Memorandum, State Department Summary of Telegrams

NLT(Naval Aide) 134 R OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY OF STATE DECLASSIFIED WASHINGTON E.O. 12065, Sec. 3-402 State Dept. Guidelines, March 6, 1982 December 13, 1950 By DEB NLT, Date 6-18-8 SUMMARY OF TELEGRAMS WESTERN EUROPE Embassy Paris has been informed by Monnet, Director of the French Planning Commission, that in a recent conversation with Hallstein, German delegate to the Schuman Plan negotiations, French Foreign Minister Schuman stated that: 1) the French Government was willing and anxious to create a European army with a full and equal status for Germany; 2) that the concept of a German contribution of combat teams had not been proposed as a device to give Germany less than equal status but have been agreed as an interim practical step toward the creation of a western European defense force; 3) the conference to be called by the French Government to work out a European army will be on the same basis and in the same spirit as the Schuman Plan discussions and this certainly means full and equal partici- - pation for Germany; and 4) if the German Government wished to understand French policy, it should know that the greatest danger to Europe and to the world in the French view is for Germany to be in a position where she can play off the east against the west - therefore, the full and irrevocable political integration of Germany into a western European community was fundamental to French policy. Schuman stated that the German Govern- ment has the choice of trying to make deals, raising one issue after another and never succeeding in finishing anything or it could work out the Schuman Plan in good faith, create the necessary European military force, and then settle common problems in concert with other European nations until a real western European community with common rules applying to all was a fact. Monnet expressed his personal view that the talks 'laid many of Adenauer's ghosts to rest. " UNITED NATIONS Ambassador Henderson in New Delhi has been informed by Bajpai, Secretary General of the Indian Ministry of External Affairs, that the Indian Government had received a telegram from its Ambassador in Peiping, Panikkar, containing his views regarding the attitude of the Chinese Communist authorities on a cease-fire arrangement in Korea. Henderson's understanding of Panikkar's views in that Communist China might be willing to agree to a cease-fire and withdrawal of Chinese forces from Korea provided: 1) North Korean forces could remain in control of the area north of the 38th parallel during