Editorial Note
Fifth Meeting of the Working Group Participating in the Washington Exploratory Talks on Security, July 22, 1948
In further discussion of the memorandum on Item I, Mr. Stone expressed his opinion that the concept of indirect aggression by the Soviet Union should be more clearly presented. He also suggested altering the final sentence to stress the mutual advantage of a security treaty to each participant, rather than the joining of two distinct groups of Eastern and Western Hemisphere nations. The group agreed that the paper before them could be referred to Mr. Lovett and the Ambassadors for study and possible transmittal to their respective governments. This paper is presumably the draft dated July 22, 1948, not printed, which incorporated the revisions of the day’s meeting (840.20/7–2248). The memorandum of the fifth meeting is not printed (840.20/7–2248).