319. Editorial Note
In telegram 2274 to Moscow, April 23, 1963, the Department of State instructed Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs Harriman to proceed to Moscow to discuss the situation in Laos with Soviet Foreign Minister Gromyko and Chairman Khrushchev. “You should recall to the Chairman the mutual commitments exchanged in Vienna and express the Presidentʼs firm belief that unless these commitments and the subsequent Accords reached at Geneva can be effectively implemented, it is difficult for the President to see how any other agreement can be successfully reached and carried out.” For text of telegram 2274 and the memorandum of Harrimanʼs conversation with Khrushchev and Gromyko on April 26, see Foreign Relations, 1961–1963, volume XXIV, pages 997–998 and 1000–1005.