319. Record of Telephone Conversation Between Barco (USUN) and John Foster Dulles1
B knows both the Br and Fr have agreed on this move. The Canadians have not been hard [heard] from. Barco talked with them and told [Typeset Page 1335] them we would have agreement and he thought it would be helpful to speed up their reaction. They do not as yet know they have agreed as they (the Br) just left. The Sec said he thinks it would be helpful for the Canadians to know. The Sec said the Br had one or two minor suggestions about the phraseology and the French wanted it understood we would not let it open up into a European zone and the Sec assured them of that. They agreed Sweden’s sponsorship could not be gone into—we do have time. B agreed. The Sec mentioned its leaking and they agreed it would be a good thing to put out the call tomorrow. Get the Canadian agreement and put out the call and then perfect the text Monday. The Sec said that won’t be a great problem. The Br, said B, raised the question of publishing the text fairly soon after the meeting and they agreed this is good. B will call Lodge in Mass. B mentioned a northern zone as a term to use and the Sec said we can’t do that because our Defense Dept has approved this in terms of that zone. Caccia suggested to the Sec to redefine it without identifying it. The Sec thinks that would be cumbersome but he will look into it. These were not conditions however.
- Source: Arctic inspection zone proposal. No classification marking. 1 p. Eisenhower Library, Dulles Papers, General Telephone Conversations.↩