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64. Memorandum of Telephone Conversation Between Secretary of State Dulles and Director of Central Intelligence Dulles0

Washington, April 17, 1958, 12:31 p.m.

TELEPHONE CALL TO ALLEN DULLES

The Sec said he is leaving in an hour.1 [1-1/2 lines of source text not declassified] There has been fighting for 24 hours. The one point was corrected. [6 lines of source text not declassified] The Sec said it is a diminishing thing. AWD said it took place 2 days later than expected. We don’t know how well it has gone. The Sec said it has happened with far greater efficiency, speed and precision than he had expected from what he heard Sunday. A and he discussed this impression—A was not surprised at what happened.

  1. Source: Eisenhower Library, Dulles Papers, General Telephone Conversations. No classification marking. Drafted by Bernau.↩
  2. Dulles was scheduled to leave for a vacation at Duck Island, April 17–22.↩