740.5/10–3051: Telegram
The United States Deputy Representative on the North Atlantic Council (Spofford) to the Acting Secretary of State 1
Depto 528. Deps 75th mtg Oct 29.
3. Some deps without instructions2 but most agreed with US, UK, Fr and Neth that origins of Moscow econ conf in World Peace Council and Sov failure to use existing econ orgs indicate it is purely propaganda move, aimed at securing non-Commie signatures to anodyne resolution, emphasizing “peaceful coexistence” and E-W trade, and UK suggested, possibly aimed at creation of org to rival OEEC. Deps will discuss further but generally agreed best policy is to discourage attendance and expose nature of conf.3
- Repeated to the other NATO capitals, Frankfurt, Heidelberg, and Wiesbaden.↩
- Telegram Depto 506 from London, October 25, reported that the North Atlantic Council Deputies, at their 73d meeting on October 24, reacted generally favorably to the U.S. suggestion that the Moscow Economic Conference be the subject of an early discussion after the Deputies had obtained the views of their governments. (740.5/10–2551)↩
- A paraphrase of this paragraph was transmitted in a circular information telegram of October 31. (700.00(S)/10–3151)↩