Memorandum of Conversation with Secretary of State Dean Acheson, Foreign Minister of Denmark Ole Bjorn Kraft, and Ward P. Allen

536 SECURITY INFORMATION UNITED STATES DELEGATION TO DECLASSIFIED THE SEVENTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY Terry E. O. 11652, Sec. 3(E) and S(D) or (E) 358 8 Dept. of State letter, 10-28-34 Nemorandung of Conversation 368 By NLT- HC , NARS Dave/10376 November 11, 1952 The Waldorf Now York, N. Y. (Typed November 12, 1952) SUBJECT: HATO Mesting in December PARTICIPANTS: E.E. Mr. Ole Bjorn Kraft, Minister of Foreign Affairs, Demmark The Secretary of State Ward P. Allen COPIES TO: Mr. Taylor Reference Mr. Ross Mr. Popper Department of State: Mr. Ward Allen Distribution to be SYG determined by s/s lir. Kraft called to seok U.S. views on the question as to whether the meeting should be hold December 15 as planned. He reported that he had discussed tha matter earlier with Mr. Eden, who is desirous of having the meeting if Lord Ismay and Mr. Kraft believe there are enough materials to work on. Mr. Kraft has cabled Lord Ismay this afternoon and will be dis- cussing it vith him on the 27th of November. In Mr. Kraft's view it vould be very desirable to proceed with the meeting. Even if the annual review is not complete, there can be a broad report and there are a number of other matters which could profitably be discussed, such as the Standing Group paper, plans for the coming year, the German question, and a survey of how the now organizational set-up under Lord Ismay is vorking. felt that many countries would be very disappointed if no meeting vere held, pointing out that it had been decided to hold three meetings a year and ao far this year only one has boen held. He recognized that there may be a difficulty for the U.S. Government as a result of the election and desired to know how important a consideration this is in determining U.S. attitude toward the meeting. The Sscretary replied that in our view the essential question as to whether ve should proceed with the meeting is whether the annual review will be in such (shape as to offer reasonable prospect of a degree of suc- cossful planning on the basis of it. We should be able, et least, to plan for '53 and perhaps a little of *54. The Secretary stated he understands that vhile our officials in Washington and Paris vere pessimistic last week as to prospects of success, the situation looks more hopeful now but we can- not have a firm view until about the end of this week. While we recognize that many SECURITY INFORMSATION