05664953 DECLASSff lED with deletions Authority Nlt 1 olt-S1 • 3 By µµ __ -ILDDE Dato 1of1 May 15 1959 MEMORANDUM OF CONFERENCE WITH THE PRESIDENT May 15 1959 Otber• preaeut Secretary DWoa Mr MUl'pby S cr•tu-J Mc Elroy General Taylor Mr All•D • • Gordon Ci ray OeMral Goodpa•tw Mr Gray told the Pr••ldent the aroup waa m••tlns with him to di•c••• a propoaal arowb out of the Muphy Committee for certain co meaavea comiedt4 with wUb Berlm Germany 1ltuadon Th• Pretldezat aaid that U hacl teemed to Wm that a lot of eJdl1 wo lld be reqGUed to pu t aero•• the lde tbat we are mald Da preparatloa• to nppon UllCon 'elltlonal acthity bl Eaetwn Ev rope abo lld neaotl• e tiOA8 'break cloWII •••pa1• Mr Murplay aald tl l• Idea of I be aroap bacl beeia that aom• 0 to tbll effect II MIWl IIOOD mlabt lD fact help ID tb• a eaouatloa• wa -r way lra Ci•ne••• TM Soffeta wowd feel a Uttle pr•••ur• oa them••• •• The Preaidut Nld he recopised thl• wt •tUl tbouabt u would N bard to put tbe pobl aero•• that acUou were r ia •d oAlJ to a poaaW ltrMkdowA of a •aoUadou He meatloa ed t bat lt would be a ml iake ID bl1 Jllqment to move areat fore•• for• ward at tWa time 1D U Brat place auch acttn wollld b• pro'lrOC • UoA Del ill tu ••cowl lt wolll4 aometbln1 of a 'bluff ainee tba Sow•t• kliow Uaat •• coald DOt tiio dud a maJor aroUAd type operad oll aaa Dat them A Ea• Gel'IDIIDJ Uw•• Mr • Allea Dwle• eald that be had talked with bl • brother ln J DIIU'y about Iler• aD4 •pecUic lly wbat co alcl be don• covertly to help tu neaoUatlon• They felt tba E nerD Eu rope l• ODe of th• So tet wean Ad they •bowd DOt lte allowed to feel u•ved ta a t be natu• 'l' O l• in no daqer Ut ere Tuy bad tbl relore ided to c o a proaram' ii_ deu ratbaa perlk nael of the Eaet Cierm D r•aimWU d Ual1 bu 10• forwu-4 aDd alao to ebow tbat we take tbe al ladoa of the Eut EvopeUMJ fl'llt• ••rioualJ aacl are not ab DdoDlA them Th• lde• would 'be to ebow tbal U we com• to • - - ' ' r•· _ I C05664953 •hf 1 the briak of war tiler• are thins••• could 4o to Ur up trouble for tu So t•t• bl Eaater11 Europe • Tbe Preeldea t comlrmed tlr t he WMl•r•tood U U the plan called for tbac u• l lllclizla up dlHend oa ad be capaliillty of cr Uai to be carrl•d out lA ca•• th• ••1oU atlou l»reak dowa He reltera ecl llaat th • l• a very dSUlcull polDt to make Mr Murpby OU pvpo•• wollld be to set tbe polm aero•• 1lmply to tbe So'Wiete Mr Oray aald be 11 Dderatood tha DO actloa l• planA•d DOW lnatead •• ue J lllt plaanlnc to lnk tbe ldea Mr All•11 Dulle• eald Uud cenala IIIICODffDtloaal tJPe I IPpll•• mi bt b• mo' d forward altbouah poeatbly aot b tile Ure pllue · •••pa1• Wll'•••• ••d The Pr••ldut a•k•d wba aeav Ac• •• could feel that tbl• operatloa wolllcl be kept bl the bead a of a very few people Mr • Aid tba1 • • are •rl•ced lA tbl1 type of acthity Del tbal •• bave rout•• by •blc JI •• C ll leak euch lDformatioll to •elected pol nu at II l•YellL ------ -- -- ----- ------ -- - --- -- - ---TIM Pr•lddeDl eald be waderatood that All•a l Qlle1 will l e Ill cha 1'1• of tbl• o - adoa H• aaked him to keep a carelw wUch for So'Viet r cdoa Dull•• ·· -JI C05664953 ·- -···--r t v - l °rl_ ' -l j • J J i Mr DUloza za ext referred to a m seaaa• from Prim• MIDlater Mac-mUJeo to th• Pr••ldant lD wWcb Mr MacmtUan ral••d th• queetlon of Joint mllltary plannt111 'ba the Mid East epedftcally plam t aa for tbe contlnaeacy of an attack from ll'aci aaalnat Kuwait Tile Preeld•nt recalled tbat we lad aar••d upoza tile pdn clpl• of cooperadoA 1A pla»n aa at Bermuda Mr McElroy comm nte cl tbat the Bddab have beea p111biJI bard for Joint planning 1n the Mid Ea1t but were nowhere to be found w L•n we wanted Joint coaUaaen cy plannAna dfecUn a 8erUa Mr Muphy •aid they bad been wW1na to co11d1 ct Jobat plamdn1 her• in Waahin1toA but Ml- McEll'Oy aa d lt wa• plamw as with our comma nd11n Europe Cb at waa really required Tbe Preaunt aald b • ---id Mr · Macmillan that we ••re ready to 10 forward with euch planntn1 to_ tM Mld Eaet a••u• The Pre 1lden t alao commented IO Mr Dillon tbal tn another letter to blm from Mr Mac-i niUaza tu latt•r brouahl out that the Brllleb ide• • relattnc to trade with llu1eta and medium term cr•dl• for th• purpo••• wae far leH ln acope thaA we bad orl taally tbouabt A J • Goodp ater Brt1adi C e11era1 USA t y d f - 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