A Guide to Minutes and Documents of the Cabinet Meetings of PRESIDENT EISENHOWER (1953-1961) Minutes of Telephone Conversations of JOHN FOSTER DULLES and of CHRISTIAN HERTER (1953-1961) THE PRESIDENTIAL DOCUMENTS SERIES A Guide to Minutes and Documents of the Cabinet Meetings of PRESIDENT EISENHOWER (1953-1961) Minutes of Telephone Conversations of JOHN FOSTER DULLES and of CHRISTIAN HERTER (1953-1961) Edited by Paul Kesaris Joan Gibson A Microfilm Project of UNIVERSITY PUBLICATIONS OF AMERICA, INC. 5630 Connecticut Avenue Washington, D.C. 20015 Copyright ® 1980 by University Publications of America, Inc. All rights Reserved ISBN 0-89093-355-3 ISBN 0-89093-356-1 Contents REEL INDEX Minutes and Documents of the Cabinet Meetings of President Eisenhower (1953-1961) Preliminary Meetings 1 Cabinet Meetings 1953 1 1954 1 1955 2 1956 2 1957 2 1958 3 1959 3 1960 4 1961 4 REEL INDEX Minutes of Telephone Conversations of John Foster Dulles and of Christian Herter (1953-1961) Note: Because we were requested by the staff of the Eisenhower Library to leave the file order of the minutes unchanged, each individual file of minutes has been filmed in reverse chronological order. Key to Initials 5 John Foster Dulles Telephone Memoranda: December 30, 1952 - May 8, 1959 6 John Foster Dulles Telephone Conversations with the White House: January 21, 1953 - April 15, 1959 36 Christian Herter Telephone Conversations with the White House: January 3, 1959 - January 19, 1961 51 Christian Herter Telephone Memoranda: January 1, 1959 - January 16, 1961 53 Name Index 61 REEL INDEX Minutes and Documents of the Cabinet Meetings of President Eisenhower (1953-1961) The documents of a typical Cabinet meeting are generally filmed in the following order: 1) agenda; 2) minutes; 3) Cabinet reports, records of action, and memoranda to the President. 1953 Reel 1 0195 February 20. 12pp. PRELIMINARY MEETINGS 0207 February 25. 4pp. 0211 March 6. 10pp. Frame 0221 March 13. 8pp. 0002 Withdrawal Sheet 0230 March 20. 6pp. 0236 March 27. 17pp. Cabinet-Action Status Reports 0254 April 3. 4pp. 0004 Action Status Report. 0258 April 10. 5pp. August 1, 1960. 33pp. 0263 April 17. 4pp. Cabinet Meetings: 0267 April 24. 4pp. Hotel Commodore, N.Y.C. 0271 May 1. 5pp. 0038 Agenda for Cabinet Meetings (De- 0276 May 8. 5pp. cember 12-January 12, 1953). 0281 May 22. 16pp. 3pp. 0297 May 29. 4pp. 0301 June 5. 3pp. 0042 Cabinet Meeting (January 12, 1953). 0304 June 19. 7pp. 84pp. 0311 June 26. 16pp. 0125 Report on Commodore Cabinet Meet- 0327 July 3. 21pp. ing (January 13, 1953). 0348 July 10. 5pp. January 26, 1953. Ip. 0353 July 17. 6pp. 0126 Notes on Commodore "Cabinet Meet- 0359 July 31. 25pp. ing" (January 13, 1953). 0384 August 27. 32pp. January 21, 1953. 2pp. 0419 September 25. 8pp. 0427 October 2. 7pp. 0130 Tentative Inaugural ProgramforCabi- 0434 October 9. llpp. net Officers. 0445 October 22. 32pp. 9pp. 0477 October 30. 9pp. 0139 Joint Statement of Sen. H. Ferguson 0488 November 12. 