126. Memorandum of a Telephone Conversation Between Secretary of State Dulles in Washington and Secretary-General Hammarskjöld in New York, July 14, 1958, 1:26 p.m.

Source: Eisenhower Library, Dulles Papers, General Telephone Conversations. Transcribed in Dulles’ office by Phyllis D. Bernau. A note on the source text indicates that Wilcox was with Dulles at the time of the call and Dulles reported to him Hammarskjöld’s response.

127. Memorandum of a Conference With the President, White House, Washington, July 14, 1958, 2:35 p.m.

Source: Eisenhower Library, Whitman File, Eisenhower Diaries. Top Secret. Drafted by Goodpaster on July 16. Another memorandum of this conversation was prepared by Bryce Harlow. (Ibid., Bryce N. Harlow: Records, 1953–1961, Middle East; included in the microfiche supplement)

128. Memorandum of a Conference With the President, White House, Washington, July 14, 1958

Source: Eisenhower library, Whitman File, Eisenhower Diaries. Top Secret. Drafted by Goodpaster on July 15.

129. Memorandum of a Conversation, Department of State, Washington, July 14, 1958

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 787.00/7–1458. Secret. Drafted by Parker on July 16.

130. Telegram From the Chief of Naval Operations (Burke) to the Commander in Chief, United States Naval Forces, Eastern Atlantic and Mediterranean (Holloway)

Source: National Archives and Records Administration, RG 218, JCS Files: CCS 381 Lebanon (5–13–58) Sec. 3. Top Secret; Emergency; Restricted Distribution. Drafted by Burke. Also sent to COMSIXTHFLT and repeated to CINCLANTFLT, CINCPACFLT, and USCINCEUR.

131. Memorandum of a Telephone Conversation Between President Eisenhower in Washington and Prime Minister Macmillan in London, July 14, 1958, 5:43 p.m.

Source: Eisenhower Library, Whitman File, Eisenhower Diaries. According to a memorandum for the record prepared by Joseph Greene, Eisenhower placed the call to Macmillan. (Department of State, Central Files, 783A.00/7–1458; included in the microfiche supplement)

132. Message From Prime Minister Macmillan to President Eisenhower

Source: Eisenhower Library, Whitman File, International Series, Macmillan–President 6/58–9/30/58. Top Secret. The source text is the copy of the message as received by the British Embassy from the Foreign Office and conveyed to the White House on July 14. It included an instruction to the Embassy to convey the message as a personal message from the Prime Minister to the President, and to give a copy to the Secretary of State. On July 15, Minister Hood conveyed to the President a dated and more formal text of this message, and the accompanying message concerning Jordan, with signature lines bearing Macmillan’s name. (Ibid.)

133. Telegram From the Department of State to the Mission at the United Nations

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 783A.00/7–1458. Top Secret; Niact. Drafted by Elizabeth A. Brown, David Gamon, and Joseph J. Sisco in IO/UNP. Cleared with IO, L/UNA, EUR, NEA, C, and with Secretary Dulles. Repeated to London, Paris, Beirut, and Cairo.

134. Memorandum of a Conversation Between the Secretary of State and the Minister of the British Embassy (Lord Hood), Washington, July 14, 1958

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 783A.00/7–1558. Top Secret. Drafted by Greene on July 15. The source text indicates that the meeting took place in the evening at the Secretary’s residence. Dulles sent a copy of this memorandum of conversation, in the form of a letter, to the President on July 15. (Eisenhower Library, Whitman File, Dulles–Herter Series)

135. Telegram From the Department of State to the Embassy in Lebanon

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 783A.00/7–1458. Top Secret; Niact. Drafted by Symmes and cleared by Rockwell, Rountree, Reinhardt, and with JCS. Also sent to London and repeated to CINCNELM, COMSIXTH FLEET, USUN, and Paris.

136. Telegram From the Embassy in Lebanon to the Department of State

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 783A.00/7–1558. Top Secret; Niact. Repeated to London, Paris, and USUN. Received at 6:55 a.m.

137. Memorandum of a Telephone Conversation Between the President and the Secretary of State, Washington, July 15, 1958, 8:40 a.m.

Source: Eisenhower Library, Whitman File, Eisenhower Diaries. Top Secret. Another record of this conversation was prepared in the Secretary’s office. (Ibid., Dulles Papers, White House Telephone Conversations)

138. Editorial Note

139. Memorandum of a Conversation Between the President and the Vice President (Nixon), White House, Washington, July 15, 1958, 9 a.m.

Source: Eisenhower Library, Whitman File, Eisenhower Diaries. The source text bears the heading “Staff Notes.” There is nothing to indicate who drafted the notes.

140. Memorandum of a Conference With the President, White House, Washington, July 15, 1958, 11:25 a.m.

Source: Eisenhower Library, Whitman File, Eisenhower Diaries. Top Secret. Drafted by Goodpaster.

141. Telegram From the Embassy in Lebanon to the Department of State

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 783A.00/7–1558. Secret; Niact. Repeated to London, Paris, and USUN. Received at 12:05 p.m. and passed to the Office of the Secretary of Defense and the Departments of the Army, Navy, and Air Force at 2 p.m.

