Memorandum of Conversation with Secretary of State Dean Acheson, Ambassador of France Henri Bonnet, and Theodore Achilles

TOF SECRLY the DEPARTMENT OF STATE RECORDE AND 225 SERVICEA Memorandum of Conversation work 183 DATE: July 8, 1949 SUBJECT: Atlantic Pact and the Military Assistance Program. PARTICIPANTS: M. Bonnet, Fronch Ambassador The Secretary of State Mr. T. C. Achilles, Office of Eurogean Affairs COPIES TO: s/s, U, G, c, s/P, WE, EUR, General Greunther 1-1493 The Ambassador called at his request to discuss the Atlantic Pact and military assistance. I told him that we expected the Senate to approve the Pact on July 12 or 13 and that the Military Assistance Program would be introduced immediately thereafter. Ho expressed satisfaction and said that the fact that MAP had been introduced would be of assistance to 3chuman in the Assembly's debate on the Pact. I took occasion to hand him my reply to the aide memoiro which M. Schuman had given me on June 16. In doing so I stated that I was sanewhat puzzled by M. Schuman's reference to "assurances' he had received in Washington. I recalled that we had told him we planned to make every effort to secure passage of MAP at this session and that we contemplated Prench representation on whatever military executive committee night be established under the Pact but that I had certainly not given him, and obviously could not give anyone, assurances of a strategic nature. Strategic plans must be worleed out by the military authorities in the light of discussions held in the Pact organization. He inquired as to the progress of our thiniting on the organiza- tion. I said that the various aspects of the matter were still under DECLASSIFIED E. O. 11652, Sec. 3(E) and S(D) or (E) Dep. of State letter, 3-65-1973 100 SCURET Bx NLTx H/W . NARS Date 4.2676