No. 166
Editorial Note
The Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe met in Strasbourg May 6–7, but no discussion of the draft treaty of the European Political Community took place. According to telegram 330 from Strasbourg, May 8, which briefly summarized the meetings, the draft treaty was barely mentioned, and the general feeling among all the Ministers was that the Foreign Ministers of the six countries concerned should first come to a decision before the draft treaty was discussed by the Committee of Ministers. (740.00/5–853)
No significant action concerning the draft treaty occurred during the first part of the Fifth Ordinary Session of the Consultative Assembly of the Council of Europe, which met in Strasbourg May 7–13. For a record of these meetings, see Minutes of Proceedings (Strasbourg, 1953) and Official Report of Debates (Strasbourg, 1953).