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DEPARTMENT OF STATE
WASHINGTON
MEMORANDUM FOR THE PRESIDENT
Subject: French and British Requests for Consultation on
Measures to Check Extension of Communism
You will recall the message from Foreign Minister Bidault which
I discussed with you on March 5. After expounding at length the menace
which the rapid expansion of the area of Communist dictatorship involved
for France and the other free countries of Europe and stressing the
urgency of agreed measures to prevent its further extension, his letter
concluded with the proposal that the French, British and United States
Governments enter into political consultations and examine without delay
the technical questions involved in meeting the danger.
Mr. Bevin has also privately suggested to Ambassador Douglas the
desirability of political and military consultations between representa-
tives of those three Governments and of Benelux and Italy.
I believe that at least an indication of our willingness to consult
on means of stopping further extension of Communist dictatorship in Europe
is necessary to stiffen morale in the free countries of Europe, particularly
France and Italy. The outcome of the present Anglo-French-Benelux security
talks in Brussels should indicate the extent to which the participating
governments are prepared to go in mutual defense and should provide a
starting point for our consultations with them.
If you approve, I propose to send the attached reply to Bidault and
to send Bevin a message in the same sense.
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Attachment:
Note to Bidault
DECLASSIFIED
E. O. 11652, Sec. 3(E) and 5(D) or (E)
7-15-95
Dept. of State letter, Aug 9,1973
Aproued Henry By
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