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J. 333305MONO-State
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UNCORRECTED GALLEY PROOF
MR. EDEN stated that he would be glad to accept the invitation of
the United States Government to hold the conference in the United
States. He only wished to enter one caveat. He remarked that Mr.
Winant, Mr. Gusev, and himself were getting a little jealous in never
having any large conferences in London. If Mr. Molotov and he
were to go to the United States for this conference, he hoped that
there would be an early meeting of the Foreign Secretaries in London.
MR. STETTINIUS and MR. MOLOTOV supported Mr. Eden's views
with respect to a meeting of the Foreign Secretaries in London.
MR. EDEN continued that since some time would be needed to get
the Chinese and possibly the French in line, and since the lawyers
would need possibly two weeks before the conference opened, he
would prefer to postpone the opening of the conference until the
second half of April. He pointed out that he would be committed to
debates in Parliament before he would be able to go to the United
States. After some discussion it was agreed by MR. MOLOTOV and
MR. EDEN that the conference should open on April 25.
MR. MOLOTOV had previously accepted the invitation to hold the
conference in the United States.
MR. EDEN stated that he wished to make a few observations on
the inclusion of Soviet Republics in the Organization. He said that
he was sympathetically inclined to the Soviet position in this respect
and would be ready to say so at whatever was considered to be an
appropriate moment.
MR. MOLOTOV interjected "The sooner the better." Mr. Molotov
then pointed out, in relation to the remarks made by Mr. Stettinius,
that the President had indicated yesterday that according to the
Dumbarton Oaks proposals each Government had one vote. However,
Canada and Australia had individual votes and the fact that they
were component parts of the British Empire did not prevent them
from being individual members of the assembly. He said that amend-
ments had been made to the Soviet constitution which gave the
Soviet Republics the right to have contact with foreign states. The
Soviet Union was a union of states. The constitution had now been
revised to increase the rights of the Republics. The development of
relations between the Republics and foreign states, which had already
begun, was in this direction and was developing according to demo-
cratic principles. He continued that he believed that it would be
superfluous to mention the political, economic and military importance
of the Ukraine, White Russia and the Lithuanian Republic. He
urged that it would be most desirable if agreement could be reached
on this question today.
MR. MOLOTOV then referred to Mr. Stettinius' statement that only
those nations which had signed the United Nations Declaration and
declared war on Germany should be invited to the conference. This
immediately gave rise to some questions. Which Polish Government,
for example, should be invited.
MR. EDEN immediately interjected that this was a good reason for
settling the Polish problem now.
MR. MOLOTOV continued that certain countries which did not
maintain diplomatic relations with the Soviet Union would also be
invited. He stated that he would like to check the exact list of
states which would attend the conference.
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