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INCOMING TELEGRAM Department of State [stamped over Department of State] EYES ONLY [/stamped over Department of State]

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S/S Classification Control: 5358

Rec'd: May 7, 1960

11:17 PM

Info FROM: PARIS

TO: Secretary of State 2

NO: 5198, May 8, 1 AM [handwritten] DE [/handwritten]

PRIORITY

EYES ONLY SECRETARY

REFERENCE: EMBASSY TELEGRAM 5196 [stamped] The Dwight D. Eisenhower Library [/stamped]

FOLLOWING IS TRANSLATION OF TEXT OF MR. KHRUSHCHEV'S NOTE OF MAY 6 TO GENERAL DE GAULLE REFERRED TO IN REFTEL:

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MR. PRESIDENT, I THANK YOU FOR YOUR MESSAGE OF APRIL 30, 1960 ON THE QUESTIONS DEALING WITH THE ORGANIZATION OF

THE WORK OF THE FORTHCOMING CONFERENCE OF THE LEADERS OF THE GREAT POWERS AT PARIS. WE HIGHLY APPRECIATE

YOUR EFFORTS TO ESTABLISH SUITABLE CONDITIONS SO THAT THIS IMPORTANT CONFERENCE FOR THE DESTINY OF THE WORLD

MAY TAKE PLACE SUCCESSFULLY.

THE SOVIET GOVERNMENT HAS CAREFULLY STUDIED YOUR PROPOSALS AND CONSIDERS THEM ESSENTIALLY ACCEPTABLE. FOR

OURSELVES, WE HAVE NO PRIMARY OBJECTIONS TO THE HOLDING OF A CONFERENCE OF LIMITED COMPOSITION. WE HAVE

ALWAYS CONSIDERED AND CONTINUE TO CONSIDER AS VERY USEFUL AND FRUITFUL A FRANK EXCHANGE OF VIEWS WITHIN A

RESTRICTED CIRCLE. NEVERTHELESS, PLACING PRINCIPAL EMPHASIS ON THE CONFIDENTIAL CONVERSATIONS IS ONLY

JUSTIFIED, NATURALLY, WHERE THERE EXISTS THE CERTAINTY THAT ALL THE PARTNERS ARE PURSUING THE AIM OF OBTAINING

WELL-THOUGHT-OUT DECISIONS ON THE QUESTIONS AT ISSUE. HOWEVER, I MAY SAY SINCERELY, WE HAVE LATELY HAD CERTAIN

DOUBTS

CONCERNING

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