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Memorandum, State Department Summary of Telegrams
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Records of the Naval Aide to the President (Truman Administration)
State Department Briefs Files
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Vyshinsky, Andrey Yanuaryevich, 1883-1954
Schuman, Robert, 1886-1963
Bevin, Ernest, 1881-1951
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DEPARTMENT OF STATE
OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY
WASHINGTON
May 25, 1949
T
IL
SUMMARY OF TELEGRAMS
FOREIGN MINISTERS
The Secretary states that the Soviet desire as
expressed in yesterday's meeting of the Council
of Foreign Ministers to return to the mechanism of the Potsdam agree-
ment seems to reveal their fundamental purpose of recapturing a voice
in western Germany, particularly in economic matters. This interpre-
tation is supported by Vishinsky's emphasis on the Soviet position on
participation in control of the Ruhr, his comparative neglect of poli-
tical questions and his failure to include anything calculated to
attract support in Germany. The Secretary's insistence on the mainte-
nance of progress already made in Germany was fully supported by Bevin
and Schuman so that the common position of the western powers is clearly
on record.
With regard to Vishinsky proposal that Japan
be considered in a meeting of the Foreign Ministers, our delegation's
first impression is that we should continue to adhere to our policy
that the Council of Foreign Ministers is a highly undesirable place
to consider a Japanese peace treaty but requests that we discuss this
matter with the President and the National Military Establishment.
Our delegation believes that Vishinsky's proposal clearly implies a
desire to obtain recognition of a Communist regime in China or to put
the western powers in a difficult position through refusing recogni-
tion.
DECLASSIFIED
E.O. 12065, Sec. 3-402
State Dept. Guideline, June 12, 1979
By
NINC NARS, Date 11-13-80
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