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MR. PERKSTS:
I think one of the details of the thing at the beginning of Ottawa/milles
it difficult. The Americans and the Prench and the British got got
together and I think it was about the second day came up with an agreement
on the desirability of a TCC commttee and agreed amongst thenselves that
at breakfast
any R
they would canvass or inform the rest of the delegations the following
that
morning, which was done, except, the French forgot to tell the Pelgians
US.
and Zan Veeland being chairman of the meetings, he was pretty annoyed
when this thing was sprung at the meeting and he had never heard of
it. lly recollection isthnt that was the basic difficulty that caused
the appointment of the Committee of Twelve, rather than the Com ittee
of Three.
MR. HARRIMAN:
One difficulty that we had was that it was agreed that each country
would be TX presented by a minister and Gaitskell was the British
minister and was to have functioned as I did as a member of the
executive committee. Fortunately's he was not availab le during the
took his place
canpaign'and therefore his deputy Plouden, who wats in a position of
a senior civil servant. Then the French, we agreed that it should le
Monnet, rather than a minister, and Mounet was sort of half way between
a inister and a civil servant. I was very glad to have Nonnet because
he did have a positi n in the Trench government and he was quite forceful
then
soal you could get hin to agree on subjects. ut Blouden did really a
tack
very very fine job and through his capabilities and through his atteel
ho was able to toke the place of Gaitskoll in dealing with the ministers
without resentment. We had sone difficulty with Monnet because be
has ideas that are not always feasible.
MR. ACHESON:
I thinic this whole operation of the TCC is worth a great deal of thought
and study by those who are interested in the problems arising out of the
operation of coalition. It shous what can be done and it also shousthe
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