U.S. Recognition of and Concern With Newly-Independent African States


65. Memorandum From Secretary of State Herter to President Eisenhower

Source: Eisenhower Library, Whitman File, DullesHerter Series. Confidential.


72. Telegram From the Consulate General at Lagos to the Department of State

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 770.00/9–560. Confidential.


73. Telegram From the Consulate General at Lagos to the Department of State

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 770 U.00/9–760. Limited Official Use.


74. Memorandum of Conference With President Eisenhower

Source: Eisenhower Library, Whitman File, DDE Diaries. Secret. Drafted by John S.D. Eisenhower.


75. Memorandum From Acting Secretary of State Dillon to President Eisenhower

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 770E.02/9–2360. No classification marking. Drafted by Thomas A. Cassilly of the Office of West African Affairs.


77. Memorandum of Conference With President Eisenhower

Source: Eisenhower Library, Whitman File, DDE Diaries. Secret. Drafted by John S.D. Eisenhower.


79. Telegram From the Embassy in Senegal to the Department of State

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 751T.02/10–1360. Confidential. Repeated to Paris, Rabat, and London.


80. Telegram From the Embassy in the Ivory Coast to the Department of State

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 770.00/10–2260. Confidential; Niact. Repeated to Paris and Dakar.


81. Memorandum of Conference With President Eisenhower

Source: Eisenhower Library, Whitman File, DDE Diaries. Secret. Drafted by Goodpaster. Another memorandum of the meeting drafted by Satterthwaite is in Department of State, Central Files, 770E.5–MSP/11–160.


82. Telegram From the Embassy in Ghana to the Department of State

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 120.270/11–660. Confidential; Priority.


83. Telegram From the Embassy in Cameroun to the Department of State

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 770.00/11–1360. Confidential; Priority. Repeated to London.


84. Telegram From the Embassy in the Congo to the Department of State

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 770C.5–MSP/11–1760. Confidential; Priority. Repeated to Yaoundé and Paris.


85. Telegram From the Embassy in the Congo to the Department of State

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 110.13–HE/11–1960. Confidential; Priority. Repeated to Paris.

  1. The conversation took place at the President’s suite at the Waldorf Astoria Hotel; he was in New York attending the U.N. General Assembly. Another memorandum of the conversation by Satterthwaite is in Department of State, Secretary’s Memoranda of Conversation: Lot 64 D 199.