740.00/8–1652: Telegram
No. 100
The Secretary of
State to the Embassy in
France1
secret
Washington, September 4, 1952—7:55
p.m.
1273. For Emb and SRE. Ref Paris Embtel 1015, Aug 16, rptd info London 199, Bonn 157, Rome, Brussels, The Hague, Luxembourg unnumbered.2
- 1.
- Dept wld appreciate further info present status US relationships with Schuman Plan Assembly when it or its comites are discussing Eur Polit Community.
- 2.
- Dept does not share Paris concern at omission specific ref to US from Fr–Ital draft (re para 1 Embtel 1015 Aug 16) as draft clearly principally concerned with Council of Eur relationship. We had assumed from earlier tels and discussions with Tomlinson that we were all in agreement that relationship with Eur Polit Community discussions shld, at this stage, be entirely informal. We also believe that sufficiently good relationships with key persons have been developed so that there shld be adequate opportunities for continuing [Page 179] and close following of developments. Therefore we do not believe it desirable, as suggested Paris tel, to raise question of official US representation either with Fr or with others such as Brit or Itals.
- 3.
- However, if Schuman Plan FonMins or Assembly, without any prompting from us, feel that presence US observer in official capacity wld have favorable symbolic significance, we wld of course be glad give consideration to such suggestion altho there are obvious psychological and other disadvantages as well as advantages to official US representation.
- 4.
- We agree with you that shld US have official observer, representation shld come from Exec Branch. In this event believe omission any ref to US in Fr–Ital proposal might facilitate US, as only non-Council of Eur member, having form of representation differing from other countries.
- 5.
- MSA and DMS concur.
Acheson
- Drafted by Camp, cleared with Parsons, Bonbright, Perkins, Baum, Gordon, and Riddleberger, and repeated to London, Rome, Bonn, Brussels, The Hague, and Luxembourg.↩
- Document 87.↩