218. Editorial Note
Finance Minister Morarji Desai was in Washington September 6–9 for a series of discussions with U.S. officials. On September 8, he met with Rountree, Dillon, and Dulles. The following day, he met again with Dillon. Memoranda of these conversations, along with briefing material for the Desai visit, are in Department of State, Central File 033.9111. The memorandum of the conversation with Dillon on September 8 is printed infra .
At the conclusion of Desai’s visit to Washington, the Department of State issued a press release summarizing his discussions with U.S. officials; for text, see Department of State Bulletin, October 6, 1958, page 535. According to the press release, Desai also met with Robert Anderson, Samuel C. Waugh, James H. Smith, Jr., Assistant Secretary of the Treasury Thomas B. Coughran, and Secretary of Agriculture Ezra Taft Benson; no record of these conversations has been found. Telegram 594 to New Delhi, September 12, summarized the highlights of the Desai visit. (Department of State, Central Files, 033.9111/9–1258)