UNITED STATES OF AMERICA PREFACE American Foreign Policy: Current Documents is an annual, onevolume collection of the principal messages, addresses, statements, reports, and of certain of the diplomatic notes exchanged and treaties made in a given calendar year which indicate the scope, goals, and implementation of the foreign policy of the United States. It continues the series which began with two earlier publications-A Decade of American Foreign Policy: Basic Documents, 1941-1949 (prepared in the Division of Historical Policy Research of the Department of State and by the staff of the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations, issued in 1950 as Senate Document 123, 81st Congress, 1st Session) and American Foreign Policy, 1950-1955: Basic Documents (prepared in the Historical Division and issued in two volumes in 1957 as Department of State publication 6446). The first of the annual volumes, American Foreign Policy: Current Documents, 1956, was issued as Department of State publication 6811; the second, American Foreign Policy: Current Documents, 1957, was issued as Department of State publication 7101; the third, American Foreign Policy: Current Documents, 1958, was issued as Department of State publication 7322. As was true with respect to the earlier volumes in the series, the 1959 compilation includes some documents issued by other governments and by regional international organizations of which the United States is not a member where the pronouncements or settlements revealed in them were of major concern to the United States in the formulation of its own policies. In most instances the documents are arranged under topical headings within each of the 14 parts. The mechanical devices used to facilitate quick reference include a table of contents and list of documents; source, cross-reference, and (wherever possible) informational footnotes; and an index. The volume was prepared in the Historical Office, Bureau of Public Affairs, under the general supervision of William M. Franklin, Director, and E. Taylor Parks, Chief, Research Guidance and Review Division. It was compiled by Peter V. Curl, Evans Gerakas, Kay Randle, Anna Vukovich, and Jack G. Wasserman. Editing was performed in the Division of Publishing Services under the immediate direction of Joseph J. Moriarty, Acting Chief, Law and Treaties. Section, with the assistance of Ruth L. McKinnon, Bertha J. Hartman, John J. Lee, and other members of the staff. (III) CONTENTS Pages A. United States Participation in the United Nations. The International Bank for Reconstruction and Develop- A. The Organization of American States B. Preparations for the Eleventh Inter-American Conference C. Political and Economic Developments Affecting Central Developments Through the Fifth Meeting of Consulta- Developments Subsequent to the Fifth Meeting of Con- B. European Regional Organizations-Currency Convertibility D. The Problems of Germany, Berlin, and European Security and of the Forum in Which To Negotiate Their Settlement. Developments Prior to the Opening of the Foreign Min- isters Conference at Geneva (January 1-May 10, 1959) Developments During the First Phase of the Foreign Ministers Conference, Geneva (May 11-June 20, 1959) Developments During the Recess of the Foreign Min- isters Conference (June 21-July 12, 1959) Developments During the Second Phase of the Foreign Ministers Conference (July 13-August 5, 1959) 588-649 649-717 A. Steps Leading to the Announcement of an Exchange of F. Implications of the Soviet Economic Offensive (Including 994-1012 A. The Central Treaty (Baghdad Pact) Organization B. The United Nations Conciliation Commission for Palestine. 1030-1033 The Union of South Africa, and South-West Africa. 1109-1121 1109-1110 1110-1111 1111-1121 |