U.S. POLICY TOWARD THE “OPENING TO THE LEFT”; EMPLACEMENT OF IRBM MISSILES IN ITALY; VISITS TO THE UNITED STATES OF PRIME MINISTERS FANFANI JULY 28–31, 1958, AND SEGNI SEPTEMBER 30–OCTOBER 4, 1959; PRESIDENT Eisenhower’s GOOD WILL VISIT TO ITALY DECEMBER 3–6, 1959


263. Telegram From the Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs (Murphy) to the Department of State

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 800.0000/12–659. Confidential. Repeated to Rome.


264. Telegram From the Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs (Murphy) to the Department of State

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 800.0000/12–659. Confidential. Repeated to Rome.


267. Memorandum of Conversation

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 396.1–W/4–1360. Confidential. Drafted by Stabler and approved by S on April 22. The meeting was held in Secretary Herter’s office at the Department of State. Separate memoranda of conversation were prepared covering this conversation; see Documents 268270. Memoranda on dollar liberalization (US/MC/34), Germany (US/MC/37), and Algeria (US/MC/39) are in Department of State, Central Files, 396.1–W/4–1360.


268. Memorandum of Conversation

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 396.1–W/4–1360. Confidential. Drafted by Stabler and approved by S on April 22. See also Documents 267 and 269270.


269. Memorandum of Conversation

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 396.1–W/4–1360. Confidential. Drafted by Stabler and approved by S on April 22. See also Documents 267268 and 270.


270. Memorandum of Conversation

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 396.1–W/4–1360. Confidential. Drafted by Stabler and approved by S on April 22. See also Documents 267269.


271. Memorandum of Conversation

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 396.1–W/4–1460. Confidential. Drafted by Phelan and approved in U on April 22. The meeting was held in Under Secretary Dillon’s office in the Department of State. Separate memoranda of this conversation were prepared; see Document 272. Memoranda covering observers at OECD meetings (US/MC/28), civil aviation negotiations (US/MC/30), exports to Cuba (US/MC/31), tariffs on tobacco (US/MC/32), and dollar liberalization (US/MC/36) are in Department of State, Central Files, 396.1–W/4–1460.


272. Memorandum of Conversation

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 396.1–W/4–1460. Confidential. Drafted by Phelan and approved in U on April 22. See also Document 271.


273. Telegram From the Embassy in Italy to the Department of State

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 765.00/6–2460, Confidential. Transmitted in two sections. Repeated to London, Bonn, Moscow, all Consulates in Italy, and Paris.


274. Memorandum for Director of Central Intelligence Dulles

Source: Eisenhower Library, Project Clean Up, Italy. Secret. Drafted in the Office of National Estimates, CIA, and signed by Abbot Smith, Acting Chairman, Board of National Estimates.


275. Paper Prepared by the Embassy in Italy

[Source: Department of State, Central Files, 765.00/6–660. Secret. Enclosure 1 to despatch 1164, June 6. 2 pages of source text not declassified.]


276. Memorandum by the Counselor for Political Affairs at the Embassy in Italy (Torbert)

[Source: Department of State, Central Files, 765.00/7–560. Secret. Enclosure 1 to despatch 12, July 5. 5 pages of source text not declassified.]


278. National Security Council Report

Source: Department of State, S/S-NSC Files: Lot 63 D 351, NSC 6014 Series. Secret. In a memorandum attached to the source text, August 16, Marion W. Boggs, Acting Executive Secretary of the NSC, noted that this draft statement of policy had been prepared by the NSC Planning Board. A Financial Appendix which estimated the costs of a U.S. aid program for Italy was circulated on September 16.


279. Memorandum of Conversation

Source: Department of State, Conference Files: Lot 64 D 559, CF 1766. Secret. Drafted by Timmons. The meeting was held in the Waldorf Towers.


280. Memorandum of Conversation

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 765.13/10–1260. Secret. Drafted by Kohler and approved by Goodpaster on October 20. The meeting was held at the White House.


281. Memorandum of Conversation

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 865.2553/11–360. Confidential. Drafted by Phelan and approved in M on November 16.