Editorial Note
On March 26, President Truman delivered an address to the opening session of the Meeting of Consultation concerning the purpose of the meeting; for text, see Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: Harry S. Truman, 1951 (Washington, Government Printing Office, 1965), pages 195-198, or Department of State Bulletin, April 9, 1951, pages 566–568.
On March 27, Assistant Secretary of State for Economic Affairs Willard L. Thorp addressed Committee III (Economic Cooperation) of the Meeting of Consultation on the common economic problems confronting the American Republics; for text, see ibid., April 30, 1951, pages 693–698.
On March 31, President Vincent Auriol of France, who was in the United States on a state visit from March 28 to April 2, delivered an address to a special session of the Meeting of Consultation; for text, see Proceedings, pages 153–160. In a memorandum to President Truman, dated January 24, 1951, recommending that the appearance of President Auriol at a session of the meeting be encouraged, Secretary Acheson had stated in part the following: “A brief address by President Auriol to the Foreign Ministers would serve to remind the Latin Americans of their ties with Western Europe and would tend to counter suggestions that we move toward a policy of Hemisphere isolation.” (363/1-2651) For documentation relating to President Auriol’s visit to the United States, see volume IV.
On April 7, Secretary Acheson made informal remarks to the closing session of the Meeting of Consultation concerning the meeting’s [Page 961] achievements; for text, see Department of State Bulletin, April 16, 1951, pages 616–617.
On April 18, Ambassador John C. Dreier delivered an address, in which he assessed the results of the Meeting of Consultation, to the Pan American Society of Massachusetts and Northern New England, at Boston, Massachusetts; for text, see ibid., April 30, 1951, pages 688–693.