Foreign Relations of the United States, 1952–1954, Western Europe and Canada, Volume VI, Part 2

No. 738
Editorial Note

From January 31 to February 1, 1953, Secretary of State John Foster Dulles and Director for Mutual Security Harold E. Stassen visited Rome as part of a 9-day tour of Western Europe. On January 31 Dulles and Stassen met privately with Prime Minister Alcide De Gasperi; the three men later were joined by Ambassador Ellsworth Bunker and other United States Embassy officials and by Italian Minister of the Budget Giuseppe Pella, Minister of Defense Randolfo Pacciardi, and other Italian officials. These conversations were described in telegram 4275 from Paris, February 1, and in Dulles’ message to President Eisenhower, also dated February 1. For texts, see volume V, Part 2, pages 1551 and 1553.