REPLY TO THE LATEST SOVIET NOTE.

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP80M01009A000701080032-9
• Release Decision: RIFPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: December 27, 2016
• Document Release Date: July 8, 2013
• Sequence Number: 32
• Publication Date: March 1, 1959
• Content Type: MISC

Declassified and Approved For Release 2013/07/29 : CIA-RDP80M01009A000701080032-9
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EYES ONLY
PERSC,NAL AND
BRITISH EMRASS,y
WASHINGTON
reply to the latest Soviet note. Whatever...It fr,
our reply will be something of a landmark in the
history of our postwar relations with the Tussiaue.
The Foreign Secretary is consequently corn:erred
we rhoa2d not allow ourselves b be rusheq. He
asked me to put to you the suggeetion th,' we nen_
not draft our substantive.reply until after the ?r
Llinister15 visits to Paris aid to Bonn and i:15,
discussions with the President. Itcoe.d.taen Le JL.
to the North Atlantic Council when the Council meet'.
tares place in Washington in April and sent to the
Russians after that. If it is desired to have a
meeting of the four Foreign Ministers immeaiately
before the North Atlantic Council meeting, no doutt
we can agree. But we for our part would prefar tc,
reserve judgment on this until later on.
If such a programme was acceptable we could F;et
over the disadvantage of not sending an early
:ubstantive reply to the Russian note by sending a
:hort acknowledgment. It might be to the effect
tnat we are giving very careful study to the propos.i.
and that it should be understood that the delay in
sending a substantive reply is significant of the
interest and importance altich we attach to the Rusalan
note. Such a message might be published 8nd hold
the positions steady on both sides until we have haa
time to go into the heart of the matter.
When you have had time to consider tOis may I
have a word with you about it sometime tomorrow.
Meanwhile I also enclose for your personal eye copies
of two messages from the Prime Minister to the ?
President.
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Declassified and Approved For Release 2013/07/29 : CIA-RDP80M01009A000701080032-9