176. Editorial Note
On February 1, during a State visit, Prime Minister Eden discussed Berlin with Secretary of State Dulles. For extensive documentation on Eden’s visit to Washington, including a memorandum of their conversation, see volume XXVII.
At the conclusion of the visit, President Eisenhower and the Prime Minister issued a joint statement, which included the following expression of support for Berlin:
“We affirm our abiding interest in the security and welfare of Berlin. We shall continue, as we have stated in the past, to regard any attack against Berlin from any quarter as an attack upon our forces and ourselves.”
For full text of the joint statement, see Department of State Bulletin, February 13, 1956, pages 232–234.