Memorandum of Conversation with Secretary of State Dean Acheson, Vice President of Costa Rica Alfredo Volio Mata, and Milton K. Wells

1024 , UNITED STATES DELEGATION TO THE SEVENTH GENERAL ASSEIBLY MEMORANDUM OF CONVERSATION 326 (act 28) 336 outober 02, 1952 SUBJECT: Talk with Vice President Alfredo Volio Mata of Costa Rioa 1. Tunisia and Morocco 2. Korea 3. Future Meetings with the IA Group 4.6 Costa Rican Internal Politics PARTICIPANTS: Mr. Alfredo Volio Mata, Vice Prosident of Costa Rica and Head of the Costa Rican Delegation The Secretary Milton K. Wells Continuing the series of bilateral talks with the Heads of Delegation having the rank of Foreign Minister or above, Mr. Volio Mata was invited today for an informal exchange of views with the Secretary Opening the conversation regarding 0A problems, Mr. Volio Mata ob- served that the Costa Rican policy appeared to be generally in agreement with that of the United States. Tunisia-Morocco As regards Tunisia and Morocco, he said he thought our respective positions differed However, the ensuing discussion revealed that there is no apparent difference of opinion and that Volio, for Bome reason, seened to have been laboring under the impression that the United States is more sympathetic than Costa Rica to the idea of Smediate "independence" for Tunisia and Morocco. He stated that Costa Rica folt that DECLASSIFIED E. O. 11652, Sec. 3(E) and 5(D) or (E) Dept. of State letter, Aurg 10-26-76 Bg NLT- HC NARS Date 11-29-16