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DEPARTMENT OF STATE
SECAFF
THE SECRETARY
304
April 4, 1950
105-a
MEMORANDUM OF CONVERSATION
WITH THE PRESIDENT
ARCHIVES RECORDS NATIONAL AND
(For Secretary's Files Only)
:
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During a telephone conversation with the President at
Key West today, he mentioned the subject of an appointment
for Mr. John Foster Dulles, and said he had been thinking
the matter over and thought that it would be useful if we
could work out something in the line of consultant to the
Secretary of State on Bi-Partisan Foreign Policy. The
President did not want him appointed Ambassador-at-Large
The Secretary mentioned to the President that Senator
Vandenberg in a letter to the Secretary had said that in
thinking over the names OI Republicans who might be helpful
in continuing the bi-partisan approach, the first name that
would come to mind among the Republicans would be John Foster
Dulles. The Secretary said he was planning to see Vandenberg
today and would like to talk the matter over with him, but
had hoped to get the President's ideas on the subject before
doing so. The Secretary thought that it would be very helpful
if something along the lines of the President's suggestion
could be worked out.
The President stressed that he would like the appointment
to be one which would not harm Mr. Dulles's dignity, but that
because of his ideas as expressed in last fall's campaign
on domestic matters, he did not feel he could make him part
of the Administration domestically. The Secretary agreed with
this view.
(Secretary spoke with Mr. Webb and Rusk about this, immediately
following the conversation.)
DECLASSIFIED
E. O. 11652, Sec. 3(E) and 5(D) or (E)
S : B. Evans
Dept. of State letter, 12/29/37
Bw NLT- HC NARS Date 6-4-26