Transcript of Telephone Conversation with Former President Harry S. Truman and Central Intelligence Agency Director Allen Dulles

Independence, Missouri TRE 9:30 A. M., July 26, 1958 NATIONAL ARCHIVES AND Telephone conversation between the RECOROS President and Mr. Allen Dulles: to The President: I hope everything's all right with you. Mr. Dulles: Yes, I'm all right. A xitt little busy, though. The President: I judge you are. I know exactly what you are up against, and I hope it can be worked out. Mr. Dulles: I have a message for you. The President yesterday asked me to get in touch with you and ask you whether, by any chance, you would like any briefing with regard to the current situation, particularly the Middle East, or anything else you might want. The President: I would, of course, but I never thought I ought to ask, because it might be embarrassing Mr. Dulles: Not in the least. The President asked me to get in touch with you and make my staff and myself available to you for that purpose. The President: You do not know how very much I appreciate it. There's no way in the world to find out what's going on unless you have a contact with the Central Intelligence Agency, and no one has done a better job there than you. Mr. Dulles: This office never had a better friend than you, sir The President: And I want to be helpful, if I can. I don't want to upset apple carts Mr. Dulles: Everyone knew that you would take a patriotic stand on this. The President: Anything you think I ought to know -- I don't want to go off half-cocked -- I would appreciate the information, any information you can give me, so that I can act for the welfare of the country. Mr. Dulles: How should I do it? I can fly someone to Independence o The President: Whatever is convenient. I don't want to put you to any