Memorandum of Conversation with Secretary of State Dean Acheson, the Foreign Minister of Luxembourg, and Others

DEPARTMENT OF STATE 207 106 Memorandum of Conversation conf DATE: April 1, 1949 SUBJECT: Mr. Joseph Bech, Foreign Minister of Luxembourg. PARTICIPANTS: The Secretary of State Mr. Bech Mr. Le Gallais, Minister of Luxembourg EUR -- Mr. Hickerson WE -- Mr. Galloway THERE COPIES TO: U RECORDS of C H G s/P EUR GA 1-1493 Mr. Joseph Bech, Foreign Minister of Luxembourg, called today. He said that he wished to report the fact that the Chief of the Polish Military Mission in Berlin had, some time ago, called on the Luxembourg representa- tive in Berlin and suggested that the Soviet Government in reality wished to conduct conversations with the United States, Great Britain, and France with a view toward reconciling differences existing between the Soviet Union and the Western powers. Mr. Bech was con- vinced that this was an approach by the Soviet Government through the Poles for a rapprochement with the West. He had heard that the same approach had been made to repre- sentatives in Berlin of Denmark, the Netherlands, and Belgium. The substance of the Poles' comments had been outlined briefly to the other governments, but the Polish representative had spent an hour-and-a-half with the Luxembourg representative. The Luxembourg representative had stated that in his opinion such conversations would not be feasible until the Soviet Union had made known the concessions it was willing o DECLASSIFIED E: O. 11652, Sec. 3(E) and 5(D) or (B) Dept. of State letter, Aug.2.1973 7-33-33 Bx NLT- He NARS Date 4-21-76