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Memorandum, Dean Acheson's Suggested Redraft of Paragraphs 5 and 6 in Telegram Paris 3335
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5. The serious tension which exists at present does
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not stem from the German problem alone. It arises in
the first instance from the general attitude adopted by
the Government of the USSR since the end of the war,
and from the international developments, growing out
of this attitude, which have taken place in recent months.
To confine any discussions between the governments of
the four powers to the narrow basis proposed by the Soviet
Government would overlook the principal causes of tension
and fail to meet the full responsibilities of the four govern-
ments. Questions relating to Germany and Austria would
obviously be discussed in any meetings which might be held.
But, in order to ascertain whether an acceptable basis
exists for a meeting of the CFM, there should be an
exploration of the principal problems whose solution would
permit a real improvement in the relations between the
Soviet Union and the United States, Great Britain and France
and the elimination of the causes of present international
tensions throughout the world. Such an exploration would be
in accordance with the spirit of the GA resolution referred to
in paragraph 2.
6. The United States Government is prepared to
designate a representative who, together with representatives
of the Soviet, British and French Governments could examine
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the problems referred to in the preceding paragraph. Should
they find, as the United States Government hopes will be the
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case, that a meeting of the Foreign Ministers of the four countries
can concretely contribute to certain of these problems, these
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representatives could then go on to recommend a mutually
acceptable basis for such a meeting and a suitable agenda. It
would appear that the presence of the representatives of the
above-named governments at the seat of the United Nations
in
New York presents the most convenient opportunity to conduct
such exploratory discussions.
The above is the Secretary's suggested redraft of paragraphs 5 and
6 in verbatim text as reported in Paris's 3335, December 11, 1950,
which he would like you to consider and discuss later today.
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