Telegram from Ernest Gross to Secretary of State Dean Acheson

INCOMING TELEGRAM Department of State 159 TELEGRAPH BRANCH CONFIDENTIAL -M Action Control: 5127 Rec'd: May 10, 1951 UNA FROM: New York 5:25 p.m. Info TO: Secretary of State SS G NO: 1517, May 10, 4:12 p.m. E P L PRIORITY, EUR NEA RE AMC. ARA FE AMC subcomite met informally this morning at French office OLI with all members of AMC invited. Brazil, Egypt, Mex, CIA Philippines and Turkey were absent. DCR I presented revised res as in MYTEL 1511, May 9, Group agreed ad referendum on following amendments. Nisot (Belgium) suggested in para C 'of operative section "volume of trade as considered in relation to the goods sub jected to control. He argued present language implied any expansion in volume of trade, even in non-strategic items, was to be prevented. I said amendment seemed unduly restrictive and said we had attempted only to illustrate various means of circumvention without giving exhaustive description of possible methods. Jebb (UK) picked up this point and said he would prefer to leave out examples since states could not then think of other possible means of cir- cumvention and claim these had not been prohibited. He suggested "prevent by all means." Lacoste (France) preferred Jebb's language and said AMC, in process of reviewing action taken under res, could detect and report on evasions or abuses. I agreed to change with proviso that examples of means of circumvention would be mentioned in AMC report. Para finally agreed as follows: "Prevent within its jurisdiction and by all means the circumvention of controls on shipments applied by other states pursuant to this res." On para E Lacoste thought "at frequent intervals" too flexible and would allow some states to decide to report only ever six months. suggested "report to the AMC, within theirty days and thereafter at the request of the AMC, on the measures taken in accordance with this res." This was agreed. On requests to INTIIDENTIAL 114 REPRODUCTION OF THIS MESSAGE IS PROHIBITED