Report to the Plenary Meeting on the Meeting of Foreign Secretaries on the Morning of 22nd July by the Chairman (Mr. Eden)

REPORT TO THE PLENARY MEETING ON THE MEETING OF FOREIGN SECRETARIES ON THE MORNING OF 22ND JULY BY THE CHAIRMAN (MR. EDEN) The meoting took note that the following sub jects were still on the Agenda of the Foreign Secretaries': 1. The admission of neutral states to the World Organisation, and the exclusion of the present Spanish Government, 2, The Council of Five Foreign Ministers. 3. Reparations from Italy and Austria. 4. European oil supplies. 5. Yalta Declaration on liberated Europe. TRUHAN 6. German economic questions. "NATIONAL ARCHIVES AND RECORDS 7. The removal as booty of Allied industrial is SERVICE' equipment especially in Roumania. The meeting observed that questions 1 - 4 had been referred to various sub-committees or drafting committees and could not therefore be discussed at the meeting of Foreign Secretaries this morning. They therefore proceeded to a discussion of the three remaining questions. Yalta Declaration on Liberated Europe The meeting had before it a memorandum submitted by the United States delegation on July 21st. This memorandum dealt with three questions: 1. The observation of elections in certain European countries. 2, Facilities for pross representatives in liberated and former Axis satellite states. 3. Procedure of Control Commissions in Roumania, Bulgaria and Hungary. The British delegation expressed agreement with the Unitod States memorandum, The Soviet delegation was unable to agree with the proposal in regard to the observation of elections. As regards the second and third questions it was agreed that these should be referred to a subcommittee for discussion. This committee consisted of: United States Mr. Cannon and Mr. Russel Soviet Union Mr. Sobolev United Kingdom Mr. Hayter The Soviet delegation undertook to provide a memorandum showing recent improvements in the status of the British and American representatives on the Control Commissions in Roumania, Bulgaria and Hungary. The Soviet delegation -1 -