740.00/7–1352: Telegram
No. 62
The Ambassador in France (Dunn) to the Department of State1
304. Re Deptel 171, July 10,2 Embtels 288, July 113 and 8153, June 27.4 Subj is Eur Polit Community.
Fol is translation of approx text of Fr proposals on creation of Eur Polit Community as approved by Fr Cabinet. This document has been given to us unofficially. Its entire accuracy cannot be assured as certain minor word changes may have been made in text given by Schuman to Eden. Schuman also sent text to other five Schuman Plan countries.
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The Fr Govt, in agrmt with its Parl, considers that a supra-national polit authority shld be created among the countries participating in specialized Eur community, and that any existing or future community shld be subordinated thereto. Taking as a basis Art 38 of the draft treaty for the Eur Def Community, and in accordance with Res 14 of the Consultative Assembly of the Council of Eur concerning the best means of working out the statute of the Eur Polit Community, the Fr Govt proposes the fol to the govts associated with the Coal–Steel Community for decision:
- 1.
- In order to permit the rapid working out of such a project for a polit authority, the assembly of the Coal–Steel Community shall for this particular mission, be enlarged in the manner provided for by the treaty for the Def Community;
- 2.
- Observers of non-member countries shall be invited to attend the debates under conditions to be determined;
- 3.
- A council of Mins representing the participating govts shall be associated with the work of the assembly under conditions to be determined by common agrmt;
- 4.
- The above decision is to be communicated to the Permanent Commission of the Council of Eur.
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- Repeated to London, Bonn, The Hague, Brussels, Rome, and Luxembourg.↩
- Not printed; it requested information from the Embassy concerning the proposals on political authority which the French had discussed with the British. (740.00/7–552)↩
- Document 59.↩
- Document 51.↩