154. Editorial Note
Secretary of State Dulles left Washington at 3:30 p.m. on February 3 for meetings in London, Paris, and Bonn on Berlin and Germany. He arrived in London at 12:30 p.m. the following day and proceeded to the Embassy Residence for talks with General Norstad at 3 p.m. At 5 p.m., he discussed Berlin and various bilateral subjects with Foreign Secretary Lloyd at the Foreign Office, and at 9 p.m. he met with Prime Minister Macmillan at 10 Downing Street for further discussions on Berlin and the Prime Minister’s upcoming trip to the Soviet Union. Records of these three meetings are printed here.
On February 5 Dulles returned to the Foreign Office for a meeting with Lloyd at 11 a.m., and then went to 10 Downing Street for another session with the Prime Minister. Only the records of their discussions on Berlin and Germany are printed here. At 3 p.m. the Secretary of State departed from London, arriving at Orly Field, Paris, at 5 p.m.
On February 6 the Secretary of State held meetings with Foreign Minister Couve de Murville at 10 a.m. and with President de Gaulle at 11:30 a.m. to discuss Berlin and bilateral U.S.-French questions. At 4 p.m. he discussed the German problem with NATO Secretary General Spaak, and at 6 p.m. Assistant Secretary of State Merchant discussed air access to Berlin with Couve de Murville. Only the reports on the discussions at these meetings that deal with Berlin are presented here.
Following a brief discussion with Couve de Murville, Secretary Dulles left Paris at 10:30 a.m. on February 7 and arrived at Wahn Airport at 12:05, where he was met by Chancellor Adenauer. A private meeting with Adenauer at 4 p.m., followed by a larger meeting including several advisers at 4:30, completed the day’s discussions. The following day the Secretary of State and the Chancellor again met privately before meeting with a larger circle of their advisers at 11:15 a.m. In the afternoon the Chancellor accompanied Secretary Dulles to the airport during which [Page 315] time they discussed the German coal situation, Iran, and the Secretary of State’s illness. Dulles departed Wahn Airport at 3:30 p.m. and arrived back in Washington at 8 a.m. on February 9.
Documentation on Dulles’ trip including briefing papers, memoranda of conversations, daily chronologies, and telegrams to and from the delegation are in Department of State, Conference Files: Lot 64 D 560. For texts of Dulles’ statements on departing for Europe on February 3 and on his return on February 9, see Department of State Bulletin, March 2, 1959, pages 296–297.