144. Editorial Note
On August 15, Assistant White House Staff Secretary John S.D. Eisenhower prepared a “Synopsis of State and intelligence material reported to the President,” which included the following report on Cambodia:
“Sihanouk has told Malcolm Macdonald of his essential pro-Western leanings. He plans to make a trip in the near future to Communist China where he claims he will make only inconsequential treaty of amity. He subtly threatens a treaty guaranteeing Cambodia’s borders if he continues to have pressure from South Viet-Nam and Thailand.” (Eisenhower Library, Whitman File, Eisenhower Diaries)
The information is taken from telegram 186 from Phnom Penh, August 14. (Department of State, Central Files, 751H.11/8–1460; included in the microfiche supplement) The memorandum of the conversation [Page 376] between Malcolm Macdonald and Prince Sihanouk was transmitted in despatch 43 from Phnom Penh, August 15. (Department of State, Central Files, 751H.11/8–1560)