354. Memorandum of Conversation Between Secretary of State Herter and Foreign Secretary Lloyd0
I took up with Selwyn Lloyd the possibility of the three Western Foreign Ministers going to Berlin this Saturday for a very brief look around and not for the purpose of making any statements. I told him [Page 818] that Gufler had urged this strongly. Mr. Lloyd told me that he had received an invitation some time ago from Willy Brandt to go to Berlin and, since he had never been there, wanted very much to accept. He planned to do this between the time of the end of this conference and a possible Summit Conference. I told him that this was entirely tentative and he said he would like to think it over until tomorrow. (Subsequently, I discussed the matter with Couve de Murville and his feeling was that for us to go at this juncture might be seriously misinterpreted, and that we would do better to wait until the end of the conference.)
- Source: Department of State, Conference Files: Lot 64 D 560, CF 1364. Secret. Drafted by Herter.↩