Memorandum of Conversation with Secretary of State Dean Acheson, the Minister of Interior of South Africa, the Ambassador of South Africa, and Mr. Shullaw

ma DECLASSIFIED 350 E. O. 11652, Sec. 3(E) and 5(D) or 45 6.21.78 Dap. of State letter, PROVECT NLT 75.30 By NLT- HC. NARS Date 6-29-78 December 8, 1950 Conversation with Dr. T. E. Donges, South African Minister of Interior The Secretary Dr. T. E. Donges, South African Minister of Interior Mr. Jooste, the South African Ambassador BNA - Mr. Shullaw EUR EUR - Mr. Raynor BNA "NATIONAL U/A - Mr. Arneson ARCHIVES MND RECOKOS UNA 6. Dr. Donges, the South African Minister of Interior accompanied by Ambassador Jooste called on me today. Dr. Donges began the conversation by referring to the recently concluded contract negotiations between representatives of the United States, The United King- dom and South Africa on uranium procurement. He said that during these negotiations South Africa had purposely refrained from introducing the question of a special position for South Africa in the atomic energy field. He said that he would not go into details but that briefly South Africa was seeking not necessarily "membership in the club" but perhaps an "associate membership". Dr. Donges added that he had had a conversation on this subject with Mr. Perkins and would be seeing Mr. Gordon Dean before leaving Washington. It was his hope that the Atomic Energy Commission would be able to indicate what the United States could offer South Africa and that discussions could then proceed from this point. I expressed our gratification that the contract negotiations had been successfully concluded and said that I was certain something could be worked out on the problem mentioned by Dr. Donges. Dr. Donges then outlined at some length the difficulties which his government has experienced in the United Nations, both with regard to the Indian minority ARCHIVES ARD HATIONAL RECGRDS SERVICE* SEORET