United States Interest in the Resolution of the Cyprus Dispute1
1. For previous documentation, see Foreign Relations, 1952–1954, vol. VIII, pp. 674 ff.
175. Letter From Prime Minister Eden to President Eisenhower
Source: Eisenhower Library, Whitman File, International File. Top Secret. Transmitted under cover of a note from Makins to Eisenhower on June 7.
176. Telegram From the Embassy in the United Kingdom to the Department of State
Source: Department of State, Central Files, 747C.00/6–1856. Secret; Priority.
178. Memorandum of a Conversation, Department of State, Washington, June 19, 1956
Source: Department of State, Central Files, 747C.00/6–1956. Secret. Drafted by Wood.
179. Text of Statement To Be Made by Her Majesty’s Government on the Cyprus Question
Source: Eisenhower Library, Whitman File, International File. Secret.
180. Memorandum of a Conversation, Department of State, Washington, June 22, 1956
Source: Department of State, Central Files, 747C.00/6–2256. Secret. Drafted by Rountree.
181. Letter From President Eisenhower to Prime Minister Eden
Source: Eisenhower Library, Whitman File, International File. Secret.
182. Memorandum of Conversations Between the British Ambassador (Makins) and Secretary of State Dulles, Dulles’ Residence, Washington, June 23 and 25, 1956
Source: Department of State, Secretary’s Memoranda of Conversation: Lot 64 D 199. Secret. Drafted by Dulles.
183. Letter From Prime Minister Eden to President Eisenhower
Source: Eisenhower Library, Whitman File, International File. Top Secret. Transmitted under cover of a note from Makins to Eisenhower, June 26. A notation on the source text in an unidentified hand reads: “State will handle any reply on diplomatic level”.
185. Memorandum of a Conversation, Department of State, Washington, July 13, 1956
Source: Department of State, Central Files, 747C.00/7–1356. Secret. Drafted by Baxter.
186. Memorandum of a Conversation Between the Greek Ambassador (Melas) and Secretary of State Dulles, Department of State, Washington, July 16, 1956
Source: Department of State, Central Files, 747C.00/7–1656. Confidential. Drafted by Baxter.
187. Memorandum From the Secretary of State to the President
Source: Department of State, Central Files, 747C.00/7–2056. Secret. Spyros Skouras, President of Twentieth Century Fox Films, had undertaken, on his own initiative, a mission to persuade the Governments of Greece and Turkey to disengage from the Cyprus problem and to allow the British and the Cypriots to settle the issue. Although Skouras had contact with Eisenhower and Dulles as well as other Department of State officials, his mission was undertaken as a private citizen. Skouras saw Eden on June 20. A report of Skouras’ conversation with Karamanlis was transmitted in telegram 53 from Athens, July 6. (Ibid., 747C.00/7–656)
188. Memorandum From the Assistant Secretary of State for Near Eastern, South Asian, and African Affairs (Rountree) to the Secretary of State
Source: Department of State, Central Files, 747C.00/7–3056. Secret. Drafted by Williams, Wood, and Laingen and sent through S/S and G.
189. Telegram From the Department of State to the Embassy in the United Kingdom
Source: Department of State, Central Files, 747C.00/8–2356. Secret; Priority. Drafted by, Wood, and Williams. Repeated to Athens, Nicosia, Ankara, and pouched to Paris for USRO and to USUN. Dulles was in London for the Suez Canal Conference, August 16–23.
190. Telegram From the Embassy in Greece to the Department of State
Source: Department of State, Central Files, 747C.00/8–1856. Secret; Priority. Repeated to Nicosia, Ankara, Paris, and London.
191. Telegram From the Department of State to the Embassy in Greece
Source: Department of State, Central Files, 747C.00/8–2856. Secret; Priority. Drafted by Rountree, Wood, and Laingen. Also sent to London; repeated to Ankara, Paris, and Nicosia; and pouched to Belgrade, Vienna, and Naples.
192. Memorandum From the Assistant Secretary of State for Near Eastern, South Asian, and African Affairs (Rountree) to the Secretary of State
Source: Department of State, Central Files, 747C.00/9–456. Secret. Drafted by Williams, Wood, and Rountree on September 1.
193. Telegram From the Embassy in the United Kingdom to the Department of State
Source: Department of State, Central Files, 747C.00/9–656. Secret. Repeated to Athens, Ankara, Paris, and Nicosia.
194. Telegram From the Department of State to the Embassy in France
Source: Department of State, Central Files, 120.1540/9–856. Top Secret; Limited Distribution. Drafted by Williams, Wood, and Rountree. Repeated to London, Ankara, and Nicosia.
196. Memorandum of a Conversation Between Spyros Skouras and Secretary of State Dulles, Department of State, Washington, September 10, 1956
Source: Department of State, Central Files, 747C.00/19–1056. Secret. Drafted by Wood on September 11.
197. Memorandum of a Conversation, Department of State, Washington, September 26, 1956
Source: Department of State, Secretary’s Memoranda of Conversation: Lot 64 D 199. Secret. Drafted by Wood.
198. Telegram From the Embassy in the United Kingdom to the Department of State
Source: Department of State, Central Files, 120.154/9–2656. Top Secret; Limited Distribution. Repeated to Paris, Athens, and Ankara.
199. Telegram From the Department of State to the Embassy in the United Kingdom
Source: Department of State, Central Files, 120.1540/9–2956. Top Secret; Priority. Limited distribution. Drafted by Wood and Williams. Repeated to Athens, Ankara, and Nicosia and pouched to USUN.
200. Telegram From the Embassy in Greece to the Department of State
Source: Department of State, Central Files, 120.1540/10–556. Top Secret; Priority. Limited Distribution. Repeated to London, Paris, Ankara, and Nicosia. Holmes arrived in Athens on October 2.
201. Memorandum of a Conversation, Secretary’s Office, Waldorf-Astoria Hotel, New York, October 7, 1956, 7:30 p.m.
Source: Department of State, Central Files, 747C.001/10–756. Secret. Drafted by Tyler. Dulles and Lloyd were in New York to attend a Security Council meeting on the Suez Canal situation.
202. Telegram From the Embassy in Greece to the Department of State
Source: Department of State, Central Files, 120.1540/10–756. Top Secret; Priority; Limited Distribution. Repeated to London, Paris, Ankara, and Nicosia.
203. Telegram From the Embassy in the United Kingdom to the Department of State
Source: Department of State, Central Files, 120.1540/10–856. Top Secret; Priority; Limited Distribution. Repeated to Paris, Ankara, Athens, and Nicosia.
204. Telegram From the Embassy in the United Kingdom to the Department of State
Source: Department of State, Central Files, 747C.00/10–2556. Top Secret; Priority; Limit Distribution. Repeated to Paris, Athens, Ankara, and Nicosia.