C.F.M. Files: Lot M–88: Box 2080: Records of Decisions

Record of Decisions, Council of Foreign Ministers, Third Session, Nineteenth Meeting, Waldorf-Astoria Hotel, New York, December 9, 1946, 4 p.m.

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CFM(46) (NY) 19thMeeting

Present

U.S.S.R.
M. Molotov (Chairman)
M. Gousev
U.K. U.S.A
Mr. Bevin Mr. Byrnes
Sir Oliver Harvey Mr. Cohen
Mr. Hall-Patch
Sir William Strang
General Sir Brian Robertson
Sir David Waley
Sir Mark Turner
France
M. Couve de Murville
M. de Saint Hardouin
M. Alphand
M. Bérard
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I.Date and Meeting Place of the Next Session of the Council of Foreign Ministers

It was decided that the next session of the Council of Foreign Ministers would commence at Moscow on March 10, 1947.

II. Proposal by the U.S. Delegation for the Appointment of Special Deputies for the Study of Questions Concerning Germany and Austria

After an exchange of views, a decision on this question was deferred.

III. Agenda for the Next Session of the Council of Foreign Ministers

(Proposals by the U.S. Delegation [CFM(46) (NY)57],63 the U.S.S.R. Delegation [CFM(46) (NY)60],64 and the French Delegation [CFM(46) (NY)63].)65

After an exchange of views, it was decided to request representatives to draft the text of an agenda for the Council’s next session, and to report back to the Council at its meeting on December 10th.

IV. Next Meeting

Tuesday, December 10, 1946, at 11:30 a.m.

  1. Ante, p. 1464. Brackets in this document appear in the source text.
  2. Ante, p. 1476.
  3. Ante, p. 1478.