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TOP SECRET F-31 DOCUMENT E (Continued) MR. EDEN preferred to leave paragraph 1 as it was. The Soviet amendment would in- volve much discussion as to who would be present at each meeting. MR. MOLOTOV said that while France had perhaps an interest in questions concerning Finland and Rumania, it was not a party to the armistice arrangements concerning those countries MR. MOLOTOV said the point was that France did not participate in the deliberations for an armistice. Of course, France could sign the treaty but the question was who was to make the preparation for it. He said his objections were not directed against France but were based on the fact that France did not participate in the armistice. MR. EDEN then proposed amending the text to limit membership to those countries who had signed armistice agreements with the countries being considered. MR. BYRNES agreed and thought that it would be possible to draft language in which all could concur. A drafting committee to draw up the text was then appointed consisting of Mr. Dunn, Mr. Cohen, Mr. Vishinsky, Mr. Sobolev, Mr. Ward, and Mr. Dean. The Foreign Ministers then returned to the discussion of the question of the Council of Foreign Ministers, the subcommittee appointed for this purpose having completed its proposed draft. MR. MOLOTOV proposed that their draft be adopted although he still wished to consider the advisability of clarifying paragraph 1 of the American draft. MR. MOLOTOV proposed TOP SECRET

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