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DECLASSIFIED
E. O. 11652, Sec. 3(E) and 5(D) or (E)
Dept. of State letter, Aug. 9, 1973
By NLT-
HC , NARS Date 5.21.75
DEPARTMENT OF STATE
WASHINGTON
MEMORANDUM FOR THE PRESIDENT
SUBJECT: Call of Mr. Paul Henri Spaak, Belgian Prime Minister
It has been learned through the Belgian Embassy that Mr. Spaak's
visit to you is principally a courtesy call. He has already talked
with
General Marshall in New York at some length. It is, however, not impos-
sible that he may mention the current Belgian food situation. It has been
necessary to reduce the November grain program for Belgium below the IEFC
recommendations, whereas Belgium has actually submitted to the Department
recently a request for an increase. Belgium's need for additional grain
is the direct result of a very bad harvest, and it is expected that the
Belgian bread ration will have to be reduced in the event grain imports
cannot be increased, which as you of course know is extremely unlikely.
Since Mr. Spaak is in this country to attend the United Nations
General Assembly he may possibly refer to some of the problems at present
facing the UN. Belgium has consistently supported the United States
position on virtually all questions and Mr. Spaak, because of his great
personal influence and prestige, has been a strong ally.
Mr. Spaak at present plans to return to Belgium in the near future.
He has made it known in advance that he would be unable to remain for
the entire General Assembly meeting but the date of his departure has,
however, been advanced a few days as a result of messages from his
Cabinet indicating the existence of certain stresses and strains in his
coalition government in connection with the long standing question of
the return to Belgium of King Leopold.
Mr. Spaak may also mention desire to receive renewed assurances from
this country that we will implement our part of the US-UK-Belgian agree-
ments of September 25, 1944, covering procurement of Congo uranium, which
stipulates that Belgium will participate in utilization of atomic energy
for commercial purposes. If he should raise the question it is our posi-
tion that we will do all in our power to carry through our obligations
under this agreement when the time comes but that industrial application
of atomic energy still seems to be remote. The question of the extent to
which information about the agreement can be disclosed is now under inten-
sive study within the U.S. Government, as is the applicability to the
situation of the clauses in the Atomic Energy Act of 1946 which place
conditions on the exchange of information about industrial uses. We
appreciate Belgium's scrupulous execution of the agreement which is
important to U.S. security.
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