No. 109
Editorial Note
At the closing meeting of the First Session of the Schuman Plan Common Assembly on September 13, Spaak outlined the task of the Ad Hoc Assembly which had been formed in order to draft a report concerning the creation of a European Political Community. The Ad Hoc Assembly, comprising 87 members (making it identical to the proposed EDC Assembly), was scheduled to meet in Strasbourg on September 15. (Telegram 64 from Strasbourg, September 13; 740.00/9–1352) When the Ad Hoc Assembly met under Spaak’s presidency, it decided to form a 26-member Constitutional Committee to draft the first report. It was also agreed that observers from other Council of Europe countries were to be admitted to the meetings [Page 194] of the Ad Hoc Assembly and the Constitutional Committee. (Telegrams 68–70 from Strasbourg, September 15; 740.00/9–1552)
The Constitutional Committee (also referred to as the Pre-Constituent Committee) held its organizational meeting in Strasbourg on September 22 under the chairmanship of Von Brentano and established a ten-member working group which had the responsibility of preparing a work plan for the Committee’s next meeting on October 23. (Telegram 86 from Strasbourg, September 22; 740.00/9–2252)