Secretary’s Memoranda of Conversation, lot 64 D 199, “August 1954”
No. 230
Memorandum of Conversation, by
the Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for European Affairs
(Elbrick)
Subject:
- Trieste
Participants:
- Mr. Alberto Tarchiani, Ambassador of Italy
- The Secretary of State
- C. Burke Elbrick, Deputy Assistant Secretary, EUR
The Italian Ambassador called briefly on the Secretary this morning at his own request. The purpose of this call was to discuss recent developments in connection with the Trieste issue and he handed the Secretary two memoranda on this subject.1 The first memorandum suggests a direct appeal on the part of the United States to “the supreme authorities of the Yugoslav Government” as necessary to remove the obstacles which have now “stalled” the negotiations. The second memorandum notes what the Ambassador described as the “negative nature” of the latest Yugoslav counterproposals.
The Ambassador said that the negative attitude of the Yugoslav Government on such basic questions as interzonal traffic and a fisheries agreement is most discouraging. He said that this attitude would affect future cooperation between the two countries and that they should be settled now. The Secretary told the Ambassador that it was unnecessary for him to direct his arguments to us since [Page 485] the United States Government is convinced of the necessity of reaching a mutually satisfactory agreement which would form the basis for close cooperation between Italy and Yugoslavia. The Secretary made no comment in response to the Ambassador’s suggestion that we make representations directly to Tito but the Ambassador seemed satisfied with the general reassurances given him by the Secretary.
- Neither printed; copies of the two memoranda are in file 750G.00/8–354.↩