740.5/9–750: Telegram
The Ambassador in France (Bruce) to the Secretary of State
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1204. I have received letter dated September 6 from Schuman which reads in translation as follows:
“I am instructed to inform you that the French Government is most concerned about the reception that may be accorded to the questions [Page 270] raised in its two memoranda of August 5 and 17, addressed to the Council of Deputies.
Despite the insistence of our representatives, it has not so far been possible to obtain any precise reply from the Government of the US regarding these problems, which vitally affect the efficacy of our common defense effort and the possibility for France to establish her 1951 budget and her armament program.
I have the honor, consequently, to inform you that in connection with point two of the agenda of the tripartite conference, I shall be obliged to raise the question of the delay in replying to the problems raised by the two French memoranda.”
Sent Department 1204, repeated information London 307.