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DOCUMENT H
Secretary Byrnes to Foreign Minister Bidault,
letter dated at London, January 12, 1946
(files of the Executive Secretariat
I am happy to note that the French Government
has expressed its willingness to take part in the
proposed conference for the consideration of peace
treaties and is ready so far as it is concerned to
invite all the governments envisaged in the proposal
to send their representatives to the conference at
Paris.
In order that the French Government may be in
a position to confirm this understanding, I am glad
to furnish 'in response to the French Government's
request for clarification, the following explana-
tions and information in the name of the governments
of the United States of America, the Union of Soviet
Socialist Republics and the United Kingdom:
(1) The French Government desires to be informed
of the future work of the Council of the Foreign
Ministers. It is our understanding that the future
rôle of the Council of Foreign Ministers is that
provided in the Potsdam agreement with the exception
that after the peace conference is held the states
which are signatory to the armistice will draft the
final treaty, taking into account the recommendations
of the peace conference. As stated in the French
Government's communication, the Potsdam agreement
provided for the preparation of the peace settlement
with Germany. The agreement reached at Moscow is
in no way intended to alter the previous understand-
ing with regard to the preparation of the peace settle-
ment with Germany. Furthermore, the Potsdam agreement
likewise provided that other work might be assigned
to the Council from time to time by the member Gov-
ernments. No change in this provision was anticipated
at Moscow.
1 Telegraphic text, except for the last paragraph
and the word full" in the first sentence of sub-
paragraph (4), was sent in telegram no. 96 to London
and telegram no. 26 to Moscow, January 5, 1946,
file 740.00119 EW/1-546. The British and Soviet
Governments approved this note before it was com-
O
municated to Mr. Bidault. See telegram no. 441
from London, January 14, 1946, file 740.00119 EW/1-1446.
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