6pp. and Rep. C. Brown. , 0494 November 20. 12pp. 10pp. 0506 December 9. 12pp. 0150 Special Committee on Government 0518 December 11. 15pp. Organization (January 13, 1953). 0532 December 15. 8pp. 3pp. 1954 CABINET MEETINGS 0540 January 4. 3pp. 1953 0543 January 15. 30pp. 0153 January 23. 4pp. 0575 January 20. 5pp. 0157 January 30. 5pp. 0580 January 29. 15pp. 0162 February 6. 9pp. 0593 February 16. 27pp. 0171 February 12. 24pp. 0619 February 26. 17pp. 1954 1955 0637 March 5. 40pp. 0352 June 17. 12pp. 0674 March 12. 20pp. 0364 July 1. 5pp. 0688 March 19. 18pp. 0369 July 8. 18pp. 0701 March 26. 9pp. 0387 July 22. 9pp. 0710 April 2. 49pp. 0399 July 29. 24pp. 0741 April 9. 8pp. 0422 August 5. 19pp. 0749 April 30. 13pp. 0445 August 12. 64pp. 0765 May 14. 15pp. 0506 September 30. 16pp. 0781 May 21. 10pp. 0523 October 7. 15pp. 0793 June 4. 15pp. 0536 October 14. 27pp. 0560 October 12. 22pp. 0585 October 28. 45pp. Reel 2 0640 November 4. 23pp. 0675 November 16. 12pp. 0002 June 11. 18pp. 0691 November 22. 187pp. 0023 June 24. 26pp. 0043 July 2. 14pp. 0057 July 9. 12pp. Reel 4 0069 July 16. 21pp. 0094 July 23. 17pp. 0002 December 12. 67pp. 0111 July 29. llpp. 0070 December 9. 18pp. 0122 August 6. 31pp. 0088 December 16. 50pp. 0156 August 13. 60pp. 0239 August 18. 17pp. 1956 0257 October 19. 62pp. 0315 October 25. 8pp. 0139 January 16. 16pp. 0323 November 5. 33pp. 0157 January 27. 50pp. 0357 November 19. 37pp. 0207 February 7. 25pp. 0393 December 3. 33pp. 0232 February 13. 16pp. 0426 December 10. 27pp. 0251 March 2. 31pp. 0440 December 17. 103pp. 0283 March 9. 61pp. 0345 March 23. 40pp. 0386 April 6. 69pp. 1955 0455 April 10. 48pp. 0541 January 3. 26pp. 0503 April 27. 35pp. 0568 January 7. 101pp. 0542 April 27. 172pp. 0669 January 14. 25pp. 0694 January 21. 20pp. 0715 January 28. 53pp. 0770 February 4. 18pp. Reel 5 0002 May 16. 4pp. 0006 June 1. 15pp. Reel 3 0022 June 21. 21pp. 0045 June 29. 37pp. 0002 February 18. 61pp. 0088 July 13. 6pp. 0064 March 4. 22pp. 0094 July 25. 23pp. 0086 March 11. 6pp. 0118 July 27. 21pp. 0092 March 18. 15pp. 0139 August 3. 8pp. 0107 March 25. 30pp. 0147 September 28. 22pp. 0143 April 1. 13pp. 0168 November 16. 26pp. 0156 April 22. 57pp. 0194 November 21. 13pp. 0214 April 29. 56pp. 0206 December 14. 12pp. 0270 May 13. 9pp. 0279 May 20. 8pp. 0287 May 27. 41pp. 1957 0328 June 10. 14pp. 0220 January 9. 84pp. 1957 1958 0291 January 9. 49pp. 0365 June 13. 15pp. 0340 January 18. 73pp. 0383 June 27. 87pp. 0423 February 1. 49pp. 0473 July 7. 134pp. 0472 February 8. 13pp. 0558 July 18. 19pp. 0486 February 27. 58pp. 0582 July 25. 174pp. 0549 March 11. 17pp. 0756 August 4. 27pp. 0568 March 29. 42pp. 0611 April 5. 56pp. 0668 April 12. 63pp. 0735 May 3. 35pp. ReelS 0775 May 10. 15pp. 0002 August 8. 79pp. 0082 August 8. 58pp. Reel 6 0140 August 15. 14pp. 0157 August 28. Ip. 0002 May 24. 55pp. 0158 September 26. 124pp. 0058 JuneS. 21pp. 0285 October 9. 16pp. 0080 June 17. 9pp. 0299 November 6. 10pp. 0091 June 21. 