142. Telegram From the Embassy in Lebanon to the Department of State

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 783A.00/7–1558. Top Secret; Niact; Limit Distribution. Repeated to London. Received at 1:13 p.m. and passed to the Office of the Secretary of Defense and the Departments of the Army, Navy, and Air Force at 2 p.m.

143. Telegram From the Department of State to the Embassy in Lebanon

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 783A.00/7–1558. Top Secret. Drafted by Symmes and cleared with NEA, C, G, and JCS. Also sent to London. The text of this directive was also sent by the JCS to CINCSPECOMME, London, in JCS telegram 944787, July 15. (National Archives and Records Administration, RG 218, JCS Files: CCS 381 Lebanon (5–13–58) Sec. 3)

144. Memorandum of a Telephone Conversation Between the President and the Secretary of State, Washington, July 15, 1958, 5:55 p.m.

Source: Eisenhower Library, Dulles Papers, White House Telephone Conversations. Transcribed in the Secretary’s office by Phyllis D. Bernau.

145. Notes of a Telephone Conversation, Department of State, Washington, July 16, 1958, 10:30 a.m.

Source: Eisenhower Library, Dulles Papers, General Telephone Conversations. The message was taken and the notes prepared by Amelia Kullman of the Secretary’s office.

146. Telegram From the Embassy in Lebanon to the Department of State

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 783A.00/7–1658. Secret; Priority. Repeated to London, Paris, and USUN. Received at 12:46 p.m. and passed to the Office of the Secretary of Defense and the Departments of the Army, Navy, and Air Force.

147. Telegram From the Embassy in Lebanon to the Department of State

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 783A.00/7–1658. Secret; Niact. Also sent to USUN. Repeated to Paris, Rome, and London. Received at 11:26 a.m. and passed on to the Office of the Secretary of Defense and the Departments of the Army, Navy, and Air Force at 12:30 p.m. Admiral Holloway reported to Admiral Burke on the incident described in this telegram in telegrams 161156Z and 162056Z from CINCSPECOMME to CNO, both July 16. (National Archives and Records Administration, RG 218, JCS Files: CCS 381 Lebanon (5–13–58) Sec. 3; included in the microfiche supplement) Ambassador McClintock subsequently published an account of the incident in United States Naval Institute Proceedings, October 1962, p. 71.

148. Memorandum of a Telephone Conversation Between the Secretary of State in Washington and the Ambassador in Lebanon (McClintock) in Beirut, July 16, 1958, 3:20 p.m.

Source: Eisenhower Library, Dulles Papers, General Telephone Conversations. Transcribed in the Secretary’s office by Phyllis D. Bernau. A note on the source text indicates that Dulles reported to Eisenhower on the conversation after he completed the call to McClintock.

149. Telegram From the Embassy in the Soviet Union to the Department of State

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 783A.00/7–1658. Confidential; Niact. Repeated to Paris, London, Cairo, and Ankara. Received at 3:31 p.m.

150. Telegram From the Department of State to the Mission at the United Nations

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 320.5783A/7–1658. Top Secret; Niact. Drafted in INR by Cumming and cleared with NEA, in substance with Wilcox in IO, and with the Secretary.

151. Telegram From the Department of State to the Embassy in Egypt

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 783A.5411/7–1758. Secret; Niact. Drafted by Rountree and Dulles and approved by Dulles.

152. Telegram From the Embassy in Lebanon to the Department of State

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 783A.00/7–1758. Top Secret. Repeated to London and Paris.

153. Memorandum of a Conversation, Department of State, Washington, July 17, 1958, 2:30 p.m.

Source: Department of State, Conference Files: Lot 63 D 123, CF 1050, Memoranda of Conversation, Lloyd’s Visit, July 17–20, 1958. Top Secret; Limit Distribution. Drafted by Newsom. Lloyd visited Washington July 17–20 to discuss the Middle East crisis. A number of the discussions between Dulles and Lloyd concerned the British intervention in Jordan on July 17, and are printed as Documents 186–188. The discussions also ranged over Kuwait, the Persian Gulf, the Baghdad Pact, Iraq, Turkey, French interests in the crisis, and the strategy to follow in the United Nations. Memoranda of these conversations are in Department of State, Conference Files: Lot 63 D 123, CF 1050. A general discussion of the Middle East with Eisenhower at the White House at 3:30 p.m. on July 17 touched on most of the issues discussed by Dulles and Lloyd, but did not deal with Lebanon. The text of the memorandum of conversation among Eisenhower, Dulles, and Lloyd is scheduled for publication in volume XII.

154. Telegram From the Embassy in Lebanon to the Department of State

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 110.13–MU/7–1758. Secret; Niact. Received at 5 p.m. and passed to the Office of the Secretary of Defense and the Departments of the Army, Navy, and Air Force. Murphy arrived in Beirut on July 17 and remained until July 30. He traveled thereafter throughout the Middle East and left Athens for Washington, via Paris and London, on August 10.