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Memorandum of the Eighth Meeting of the Working Group Participating in the Washington Exploratory Talks on Security, August 6, 1948
The Group considered a preliminary statement of “The Territorial Scope of a Western European and North Atlantic Security Arrangement” (Agenda Item 3a) prepared by the drafting party.1 No major substantive revisions were proposed, but several changes were made in the introductory paragraph and the recommendations respecting each country, at the suggestion of representatives of both the U.S. and other countries. The language of certain sections of an alternate draft of the paper by Mr. Hoyer-Millar2 was substituted for some parts of the present text. It was agreed that a redraft incorporating the changes suggested and following the general form of Mr. Hoyer-Millar’s paper should be prepared for the next meeting at 3:00 P. M. Monday, August 9.
Discussion of “The Nature of North American Association with North Atlantic Security Arrangements” (Agenda Item 4) was postponed to the next meeting, when Mr. Bohlen will be present to outline his views.