Anglo-French Assault On the Canal Zone; the Threat of Soviet Intervention; Acceptance of a Cease-Fire, November 5–6
499. Message From Prime Minister Eden to President Eisenhower
Source: Eisenhower Library, Whitman File, International File. Secret. Delivered to the White House under cover of a note from Coulson to Eisenhower which reads: “The Prime Minister has asked me to give you the enclosed personal message.”
500. Memorandum of a Conference With the President, White House, Washington, November 5, 1956, 10:20 a.m.
Source: Eisenhower Library, Whitman File, Eisenhower Diaries. Top Secret. Drafted by Goodpaster.
501. Memorandum for the Record by the Director of the Executive Secretariat (Howe)
Source: Department of State, Secretary’s Memoranda of Conversation: Lot 64 D 199. Secret.
502. Draft Message From President Eisenhower to Prime Minister Eden
Source: Eisenhower Library, Whitman File, International File. Top Secret. A marginal notation on the source text by Ann Whitman reads: “Pres. said events had gone too swiftly, letter was outdated, not to be sent.”
503. Telegram From the Embassy in the Soviet Union to the Department of State
Source: Department of State, Central Files, 674.84A/11–556. Secret; Niact; Presidential Handling. Received at 12:28 p.m. a copy is in the Eisenhower Library, Whitman File, Dulles–Herter Series.
505. Letter from Prime Minister Bulganin to President Eisenhower
Source: Department of State, Central Files, 674.84A/11–556. Secret. Transmitted in telegram 1081 from Moscow, November 5, received at 2:03 p.m., which is the source text. a copy of telegram 1081 is in the Eisenhower Library, Whitman File, International File.
506. Telegram From the Embassy in the Soviet Union to the Department of State
Source: Department of State, Central Files, 674.84A/11–556. Secret; Niact; Presidential Handling. Received at 2:05 p.m. A copy is in the Eisenhower Library, Whitman File, Dulles–Herter Series.
507. Telegram From the Embassy in France to the Department of State
Source: Department of State, Central Files, 320.5780/11–556. Secret; Priority. Received at 2:05 p.m. Repeated to USUN.
508. Memorandum of a Conversation, Department of State, Washington, November 5, 1956, 4 p.m.
Source: Department of State, Central Files, 711.56382/11–556. Top Secret. Drafted by Bennett.
509. Memorandum of a Conference With the President, White House, Washington, November 5, 1956, 5 p.m.
Source: Eisenhower Library, Whitman File, Eisenhower Diaries. Secret. Drafted by Goodpaster on November 7.
510. Memorandum From the Secretary of the Joint Chiefs of Staff (Wentworth) to the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff (Radford)
Source: JCS Records, OCJCS 091 Palestine (Jun 56–Dec 56). Top Secret.
511. Memorandum of a Conversation, Department of State, Washington, November 5, 1956, 6:15 p.m.
Source: Department of State, Central Files, 974.7301/11–556. Secret. Drafted by Bennett.
512. White House News Release, Washington, November 5, 1956
Source: Department of State Bulletin, November 19, 1956, pp. 795–796. Delivered by Press Secretary Hagerty.
513. Telegram From the Department of State to the Office of the Permanent Representative to the North Atlantic Council
Source: Department of State, Central Files, 840.2553/11–256. Confidential. Drafted by Moline (EUR/RA) and MacArthur; cleared by Rountree, Elbrick, Beckner (FSD), Timmons (EUR/RA), and in substance with Flemming; approved by Hoover. Repeated to London and Rome.
515. Telegram From the Embassy in France to the Department of State
Source: Department of State, Central Files, 684A.86/11–656. Secret; Niact. Received at 8:49 p.m., November 5. Also sent to USUN.
517. Telegram From the Embassy in the United Kingdom to the Department of State
Source: Department of State, Central Files, 684A.86/11–656. Secret; Niact. Received at 6:34 a.m. Repeated to Paris.
518. Memorandum of a Conference With the President, White House, Washington, November 6, 1956, 8:37 a.m.
Source: Eisenhower Library, Whitman File, Eisenhower Diaries. Top Secret. Drafted by Goodpaster. The time of the meeting is from the record of the President’s Daily Appointments. (Ibid.)
