Telegram from Secretary of State Dean Acheson to the Department of State

CLASSIFIED TOP I NCOMING MESSAGE DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMY STAFF COMMUNICATIONS OFFICE all TOP SECRET PARAPHRASE NOT REQUIRED PRIORITY STATE DEPT MSG FROM: USUN NEW YORK, NEW YORK SGD ACHESON TO: SECRETARY OF STATE NR: SECTO 17 161058Z 16:SEP 50 Army pass Dept of Defense, Sent PRIORITY Dept SECTO 17 spta PRIORITY Brussels (Passed to Luxembourg unn), Ottawa, unn, Copenhagen unn, Paris (Passed OSR) unn, Rome unn, Hague unn, Oslo unn, Lisbon unn, London unn, Heidelberg for Handy unn, Dept of Defense unn. Summary First Meeting, Fifth Session, North Atlantic Council. 10:30 am Sept 15. 1. Adopted proposed agenda (DOC C 5-D/1). 2. Received report of Deputies and raised fol points Norway stressed desirability for greater exchange of views among Deputies on common political matters to give smaller countries better opportunity to formulate judgements. Portugal indicated adoption of HPPP shld not preclude con- sideration of production program which Portugal might adopt in near future and assumed that financial arrangements pro- posed by Deputies did not exclude bilateral arrangements for transfers. Italy felt examination of polit question by Deputies shld not jeopardize exchanges of view through regular diplomatic channels. Also suggested Deputies public info program was delicate matter and shld be handled by small competent staff and shld not become "another UNESCO". France emphasized need for establishing permanent finance system to provide for MTP. Re info program, France stressed each country must tailor its program to natl problems, and stressed im- plementation of info program as a natl responsibility, Den- mark echoed Italian and French views on info program. CM IN 12194 161058Z (16 Sep 50) DECLASSIFIED F.R.OF U.S. VOL III pace 301 VILT-HL NARS, Date 11-2979 88 DA SCO FORM 15 JAN 1949 22-1 pose 30t TOP COPY NO. U. S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE 1948 - O-811947