Secret; Priority; Limit Distribution; No Distribution Outside Department. Drafted by McKiernan on February 10; cleared by Greene, Calhoun, Hillenbrand, Kohler, and Merchant; and approved by Murphy. Repeated to Berlin, London, and Paris, and pouched to Moscow.


172. Memorandum of Discussion at the 396th Meeting of the National Security Council

Source: Eisenhower Library, Whitman File, NSC Records, Top Secret.


173. Telegram From the Embassy in Germany to the Department of State

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 762.00/2–1659. Secret; Limited Distribution; Noforn. Transmitted in two sections and also sent to USAREUR Heidelberg and repeated to London, Paris, Moscow, and Berlin.


174. Telegram From the Embassy in Germany to the Department of State

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 611.61/2–1659. Secret; Priority; Limited Distribution; Noforn. Transmitted in two sections and repeated to London, Paris, Moscow, Berlin, and USAREUR Heidelberg.


175. Memorandum of Conversation

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 762.00/2–1659. Secret. Drafted by Looram and initialed by Merchant.