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Council of Foreign Ministers Files: Lot M–88: CFM London Minutes

Record of Decisions of the Thirtieth Meeting of the Council of Foreign Ministers, Lancaster House, London, September 30, 1945, 9:30 p.m.

London, September 30, 1945, 9:30 p.m.
C.F.M.(P) (45) 30th Meeting

Present

U.K. U.S.A U.S.S.R
Mr. Bevin Mr. Byrnes M. Molotov
Sir R. I. Campbell Mr. J. Dunn M. F. T. Gousev
Sir A. Clark Kerr Mr. B. V. Cohen M. K. V. Novikov
Mr. A. Duff Cooper Mr. J. F. Dulles M. S. A. Golunski
Mr. C. E. Bohlen M. V. N. Pavlov
France China
M. Bidault (Chairman) Dr. Wang Shih Chieh
M. Couve de Murville Dr. Wellington Koo
General Catroux Dr. Victor Hoo
M. Alphand Dr. Hollington Tong
Mr. Yang Yun Chu

Procedure

M. Molotov reverted to the question which he had raised at the 17th and 28th Meetings of the Council36 regarding the procedure to be followed in future discussion of Peace Treaties with Italy, Roumania, Bulgaria, Hungary and Finland. He again invited the Council to modify the decision on procedure which they had taken at their 1st Meeting on 11th September37 and which, in his view, was [Page 493] in conflict with the terms of reference laid down for the Council in the Protocol of the Berlin Conference.

A full discussion took place, but no decision was reached.

  1. See the American minutes of the Council’s 17th meeting, September 22, and of the Council’s 28th meeting, September 29, pp. 315 and 445, respectively.↩
  2. See the record of the Council’s first meeting, September 11, p. 112.↩