Establishment of the London Working Group, January 6–May 5, 1955
77. Telegram From the Department of State to the Embassy in France
Source: Department of State, Central Files, 396.1/1–655. Secret. Drafted by Tyler and Thurston on January 7 and cleared with Elbrick. Repeated to London, Moscow, and Bonn.
79. Letter From Secretary of State Dulles to Chancellor Adenauer
Source: Department of State, Presidential Correspondence: Lot 66 D 204, Konrad Adenauer. Drafted by Kidd.
80. Telegram From the Department of State to the Embassy in France
Source: Department of State, Central Files, 740.5/1–1555. Secret. Repeated to London, Moscow, and Bonn. Cleared by Merchant, Murphy, and Goodpaster in the White House by telephone.
81. Telegram From the Department of State to the Embassy in France
Source: Department of State, Central Files, 396.1/1–1555. Secret. Drafted by Merchant. Repeated to London, Moscow, and Bonn.
82. Telegram From the Embassy in France to the Department of State
Source: Department of State, Central Files, 740.5/1–1566. Secret. Repeated to London, Moscow, and Bonn.
83. Telegram From the Department of State to the Office of the High Commissioner for Germany, at Bonn
Source: Department of State, Central Files, 396.1/1–1755. Secret; Priority. Drafted by Elbrick; cleared by Tyler, Lyon, and Thurston; and signed for the Secretary by Merchant. Repeated to Paris, London, and Moscow.
84. Telegram From the Embassy in France to the Department of State
Source: Department of State, Central Files, 396.1/1–2055. Secret. Repeated to London, Bonn, and Moscow.
85. Telegram From the Department of State to the Embassy in the United Kingdom
Source: Department of State, Central Files, 396.1/1–3155. Secret. Drafted by Hooper; cleared with Jones, Palmer, Thurston, and Merchant; and signed for the Acting Secretary by Lyon. Also sent to Bonn and repeated to Paris and Moscow.
86. Memorandum by the Director of Political Affairs, HICOG (O’Shaughnessy)
Source: Department of State, Central Files, 762A.00/3–955. Secret. Attached to a memorandum from Lyon to Merchant, dated March 14, which briefly summarized its contents.
87. Telegram From the Embassy in France to the Department of State
Source: Department of State, Central Files, 396.1/3–2255. Secret; Priority. Repeated to London and Bonn.
88. Telegram From the Department of State to the Embassy in the United Kingdom
Source: Department of State, Central Files, 396.1/3–2855. Secret. Repeated to Bonn, Paris, and Vienna.
89. Memorandum of a Conversation, Department of State, Washington, April 1, 1955
Source: Department of State, Central Files, 396.1/4–155. Secret. Drafted by Tyler.
90. Telegram From the Department of State to the Embassy in France
Source: Department of State, Central Files, 762.022/4–555. Secret; Priority. Drafted by Stanley M. Cleveland (RA) and cleared with Tyler, Palmer, and Kidd. Also sent to Bonn and repeated to London.
91. Telegram From the Embassy in France to the Department of State
Source: Department of State, Central Files, 740.5/4–1455. Secret; Niact. Repeated to Bonn and London.
92. Telegram From the Department of State to the Embassy in France
Source: Department of State, Central Files, 740.5/4–1455. Secret. Drafted by Palmer and Cleveland, cleared with Merchant and WE, and approved by Dulles. Repeated to London and Bonn.
94. Memorandum of a Meeting, Department of State, Washington, April 23, 1955, 10 a.m.
Source: Department of State, CFM Files: Lot M–88, Box 254, FP(WG)Memos. Confidential. A cover sheet indicated the memorandum was drafted by Cleveland and Cottman, approved by Merchant, and circulated as FP(WG)Memo 7.
95. Letter From the High Commissioner for Germany (Conant) to the Assistant Secretary of State for European Affairs (Merchant)
Source: Department of State, EUR Files: Lot 59 D 233, Germany 1955. Official–Informal; Personal–Secret. Attached to a memorandum from Merchant to Dulles, dated May 4, which outlined the subjects which Chancellor Adenauer might raise at his meeting with Dulles on May 7. For a record of their meeting, see Document 106.
96. Telegram From the Delegation at the London Working Group to the Department of State
Source: Department of State, Central Files, 396.1/4–2755. Secret. Repeated to Paris, Moscow, Bonn, Berlin, and Vienna.
97. Telegram From the Delegation at the London Working Group to the Department of State
Source: Department of State, Central Files, 396.1/4–2855. Secret. According to another copy, this telegram was drafted by Kidd who was in London as part of the delegation. (Ibid., Conference Files: Lot 63 D 123, CF 452) Repeated to Bonn and Paris.
98. Telegram From the Delegation at the London Working Group to the Department of State
Source: Department of State, Central Files, 396.1/4–2855. Secret. Drafted by Beam and McBride. Repeated to Paris, Bonn, and Moscow.
99. Telegram From the Delegation at the London Working Group to the Department of State
Source: Department of State, Central Files, 396.1/4–2955. Secret; Priority. Drafted by B.P. Barringer, Department of Defense representative on the delegation; cleared with Wolf and Kidd; and initialed by Beam. Repeated to Bonn and Paris.
100. Telegram From the Department of State to the Delegation at the London Working Group
Source: Department of State, Central Files, 396.1/4–2755. Secret. Drafted by Reinstein; cleared by Elbrick, Merchant, BNA, EE, RA, and WE; and signed by Dulles. Repeated to Paris, Bonn, Moscow, and Vienna.
101. Telegram From the Delegation at the London Working Group to the Department of State
Source: Department of State, Central Files, 396.1/4–3055. Secret. Repeated to Paris, Moscow, Bonn, Berlin, and Vienna.
102. Report of the London Working Group
Source: Department of State, Central Files, 396.1/5–555. Secret. A cover sheet noted that there were four parts to the report. Only part I is printed here; regarding parts II–IV, see footnote 3 below.