Foreign Relations of the United States, 1952–1954, China and Japan, Volume XIV, Part 1

Eisenhower Library, Dulles papers, “Meetings with the President”

No. 417
Memorandum of Conversation, by the Secretary of State

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[Washington,] December 1, 1954.

Memorandum of Luncheon Conversation with the President¹

We discussed the position vis-à-vis Communist China, particularly with reference to the imprisonment of the United States flyers. The President reaffirmed his support of the position which I had taken in my speech the night before,² after communicating with him through Hagerty at Augusta.

The President felt that we should push this matter vigorously in the United Nations and asked me to talk to Ambassador Lodge. I said this accorded very much with my own thinking.

[Here follows discussion of unrelated matters.]

JFD³

1. Dulles had lunch with the President on Nov. 30; this apparently refers to that conversation.
2. Nov. 29.
3. Initialed for Dulles by O’Connor.