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determination. Will quote from 15 March Eisenhower-Adenauer com-
munique2 and state that Senat has confidence in word of its allies. Senat
prepared carry out plebiscite if so requested by allied authorities in ac-
cordance with stipulated timing, method and formulation question to
be submitted to electorate. In any case, if plebiscite to be held, it must
be
in consultation and in full agreement with Allies.3
                                                             Dowling



    2 For text of the joint statement issued by the President and the Chancellor
on March
15, see American Foreign Policy: Current Documents, 1960, p. 363.
    3On April 7, Brandt briefed the three Western Political Advisers in Berlin
along
these same lines and told them that the Berlin Senat had discussed the plebiscite
question
at length on April 6 and issued a 10-point report which stated that it was
ready to hold the
plebiscite prior to a summit meeting if the Federal Government, in accordance
with the
three Western Powers, should desire it. (Telegram 795 from Berlin, April
7; Department of
State, Central Files, 762.00/4-760)







114. Message From Prime Minister Macmillan to President
      Eisenhower


                                                London, April 8, 1960.

    MY DEAR FRIEND: Thank you very much for your letter of April 5,1
with which you enclosed a draft letter to Mr. Khrushchev about how to
conduct the Summit.
    As you know from our talks at Camp David,2 our ideas are very
much in line on this. The great thing is to avoid a repetition of the enor-
mous meetings which were held at Geneva last time, and to get down to
meetings of a manageable size where discussion and negotiation can re-
ally take place.
    I think that it is difficult at this stage to be very precise about the
exact arrangements for the Summit, although I quite understand your


    Source: Department of State, Presidential Correspondence: Lot 66 D 204.
Secret. At-
tached to a note from Caccia to Herter, dated March 8, which stated that
it was a copy of a
letter that had been delivered to the President on that day.
    1 See Document 110.
    2 See Document 105.