Memorandum, State Department Summary of Telegrams

the OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY OF STATE DECLASSIFIED WASHINGTON State By Dept. DEB NLT, Date 9-5-65 E.O. Guidelines, March 6, 1982 12065, Sec. 3-402 June 22,1951 SECRE I SUMMARY OF TELEGRAMS PARIS FOUR The final meeting of the Deputies went as POWER TALKS planned. The western Deputies delivered pre- - pared statements to which Gromyko replied with a standard restatement of the Soviet position on the North Atlantic Treaty item. After Gromyko was made to understand that there would be no fur- - ther meetings and that the tripartite statement was clear in this respect, he delivered a two hour propaganda harangue from a prepared text. Davies then adjourned the meeting. IRAN In the course of a tense debate in the British Commons yesterday, Foreign Minister Morrison replied to criticism of the US attitude on the Iranian situation and alleged US activities including the "playing of oil politics", by stating that the US Government was in general support of the line the British Government had taken. Morrison indicated that the US favored UK acceptance of the prin- ciple of nationalization and was anxious that every avenue for peaceful ne- - gotiations should be explored and there should be no precipitate manifesta- tion of military force. With respect to US oil companies, Morrison in- dicated that some indivuduals connected with them have said foolish, un- wise and perhaps dangerous things but they are not outstanding people and he did not think it fair to hold the oil companies responsible. He em- phasized that the UK has had help and cooperation from the State Depart- ment, and the Minister of Fuel and Power has assured him that he has no evidence whatsoever that US companies have conspired against the UK. JAPAN We have told our representative on Formosa, for his information that the proposed formula for de- ferring selection and adherance of a Chinese Government to the peace treaty with Japan was not a formula on which the B ritish had insisted but, on the contrary was one to which the British had initially objected. The British accepted our proposal only after Mr. Dulles made it clear to Attlee that the US would end negotiations rather than accept a proposed British formula which would in effect give the UK veto power over the right of Japan to make a bilateral treaty with the Nationalist Government. The US SECRET