279. Editorial Note
The President’s visit to Greece was discussed on December 16 at the 429th Meeting of the National Security Council:
“Mr. Dulles said an interesting phase of the President’s trip was the attitude of the Communist parties in the three countries visited by the President in which these parties were best organized; namely, Italy, Greece and India. The Communists had decided not to cause trouble and had climbed on the Eisenhower bandwagon, probably on instructions from Moscow. For example, the Greek Communists had led the applause at the President’s mention of peace.”
The memorandum of discussion at this meeting is in Eisenhower Library, Whitman File, NSC Records.