Foreign Relations of the United States, Diplomatic Papers, 1945, General: Political and Economic Matters, Volume II

Council of Foreign Ministers Files: Lot M–88: CFM London Minutes

Record of Decisions of the Twenty-Ninth Meeting of the Council of Foreign Ministers, Lancaster House, London, September 30, 1945, 3 p.m.

London, September 30, 1945, 3 p.m.

C.F.M.(P) (45) 29th Meeting

Present

U.K.	U.S.A	U.S.S.R
Mr. Bevin	Mr. Byrnes (Chairman)	M. Molotov
Sir R. I. Campbell	Mr. J. Dunn	M. F. T. Gousev
Sir A. Clark Kerr	Mr. B. V. Cohen	M. K. V. Novikov
Mr. A. Duff Cooper	Mr. J. F. Dulles	M. S. A. Golunski
	Mr. C. E. Bohlen	M. V. N. Pavlov

France	China
M. Bidault	Dr. Wang Shih Chieh
M. Couve de Murville	Dr. Wellington Koo
General Catroux	Dr. Victor Hoo
M. Alphand	Dr. Hollington Tong
	Mr. Yang Yun Chu

1. Austria: Ration Scales

The Council invited the Governments of the United Kingdom, United States, U.S.S.R. and France to despatch telegrams to their representatives on the Allied Council for Austria in the terms of the draft set out in C.F.M.(45) 82.¹⁷

2. Restitution

The Council invited the Deputies to continue their consideration of the question of Restitution on the basis of the French memorandum (C.F.M.(45) 38¹⁸).

3. Preparation of Final Protocol

The Council instructed the Protocol Committee to prepare drafts of four Protocols on the lines proposed by M. Molotov, taking as a basis the Russian text prepared by the Soviet Delegation.

4. Preparation of Final Communiqué

An exchange of views took place. The Council agreed to meet again at 9:30 p.m. that evening in order to consider (a) questions arising on the final Protocol and Communiqué, and (b) the proposal of the Soviet Delegation regarding the future procedure for the preparation of Peace Treaties.

17. For text of telegram regarding food ration scale, see second message quoted in telegram 10181, Delsec 86, October 1, 3 p.m., from London, vol. iii, p. 620.
18. September 20, p. 285.