Foreign Relations of the United States, 1955–1957, Arab-Israeli Dispute, 1957, Volume XVII

188. Memorandum of a Telephone Conversation Between the Secretary of State and the French Ambassador (Alphand), Washington, March 3, 1957¹

Washington, March 3, 1957

In the light of the French Ambassador’s previous telephone call to me urging acceptance of the new formula suggested by Ambassador Eban, I called the French Ambassador following the departure of Eban. I reached him a little after eleven p.m. and told him that we had not found it practical to accept any new formula and felt that the President’s letter must be the last word.

JFD²

1. Source: Eisenhower Library, Dulles Papers, General Telephone Conversations. Drafted by Dulles.
2. Macomber initialed for Dulles.