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-4- - #4693, November 10. 2 a.m., from Paris
us as to removal of war plants. Plants which had been
reserved for Soviet Union also presented no problem
since they had been largely dismantled Issue came
down to 15 to 20 plants, consisting for most part of
synthetic oil and rubber plants and steel plants.
Synthetic plants, in my view, did not present security
hazard. As for steel. issue turned on examination of
actual plants.
In response to question by Schuman for facts on ques- -
tion as to steel capacity involved, Robertson said it
was matter of two plants, August Thyssen at Hamborn
and Reichswerke at salzgitter. At beginning of war,
former had capacity of 2.3 million tons of steel
annually and latter capacity of 1 million tons
annually Because of war damage and removals, Hamborn
plant could only produce from capacity now left (re-
fitting of which would take 9 to 12 months) 600,000
tons of pig iron and only 117,000 tons of steel.
Reichswerke, on same basis, could produce 500,000
tons in about 6 months. Finishing capacity of
Hamborn plant practically gone.
Schuman said that if dismantling of these plants were
now stopped, we would be forced allow Germans restore
them and suggested this might occur with benefit of
ECA aid. I assured him categorically that neither
direct American aid nor counterpart funds could be
used to replace any equipment removed from dismantled
plants. During course of discussion, I suggested that
among principles on which our settlement should be
based is that no change in limit on steel production
would be involved.
In view of Bevin's reluctance to discuss specific
plants in large meeting, I proposed that meeting be
restricted to three Foreign Ministers and High Com-
missioners.
Before going into closed session, we agreed on settle- -
ment of one outstanding point regarding limitation on
German shipping which has remained unresolved for
(
DECLASSIFIED
E. O. 11652, Sec. 3(E) and S(D) or (E)
S ome months.
Dept. of State letter, 7-65-213
. chib
By NLT- HC , NARS Date 9-9-76
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