Foreign Relations of the United States, 1955–1957, Regulation of Armaments; Atomic Energy, Volume XX

305. Editorial Note

Following a visit from Admiral Strauss, Chairman of the Atomic Energy Commission, on October 9, British Prime Minister Macmillan wrote to Secretary Dulles and President Eisenhower on October 10. A copy of his letter to Dulles is in Department of State, Atomic Energy Files: Lot 57 D 688, Weapons—Test Limitations. His letter to Eisenhower is scheduled for publication in volume XXVII.

Macmillan discussed his motivations for writing the letters and quoted from both of them in his memoirs. See Riding the Storm, 1956–1959, page 315.