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E. O. 11612, Sec. 3(E) and 5(D) or (E)
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Dept. of State letter, Aug. 9, 1973
By NLT- HC . NARS Date 7-11-75
Thank you for your personal message of March 4 which
I have discussed with the President. We share your views as
to the seriousness of the developments in Europe and as to the
urgency of determining the best course to be adopted to prevent
the expansion of the area of Communist dictatorship. We appreciate
fully, I think, the dangers facing France and the other free countries
of Europe.
The deliberations in which representatives of France,
Great Britain, Belgium, the Netherlands and Luxembourg are
now engaged at Brussels will, I hope, result in comprehensive
arrangements for the common defense of the participating
nations. Such a result would appear to be an essential pre-
requisite to any wider arrangement in which other countries
including the United States might play a part.
As soon as my Government has had an opportunity to study
the agreements reached at Brussels, I will be ready to discuss
with you and Mr. Bevin what further steps may be desirable.
It might be wise to have a Benelux representative, and porhaps
Gount Sforza included in the conversations.
: ARCHIVES SERVICE" 'NATIONAL RECORDS AND
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