840.50/12–744: Telegram

The Secretary of State to the Ambassador in the United Kingdom (Winant)

10251. ReEmbs 10405, November 25. We believe there is no occasion to raise at this time the question of French participation in the current discussions about European Economic Committee. The relation of the U.K., Soviets, and U.S. to the Committee would be, in our view, partly advisory and partly through our participation in control commissions. If it is agreed to propose the Committee, the French would be full participating members in the Western European group. It would be difficult to justify discussions with the French at the present time unless we were also prepared to discuss with other countries.

Please advise us of the current status of negotiations about the Committee.

Sent to London as Department’s No. 10251, repeated to Moscow as No. 2800.

Stettinius