202. Editorial Note
Tripartite talks were held in Paris December 14–15 prior to the NATO Ministerial Meeting of December 16–18. Livingston T. Merchant, Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs; Charles Lucet, Minister of the French Embassy in Washington; and Frederick Hoyer-Millar, British Permanent Under Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, represented their governments. On December 14, the three representatives discussed procedural arrangements and East-West relations between 10:45 a.m. and 12:10 p.m. and Africa (Congo, Portugal and Africa, Sudan, and Morocco), Laos, and the Caribbean between 3:30 and 7:10 p.m. The memoranda of conversation on these subjects, all dated December 14, are MC/3, 4, 2, 5, and 6, respectively. On December 15, the representatives discussed Africa (Congo, Ethiopia, Henderson trip, and Algeria), trend of the United Nations, and Laos between 10:45 a.m. and 12:45 p.m. The memoranda of conversation on these subjects, all dated December 15, are MC/7, 8, and 9, respectively.
On December 15, Foreign Minister Couve de Murville hosted a tripartite dinner meeting at the Quai d’Orsay for Secretary of State Herter and Foreign Secretary Home. Between 10:30 p.m. and 1:10 a.m., they discussed Laos, the Congo, East-West relations, and Latin America. The memoranda of conversation on these subjects, all dated December 15, are MC/19, 20, 21, and 22, respectively.
On December 18, Merchant, Lord Home, and Couve de Murville met to discuss the U.N. debate on Algeria, and Herter met with Lord Home and Couve de Murville to discuss Laos. The memoranda of conversation on these subjects, both dated December 18, are MC/23 and 24, respectively. Copies of these documents are in Department of State, Conference Files: Lot 64 D 559, CF 1802.