Foreign Ministers Meeting Summit Keynote - Talking Paper for the Secretary
This talking paper for Secretary of State Herter outlines the four purposes for the upcoming Paris Summit in May.
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April 9, 1960
FOREIGN MINISTERS MEETING
Washington, Do Co April 12=14, 1960
SUMMIT KEYNOTE
87
Talking Papor for the Secretary
Introduction
10 Need to
We have a fairly good idea of what the Soviets
Dering
Our
hope to obtain from the May meoting We should
Purposes.
be equally clear as to our own aims - over and
above the negative one of frustrating Soviet
purposes. It is now time to mature our own
the
Summit philosophyo
20 Danger
I would hope that in this terminal phase
of
Leaks.
of preparations for the Summit we will redouble
efforts to prevent leaks. Leaks projudice
diplomacy's chances and hence increase the
risk of conflicto
3. Raising
We must overcome any tendency to look on
our
Sights.
the Summit something of a chore, whose maxi-
mum result would be to leave us no worse off
than we were before.
This is too modest an aim and
would be too negative a result for such an
important internationa meeting.
We should look upon the coming
talks with the Sovists as a chance to achieve,
DECL/SSIFIED
or at least to champion, four affirmative purposes.
Authority State Dept. Subject Guideljnes
By HD
6/20/97
Our First Purpose:
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