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.1
TELEPHONE CALL TO MR. HAMMARSKJOLD
The Sec said we have a request from Lebanon and the Pres is meeting with Congressional leaders at 2:30 to reach a conclusion as to what to do. The Sec thinks it is radically altered since they talked by what has happened in Iraq. The Sec had been hopeful and indeed confident the situation would work out without intervention—the situation is changed and the Sec would not feel what he said at that time would necessarily be the conclusion of his Govt today. H said no, he can see that. The Sec said it is shocking to him. He thinks if we decide to respond we will probably ask for an emergency meeting of the SC. H hopes we would. The Sec said we want to work under the Charter as much as we can and would not want to move without reporting to the UN. He said we are facing a wide revolution. He said he hoped they would be kept informed and they will do what they can to keep things on the rails.
- 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.↩