THE PRESIDENT of the United States and the President of the French Republic have had a series of talks from April 22 to 25 on the occasion of the visit of General de Gaulle. The Secretary of State of the United States, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of France and the Ambassadors of the two countries have taken part in these talks.
The exchanges of views which they have had have permitted them to define more precisely the positions which will be taken at the Summit Conference on the questions which will be raised there.
The main purpose of this Conference in the view of the two Presidents is to achieve an easing of tensions in the international situation.
Dwight D. Eisenhower, Joint Statement Following Discussions With President de Gaulle. Online by Gerhard Peters and John T. Woolley, The American Presidency Project https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/node/234193