Memorandum, State Department Summary of Telegrams

of OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY OF STATE WASHINGTON State Dept. E.O. 6, 1982 March 14, 1951 DEB NLT, Date 9-4-85 By SECRET SUMMARY OF TELEGRAMS FOUR-POWER - At the eighth session of the quadripartite EXPLORATORY TALKS talks on Tuesday the Soviets pressedhard for the Western Powers' acceptance of the revised item 2 which the Soviets presented on Monday. (Also the Soviets desire to add the word "regarding" at the beginning of the item; it would thus read: "Regarding the re-establishment of German unity and conclusion of a peace treaty with Germany. 11) Ambassador Jessup took the position that the Soviet wording of the item presented little difficulty, and he suggested that the Deputies turn to other items presenting more serious difficulties and re- - turn to the Soviet proposal on item 2 later on. All the Deputies commented on this and other proposed agenda items at some length, reiterating substan- tially their previous stands, but no further progress was made during the session. Outside the sessions M. Parodi on Monday evening pointed out to Ambassador Jessup that we might soon be faced with the possibility of a disagreed agenda, and he asked whether Jessup agreed with Davies in opposing a Ministers' meeting without any previously agreed agenda. Ambassador Jessup replied that he had no specific instructions on this point. He said however that he felt strongly opposed to making conces- sions to the Soviets on agenda questions. We have informed Jessup that we are opposed to M. Parodi's apparent inclination to move toward the idea of a Ministers' meeting without any previously agreed agenda, and suggest that Jessup might remind both Parodi and Davies of the agreement in the previous tripartite talks in Washington and the three Western Powers would insist on a satisfactory agenda as a condition for the meeting of the Foreign Ministers. IRAN Razmara's temporary successor, Prime Minister Ala, told Ambassador Grady that he regards his services as Prime Minister as a "period of conciliation" after which a strong man will become Prime Minister. Ala is presently attempting