No. 90
Editorial Note
On August 22, William H. Draper, Jr., United States Special Representative in Europe, sent a report to President Truman concerning his first half-year of tenure in Paris. In this report, Draper attempted to give the President his impressions of events in Europe during the preceding months, including a summary of European integration efforts, the role of United States agencies in Europe, the results of the Lisbon Conference, the impact of United States aid to Europe, and the status of the North Atlantic Council, the Organization for European Economic Cooperation, and the European Payments Union. Draper’s report was issued as a White House press release on August 28; for the text of the report, see Department of State Bulletin, September 8, 1952, pages 353–360.