Memorandum, State Department Summary of Telegrams

OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY OF STATE WASHINGTON DECLASSIFIED April 27, 1951 E.O. 12065, Sec. 3-402 State Dept. Guidelines, March 6, 1982 SECRET By DEB NLT, Date 9-4-65 SUMMARY OF TELEGRAMS FOUR POWER Ambassador Jessup reports that the three PARIS TALKS Western delegates were in entire agreement yesterday against introducing any concession in the face of Gromyko's violent language on Wednesday which would have made it appear that the Western delegates had been intimidated by the Soviet tirade. At the quadripartite meeting yesterday Gromyko's attitude and words in reply to Jessup's statement on Korea were rela- tively mild and in striking contrast to the previous day. The meeting lasted only 35 minutes. UNITED NATIONS We have instructed Embassy London to inform the Foreign Office that the launching of the new Chinese Communist offensive apparently ends all prospect of negotiations for peaceful settlement for the present, and makes it imperative that the Additional Measures Committee meet early next week to consider economic measures against China and particularly the American proposal for a selective embargo on munitions and strategic materials. UNITED KINGDOM Embassy London says it believes that the damaging effect on Anglo-American relations of the Bevan-Wilson charges that the US is primarily responsible for current raw materials shortages in England has been partly offset by Secretary Acheson's press statement yesterday, by the announcement of sulphur allocation and by Morrison's American Chamber of Commerce speech which expressed confidence that the US will continue to show "in the most practical way possible" its "sense of partnership and common interest with Europe". Our Embassy adds that there is a growing feeling in some segments of the British public that the Government itself is partly to blame for the raw materials shortages because it has concen- trated on building up its gold and dollar reserves instead of devoting its SECRET