Foreign Relations of the United States, 1958–1960, Western European Integration and Security, Canada, Volume VII, Part 1

130. Editorial Note

An OEEC Ministerial Meeting held December 13–14 in Paris concluded work on the OECD convention and signed the treaty for the 20 nations forming the new organization. Under Secretary of State C. Douglas Dillon led the U.S. Delegation. The text of Dillon’s remarks at the signing ceremony together with the communiqué released by the Ministers and the OECD convention are printed in the Department of State Bulletin, January 2, 1961, pages 8–15. Documentation on the Paris meeting, including memoranda of conversation and telegraphic summaries of discussions at the meetings, is in Department of State, Conference Files: Lot 64 D 559, CF 1794.