No. 209
Editorial Note
During the last two weeks of March and the first week of April, final arrangements for Jean Monnet’s visit to Washington were made, and a press release was issued on April 1 announcing that these talks would begin on April 6. For the text of this press release, see Department of State Bulletin, April 12, 1954, pages 562–563. Subsequently, the opening session of the loan negotiations were postponed until April 7 and finally April 8. In preparation for these talks, several briefing memoranda, speaking papers, and background papers were drafted in the Department of State. Copies of these documents, none of which is printed here, are in Conference files, lot 59 D 95, CF 237 and RA files, lot 58 D 374, “Schuman Plan—1954”.