Memorandum, State Department Summary of Telegrams

the OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY OF STATE DECLASSIFIED WASHINGTON E.O. 12065, Sec. 3-402 State Dept. Guidelines, March 6, 1982 February 9, 1951 By DEB NLT, Date 9-4-85 SECRET SUMMARY OF TELEGRAMS PACIFIC PACT We have informed Mr. Dulles in Tokyo that in view of the British desire to participate in a possible Pacific Pact, it appears essential that any discussion of this subject which he may have on his trip thr ough the Pacific area should proceed on a very general and tentative basis. We suggest the governments of Australia and New Zealand be informed that we are responsive to the suggestion for a pact and hope that an agreed formula can be found, but that British insistence that the UK be included returns consideration to the principal difficulty, that of determining membership. In addition to the UK, it may be assumed that the French, Dutch and Portuguese likewise will desire admittance. The pact thereupon would acquire a colonial nature which would make it anathema to the Asian nations and destroy its realism as a genuine security arrangement among powers with primary Pacific interests. Although several different forms for the pact have been suggested, we believe it is desirable that Mr. Dulles at this time give the impression of open- mindedness and a desire to receive constructive suggestions which can be considered by this government. MOROCCO Embassy Paris has informed us that follow- - ing the departure of Resident General Juin for North Africa, Foreign Minister Schuman assured our Ambassador that the Juin-Sultan situation is under control and a satisfactory solution can be expected. Before his departure for the Pleven onversations in Washington, General Juin had instructed the Sultan either to denounce the Moroccan Nationalist movement or to abdicate his position as Sultan. We have urged the French to take a moderate line, and we informed Juin while he was in Washington that we hoped the Sultan would not be deposed, that if the matter was ever raised in the UN we could not support the French if they take arbitrary action, and we pointed out that the US favors a policy of evolutionary development of people in dependent areas. We understand that the Sultan is prepared to compromise by denouncing extremist elements and warning the Moroccans that no disrespect of France will be tolerated. The problem remaining is to SECRET