Memorandum, State Department Summary of Telegrams

Anot OFFICE OF MLT(Naval Aide)372 DECLASSIFIED THE SECRETARY OF STATE 1-4 E.O. 12065, Sec. 3-402 WASHINGTON State Depl. Guidelines, March 6, 1982 By, DEB NLT, Date 9-10-85 July 14, 1952 TOP SECRET SECURITY INFORMATION SUMMARY OF TELEGRAMS EUROPEAN On Saturday the British Ambassador in Paris called on POLITICAL Foreign Minister Schuman and gave him the British re - COMMUNITY ply to Schuman's proposals of June 27 Lo the effect that the Schuman Plan assembly should be charged with pre - paring a draft plan for the establishment of a European political authority. The reply stresses the British contention that the study by the six-member Schuman Plan assembly should be kept within the framework of the larger Council of Europe. However, the reply states that the British recognize that the creation of a European political authority " is a matter of im- - mediate concern to the six countries" which have concluded the Schuman Plan and EDC treaties, and that these governments "in view of the state of opinion in their countries consider it necessary to undertake forthwith a study of this subject". It further recalls that Mr. Eden's own proposals included the "possibility of inviting representatives from the UK and other countries to take part as observers in the work of the Committee of Ministers and the Consultative Assembly sitting in restricted session as institutions of the European Community". Although the French still strongly favor restricting initial efforts toward the political community to the Schuman Plan group of six countries, Schuman remarked to the British Ambassador after a hurried perusal of the reply that he thought it was in gieneral all right and that the six countries could probably issue a declaration along lines which the British suggested. (The French Foreign Office apparently has some doubts about the acceptability of the British reply and stressed to us that Schuman's remarks were made before the British reply was studied). Schuman also said that the British reply might be sent to the other five Schuman Plan countries. Schuman intends to send a further written communication to the British on the matter as soon as he returns to Paris on July 17. Mr. Monnet will go to London at the end of this month to discuss the organizational form of association between the Schuman Plan community and the UK. TOP SECRET SECURITY INFORMA TION