293. Editorial Note
Prime Minister Kwame Nkrumah made an official visit to Washington July 23–26, 1958. For text of President Eisenhower’s invitation to him, dated March 4, 1958, and his reply, see Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: Dwight D. Eisenhower, 1958, pages 211–213. While in Washington, Prime Minister Nkrumah met with President Eisenhower, Secretary of State Dulles, and other U.S. officials and addressed both Houses of Congress.
For the records of Prime Minister Nkrumah’s discussions with President Eisenhower, see Documents 294 and 295. A memorandum of a conversation between Nkrumah and Secretary of State Dulles on the subject of the Middle East is in Department of State, Central Files, 033.45J11/7–2458. A memorandum of a conversation with Under Secretary of State Herter concerning Ghana’s economic aims is ibid., Conference Files: Lot 63 D 123, Nkrumah Visit. Additional documentation concerning the visit, including briefing material, is ibid. A briefing memorandum of July 19 from Dulles to Eisenhower is in the Eisenhower Library, Whitman File, International Series. The text of the joint statement issued by President Eisenhower and Prime Minister Nkrumah on July 26 is printed in American Foreign Policy: Current Documents, 1958, pages 1093–1095. The texts of Nkrumah’s addresses before the Senate on July 24 and the House of Representatives on July 25 and the exchange of greetings between the Prime Minister and Vice President Richard M. Nixon are printed in Department of State Bulletin, August 18, 1958, pages 284–286.
Prime Minister Nkrumah was in the United States July 23–August 2. After leaving Washington, he visited Philadelphia, New York, and Chicago.