M. Preston Goodfellow writes that he would like to add Korea to his itinerary during an overseas trip. He also lists the seven nations that have agreements with the United States for power reactors.

Eisenhower informs Rhee that US Secretary of State John Foster Dulles will be visiting Korea shortly.

President Rhee expresses concern about South Korea's admission to the Colombo Plan and America's passive stance on Red China.

Recommendations adopted by the National Security Council at the suggestion of the Psychological Strategy Board on covert actions to be undertaken in the Soviet Satellite States. Authorized by the National Security Council, NSC 158 envisaged aggressive psychological warfare to exploit and heighten the unrest behind the Iron Curtain. The policy was endorsed by President Eisenhower on June 26, 1953.

In a personal letter to the Field Marshall regarding to his assumptions made in a memoranda, President Eisenhower presents an opposing view that the successful integration of West Germany into Western Europe would increase pressure within East Germany for reunification.

A note to Zhou Enlai covering the following issues: draft agreement between China and Indonesia regarding dual nationality; the issues of Chinese students kept in the US by US government and the Americans kept by the Chinese government; Zhou’s itinerary to Rangoon.