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COVERAGE CA
Shortly after taking office, I met on January 29 with
Messrs. Bohlen, Hickerson, Achilles & Rusk and Gross upon
the North Atlantic Treaty.
Another meeting on January 31.
Another meeting of the same people, Wednesday, Feb. 2.
My first meeting with the Ambassadors was, I think, Feb. 8.
February 7, Norwegian Foreign Minister Lange arrives.
Talks had been proceeding bêtween Norway, Sweden, and
Denmark on Scandanavian Security Pact.
Some advantages in this.
However, Swedes insisted on neutrality, holding
that any member of Scandanavian Pact who became
associated with another group must leave. This
bothered Norwegians.
Newspaper reports that US had been putting pressure
on Swedes. Not true so far as Washington concerned.
Matthews in Stockholm had been opposing the
idea of exclusivity.
Norwegian Ambassador Morgenstierne strongly favored
Norwegian participation in Atlantic Pact.
My talks with Lange.
A very fine man. His war experiences, His
courage and intelligence.
I made clear to him a purely Norwegian decision.
We were not advocating it.
Obvious dangers for Norway.
If Norway chose to join, we would favor it.
We could make no territorial guarantees.
Could not commit ourselves to specific
military operations.
Lange was interested in military aid.
I said we were working on proposal for Congress.
Could guarantee nothing.
Military aid would not be restricted to Pact
countries. Obvious application to Greece and
Turkey.
Within Europe aid would go where most useful.
Pact membership might be important consideration,
depending on military evolution.
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