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B. The Soviet Note of April 9 and the Western Reply of May 13

[82] No. 82
The Soviet Ministry for Foreign Affairs to the Embassy of the United States

[Moscow,] April 9, 1952.

662.001/4–1052

[83] No. 83
Memorandum of the Secretary of State’s Daily Staff Meeting

Washington, April 10, 1952.

Secretary’s Memoranda, lot 53 D 444, “Staff Meetings January–June 1952”

[84] No. 84
The Secretary of State to the Office of the United States High Commissioner for Germany, at Bonn

Washington, April 12, 1952—12:04 p.m.

762.00/4–1252: Telegram

[85] No. 85
The United States High Commissioner for Germany (McCloy) to the Department of State

Bonn, April 12, 1952—2 p.m.

662 001/4–1252: Telegram

[86] No. 86
The Ambassador in the United Kingdom (Gifford) to the Department of State

London, April 17, 1952—1 p.m.

662.001/4–1752: Telegram

[87] No. 87
The Secretary of State to the Embassy in the United Kingdom

Washington, April 18, 1952—7:27 p.m.

662.001/4–1252: Telegram

[88] No. 88
The United States Permanent Representative to the North Atlantic Council (Draper) to the Department of State

Paris, April 19, 1952—6 p.m.

740.5/4–1952: Telegram

[89] No. 89
The Ambassador in the United Kingdom (Gifford) to the Department of State

London, April 25, 1952—8 p.m.

662.001/4–2552: Telegram

[90] No. 90
The Secretary of State to the Embassy in the United Kingdom

Washington, April 30, 1952—8:01 p.m.

662.001/4–2552: Telegram

[91] No. 91
The Secretary of State to the Embassy in the United Kingdom

Washington, April 30, 1952—7:59 p.m.

662.001/4–3052: Telegram

[92] No. 92
The United States High Commissioner for Germany (McCloy) to the Department of State

Bonn, May 2, 1952—11 p.m.

662.001/5–252: Telegram

[93] No. 93
The Ambassador in the United Kingdom (Gifford) to the Department of State

London, May 3, 1952—5 p.m.

662.001/5–352: Telegram

[94] No. 94
The Ambassador in the United Kingdom (Gifford) to the Department of State

London, May 6, 1952—7 p.m.

662.001/5–652: Telegram

[95] No. 95
The Ambassador in the United Kingdom (Gifford) to the Department of State

London, May 6, 1952—8 p.m.

662.001/5–652: Telegram

[96] No. 96
The Secretary of State to the Embassy in the United Kingdom

Washington, May 9, 1952—6:27 p.m.

662.001/5–652: Telegram

[97] No. 97
The Secretary of State to the Embassy in the United Kingdom

Washington, May 9, 1952—6:28 p.m.

662.001/5–952: Telegram

[98] No. 98
Memorandum by the Secretary of State to the President

Washington, May 9, 1952.

762.00/5–952

[99] No. 99
The Ambassador in the United Kingdom (Gifford) to the Department of State

London, May 11, 1952—8 p.m.

662.001/5–1152: Telegram

[100] No. 100
The Secretary of State to the Embassy in the United Kingdom

Washington, May 12, 1952—2:01 a.m.

662 001/5–1152: Telegram

[101] No. 101
The Embassy of the United States to the Soviet Ministry for Foreign Affairs

[Moscow, May 13, 1952.]

Source: Reprinted from Department of State Bulletin, May 26, 1952, pp. 817–819. It comprises the draft transmitted in telegram 5132 from London, May 11 (662.001/5–1152) and, as indicated in the footnotes that follow, the revisions proposed by the Department of State in telegram 5843, supra, and a few other minor drafting changes that were made in London or Moscow to coordinate the text with that of the British and French. The note was delivered to the Soviet Foreign Ministry at 11 p.m. (Moscow time) on May 13.