54. Telegram From the Embassy in France to the Department of State0
1272. In visit this afternoon to bid good-bye to de Gaulle1 principal point raised was his deep conviction that NATO should be made to fit more nearly the realities of the world situation as he had outlined in his letter and memorandum to the President. He asked that in conveying upon my return his high regards to President and Secretary I stress with them importance he attaches to problem. He again suggested that initial discussions take place in Washington through Embassies and Standing Group.
In addition he made it clear that he thought results of referendum2 were very good for whole free world.
- Source: Department of State, Central Files, 740.5/10–958. Secret; Limit Distribution. Repeated to Bonn, London, and Rome.↩
- Houghton came to the United States October 16 on leave and returned to Paris in mid-November.↩
- See footnote 1, Document 47.↩