Memorandum, State Department Summary of Telegrams

NLT(HAval Aide)180 OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY OF STATE WASHINGTON DECLASSIFIED E.O. 12065, Sec. 3-402 March 9, 1951 State Dept. Guidelines, March 6, 1982 By, DEB NLT, Date 9-Y-85 T OP SECRE SUMMARY OF TELEGRAMS FOUR-POWER - In the fourth session of the Paris talks EXPLORATORY TALKS the Western powers repeatedly empha- sized the limitations of the present meeting under the terms of the exchange of notes, and attempted to establish the principle that the agenda proposals must be phrased in such a way as not to prejudge the answers or the manner in which the Foreign Ministers might wish to discuss them. Gromyko asserted that the western proposed agenda was too general, whereas the Soviet pro- posals were concrete. He added that Jessup was seeking to diminish the significance of the reduction of armaments question by his statement that the subject was under discussion in the UN- fact, Gromyko said, which should not preclude its discussion by the Foreign Ministers. Gromyko did, however, widen the Soviet-proposed second item on the conclusion of a peace treaty and the withdrawal of occupation troops from Germany to include the phrase "the establishment of German unity". Ambassador Jessup indicated that this additional phrase did not eliminate the objec- tions which we have to the phrasing of the item. French Delegate Parodi has asked Ambassador Jessup indirectly, outside the meetings, what strategic importance we attach to Trieste and whether we might agree at a CFM to evacuate our military forces there. He wondered whether we would be prepared to discuss our forces in Trieste when military forces are discussed under Item 1 of our proposed agenda. Parodi introduced his question by saying that he personally thought it might be possible to refuse to discuss in the CFM the status of the Free Territory while agreeing to discuss the stationing of US and British forces there. UNITED KINGDOM-SPAIN Legation Tangier reports that during a recent call on Lt. Gen. Campos, Commander of the Spanish military zone of Algeciras, British Admiral Lord Fraser is said to have told Gen. Campos that the British authorities are seriously concerned over the US Air Force program in Morocco and France in connection with the establishment of the NATO headquarters in TOP SECRET