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    "ocrText": "BECRET\nI TMEMUDOC\nI-25\nDOCUMENT I\n(Continued)\nlegalistic mind, but in this case he was not, in\nMr. Bevin' view, right, He (Mr. Bevin) would be pre -\npared to let this legal point remain unresolved if\nit could only be done in a way that would not insult\nChina.\nM. BIDAULT said the French Delegation found\nitself in a Comfortable and at the same time a dif- -\nficult situation. It was comfortable because the\nquestion at issue was one of interpretation of the\nPotsdam and Moscow Agreements, to which France had\nnot been a party It was difficult because the French\nGovernment had to seud out the invitations in conse-\nquence to those agreements to which France had adhered\ninsofar as they concerned the Peace Conference.\nAccordingly the French Government was disposed to\naccept any interpretation of those agreements which\ncould be agreed upon by the signatories, In any case,\nFrance would adhere with regret to any decision\nwhereby China would not be one of the inviting powers.\nIt was not a question of great political importance\nbut had a moral importance for China. The French\nDelegation hoped that it would be possible to draw\nup a suitable text which would contain the reference\nto the Council of Foreign Ministers and at the same\ntime would say nothing contrary to the interpreta-\ntions which had been placed an the Berlin and Moscow\nAgreements at the present meeting. The Council had\nfound suitable wording which resolved differences over\nquestions much more difficult than this one. Judging\nfrom the prolonged discussion which had gone on with-\nout his participation, it was his understanding that\nthe main point at issue concerned the role of the\nfive members of the Council insofar as the sending\nof the invitations to the Peace Conference was con- -\ncerned. Having the habit of acrobatics, he was\nwilling to suggest the following text as a compro-\nmise\n'The French Government, acting on behalf of\nthe Council of Foreign Ministers, has, in consequence\nof the agreements made at Paris on July 4, 1946 between\nthe Foreign Ministers of the United States, the United\nKingdom, France and the U.S.S. R., the honor to invite\nsuch) and such state, etc. \" Thus the name of the\nCouncil of Foreign Ministers would be maintained, and\nthe decision, would also be mentioned.\nbedasdo\nbast\nents\n1.\ntist\n10 B ed broow\nes\nSECRET"
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