Diary Entry of President Dwight D. Eisenhower Regarding the Suez Crisis

THE WHITE HOUSE WASHINGTON August 12, 1956 MEMORANDUM FOR RECORD SUBJECT: Suez Canal Situation - Presidential Meeting 10:30-11:00 am (Preliminary to Noon Meeting with Congressional Bipartisan Leaders) Sunday, August 12, 1956 ATTENDANCE: The President Secretary John Foster Dulles Admiral Arthur W. Radford Honorable Arthur S. Flemming Honorable Wilton B. Persons Part-Time: General Alfred M. Gruenther Honorable Allen Dulles Honorable Gordon Gray Honorable Dillon Anderson 1. Secretary Dulles brought the President up-to-date on his dis- cussions with Senator George relative to the possibility of the Senator's participating in the London Conference. He told the President that he felt that it would be desirable to have a ranking Democratic Senator and a ranking Republican Senator accompany him. He stated that Senator George would be in to talk with the President just prior to the meeting with the legislative leaders. The President stated that in talking with the legislative leaders he would stress the desirability of having representatives from the Senate at the conference in view of the fact that as a result of the conference it might be necessary to negotiate a new treaty which in turn would, of course, have to be submitted to the Senate for ratification. DECLASSIFIED E.O. 12005, Sec. 3-204 SECREE MR 78 194 H.3 By DJH Dato 4/1/80