Office of the Historian

December 1958–February 1959: The Final Settlement on Cyprus

297. Telegram From the Embassy in France to the Department of State

Paris, December 19, 1958, 9 p.m.

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 747C.00/12–1958. Confidential; Noforn. Repeated to Athens, Ankara, and Nicosia.

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

London, December 20, 1958, 8 p.m.

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 747C.00/12–2058. Confidential. Repeated to Athens and Ankara.

300. Telegram From the Embassy in Greece to the Department of State

Athens, December 24, 1958, 5 p.m.

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 747C.00/12–2458. Secret; Limit Distribution.

301. Message From Prime Minister Macmillan to Secretary of State Dulles

London, January 17, 1959.

Source: Department of State, Presidential Correspondence: Lot 66 D 204. Confidential. Enclosure to a letter from Caccia to Dulles, January 17. Notations on the source text read: “Handed to Secy 1/17/59 by Caccia” and “Sec saw.”

302. Letter From Secretary of State Dulles to Prime Minister Macmillan

Washington, January 21, 1959.

Source: Department of State, Presidential Correspondence: Lot 66 D 204. Confidential. A notation on the source text reads: “Secretary handed letter to Ambassador Caccia 1/21/59.”

303. Telegram From the Embassy in France to the Department of State

Paris, January 23, 1959, 8 p.m.

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 747C.00/1–2359. Secret; Limit Distribution; Noforn. Repeated to Athens, Ankara, London, and Nicosia.

304. Message From Foreign Secretary Lloyd to Secretary of State Dulles

London, January 27, 1959.

Source: Department of State, Presidential Correspondence: Lot 66 D 204. Secret. Enclosure to a letter from Hood to Dulles, January 27. A notation on the source text indicates the letter was received at 9:30 p.m. Another notations reads: “Sec saw.”

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

London, January 29, 1959, noon.

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 747C.00/1–2959. Secret; Niact; Limit Distribution. Repeated to Ankara, Paris for USRO, Athens, and Nicosia.

306. Telegram From the Embassy in Greece to the Department of State

Athens, January 31, 1959, 4 p.m.

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 747C.00/1–3059. Secret; Priority; Limited Distribution. Repeated to London, Paris for USRO, Nicosia, and Ankara.

308. Letter From President Eisenhower to Prime Minister Macmillan

Washington, February 12, 1959.

Source: Eisenhower Library, Staff Secretary Records, International File. No classification marking. Transmitted to London in telegram 7313, February 12. (Ibid., Whitman File, International File)

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

London, February 12, 1959, 1 p.m.

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 747C.00/2–1259. Secret. Repeated to Athens, Ankara, Nicosia, and Paris for USRO.

310. Letter From the British Ambassador (Caccia) to Acting Secretary of State Herter

Washington, February 16, 1959.

Source: Department of State, Presidential Correspondence: Lot 66 D 204. Personal and Secret. Initialed by Herter. Secretary Dulles was on medical leave beginning February 9.