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Foreign Relations of the United States, 1951, Europe: Political and Economic Developments, Volume IV, Part 1

Political, economic, and military relations of the United States with France 1

1. For previous documentation on U.S. relations with France, see Foreign Relations, 1950, vol. iii, pp. 1357 ff.


Contents

    • A. Visit to Washington of Prime Minister René Pleven, January 29–30, 1951 (Documents 139–155)
      • B. Visit to Washington of President Vincent Auriol, March 28-April 2, 1951 (Documents 156–162)
        • C. Concern of the United States with developments relating to economic support of the French Rearmament Program and with developments affecting the political stability of France (Documents 163–204)

        Contents

        • Preface
        • List of abbreviations
        • List of persons
        • List of short titles
        • List of sources
        • Western Europe
          • Multilateral relations
            • Continued encouragement by the United States of efforts toward the economic and political integration of Western Europe
              • I. Interest of the United States in the Organization for European Economic Cooperation, the Council of Europe, and the European Payments Union (Documents 1–42)
              • II. Efforts by the United States to assure the completion and ratification of the Schuman Plan for a European coal and steel community (Documents 43–70)
            • Concern of the United States with the European coal crisis of 1951 (Documents 71–73)
            • The Western European Ambassadors Conference at Frankfurt, February 5–7, 1951 (Documents 74–75)
            • Interest of the United States in plans for the migration of surplus population from Western Europe (Documents 76–83)
            • The policy of the United States toward the Free Territory of Trieste (Documents 84–127)
          • Belgium
            • Concern of the United States over the level of Belgium’s financial support of the NATO defense effort; the diminishing need in Belgium for economic assistance (Documents 128–138)
          • France
            • Political, economic, and military relations of the United States with France
              • A. Visit to Washington of Prime Minister René Pleven, January 29–30, 1951 (Documents 139–155)
              • B. Visit to Washington of President Vincent Auriol, March 28-April 2, 1951 (Documents 156–162)
              • C. Concern of the United States with developments relating to economic support of the French Rearmament Program and with developments affecting the political stability of France (Documents 163–204)
          • Iceland
            • Relations of the United States with Iceland; conclusion of the Defense Agreement of May 1951 (Documents 205–223)
          • Ireland
            • Efforts by Ireland to obtain military equipment and economic assistance from the United States outside NATO membership; efforts by Ireland to enlist the support of the United States in its struggle to end partition (Documents 224–239)
          • Italy
            • Efforts of the United States in support of democratic forces in Italy; attitude of the United States toward the revision of the Treaty of Peace with Italy; visit of Prime Minister de Gasperi to Washington in September (Documents 240–338)
          • The Netherlands (Document 339)
          • Norway
            • Relations of the United States with Norway; negotiation of a possible United States–Norwegian Defense Agreement (Documents 340–351)
          • Portugal
            • The Mutual Defense Assistance Agreement of January 5, 1951; negotiations for the extension of United States military base right in the Azores (Document 352)
          • Spain
            • Interest of the United States in the participation of Spain in the defense of Western Europe; consideration of NATO membership and alternative military arrangements (Documents 353–393)
            • Financial and technical assistance to Spain (Documents 394–404)
            • Interest of the United States in various political developments and religious and economic reforms within Spain (Documents 405–410)
          • Sweden
            • Agreements between the United States and Sweden (Document 411)
          • Switzerland
            • Policy of the United States with respect to Switzerland (Documents 412–414)
          • The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
            • Relations of the United States with the United Kingdom (Documents 415–459)
          • Vatican
            • The question of possible establishment of diplomatic relations with the Holy See (Documents 460–465)

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