269. Editorial Note
On November 25, President Eisenhower sent a message to Guinean President Sékou Touré replying to a November 20 cable from Touré. In that message, Touré charged that the United States had taken a “partisan position” and was supporting “the enemies of African emancipation” in the Congo and threatened that if the United Stated maintained its position, Guinea would refuse to take part in the Conciliation Commission and would take “any position in African affairs consistent with Congolese interests.” President Eisenhower’s reply declared that the United States had “been in the forefront of those nations who have favored emancipation of all peoples” and urged Guinean support to the U.N. effort in the Congo. For texts of both messages, see American Foreign Policy: Current Documents, 1960, pages 601–602.