Memorandum, State Department Summary of Telegrams

NLT/NAVAL AIDE) 415 OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY OF STATE WASHINGTON State Dept. E.O. Guidelines, NLT, Date March 4-10-8 6, 1982 12065, 3-402 October 23, 1952 By DER TOP SECRET SECURITY INFORMATION SUMMARY OF TELEGRAMS GERMANY Chancellor Adenauer has told our High Commissioner he expects the second and third readings on the European Defense Community and Contractual Agreements will be given the second and third readings in the lower house of the Federal Republic's Parliament during the last week in November. Action will be delayed until then by local elections and other Parliamentary activities. The Chancellor added that the Con- stitutional Court would probably render its decision on the measures early in December and he thought it was important that approval be given to the treaties prior to that time as this might help the court in its decision. When our High Commissioner asked Adenauer what he thought would be the results in Germany of the current French attacks on the treaties, he said he was using these to show the importance of early German ratification and that the coalition party leaders had agreed. IRAN Prior to the final Iranian decision to break diplo- matic relations with the UK, a ranking Foreign Office official, Sir William Strang, maintained during the US-UK discussions in London that there is a fundamental difference in approach to this and other problems between our two Governments. According to the British view, the US feels that we must constantly be trying to effect a solution, while the UK believes time often works favorably in a situation of this kind. Sir William recognized there were difficulties inherent in not taking action. The UK, he said, does not agree, however, that a Communist take-over or a break- down in the oil blockade is imminent. A further difficulty in reach- ing US-UK agreement is that Britain does not believe Dr. Mosadeq will ever reach a reasonable settlement. If one accepts the premise that there is no possibility of reaching a reasonable agreement with Mosadeq, a policy of maintaining the present position is indicated. Our representative, Mr. Nitze, said that if Mosadeq fell we did not think the Communists would take over immediately, TOP SEGRET SECURITY IFORMATION