United States Interest in the Sultanate of Muscat and Oman1

1. For related information, see Documents 164 ff.


145. Telegram From the Department of State to the Embassy in the United Kingdom

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 780.022/12–1255. Secret; Priority. Drafted by Wilkins and Newsom; approved by Hoover. Repeated priority to Jidda and Paris and to Dhahran and Aden.


146. Telegram From the Embassy in the United Kingdom to the Department of State

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 780.022/12–1555. Secret; Priority. Also sent to Aden. Repeated to Paris, Jidda, and Dhahran.


148. Message From Prime Minister Macmillan to President Eisenhower

Source: Eisenhower Library, Whitman File, International File. Top Secret. According to a notation on a telegram forwarding the text of Macmillan’s letter to the Embassy in London, the message was received by the President on July 22. (Telegram 696 to London, July 23; Department of State, Central Files, 641.86e/7–2357)


149. Telegram From the Embassy in the United Kingdom to the Department of State

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 786E.00/7–2357. Secret; Niact.


150. Telegram From the Department of State to the Embassy in the United Kingdom

Source: Eisenhower Library, Whitman File, International File. Top Secret. Drafted by the President and approved by Dulles.


151. Telegram From the Department of State to the Embassy in the United Kingdom

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 786E.00/7–2257. Secret. Drafted by Burdett and approved and signed by Dulles. Repeated to Jidda and Dhahran.


153. Memorandum From the Special Assistant for Intelligence (Cumming) to the Acting Secretary of State

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 786E.00/8–157. Secret. Drafted by Liebesny.


156. Telegram From the Department of State to the Mission at the United Nations

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 786E.00/8–1257. Confidential. Drafted by Cargo, DePalma, and Gamon; and approved by Murphy. Repeated to London.


157. Memorandum of a Conversation Between the Deputy Under Secretary of State (Murphy) and the British Ambassador (Caccia), Department of State, Washington, August 15, 1957

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 641.86E/8–1557. Secret. Drafted by Murphy.


158. Message From Prime Minister Macmillan to President Eisenhower

Source: Eisenhower Library, Whitman File, International File. Secret. According to a notation on another copy of Macmillan’s letter, it was received at the White House on Saturday, August 17. (Department of State, Presidential Correspondence: Lot 66 D 204, Macmillan to Eisenhower Correspondence, 1957–1958, vol. 11) The text of the Macmillan letter was sent to the Embassy in London for its information. (Telegram 1388 to London, August 18; ibid., Central Files, 786E.00/8–1857)


159. Telegram From the Department of State to the Embassy in the United Kingdom

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 768E.00/8–1757. Secret; Niact; Presidential Handling.


160. Telegram From the Department of State to the Embassy in the United Kingdom

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 786E.00/8–1957. Secret; Niact; Presidential Handling.


161. Memorandum of a Conversation, Department of State, Washington, August 19, 1957

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 786E.00/8–1957. Secret. Drafted by Murphy.


163. Memorandum of a Conversation, Waldorf Towers, New York, September 16, 1957, 1 p.m.

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 110.11–DU/9–1857. Secret. Drafted by Rountree. Dulles and Lloyd were in New York for the opening of the Twelfth Session of the U.N. General Assembly, which lasted from September 18 to December 14.