Telegram from Lewis Douglas to Secretary of State George Marshall

INCOMING TELEGRAM DEPARTMENT OF STATE-DIVISION OF COMMUNICATIONS AND RECORDS TELEGRAPH BRANCH DECLASSIFIED E. O. 11652, Sec. 3(E) and 5(D) or (E), Dept. of State letter, Aug. 9, 1973, 14-D By NLT-AC , NARS Date 4.22.75EDIA Action: EUR Into: Control 8392 SS C Rec'd November 29, 1947 AA 5:40 p.m. AS FROM: Loadon NEA I.E. TO: TRC Secretary of State OIE NO: DCR 6255, November 29, 9 p.m. LOG spee is URGENT DELSEC 1511 FOR THE PRESIDENT, VANDENBERG, CONNALLY, EATON, BLOOM AND LOVETT. Fifth CFM meeting, November 29, Bevin presiding, dis- cussed the detalls of the procedure for the preparation of the German peace treaty. The government of Allied states to be considered by the Council in preparing the troaty was agreed on In principle at Moscou with the exception or Albania. Since the Moscow meetings the division of India has raised the question of adding Pakistan, Molotov proposed that both Pakistan and Albania be in- cluded among the Allied states to be consulted, Marshall and Bevin stated their opposition to the inclusion of Albania while Bidault reaffirmed the French position in favor of consulting Albania. Bevin proposed and the other ministers agreed to include Pakistan but reserve their position on Albania until after a separate discuss- ion of the whole question of Albania. The Council then discussed Molotov's insistence on form- ing an all-German government prior to the calling of a conference to discuss the Council's draft German peace treaty. Marshall stated that this proposal would tie the Council's hands and Bidault strongly opposed it con- tending that the formation of a central German government was not - S. is SERVIOER INFORMATION COPY