Editorial Note
On July 24, the Soviet Government dispatched a lengthy note on European security to the United States in response to the United States note of May 7. On August 4, Ambassador Zarubin called on Secretary Dulles and made an oral statement proposing a preliminary four-power meeting on a general European security conference. Following the customary procedure of consultation with France and the United Kingdom through the means of a tripartite working group, the United States replied to the Soviet proposals of July 24 and August 4 in a [Page 522] note of September 10. For the text of the tripartite reply and translations of the Soviet note and oral statement, see Department of State Bulletin, September 20, 1954, pages 397–402.