Memorandum, State Department Summary of Telegrams

NLT(Haula Aide) 327 Pear OFFICE OF DECLASSIFIED E.O. 12065, Sec. 3-402 THE SECRETARY OF STATE State the Dept. Guidelines, March 6, 1982 WASHINGTON By. DGB NLT, Date 9-9-85 February 14, 1952 TOP SECRET SECURITY INFORMATION SUMMARY OF TELEGRAMS EUROPEAN DEFENSE The British Foreign Office, in an exchange of COMMUNITY views with Embassy London on the Saar question, has expressed general agreement with our analysis and conclusions regarding action which the two governments might take to reduce the tension between France and Germany. The Foreign Office, however, has placed before Mr. Eden recommendations that the UK, and if possible the US, should for the present confine themselves to exerting pressure on the French and Germans to solve the Saar problem between themselves, before the US and UK participate in working out a solution. The Foreign Office believes that if the US and UK discuss the substance of a settlement with the French the result will be some measure of commitment on our part to the French position. There is also the possibility of a similar situation in relation to the Germans with a resultant likelihood of mental reservations by both parties regarding any agreement thus arrived at. The British also feel that our participation would also involve us in responsibility, in German eyes, for the internal situation in the Saar. The British also expressed doubt whether Adenauer could agree that negotiations for a settlement of the Saar problem should not begin until after the EDC treaty and contractual arrangements have gone into effect, even though the terms of the recent Bundestag resolution apparently do not make such a settlement a condition precedent to signature of the EDC treaty or contractual arrangements. IRAN Ambassador Henderson reports that when he called on Prime Minister Mosadeq Tuesday evening he found Mosadeq extremely depressed. The Prime Minister said his worst fears seem to have come true. The International Bank had apparently sent its representatives to present a British solution of the oil problem. He described his conversation with Garner in almost identical terms with those TOP SECRET SECURITY INFORMATION