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TOP SECRET F-30 DOCUMENT E (Continued) MR. EDEN inquired if this meant four members for European affairs. MR. MOLOTOV replied that so far as Europe was concerned the first task of the Council was to draft treaties of peace with Germany, Italy, Hungary, Rumania, and Bulgaria. Finland for some reason appeared to be omitted. France did not participate in the armistices with these countries. He had no question about French participation in the discussions relating to the peace with Germany and Italy but he thought that France should be excluded when the peace treaties with the other countries were being considered. MR. EDEN thought this would be complicated as there would be three members for some pur- poses, four for some, and five for others. MR. MOLOTOV pointed out that this was due to the actual situation. MR. EDEN then inquired if he understood clearly that the meetings of the three Foreign Ministers would be continued and that the Council would consist of four or five members. MR. BYRNES replied that the Council would consist of five members and suggested language to provide that China's participa- tion, so far as European affairs are con- cerned, should extend only to matters affect- ing Asiatic interests or of world wide con- cern. MR. MOLOTOV asked if it were settled that Finland should be mentioned. MR. BYRNES replied that it was. MR. MOLOTOV then proposed that paragraph 1 of the American draft be amended to provide that the composition of the Council should conform to the character of the matters under discussion. TOP SECRET

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