Krushchev's Letters to Macmillan and de Gaulle
This memo for President Eisenhower contains Soviet Union Premier Krushchev's May 10, 1960 letter to British Prime Minister Macmillan concerning the upcoming Paris Summit, as well as Macmillan's reply.
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OCR Page 1 of 8May 15, 1960
MEMORANDUM FOR THE PRESIDENT
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Subject: Khrushchev's Letters to Macmillan and de Gaulle
On May 8 Khrushchev sent letters to Prime Minister Macmillan
and President de Gaulle which were delivered on May 9. The
letters, which are substantially the same, apparently were
motivated by an attempt to divide the Western participants
at the Summit meeting. (At just about the same time these
messages were sent the United States received the Soviet
note of protest regarding the U-2.) Referring to the speeches
made by the Vice President, Mr. Dillon and myself as well as
the U-2 affair, Khrushchev suggests that these may reflect the
wishes of some to "torpedo the conference." He further refers
to the possibility that the Vice President might act in your
behalf at the conference as evidence of the existence of
"forces in the United States which are not interested in the
success of the Summit conference.
You will recall that after his visit to the United States
Khrushchev made a series of unanswered public statements
concerning the substance of the forthcoming Summit discussions
in relation to the position of the United States Government.
The statements made by Mr. Dillon and me were consciously
designed to respond to the many misstatements made by Khrushchev
over a period of months and thus to set the record straight
prior to the Summit meeting.
Enclosed is the text of a translation of the Khrushchev
letter to Prime Minister Macmillan and the latter's reply
There are also enclosed pertinent excerpts from statements
made by Khrushchev together with replies made by Mr. Dillon
and me.
C. h. H
D.
Christian A. Herter
Enclosures:
1. Letter from Khrushchev to
Macmillan and reply.
2. Excerpts from statements by
DECLASSIFIED
Khrushchev and replies.
Authority State Dept. Subject Guidelines
By LKG
6/5/97
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