Office of the Historian

U.S. Recognition of and Concern With Newly-Independent African States

65. Memorandum From Secretary of State Herter to President Eisenhower

August 5, 1960.

Source: Eisenhower Library, Whitman File, Dulles–Herter Series. Confidential.

72. Telegram From the Consulate General at Lagos to the Department of State

Lagos, September 5, 1960, 11 p.m.

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 770.00/9–560. Confidential.

73. Telegram From the Consulate General at Lagos to the Department of State

Lagos, September 7, 1960, 3 p.m.

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 770 U.00/9–760. Limited Official Use.

74. Memorandum of Conference With President Eisenhower

New York, September 23, 1960, 9 a.m.1

Source: Eisenhower Library, Whitman File, DDE Diaries. Secret. Drafted by John S.D. Eisenhower.

75. Memorandum From Acting Secretary of State Dillon to President Eisenhower

September 23, 1960.

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 770E.02/9–2360. No classification marking. Drafted by Thomas A. Cassilly of the Office of West African Affairs.

77. Memorandum of Conference With President Eisenhower

October 8, 1960, 9 a.m.

Source: Eisenhower Library, Whitman File, DDE Diaries. Secret. Drafted by John S.D. Eisenhower.

79. Telegram From the Embassy in Senegal to the Department of State

Dakar, October 13, 1960, 11 a.m.

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 751T.02/10–1360. Confidential. Repeated to Paris, Rabat, and London.

80. Telegram From the Embassy in the Ivory Coast to the Department of State

Abidjan, October 22, 1960, 9 p.m.

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 770.00/10–2260. Confidential; Niact. Repeated to Paris and Dakar.

81. Memorandum of Conference With President Eisenhower

November 1, 1960.

Source: Eisenhower Library, Whitman File, DDE Diaries. Secret. Drafted by Goodpaster. Another memorandum of the meeting drafted by Satterthwaite is in Department of State, Central Files, 770E.5–MSP/11–160.

82. Telegram From the Embassy in Ghana to the Department of State

Accra, November 6, 1960, noon.

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 120.270/11–660. Confidential; Priority.

83. Telegram From the Embassy in Cameroun to the Department of State

Yaoundé, November 13, 1960, 1 p.m.

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 770.00/11–1360. Confidential; Priority. Repeated to London.

84. Telegram From the Embassy in the Congo to the Department of State

Léopoldville, November 17, 1960, 5 p.m.

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 770C.5–MSP/11–1760. Confidential; Priority. Repeated to Yaoundé and Paris.

85. Telegram From the Embassy in the Congo to the Department of State

Léopoldville, November 19, 1960, 3 p.m.

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 110.13–HE/11–1960. Confidential; Priority. Repeated to Paris.

  1. The conversation took place at the President’s suite at the Waldorf Astoria Hotel; he was in New York attending the U.N. General Assembly. Another memorandum of the conversation by Satterthwaite is in Department of State, Secretary’s Memoranda of Conversation: Lot 64 D 199.↩