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    "ocrText": "- 2. -\nAt the conclusion of their conferences, the President and the\nPrime Minister issued the following joint statement:\nThe President and the Prime Minister exchanged views on the broad\nsubject of international affairs and they touched upon all the questions\nthat are of common interest to France and the United States. Once again\nthey found that there exists a fundamental identity of views between the\ntwo count ries.\nThe President and the Prime Minister reaffirmed their belief that\nthe principle of collective security, embodied in the Charter of the United\nNations, is the chief bulwark of world peace and of the independence and\nsurvival of free societies in the world. They agreed that, in conformity\nwith this principle, aggression must not be rewarded or the manace of ag-\ngression appeased. It is in this spirit that the President and the Prime\nMinister examined the means to assure coordinated action and turned to the\nmore detailed questions as set forth below.\nI. Far Eastern Problems\nThe President and the Prime Minister found themselves in complete\nagreement as to the necessity of resisting aggression and assisting the\nfree nations of the Far East in their efforts to maintain their security\nand assure their independence.\nThe situation in Korea was discussed and they concurred that every\neffort must be exerted to bring about an honorable solution there. Until\nthat end can be accomplished, resistance by United Nations forces to ag-\ngression must continue. Both France and the United States will support\naction directed toward deterring aggression and toward preventing the spread\nof hostilities beyond Korea.\nWith regard to Indo-China, the Prime Minister described the heavy\nresponsibilities borne by France in that area and the great cost, both in\nlives and money, she has paid in resisting the communist onslaught in order\nto maintain the security and independence of the Associated States, Viet Nam,\nCambodia and Laos. The Prime Minister declared that France was determined to\ndo its utmost to continue this effort. The President informed the Prime\nMinister that United States aid for the French Union forces and for the\nNational Armies of the Associated States will continue, and that the\nincreased quantities of material to be delivered under the program authorized\nfor the current fiscal year will be expedited.\nThe President and the Prime Minister agreed that continuous contact\nshould be maintained between the interested nations on these problems.\nII. Problems of Europe.\nThe President and the Prime Minister both recognized the vital\nimportance of Europe to the defense of the entire free world. The Prime\nMinister described the French efforts to achieve European unity. He\nstressed in this regard the French desire to see disappear the divisions\nand rivalries that oppose a harmonious development of the European economy\nand the establishment of a strongly organized Europe. The Prime Minister\nstated that the policy of the French Government was to favor the creation\nof a broad European market open to competition by all through the abolition\nof cartels and discriminatory practices.\nThe President and the Prime Minister were in fundamental\nagreement that the cause of peace in Europe and the world would be\nfurthered by a progressively closer integration in every aspect of\na\ndemocratic Germany into a vigorous Western European commuity.\nThe Prime Minister brought the President un-to-date on the recent\ndevelopments relating to the Schuman Plan Treaty. He expressed appréciation\nfor the interest and the comprehension which thisPlan found in the United\nStates. The President hoped that the Treaty would be concluded in\nsatisfactory form at the earliest possible moment. The Prime Minister also\nmentioned that new steps are anticipated in the same direction, particularly\nin the field of agriculture."
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