Editorial Note
During a legislative leadership meeting on December 13, pending treaties were discussed. “Secretary Dulles asked for priority attention to the three treaties that Congress would have to act on—the Manila and Paris agreements already submitted, and a Formosa treaty to be submitted when the Senate convenes. He hoped the Manila treaty especially could be done quickly for things were not going as well as possible in the Southwest Pacific and our ratification of the treaty would serve to speed up formation of the various working groups we had been urging. It ought to be approved prior to the February meeting of Foreign Ministers at Bangkok, he felt. Senator Knowland thought this could be done. Dulles believed Senate action on the Paris accords need not be rushed until after some of the other nations had ratified.” (Memorandum by L. A. Minnich, Jr., Assistant to the White House Office; Eisenhower Library, White House Office, Staff Secretary’s records, 1952–1961) For documentation concerning the Protocol to the North Atlantic Treaty on the accession of the Federal Republic of Germany, signed at Paris on October 23, 1954, see volume V, Part 2, pages 1404 ff. For documentation on the Mutual Defense Treaty between the United States and the Republic of China, signed at Washington on December 2, 1954, see volume XIV.