238. Editorial Note

On December 6, President Eisenhower and his principal Cabinet officers briefed President-elect Kennedy on the most significant world problems facing the United States. In a review of the danger spots, Secretary Herter stated:

Berlin—This is acute and dangerous, and Mr. Khrushchev has heavy pressure to get the Berlin question settled and to stop the movement of refugees to the West from behind the Iron Curtain.”

A memorandum for the record of this meeting is in the Eisenhower Library, Whitman File, Presidential Transition Series.