U.S. Recognition of Guinea; U.S. Relations With Guinea; President Touré’s Visit to the United States


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

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 751.002/9–2558. Secret; Priority. Drafted by Matthew J. Looram of the Office of Western European Affairs, cleared by Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs Joesph C. Satterthwaite, and approved by Director of the Office of Southern African Affairs C. Vaughan Ferguson. Repeated to Dakar and London.


307. Memorandum of Conversation

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 751T.02/10–458. Confidential. Drafted by Looram.


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

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 770B.02/10–1558. Secret. Repeated to London and Dakar.


309. Telegram From the Department of State to the Consulate General at Dakar

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 611.70B/10–1758. Official Use Only; Priority. Drafted by William C. Canup of the Office of Middle and Southern African Affairs; cleared by the President’s Staff Secretary Andrew J. Goodpaster, Looram, Deputy Legal Adviser John M. Raymond, and Satterthwaite; and approved by Murphy. Repeated to Paris and London.


310. Telegram From the Consulate General at Dakar to the Department of State

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 770B.02/10–2358. Secret; Niact. Also sent to Paris, London, Bonn, and USUN.


311. Memorandum of Conversation

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 770B.00/10–2558. Confidential. Drafted by McBride.


312. Memorandum From Secretary of State Dulles to President Eisenhower

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 770B.02/10–3158. Secret. Drafted by Canup. A note on the source text in Dulles’ handwriting dated October 31 states: “Communicated by phone to President & approved by him. JFD.”


313. Memorandum of Conversation

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 611.70B/12–158. Confidential. Drafted by Ferguson and approved by Herter.


314. Memorandum of Conversation

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 611.70B/12–1858. Confidential. Drafted by Ferguson.


315. Telegram From the Department of State to the Embassy in Guinea

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 770B.56/4–759. Confidential; Priority. Drafted by Ferguson, cleared by Deputy Assistant Secretary for Public Affairs Edwin M.J. Kretzmann and Public Affairs Adviser for African Affairs Rupert Prohme, and approved by Ferguson.


316. Memorandum of Conversation

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 601.70B11/4–2459. Confidential. Drafted by Canup.


317. Memorandum From Secretary of State Herter to President Eisenhower

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 770B.11/4–2459. Drafted by Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs James K. Penfield and Ware.


318. Memorandum of Conversation

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 770.00/4–2859. Secret. Drafted by Canup.


319. Telegram From the Embassy in Guinea to the Department of State

Source: Department of state, Central files, 611.70B/6–2459. Confidential. Repeated to Paris and Monrovia.


320. Memorandum From the Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs (Satterthwaite) to the Under Secretary of State (Dillon)

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 770B.5–MSP/10–659. Confidential. Drafted by Thomas A. Cassilly and Eugene L. Padberg of the Office of Middle and Southern African Affairs. Those concurring included Deputy Coordinator for Mutual Security John O. Bell, Assistant Secretary of State for Economic Affairs Thomas C. Mann, ICA Deputy Director for Operations Dennis A. FitzGerald, and Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for European Affairs Ivan B. White.


322. Memorandum of Conversation

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 770B.11/10–2759. Confidential. Drafted by Satterthwaite and approved in the White House.


323. Memorandum of Conversation

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 770B.11/10–2759. Confidential. Drafted by Van Essen and Cassilly.


324. Memorandum From Acting Secretary of State Dillon to the Director of the International Cooperation Administration (Riddleberger)

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 611.70B7/3–360. Confidential. Drafted by Politico-Economic Adviser for African Affairs George Dolgin. Sent to Dion with a covering memorandum of March 2 from Satterthwaite. (Ibid.,870B.00–TA/3–260)


326. Memorandum of Conversation

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 770B.5–MSP/5–1860. Confidential. Drafted by Cassilly.


327. Memorandum of Conversation

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 770B.5–MSP/6–1060. Confidential. Drafted by Cassilly.


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

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 870B.2614/6–2460, Confidential. Drafted by L. Dean Brown, cleared by Satterthwaite and Ferguson, and approved by Brown. Repeated to Conakry; pouched to Accra, Dakar, Brussels, Léopoldville, and Brazzaville.


329. Telegram From the Department of State to the Embassy in Guinea

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 870B.2614/7–2160. Confidential. Drafted by Cassilly; cleared by Kretzmann, Philip H. Valdes of the Office of Western European Affairs, and Eugene B. Abrams of the International Cooperation Administration; and approved by Ferguson.


330. Memorandum of Conversation

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 770B.2614/10–660. Official Use Only. Drafted by Cassilly.


331. Memorandum of Conversation

Source: Department of State, Secretary’s Memoranda of Conversation: Lot 64 D 199. Confidential. Drafted by Cassilly.


332. Telegram From the Embassy in Guinea to the Department of State

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 033.1100–CH/12–2060. Confidential. Repeated to Moscow, Paris, Bamako, Dakar, Monrovia, Accra, Abidjan, and London and pouched to Freetown. Received on December 22.

  1. The conversation was presumably held in the White House.
  2. The time of transmission is illegible.
  3. President Touré was attending the U.N. General Assembly; the conversation took place at his residence.
  4. The conversation took place in the Waldorf Towers.