United States encouragement of a Western European Union; antecedents of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization; negotiations regarding a Nordic Defense Pact, Swedish neutrality, and possible Scandinavian participation in a Western European Union
[91] The Director of the Policy Planning Staff (Kennan) to the Under Secretary of State (Lovett)
[Washington,] May 7, 1948.
840.00/5–748
[93] The Ambassador in Norway (Bay) to the Secretary of State
Oslo, May 11,
1948—5 p. m.
757.58/5–1148: Telegram
[94] The Ambassador in Sweden (Matthews) to the Secretary of State
Stockholm, May 11,
1948—7 p. m.
758.00/5–1148: Telegram
[95] The Acting Secretary of State to the Embassy in France
Washington,
May 14, 1948—7 p. m.
840.00/5–1448: Telegram
[97] The Ambassador in the United Kingdom (Douglas) to the Secretary of State
London, May 14,
1948—8 p. m.
840.00/5–1448: Telegram
[98] The Ambassador in Norway (Bay) to the Secretary of State
Oslo, May 18,
1948—5 p. m.
757D.00/5–1848: Telegram
[99] Memorandum by the Chief of the Division of Western European Affairs (Achilles) to the Director of the Office of European Affairs (Hickerson)
[Washington,] May 19, 1948.
840.00/5–1948
[100] Memorandum by the Director of the Policy Planning Staff (Kennan) for the Secretary and Under Secretary of State
[Washington,] May 24, 1948.
FW 840.20/5–2148
[101] Memorandum of Conversation, by the Under Secretary of State (Lovett)
[Washington,] May 25, 1948.
840.00/5–2548
[102] Memorandum of Conversation, by the Chief of the Division of Western European Affairs (Achilles)
[Washington,] May 28, 1948.
840.20/5–2848
[103] The Acting Secretary of State to the British Chargé (Balfour)
Washington, May 28, 1948.
840.20/5–1448
[104] Memorandum by the Secretary of State to President Truman
[Washington,] June 3, 1948.
758.00/6–348
[105] The Secretary of State to the Embassy in Sweden
Washington, June 10,
1948—6 p. m.
840.00/5–1548: Telegram
[107] Memorandum of Conversation, by the Secretary of State
[Washington,] June 14, 1948.
840.00/6–1448
[108] The Secretary of State to the Embassy in France
Washington, June 23,
1948—8 p. m.
840.00/6–2348: Telegram
[109] Report by the National Security Council
[Washington,] June 28, 1948.
S/S–NSC Files Lot 63D351, NSC 9 Series1
[110] The Ambassador in France (Caffery) to the Secretary of State
Paris, June 29,
1948—7 p. m.
840.00/6–2948: Telegram
[111] The Ambassador in the United Kingdom (Douglas) to the Secretary of State
London, July 2,
1948—6 p. m.
840.00/7–248: Telegram
[112] Minutes of the First Meeting of the Washington Exploratory Talks on Security, July 6, 1948, 11:30 a. m.
Washington, July 6, 1948, 11:30 a.m.
840.20/7–648
[113] Minutes of the Second Meeting of the Washington Exploratory Talks on Security, July 6, 1948, 4 p. m.
Washington, July 6, 1948, 4 p.m.
840.20/7–648
[114] Minutes of the Third Meeting of the Washington Exploratory Talks on Security, July 7, 1948, 10 a. m.
Washington, July 7, 1948, 10 a.m.
840.20/7–748
[115] The Ambassador in Norway (Bay) to the Secretary of State
Oslo, July 7,
1948—8 p. m.
757D.00/7–748: Telegram
[116] Minutes of the Fourth Meeting of the Washington Exploratory Talks on Security, July 8, 1948, 10 a. m.
Washington, July 8, 1948, 10 a.m.
840.20/7–748
[117] Minutes of the Fifth Meeting of the Washington Exploratory Talks on Security, July 9, 1948, 10 a. m.
Washington, July 9, 1948, 10 a.m.
840.20/7–748
[120] The United States Special Representative in Europe Under the Foreign Assistance Act of 1948 (Harriman) to the Secretary of State
Paris, July 14—8
p. m.
840.00/7–1448: Telegram
- No indication has been found in the Department of State files of how and when this document was delivered to the Department. A note attached to the file copy indicates that the contents were read to the National Security Council by Marshall on May 20th and then forwarded to Hickerson for his information and action.↩
- Serial master file of National Security Council documents and correspondence and related Department of State memoranda for the years 1947–1961, as maintained by the Executive Secretariat.↩