Foreign Relations of the United States, 1955–1957, Western European Security and Integration, Volume IV

223. Editorial Note

The Heads of Government and Foreign Ministers of the six ECSC countries met in Paris between February 18 and 20 to discuss the last outstanding problems in drafting treaties for EURATOM and the Common Market. In a communiqué issued on February 20, they announced that agreement had been reached on all major matters and expressed the hope that the two treaties would shortly be ready for signature. The French text of the communiqué is printed in Royal Institute of International Affairs, Documents on International Affairs, 1957, pages 442–443.