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    "ocrText": "SECRE I\nSecretary information\nestre -\nMr. Robert Schuman, Frenah Foreign Minister, called on the Secrotary\nthis morning accompanied by his Chief of Cabinet. The Minister first spoke\nof reports which had been publiahed about Mr. Kennan's impressions of the\nMoscow acene. He said that he understood that Kennan was rather depressed\nby the situation he found in Moscow. The Secrotary said that it was not\ntrue that Mr. Kennan was pessimistic about the Russian situation, that he\nhad been struck by the restrictions placed on diplomats there, the violence\nof the anti-US campaign, which in his opinion might have reflected any one\nof asveral possible policies. The Secretary went on to say that Mro Kennan\nhad note however, observed any indications which would lead him to have a\npessimistic view of the immediate future as far as Soviet policy was con-\ncerned, and that he was proceeding to observe and analyse developments as\nthey wont one Mro Schuman appeared to be pleased that these reports had\nnot been entirely well founded.\nThe Minister then declared his satisfaction at the result of yesterday 9a\ntripartits meeting, expressed his appreciation for the consideration\nMr.o Acheson had given to the French point of view, and said that in the\npresent state of mind in France, particularly in Parliamentary circles, it\nwas essential that overy effort possible be made to at least not close the\ndoor to conversations with the Soviets at this period. He said that he felt\nthat the reply to the Soviet note as agreed upon yesterday was a sound posi\ntion and that it would be extremely helpful in allaying some of the fears\nand doubts of Fronch public opinion with respect to the ratification of the\nEDC. He said that, of course, he had no expectation whatever that there\nwould be any results from thege talks with the Russians, but the fact that\nthey were held would be well received in France. He said in his opinion\nthis applied to all public opinion in Western Europe.\nThe Secretary then referred to the exchange of viows yesterday at the\ntripartite meeting on the question of the defense of southeast Asia. He\ntold Mr. Schuman that he thought it would be a mistake to even consider the\nsetting up of any special organization to deal with the defense in southeast\nAsia, that 1t wag important for the governments concerned with that area to\ncome to definits conclusions as to what each one would do with regard to the\ndefense there and that he felt that this could beat be done by having con-\nversations and exchanges of views from time to time on the subject and to\nmaintain service of liaison between the governments, perhaps in Washingtone\nHe said that Mr. Nash and Mr. Nitze, working with Mr. Dunn, had already\nstarted discussions this morning with the French and the British with rese\npect to the Indo-Chinese situation and that these conversations would be\ncontinued in Paris next wooke He said that when this group had arrived at the\npoint\nSHOAD\nSecurits Information"
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