12pp. 0308 November 20. 35pp. 0106 June 28. 8pp. 0343 December 5. 87pp. 0117 July 12. 8pp. 0434 December 12. 13pp. 0128 July 19. 7pp. 0448 December 16. 2pp. 0138 July 24. 25pp. 0450 December 19. 20pp. 0154 August 2. 50pp. 0204 August 23. 25pp. 1959 0229 October 11. 26pp. 0473 January 16. 70pp. 0250 October 18. 75pp. 0548 January 23. 25pp. 0325 November 1. 23pp. 0577 January 30. 59pp. 0355 November 5. 38pp. 0635 February 27. 55pp. 0393 November 8. 57pp. 0693 March 6. 29pp. 0450 November 15. 25pp. 0723 March 13. 46pp. 0476 November 22. 49pp. 0772 April 24. 46pp. 0524 December 2. 9pp. 0822 May 1. 64pp. 1958 0533 January 3. 59pp. Reel 9 0593 January 10. 28pp. 0622 January 17. 44pp. 0002 May 15. 110pp. 0665 January 24. 9pp. 0115 May 15. 9pp. 0678 February 7. 14pp. 0126 May 22. 70pp. 0693 February 28. 35pp. 0197 May 22. 43pp. 0728 March 7. 57pp. 0250 June 5. 44pp. 0304 June 22. 13pp. 0325 July 17. 88pp. Reel? 0430 July 31. 58pp. 0489 July 31. 161pp. 0002 March 14. 51pp. 0642 August 7. 39pp. 0053 March 21. 13pp. 0686 September 11. 28pp. 0068 March 28. 38pp. 0714 September 11. 5pp. 0106 April 18. 26pp. 0720 November 6. 32pp. 0131 April 25. 58pp. 0752 November 6. 81pp. 0190 May 2. 82pp. 0834 November 11. 14pp. 0272 May 16. 25pp. 0848 November 27. 18pp. 0297 May 23. 13pp. 0873 November 27. 25pp. 0310 June 6. 54pp. 0895 November 27. 44pp. 1960 Reel 10 0470 April 29. 24pp. 0495 April 29. 14pp. 1959 0509 April 29. 57pp. 0569 April 29. 48pp. 0002 December 11. 44pp. 0612 May 12. 53pp. 0050 December 18. 55pp. 0670 May 26. 3pp. 0674 June 3. 7pp. 1960 0688 July 1. 49pp. 0738 August 15. 2pp. 0105 January 6. 7pp. 0744 August 26. 61pp. 0113 January 14. 23pp. 0807 October 17. 15pp. 0132 January 22. 28pp. 0823 October 17. 60pp. 0163 January 22. 53pp. 0883 October 17. 23pp. 0218 February 26. 30pp. 0912 November 9! 18pp. 0248 March 4. 13pp. 0931 December 20. 32pp. 0261 March 11. 38pp. 0301 March 25. 61pp. 0360 March 25. 81pp. 1961 0444 April 8. 26pp. 0964 January 13. 3pp. REEL INDEX Minutes of Telephone Conversations of John Foster Dulles and of Christian Herter (1953-1961) Because we were requested by the staff of the Eisenhower Library to leave the file order of the minutes unchanged, each individual file of minutes has been filmed in reverse chronlogical order. In the vast majority of the minutes, the individuals with whom Secretaries Dulles and Herter spoke are identified fully. In some of the minutes, however, individuals are identified by last names only, and in these cases we have used every means possible to provide the complete name. Key to Initials D.A. Dillon Anderson H.F.H. Henry F. Holland G.A. George Allen J.H. James C. Hagerty R.A. Robert B. Anderson L.H. Leonard Hall S.A. Sherman Adams R.H. Robert Hill A.B. Andrew Berding R.F.H. Robert F. Hart, Jr. D.B. D. Boster I.I. Irving Ives E.B. Ezra Taft Benson C.D.J. Charles D. Jackson H.B. Herbert Brownell, Jr. L.BJ. Lyndon B. Johnson H.A.B. Henry A. Byroade W.J. Walter Judd L.B.