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WHI 852 WHITE: 46 INCOMING TELEGRAM Department of State DTG 011736 TELEGRAPH BRANCH NLT (PSR-SUBJ) 182 TOP SECRET SECURITY INFORMATION 404 Action Controi: 14908 SS Rechi: November 30, 1951 FROM: Rome 11:51 p.m. Bulo DCR TO: Secretary of State ACTEL 29, November 30, Midnight PRIORITY SENT DEPT ACTEL 29. RPTD INFO BONN 23 (EYES ONLY FOR MCCLOY) FOR THE PRESIDENT FROM THE SECRETARY. In my message to you of 23 November I reported that Eden, Schuman and I had failed reach agreement in Paris on ques - tion of type and extent of continued restriction on produc- tion of military items in Germany o The three of us have met here in Rome twice on this subject but likewise were unable to agree Background of the problem is as follows: Since the war the production of military equipment and imple - ments of war have been prohibited in Germany by tripartite decree. At Brussels last year when we agreed that Germany wld have the opportunity to participate in defense, we also agreed upon a list of implements of war which would continue be pro- hibited in Germany There remained question for some time as to whether these items were to be the only restrictions on German industry In Washington conferences of last September we reached agreements with some difficulty with French, that Brussels list would be the only restrictions to be retained, and that these would be retained not (rpt not) by decree but by contractual agreement with Germans This list was as follows: (a) Atomic weapons (b) Biological weapons F.R. OR U.S. 1951 VEL. III DECLASSIFIED (c) Chemical weapons Authority HHT PAGE 1730 (d) Heavy military equipment By HL NLT Date 3-12-24 (e) Long-range and guided missiles (f) Military and civil aircraft (8) Naval vessels other than minor craft In the above TOP SECKET SECURITY INFORMATION REPRODUCTION OF THIS NESSAGE IS PROMIBITED