Memorandum of Telephone Conversations with Secretary of State Dean Acheson, Ambassador of Canada Hume Wrong, and Ambassador of France Henri Bonnet

DEPARTMENT OF STATE 918 OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY . is "NATIONAL ARD 6 RECORDS CONFIDENTIAL February 28, 1952 S/S Mr. Wrong telephoned the Secretary about another matter and then went into the question of the appointment of the Secretary General of NATO. Mr. Wrong said he had been talking to Mr. Arnold Heeney about it and they had several names. One is Mr. Van Roijen, another is Mr. Hugh Gateskill and the third is Mr. Malcolm MacDonald. The Secretary thought the last suggestion was a very good one and was worth careful consideration. Later, Mr. Bonnet called the Secretary on the same subject. He was under instructions from Mr. Schuman to enlist our support in obtaining Mr. Pearson. He said that the French Government had instructed the French Ambassador in London to approach Mr. Eden and ask him to approach Mr. Pearson. The Secretary told him that we would be glad to do so but he thought it would be well for Mr. Bonnet to call Mr. Wrong and get directly from him an impression which the Secretary had that Mr. Pearson was not available. Mr. Bonnet agreed to do this and said he would call Mr. Acheson back this afternoon. The Secretary said that if Mr. Schuman wanted us to ask Mr. Gifford to call on Mr. Eden in support of Mr. Pearson's candidacy, we would be glad to do so, but he wished that Mr. Wrong be consulted before we did anything further. LDB DECLASSIFIED a 11632, Sec. 3(E) and 5(D) or Dupt. of Same letter, Aug 0,1973 5-12-76 S:LDBa ttle:mlm R PLLY. He MARS Duta 7-13-76 CONFIDENTIAL