519. Telegram From the Embassy in the United Kingdom to the Department of State
Source: Department of State, Central Files, 320.5774/11–656. Top Secret; Niact; Presidential Handling. Received at 10:16 a.m.
520. Telegram From the Embassy in the Soviet Union to the Department of State
Source: Department of State, Central Files, 674.84A/11–656. Secret; Priority; Presidential Handling. Received at 10:44 a.m. Repeated Priority to London and Paris.
521. Special National Intelligence Estimate
Source: Department of State, INR–NIE Files. Secret. According to a note on the cover sheet, “The following intelligence organizations participated in the preparation of this estimate: The Central Intelligence Agency and the intelligence organizations of the Departments of State, the Army, the Navy, the Air Force, and The Joint Staff.” This estimate was concurred in by the Intelligence Advisory Committee on November 6. “Concurring were the Special Assistant, Intelligence, Department of State; the Assistant Chief of Staff, Intelligence, Department of the Army; the Director of Naval Intelligence; the Director of Intelligence, USAF; and the Deputy Director for Intelligence, The Joint Staff. The Atomic Energy Commission Representative to the IAC, and the Assistant Director, Federal Bureau of Investigation, abstained, the subject being outside of their jurisdiction.”
522. Special National Intelligence Estimate
Source: Department of State, INR–NIE Files. Secret. According to a note on the cover sheet, “The following intelligence organizations participated in the preparation of this estimate: The Central Intelligence Agency and the intelligence organizations of the Departments of State, the Army, the Navy, the Air Force, and The Joint Staff.” This estimate was concurred in by the Intelligence Advisory Committee on November 6. “Concurring were the Special Assistant, Intelligence, Department of State; the Assistant Chief of Staff, Intelligence, Department of the Army; the Director of Naval Intelligence; the Director of Intelligence, USAF; and the Deputy Director for Intelligence, The Joint Staff. The Atomic Energy Commission Representative on the IAC, and the Assistant Director, Federal Bureau of Investigation, abstained, the subject being outside of their jurisdiction.”
523. Memorandum of a Conversation, Department of State, Washington, November 6, 1956
Source: Department of State, Central Files, 684.86/11–656. Confidential. Drafted by Wilkins.
524. Memorandum of a Conversation, Department of State, Washington, November 6, 1956
Source: Department of State, Central Files, 751.5/11–656. Secret. Drafted by Tyler.
525. Transcript of a Telephone Conversation Between President Eisenhower in Washington and Prime Minister Eden in London, November 6, 1956, 12:55 p.m.
Source: Eisenhower Library, Whitman File, Eisenhower Diaries. Prepared in the Office of the President. Another copy of the transcription is ibid., ACW Diary. Eden described this conversation in Full Circle, p. 628.
526. Telegram From the Embassy in Egypt to the Department of State
Source: Department of State, Central Files, 661.74/11–656. Secret; Niact. Received at 1:26 p.m. Repeated Niact to London, Paris, and Moscow.
527. Message From President Eisenhower to Prime Minister Eden
Source: Department of State, Central Files, 320.5774/11–656. Secret. Transmitted to London at 2:29 p.m. in telegram 3285, November 6, which is the source text, with the instruction: “Please deliver soonest following message from President to Eden. Confirm date and time delivery.” Telegram 3285 indicates the message was drafted by Phleger, cleared by Eisenhower, and approved by Greene. A draft of the message, in an unidentified hand, bears changes by Eisenhower. (Eisenhower Library, Whitman File, International File). Telegram 2536 from London, November 7, reported delivery as of midnight November 6/7. (Department of State, Central Files, 711.11–EI/11–756)
Telegram 1708 to Paris, November 6, transmitted the text of a similar message for delivery to Mollet. (Ibid., 320.5774/11–656)
528. Telegram From the Embassy in Egypt to the Department of State
Source: Department of State, Central Files, 774.11/11–656. Top Secret; Niact. Received at 4:56 p.m. Repeated to Paris.