No. 87
Editorial Note
The question of restrictions on trade with Communist China was discussed at a meeting on March 26 between Secretary of State Dulles, French Prime Minister René Mayer, and French Foreign Minister Georges Bidault, held during a visit to Washington by Mayer and other French officials. A joint communiqué issued on March 28 included an announcement that the French Government intended to take measures to prevent the bunkering of ships carrying strategic materials to Communist China and the transportation of strategic materials to Communist China by French ships. The text of the communiqué may be found in the Department of State Bulletin, April 6, 1953, pages 491–492; for documentation on the Mayer visit, see volume VI.