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413. Memorandum of a Telephone Conversation Between the President and the Secretary of State, Washington, June 12, 1958, 3:10 p.m.1

Washington, June 12, 1958, 3:10 p.m.

The Sec returned the call and the Pres said he saw in the paper Garcia was coming over to urge we pay 800 million we owe them. The Pres said we paid until we bled. The Sec replied he is afraid he is coming over for that. The Pres asked why we invited him. The Sec said we have to live with him and we made it clear we would not consider anything of that sort. The Sec also said we are going to have a tough time with him. The Pres said we just say no. OK to make a deal to help him out and we get what we want too. The Sec explained the same trouble we had with Magsaysay.

[Here follows discussion on reciprocal trade.]

  1. Source: Eisenhower Library, Dulles Papers, White House Telephone Conversations. No classification marking. Prepared by Phyllis D. Bernau.↩