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SECURITY INFORMATION
U.S.S. WILLIAMSBURG
PAGE 3 OF 6
TOP SECRET
U. Naval Gun Factory
WASHINGTON 25, D. C.
AS TO FUTURE ACTION ON HARRIMAN'S FINAL
REPORT, OUR FRIENDS NOW KNOW THAT IT IS QUITE
IMPOSSIBLE TO EXPECT AN ADEQUATE DEFENSE WITHOUT
PAYING THE CORRESPONDING PRICE. THEY KNOW THAT WE
CANNOT AND WILL NOT PICK UP THE CHECK. I THINK THAT
THEY WILL COME THROUGH BUT IT WILL TAKE THEM LONGER
THAN WE HAD HOPED. ON OUR PART, I THINK THAT WE CAN
AND SHOULD DEMAND GREATER EFFORTS AND GREATER
EFFICIENCY IN EUROPE, BUT WE SHOULD NOT URGE A DEGREE
OF ECONOMIC EFFORT WHICH IS QUITE IMPOSSIBLE FOR
THEM TO ADHERE, AND WHICH, IF ATTEMPTED, WOULD HAVE
INTERNAL SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC RESULTS WHICH WOULD SET
BACK THE WHOLE REARMAMENT PROGRAM.
WE WERE ABLE TO ACCOMPLISH VERY LITTLE IN
THE COUNC I L ON THE EUROPEAN DEFENSE FORCE AND THE
RELATED QUESTION OF A GERMAN CONTRIBUTION TO DEFENSE.
SHUMAN MADE A PROGRESS REPORT ON THE STATUS OF THE
NEGOTIATIONS IN PARIS FOR THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A
EUROPEAN FORCE WHICH WOULD INCLUDE GERMANY.
I
REPORTED BRIEFLY ON THE TRIPARTITE NEGOTIATIONS
WITH THE GERMANS REGARDING THEIR FUTURE POLITICAL
STATUS, SAYING THAT WE WERE DRIVING TO FINISH OUR
NEGOTIATIONS ON THIS RANGE OF PROBLEMS BY DEC 31
AND URGING ALL TO COMPLETE THE DEFENSE ARRANGEMENTS
BY ABOUT THAT SAME DATE. THIS WOULD ALLOW US TO
TAKE FINAL ACTION ON BOTH OF THESE MATTERS AT THE
NEXT COUNCIL MEETING. A RESOLUTION WAS ADOPTED
INDICATING THAT THIS WAS THE DESIRE OF THE COUNCIL.
THE FORMAL DISCUSSIONS IN THE COUNC I L ON
THIS SUBJECT DID NOT REFLECT THE CONFUSION AND
STRAIN PRESENTLY IN EUROPE OVER THE ESTABLISHMENT
OF A EUROPEAN DEFENSE FORCE. THERE IS A GENERAL
FEELING AMONG FOREIGN MINISTERS THAT THE PROJECT
IS NOT GOING WELL, THAT THE FRENCH CHAIRMANSHIP
OF THE DISCUSSIONS IS WEAK AND CONFUSED, AND THAT
THE PEOPLE MAKING PLANS FOR ESTABLISHMENT OF THE
TBSMAN
FORCE ARE MAKING A THEORETICAL APPROACH TO THE
and
PROBLEM WITHOUT REGARD TO POLITICAL AND PARLIAMENTARY
REALITIES IN EUROPE. BOTH STIKKER AND VAN ZEELAND
Cs
ARE EXTREMELY WORRIED ALONG THESE LINES. DE GASPERI
SEEMS PREPARED TO GO MUCH FARTHER TOWARDS A TRANSFER
OF SUBSTANTIAL SOVEREIGNTY IN THE HANDS OF CENTRAL
EUROPEAN ORGANIZATIONS. ALTHOUGH ADENAUER DID NOT
RAISE THE QUESTION, HIS KEY ADVISERS INDICATED TO
US IN PARIS THEIR CONCERN THAT PRESENT PLANS OF
THE FRENCH LED TO A HALF-WAY SOLUTION WHICH WOULD
TOP SEORET
PARAPHRASE NOT REQUIRED. CONSULT CRYPTOCENTER BEFORE DECLASSIFYING
This message requires stowage in accordance with Article 0616
of USN Security Manual for classified matter (Opinst 511.1)
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