Foreign Relations of the United States, 1952–1954, Western European Security, Volume V, Part 1

Editorial Note

On December 13 Secretary Dulles held a meeting with Chancellor Adenauer to discuss problems of mutual concern. After congratulating him on his victory in the September elections, Dulles proceeded to raise the question of French ratification of the European Defense Community Treaty. For a report on this meeting, see telegram 2282 from Paris, December 14, page 865. A nine-page memorandum of their conversation, prepared by MacArthur, Is in the CFM files, lot M 88, box 166.