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 1

1. For further documentation on Belgian interest in efforts toward the economic and political integration of Western Europe, see pp. 1 ff. For additional documentation on Belgian participation in NATO, see vol. iii, Part 1, pp. 1 ff. and 1309 ff. For documentation on U.S. cooperation with Belgium in the field of atomic energy and on Belgian restrictions on dollar imports within the framework of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT), see vol. i, pp. 685 ff. and 1245 ff.


[129] Memorandum of Conversation, by the Secretary of State

755.13/4–951


[130] The Ambassador in Belgium ( Murphy ) to the Secretary of State

740.5/4–2751: Telegram


[131] The Secretary of State to the Embassy in Belgium

740.5/4–2751: Telegram


[132] The Secretary of State to the Embassy in Belgium

755.14/2–951: Airgram


[133] The Ambassador in Belgium ( Murphy ) to the Secretary of State

740.5/5–951: Telegram


[134] The Administrator for Economic Cooperation ( Foster ) to the ECA Mission in Belgium

755.5 MAP/5–3151: Telegram


[135] The Administrator for Economic Cooperation ( Foster ) to the ECA Mission in Belgium

ECA message files, FRC 53A278, Paris: Telegram


[136] The Ambassador in Belgium ( Murphy ) to the Secretary of State

755.5–MAP/8–2751: Telegram


[137] The Ambassador in Belgium ( Murphy ) to the Secretary of State

740.5/10–451: Telegram


[138] The Chargé in Belgium ( Millard ) to the Secretary of State

755.5–MSP/12–2251: Telegram