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EUROPEAN ADVISORY COMMISSION
Organization and Scope
The European Advisory Commission was in existence from
January 14, 1944, to August 2s 1945, when it was superseded
by the Council of Foreign Ministers. 2/ The EAC was established
as 2. result of the Moscow Conference of the American, British,
and Soviet Foreign Ministers in October, 1943. The Communique
of the Conference provided for the establishment in London of
a European Advisory Commission to study "European questions
arising as the war develops" and to make joint recommendations
to the three Governments.2
The EAC began meeting on January 24, 1944, in London.
Ambassador l'inant was the United States representative. His
place in the EAC was taken at times by Philip E. Mosely, who
served as Political Adviser on the staff of the United States
Delegation. Sir William Strang was the British representative
and the Soviet Ambassador in London, F. T. Gousev, was the
Soviet representative. On November 11, 1944s France was in-
vited to join the EAC, and at subsequent meetings was represented
by Rene Massigli, the French Ambassador in London. The members
of the EAC were of embassadorial rank and did not have the authority
to give final approval to agreements. They made joint recommenda-
tions to their respective governments, which were subsequently
approved in all cases.
The chairmanship of the Commission was held in rotation, one
month for each representative. The Commission was served by a
joint secretariat. There were approved minutes only for the 80-
called formal meetings: i.e.s meetings at which the representatives
signed agreements. The Commission did not delegate its authority
to committees, except for an occasional ad hoc committee to consider
a particular problem. There was also a special Allied Consultation
Committee which heard the views of other Allied governments on
matters being considered by the EAC.
The orginal
1 Much of the material presented here has been obtained from the
"Report of the Work of the EAC" submitted on September 10, 1945, by
M. ". Boggs, Acting Secretary-General of the EAC. Copies of this
report, as well as copies of minutes, documents, and other records
of the EAC, are to be found in the Records Section of the Bureau of
German Affairs.
2 A Decade of American Foreign Policy, P. 10.
CONFIDENTIAL
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