Memorandum of Conversation with Secretary of State Dean Acheson, Charles Bohlen, Adrian Fisher, John D. Hickerson, James Bonbright, Frederick Nolting, and Joseph Wolf

3800 # 7 DEPARTMENT OF STATE 98 Memorandum of Conversation 44 DATE: SECOMITY Vebruary 48 1952 SUBJECT: Registration of Defense and Base hights Agreements with the V.N. the Secretary - Orig + W. 7,8 PARTICIPANTS: c - Mr. Beblen #1 L - tr. Tisher a 2 UNA - Kr. Kickerson 43 TESNA - M. Benbright #4 G - sir. Wolting et 5 RA - lr. molf COPIES TO: Above participants) RA - Parson. as 6 - U.S. SOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE 16-61120-1 The Secretary said be had read the necoranda on this subject and asked for forther discussion. l.v. Fisher stated that it was the view of L that our obligations under Arti- ele 102 of the DE Charter required that agreements for base rights be registored with the UN. He pointed out that in most cases we had been able to dratt reaver agreenents" to mhich publicity soulé be given without reising questions of mili- tary security and urged that this procedure be followed in all cases. Mr. lonbright poänted out that some of the natione did not wish to have either publicity or registration with the connected with the granting of base rights. ar. Bohlen referred to the important politico-militery arrangements, such as "Operation trigger" being developed under NATO, which we did not propose to register. Ne also pointed out that ahould se need base rights in Turkey, ve probably, from the political podnt of view, would not want any aproement published. Mr. Fisher said that the noed for agrosmente on base räghts statamed from the peint of vies of the Defense agencies, particularly Air Force, that acme formal agressent nas necessory in order to expport the expenciture of U.S. funds on 0.S. alitary bases abread. It was noted that the Norwegian agreement nom under consideration would lead toward Storting approval and hence to publicity of the "cover" part thareof. The DECLASSIFIED Ton STATE DEPT. LTR. 11.14.t3 Secretery SEGURITY INFORMATION Project NLT +3-10 By NLT- He NARS, Date 11-21-13