Memorandum, State Department Summary of Telegrams

NLT(Naval Add) 126 OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY OF STATE WASHINGTON DECLASSITIED 3-402 1982 November 29, 1950 State Dept. E.O. DEB 'Guidelines, NLT, Date. March 6-13-85 6, T O P S € R E BY SUMMARY OF TELEGRAMS NEPAL A UK Foreign Office official has informed Embassy London that the UK has decided to obtain an independent on-the-spot assessment of the situation in Nepal by Mr. Dening, a ranking Foreign Office official now touring the Far East as a personal representative of Mr. Bevin. Pending the receipt of Dening's report and the outcome of discussions between Nepalese representatives and the Indian Government officials in New Delhi, the UK does not propose to make any further decisions regarding the recog- nition of the contenders for the Nepalese throne. The UK official, while expressing his personal view that nothing short of removal of the entire ruling clique in Nepal would satisfy Prime Minister Nehru, felt that the Indian-Nepalese discussions might have a beneficial effect upon the pre- vailing Nepalese Government, since it would give that government an estimate of the degree of opposition it faced on the part of India. WESTERN EUROPE In an informal discussion between the Dutch, British, Canadian and US Deputies on the North Atlantic Council, the Dutch Deputy expressed concern over the possi- bility of convening a European conference to discuss the establishment of European political institutions and a European army as proposed by the French. He stated that the Dutch Government would not participate in such a conference unless the UK, and preferably the US, also partici- pated. He felt the French idea of a European army was singularly short sighted and would seriously mislead and confuse public opinion. The UK Deputy agreed that the French concept was fundamentally unsound and un- desirable and expressed the view that the majority of the Germans would prefer the greater strength derived from direct incorporation within the North Atlantic treaty framework. Our Deputy emphasized the importance of facilitating a Franco-German rapprochement and the necessity for developing a practicable alternative to the French proposal. The other deputies saw some possibility of a formula whereby the deputies would accept the essential French point that German remilitarization must be dealt with as an integral part of the defense of the west but that the pro- - posed conference should be called without prejudice as to whether the solution would be found within the North Atlantic treaty framework or TPSERD