No. 122
Editorial Note
On September 24 Kirk Spierenburg, a member of the High Authority of the European Coal and Steel Community, sent a letter to the Foreign Ministers of the member states of the Schuman Plan in which he informed them that the High Authority intended to establish reciprocal relations with the Organization for European Economic Cooperation. (Despatch 6 from Luxembourg, October 1; 850.33/10–152) The initial proposals concerning reciprocal relations between the two organizations contemplated a two-phased program, one phase for the preparatory period and a second for the period following the creation of a Common Market. During its 194th meeting in Paris on October 16, the OEEC Council adopted Spierenburg’s proposals which provided for admission to the OEEC’s Coal and Iron and Steel Committees by an observer from the High Authority and appointment by the High Authority of a liaison officer to work with the Secretariat of the OEEC. The minutes of this Council meeting, at which the United States was represented by Hubert F. Havlik, are in OEEC files, lot 56 D 217, “C/M(52)32”. The text of Council document C(52)280(Final), which contained the official wording of the liaison procedure approved by the Council, is in OEEC files, lot 56 D 217, “C(52)280”.