 | Supreme Headquarters Allied Powers Europe (SHAPE), NATO, and Washington that western Europe looked weak and divided when compared with the rigid unity and discipline of the Soviet bloc (Bonnet to Paris, August 31, 1951, MAE, B-Amérique, 194452, vol. 118).
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| 53. Acheson letter to Schuman, August 9, 1951,
FRUS, 1951,
3: 116467.
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| 54.
Note pour M. le President du Conseil
[Auriol to Pleven], August 27, 1951, Auriol,
Journal du Septennat,
5: 64549.
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| 55. Schuman to Acheson, August 26, 1951,
FRUS, 1951,
3: 118890. In this, Schuman was expressing the views of the united cabinet (Auriol,
Journal du Septennat,
5: 410). The Quai d'Orsay, too, wanted to be very specific that concessions to Germany on military issues should in no way be allowed to erode French and Allied authority in Germany. See
Note pour le Président,
from the Direction des Affaires Poliriques, Parodi's office, August 23, 1951, MAE, EU 194955, Généralités, vol. 95. McCloy had already raised some objections to Acheson's thinking. He thought that recruiting soldiers before signing the agreement was an invitation to the Germans to wreak havoc during the Army negotiations; it would also "give the Germans the feeling that we are under extreme pressure to reach agreements," and tempt them "to raise their demands to an unreasonable extent and thereby retard the ultimate agreement" (McCloy to Acheson, August 18, 1951,
FRUS, 1951,
3: 117579).
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| 56. Minutes of the tripartite meetings in Washington, September 12, 1951,
FRUS, 1951,
3: 126871.
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| 57. For a discussion of the British decision to support the EDC, see Dockrill,
Britain's Policy for West German Rearmament,
5979.
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| 58. The AHC prepared a long report on their efforts to outline the contractual relationship; the foreign ministers in Washington based their discussions on this document: "Report of the Allied High Commission for Germany Concerning the Establishment of a New Relationship Between the Allied Powers and Germany," August 9, 1951,
frus, 1951,
3: 150111.
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| 59. Bonnet to Paris, September 15, 1951, and Schuman circular to major embassies, September 29, 1951, MAE, EU 194955, Généralités, vol. 95. Pleven in the cabinet congratulated Schuman, René Mayer, and Bidault for their work in Washington, stating that on a number of important issues, especially German policy, "the French positions have been maintained by the Allies" (Auriol,
Journal du Septennat,
5: 485).
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| 60. Minutes of the meeting of U.S., U. K., and French foreign ministers, September 14, 1951,
FRUS, 1951,
3: 128790; Bidault's remark in Auriol,
Journaldu Septennat,
5: 485; Monnet,
Mémoires,
42224; and see Maier, "Finance and Defense," 34446. Ambassador Bonnet fairly crowed over the outcome of the Washington and Ottawa meetings, seeing in them "an incontestable success" for France (Bonnet to Paris, October 5, 1951, MAE, B-Amérique, vol. 118).
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| 61. "Report by the Allied High Commission for Germany to the Foreign Ministers of the U.S., France, and the U. K. on the Status of Contractual Negotiations with the Federal Republic," November 17, 1951, including the "Draft Agreement of General Relations,"
FRUS, 1951,
3: 158397.
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| 62. Bonnet to Paris, November 30, 1951, MAE, B-Amérique, 194452, vol.
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