Ask the Scholar
Page 1 of 2
I can add historical knowledge about this page.
Page image
OCR
NLT(Naval Aide) 168
OFFICE OF
THE SECRETARY OF STATE
WASHINGTON
Dept. 6, 1982
E.O.
February 7, 1951
State By DEB NLT, Date 9-4-85
SUMMARY OF TELEGRAMS
UNITED KINGDOM
Embassy London reports that the extent
of Labor Party worry about today's Parlia-
mentary vote on steel nationalization has been revealed by the publication
of an exchange of letters dated February 5 between Attlee and Churchill.
In the letter Attlee requested a pair for a Labor member on official busi-
ness in South Africa and indicated that unless a pair could be arranged he
had no alternative but to recall the individual for the vote. The Embassy
believes that the Government may, however, be aided by a possible Liberal
split. Although the Liberals have consistently voted against nationalization
of steel, they met yesterday without reaching a decision on today's vote.
It is also reported that Lady Megan Lloyd-George and at least one other
Liberal are not willing to contribute to the fall of the Government and
efforts may be made to obtain Liberal unanimity on a basis of all abstain- -
ing. The most recent Gallup Poll has showed 51 percent of the population
in favor of the Conservatives and only 38 percent for Labor. The Conser-
-
vatives are convinced that a defeat of the Government and a general elec -
tion would result in a decisive victory for them.
MEETING OF
The conference of Ambassadors now meeting
FOREIGN MINISTERS
in Frankfort has commented that the attack in
the latest Soviet note on the general build-up
of western defense as contrasted to German rearmament alone affords an
excellent opportunity for a vigorous response from the western allies plac -
ing the matter in proper perspective and turning world attention to the gener-
al aggressive attitude of the Soviets and their excessive military strength
in being. The conference believes that the time has arrived when we should
adopt a positive approach by clearly identifying the basic causes of tension
and full Soviet responsibility. We must point out that the question of Ger- -
man disarmament or any other question involving Germany must be dealt
with in relation to those broad issues which have created the specific prob-
lems to which the Soviets now wish to limit the discussion. Inasmuch as
the Soviets have mentioned that the allies have not stated precisely what
they consider to be the causes of international tension, the conference believes
it important to list these principle causes with ample details and examples.
Page data
- Page
- 1
- Source index
- 0
- Type
- photo
- Media ID
- 251391512fd0df4f
- Size
- unknown
Document data
- ID
- 196816656
- Core
- doc
- Type
- document
DTO data
{
"id": "196816656",
"sourceUrl": "https://catalog.archives.gov/id/196816656",
"contentType": "document",
"title": "Memorandum, State Department Summary of Telegrams",
"citationUrl": "https://catalog.archives.gov/id/196816656",
"collections": [
"Records of the Naval Aide to the President (Truman Administration)",
"State Department Briefs Files"
],
"subjects": [
"Churchill, Winston, Sir, 1874-1965",
"Attlee, C. R. (Clement Richard), 1883-1967"
],
"iiifBase": "https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/presidential-libraries/truman/hst-naval/561079/1701907/1701907-28-01.jpg",
"thumbnailUrl": "https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/presidential-libraries/truman/hst-naval/561079/1701907/1701907-28-01.jpg",
"largeImageUrl": "https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/presidential-libraries/truman/hst-naval/561079/1701907/1701907-28-01.jpg",
"imageCount": 2,
"hasImages": true,
"source": "import",
"hasTranscription": false
}
Context sent to Scholar
Document identity
{
"localId": "196816656",
"label": "Memorandum, State Department Summary of Telegrams",
"core": "doc",
"dtoType": "document",
"citationUrl": "https://catalog.archives.gov/id/196816656"
}
Document source metadata
{
"id": "196816656",
"sourceUrl": "https://catalog.archives.gov/id/196816656",
"contentType": "document",
"title": "Memorandum, State Department Summary of Telegrams",
"citationUrl": "https://catalog.archives.gov/id/196816656",
"collections": [
"Records of the Naval Aide to the President (Truman Administration)",
"State Department Briefs Files"
],
"subjects": [
"Churchill, Winston, Sir, 1874-1965",
"Attlee, C. R. (Clement Richard), 1883-1967"
],
"iiifBase": "https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/presidential-libraries/truman/hst-naval/561079/1701907/1701907-28-01.jpg",
"thumbnailUrl": "https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/presidential-libraries/truman/hst-naval/561079/1701907/1701907-28-01.jpg",
"largeImageUrl": "https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/presidential-libraries/truman/hst-naval/561079/1701907/1701907-28-01.jpg",
"imageCount": 2,
"hasImages": true,
"source": "import",
"hasTranscription": false
}
Document source extras
{
"url": "https://catalog.archives.gov/id/196816656",
"naId": 196816656,
"levelOfDescription": "item",
"productionDates": [
{
"day": 7,
"logicalDate": "1951-02-07",
"month": 2,
"year": 1951
}
],
"recordType": "description",
"ocrSource": "nara-archive"
}
Page context
{
"seq": 1,
"pageIndex": 0,
"type": "photo",
"url": "https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/presidential-libraries/truman/hst-naval/561079/1701907/1701907-28-01.jpg",
"mediaId": "251391512fd0df4f",
"ocrText": "NLT(Naval Aide) 168\nOFFICE OF\nTHE SECRETARY OF STATE\nWASHINGTON\nDept. 6, 1982\nE.O.\nFebruary 7, 1951\nState By DEB NLT, Date 9-4-85\nSUMMARY OF TELEGRAMS\nUNITED KINGDOM\nEmbassy London reports that the extent\nof Labor Party worry about today's Parlia-\nmentary vote on steel nationalization has been revealed by the publication\nof an exchange of letters dated February 5 between Attlee and Churchill.\nIn the letter Attlee requested a pair for a Labor member on official busi-\nness in South Africa and indicated that unless a pair could be arranged he\nhad no alternative but to recall the individual for the vote. The Embassy\nbelieves that the Government may, however, be aided by a possible Liberal\nsplit. Although the Liberals have consistently voted against nationalization\nof steel, they met yesterday without reaching a decision on today's vote.\nIt is also reported that Lady Megan Lloyd-George and at least one other\nLiberal are not willing to contribute to the fall of the Government and\nefforts may be made to obtain Liberal unanimity on a basis of all abstain- -\ning. The most recent Gallup Poll has showed 51 percent of the population\nin favor of the Conservatives and only 38 percent for Labor. The Conser-\n-\nvatives are convinced that a defeat of the Government and a general elec -\ntion would result in a decisive victory for them.\nMEETING OF\nThe conference of Ambassadors now meeting\nFOREIGN MINISTERS\nin Frankfort has commented that the attack in\nthe latest Soviet note on the general build-up\nof western defense as contrasted to German rearmament alone affords an\nexcellent opportunity for a vigorous response from the western allies plac -\ning the matter in proper perspective and turning world attention to the gener-\nal aggressive attitude of the Soviets and their excessive military strength\nin being. The conference believes that the time has arrived when we should\nadopt a positive approach by clearly identifying the basic causes of tension\nand full Soviet responsibility. We must point out that the question of Ger- -\nman disarmament or any other question involving Germany must be dealt\nwith in relation to those broad issues which have created the specific prob-\nlems to which the Soviets now wish to limit the discussion. Inasmuch as\nthe Soviets have mentioned that the allies have not stated precisely what\nthey consider to be the causes of international tension, the conference believes\nit important to list these principle causes with ample details and examples."
}