740.00119 Control (Germany)/11–2349: Telegram

The Ambassador in the United Kingdom (Douglas) to the Secretary of State

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4669. Personal for the Secretary from Douglas. ReDeptel 4124, November 15.1

Bevin has asked me to deliver the following personal message to you in reply to yours to him of November 15:

“It was most good of you to give me an account of your discussions with Adenauer and Schumacher in Germany. As you know, I am following the situation with the greatest interest and was therefore particularly glad to get your message.

You will have seen that in my statement in Parliament I played Germany down as much as I could. I did not want to make it more difficult for Monsieur Schuman, but this made it politically difficult for myself.”

Douglas
  1. Same as telegram 4415, November 15, p. 316.