Foreign Relations of the United States, 1952–1954, Western Europe and Canada, Volume VI, Part 1

Eisenhower Library, Eisenhower papers, Whitman file

No. 408
Memorandum Prepared at the White House¹

Washington, May 11, 1953.

Telephone calls—

Beedle Smith called the President to report that just before leaving the country, Mr. Dulles had received a cable from the Prime Minister saying that the P.M. was going to report certain conversations that had been held between the two countries in his speech before the House of Commons today.² Beedle Smith replied asking him not to do this.

There was discussion of eventuality that the Pres. might have to tell the Prime Minister that if discussions between the two countries were not held completely confidential, they would have to cease.

1. Presumably drafted by Ann Whitman, the President’s personal secretary.
2. Secretary Dulles left Washington for the Middle East at 7 p.m. on May 9; the message from Churchill has not been further identified.