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Memorandum, State Department Summary of Telegrams
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Records of the Naval Aide to the President (Truman Administration)
State Department Briefs Files
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Schuman, Robert, 1886-1963
Bruce, David Kirkpatrick Este, 1898-1977
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DEPARTMENT OF STATE
OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY
WASHINGTON
June 5, 1950
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SUMMARY OF TELEGRAMS
SCHUMAN PROPOSAL
Now that the French and five other
continental nations have decided
after fruitless negotiations with the UK to go ahead and implement the
Schuman plan, Ambassador Bruce in Paris hopes that the US will
sympathetically and vigorously encourage this initiative. Since the
UK has not seen its way clear at this time to participate in the scheme,
Bruce says that there is great concern among the participating
countries to be reassured that we are still favorable to the proposed
integration of coal and steel production. He believes that we should
not be chary of admiration for plans which are now more modest in
scale due to lack of UK participation. The French hope to reach an
agreement in treaty form embodying broad principles and to leave
the technical details to be worked out later. This is a formidable
task and the US can contribute little except moral support in the initial
stages. Bruce believes that our moral support is of cardinal import-
ance, however, and recommends that consideration be given to the
advisability of a statement by the President congratulating the French,
felicitating the other countries, and wishing them well.
DECLASSIFIED
E.O. 12065, Sec. 3-402
State Dept. Guidelines, March 6, 1982
By, DEB NLT, Date 5-14-85
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