Office of the Historian

First Part of the Conference, May 11–June 20, 1959

383. Telegram From the Department of State to the Delegation to the Foreign Ministers Meeting

Washington, June 10, 1959, 9:52 p.m.

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 396.1–GE/6–1059. Secret; Limited Distribution. Drafted by Vigderman and Kohler. Repeated to Bonn and Berlin.

384. Telegram From Secretary of State Herter to the Department of State

Geneva, June 12, 1959, 1 a.m.

Source: Department of State, Conference Files: Lot 64 D 560, CF 1328. Secret; Niact. Drafted by Merchant.

385. Telegram From the Delegation to the Foreign Ministers Meeting to the Department of State

Geneva, June 12, 1959, 6 p.m.

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 396.1–GE/6–1259. Official Use Only; Priority. Transmitted in two sections and repeated to Bonn, London, Moscow, Paris, Berlin, and USUN. The U.S. Delegation verbatim record of this session, US/VR/17 (Corrected), and a summary of the verbatim record, US/VRS/17, June 12, are ibid., Conference Files: Lot 64 D 560, CF 1373.

386. Memorandum of Conversation

Geneva, June 12, 1959, 11:45 a.m.

Source: Department of State, Conference Files: Lot 64 D 560, CF 1340. Secret.

387. Telegram From the Delegation to the Foreign Ministers Meeting to the Department of State

Geneva, June 12, 1959, 10 p.m.

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 762A.00/6–1259. Secret. Repeated to Berlin and Bonn.

388. Telegram From Secretary of State Herter to the Department of State

Geneva, June 12, 1959.

Source: Department of State, Conference Files: Lot 64 D 560, CF 1328. Secret. Drafted by Herter.

389. Telegram From Secretary of State Herter to the Department of State

Geneva, June 12, 1959, 8 p.m.

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 396.1–GE/6–1259. Secret; Niact.

391. Memorandum of Telephone Conversation Between President Eisenhower and the Deputy Under Secretary of State (Murphy)

June 13, 1959.

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 396.1/6–1359. No classification marking.

392. Telegram From Secretary of State Herter to the Department of State

Geneva, June 15, 1959, 2 p.m.

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 762.00/6–1559. Secret; Niact.

393. Memorandum of Conversation

Geneva, June 15, 1959, 3:30 p.m.

Source: Department of State, Conference Files: Lot 64 D 560, CF 1340. Secret; Limit Distribution. Drafted by Freers. The meeting was held in the French Villa.

394. Telegram From Secretary of State Herter to the Department of State

Geneva, June 15, 1959.

Source: Department of State, Conference Files: Lot 64 D 560, CF 1328. Secret; Niact. Repeated to Bonn, London, Paris, Moscow, and Berlin. A detailed 11-page memorandum of this conversation US/MC/103 is ibid., CF 1340.

395. Telegram From the Department of State to the Embassy in the Soviet Union

Washington, June 15, 1959, 11 p.m.

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 396.1–GE/6–1559. Secret; Priority; Verbatim Text. Regarding the drafting of this text, see footnote 2, Document 391, and footnote 1, Document 394. The letter was delivered to the Foreign Ministry at 12:30 p.m. Moscow time on June 16.

396. Telegram From Secretary of State Herter to the Department of State

Geneva, June 16, 1959, noon.

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 762.00/6–1659. Secret; Niact. Repeated to London, Bonn, Paris, Moscow, and Berlin.

397. Telegram From Secretary of State Herter to the Department of State

Geneva, June 16, 1959.

Source: Department of State, Conference Files: Lot 64 D 560, CF 1328. Secret; Niact; Presidential Handling. Drafted by Merchant. A detailed memorandum of the conversation at this meeting, US/MC/107, is ibid., CF 1340.

398. Message From Prime Minister Macmillan to President Eisenhower

Undated.

Source: Department of State, Presidential Correspondence: Lot 66 D 204. Top Secret. Attached to a June 16 note from Caccia to the President, which stated that he had been asked to deliver the message as soon as possible. It was received at the White House during the afternoon of June 16. According to the President Caccia came to the White House that evening and the President inquired about this note. For his account of this conversation, see Eisenhower, Waging Peace, pp. 401–402. No other record of this conversation has been found.

399. Telegram From the Department of State to the Embassy in the United Kingdom

Washington, June 17, 1959, 12:13 a.m.

Source: Department of State, Presidential Correspondence: Lot 66 D 204. Secret; Niact; Presidential Handling. A preliminary draft of the message with the President’s notations is in Eisenhower Library, Whitman File, Administration Series.

400. Telegram From the Department of State to Secretary of State Herter at Geneva

Washington, June 16, 1959, 10 p.m.

Source: Department of State, Conference Files: Lot 64 D 560, CF 1332. Secret; Niact.

401. Telegram From Secretary of State Herter to the Department of State

Geneva, June 17, 1959, 6 p.m.

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 110.11–HE/6–1759. Secret; Niact.

402. Telegram From the Embassy in the United Kingdom to the Department of State

London, June 17, 1959, 4 p.m.

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 396.1–PA/6–1759. Top Secret; Limit Distribution. Repeated to Geneva as telegram 174, which is the source text.

403. Telegram From the Embassy in the Soviet Union to the Department of State

Moscow, June 17, 1959, 9 p.m.

Source: Department of State, Conference Files: Lot 64 D 560, CF 1378. Secret; Niact. Repeated to Geneva as telegram 145, which is the source text.

404. Telegram From the Secretary of State to the Department of State

Geneva, June 18, 1959, 11 a.m.

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 110.11–HE/6–1859. Secret; Niact Drafted by Merchant.

405. Telegram From Secretary of State Herter to the Department of State

Geneva, June 18, 1959, 5 p.m.

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 396.1–GE/6–1859. Secret; Niact. Drafted by Merchant.

406. Telegram From the Department of State to the Secretary of State at Geneva

Washington, June 18, 1959, 7 p.m.

Source: Department of State, Conference Files: Lot 64 D 560, CF 1332. Secret; Priority.

407. Memorandum of Conversation

Geneva, June 19, 1959, 2 and 5:15 p.m.

Source: Department of State, Conference Files: Lot 64 D 560, CF 1340. Secret. Drafted by Freers. The meeting was held at the Soviet Villa. A summary of this conversation was transmitted in. Cahto 139 from Geneva, June 20 at 1 a.m. (Ibid., Central Files, 762.00/6–2059)

408. Memorandum of Conversation

Geneva, June 19, 1959, 2:45 p.m.

Source: Department of State, Conference Files: Lot 64 D 560, CF 1340. Secret; Limit Distribution. Drafted by Freers. The meeting was held at the French Villa.

409. Telegram From Secretary of State Herter to the Department of State

Geneva, June 20, 1959, 4 p.m.

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 396.1–GE/6–2059. Secret; Priority. Repeated to Bonn, London, Moscow, Paris, Berlin.

410. Memorandum of Conversation Between Secretary of State Herter and Foreign Secretary Lloyd

Geneva, June 20, 1959, 3 p.m.

Source: Department of State, Conference Files: Lot 64 D 560, CF 1340. Secret. Drafted by Herter. The meeting was held at Villa Greta. A memorandum of another conversation that took place at the same time as this one and the one in Document 411, describing a conversation on nuclear test suspensions, US/MC/111, is ibid.

411. Memorandum of Conversation Between Secretary of State Herter and Foreign Secretary Lloyd

Geneva, June 20, 1959, 3 p.m.

Source: Department of State, Conference Files: Lot 64 D 560, CF 1340. Secret. Drafted by Herter. The meeting was held at Villa Greta.