199. Editorial Note

Tripartite talks were held in New York September 20–22, following the opening of the 15th Session of the U.N. General Assembly on September 19, with Livingston T. Merchant, Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs; Charles Lucet, Minister of the French Embassy; and Frederick Hoyer-Millar, British Permanent Under Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, representing their governments. They met on September 20 to discuss procedural matters; a memorandum of conversation (MC/1), September 20, summarized their discussion. The following memoranda of conversation summarized their discussions on September 21: MC/12 on NATO; MC/19 on Berlin; MC/20 on Japan; MC/22 on the Caribbean; MC/23 on the Middle East Arms Race; MC/24 on the Middle East; MC/30 on Africa; and MC/41 on Southeast Asia. The following memoranda of conversation summarized their discussions on September 22: MC/25 on NATO and MC/26 on a draft resolution on Berlin, tactics in the United Nations, and Soviet tensions. Copies of these documents are in Department of State, Conference Files: Lot 64 D 559, CF 1766.