Office of the Historian

137. Memorandum From the Assistant Secretary of State for Far Eastern Affairs (Hilsman) to the Deputy Director of the Office of Southeast Asian Affairs (Hannah)0

Washington, December 16, 1963.

SUBJECT

  • Cambodia

In a conversation between Acheson, Harriman, Hilsman and Forrestal today, it was agreed that, to provide a basis for considering whether or not Acheson should make a trip to Cambodia, we would draft a treaty on Cambodia’s neutrality, including an enlarged ICC along the lines Sihanouk desires, which we would be content to sign if it could be negotiated without a conference.

RH
  1. Source: Department of State, EA/Burma Union–Cambodia Files: Lot 66 D 492, 1963 Cambodia, July thru Dec. Confidential. Also sent to Czyzak of L/FE.↩