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Memorandum for the Record, by the Assistant Secretary of State for European Affairs (Perkins)
The attached1 is an excerpt from a telegram from Mr. Eden which was brought in today by Sir Christopher Steel.
I remarked that while we would like to go to London, Paris might prove to be necessary because of EDC activities going on there at that time and because of the possible requirement for Mr. Schuman’s presence there.
I also expressed the view that February 13 and 14 might be a little late and would not give us much time to straighten out any problems between the three of us before meeting with Adenauer.
Sir Christopher expressed general agreement with the above but expressed the fear that Mr. Eden’s schedule was so tight that he could not participate in tripartite conversations before February 13.
- In the attachment, not printed, Eden asked the Embassy to approach Acheson on the possibility of holding a tripartite meeting in London about Feb. 13 with Adenauer invited to join the discussions immediately following the meeting.↩