Memorandum of Conversation with Secretary of State Dean Acheson, Ambassador of Great Britain Oliver Franks, and John Hickerson

s/s Files non DEPARTMENT OF STATE ARCHIVES "NATIONAL REGOROS SERVICE* AND 191 DECLASSIFIED N 70 E. O. 11652, Sec. 3(E) and 5(D) or_(E) 7-23-75 Memorandum of Conversation Dept. of State letter, Aug_91-1973 Ex NLT He : NARS Date 4-20-76 IAD for cream DATE: March 9, 1949 SUBJECT: PARTICIPANTS: Sir Oliver Franks, The British Ambassador The Secretary Mr. Hickerson, EUR COPIES TO: s, U, H, G, c, EUR, NEA, WE 1-1493 Sir Oliver Franks, the British Ambassador, called at his request at 2:00 p.m. today. He said that he had received a telegram from Mr. Bevin expressing the hope that when the draft of the North Atlantic Pact is made public next week, it can be stated as a fact between the US and UK Governments that at the time of signature of the Pact a special declaration will be made in regard to the interest of our two Governments in Greece, Turkey, and Iran. I told the Ambassador that I could not agree that there was any special magic or significance attaching to the date of the publication of the draft North Atlantic Pact. I added that in various newspapers over recent weeks there have been articles containing prac- tically all of the provisions of the Pact, and that all we would be doing next week would be to give out an official text for public examination and discussion. I said that I could not, of course, agree to announcing next week that there would be a special statement on signature without discussing this with the President and obtaining his approval. I added that this mon TOD 05001 < ULUIL