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Memorandum of Conversation with Secretary of State Dean Acheson, Ambassador of Great Britain Sir Oliver Franks, and John Foster Dulles
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DEPARTMENT OF STATE
904
DECLASSIFIED
3445
E. O. 11652, Sec. 3(E) and 5(D) or (T)
Memorandum of Conversation
16
Dept. of State letter, A 5.22.35
Telephone
By NLT- HC NARS Date 07-1-76
/
DATE:
January 16, 1952
SUBJECT:
Release of December 24, 1951 letter from Prime Minister Yoshida
PARTICIPANTS:
and
Tusman
Sir Oliver Franks
RECORDS
John Foster Dulles
COPIES TO:
The Secretary
Hr. Allison
1--1493
Sir Oliver said that London felt that it was fon the spot" because
of the publication in Tokyo of Yoshida's letter to me, which took them
somewhat
by surprise. lie said that he had told only Eden of the existence
of the letter and no one else. He recalled that the letter itself was
not a natter of discussion at the meeting of Eden, Secretary Acheson and
myself, and that probably his Government would merely take the formal
line of saying that the letter had not been discussed. He hoped that we
would do nothing to give a contrary impression.
I told Sir Oliver that, while it was true that the letter itself had
not been discussed, the subject matter of the letter had been discussed
and
that
if
I
was
put
in
a
position
where
I
had
to
speak
on
the
subject,
I would have to say that the letter had been showm in advance of
the
meeting to Sir Oliver.
Sir Oliver recognized that that was the situation but said he hoped
that we would not volunteer this fact or mention it unless we were queried
on it in a way which did not permit of any avoidance. He said he would
like "until the present storm blew over# to be able to take the technical
position that "The Yoshida letter had not been discussed between Eden and
Acheson".
I said that I did not myself foresee any occasion to make any
statements whatever at the present time.
7V4 IACS
SOPPLEMENTAL CONVERSATION .ITH TOML INSON)
StJPDulles:boU
1/16/52
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