80. Editorial Note
Under Secretary of State C. Douglas Dillon visited London, Brussels, Bonn, and Paris December 7–14 for discussions relating to the economic and political integration of Europe. Dillon arrived in London on December 7. On December 8 at 3 p.m., he met with British Foreign Secretary Selwyn Lloyd at the Foreign Office for discussions on the EEC and the EFTA; see Document 81. The next day, Dillon met with Lloyd at 10:30 a.m. for discussions of bilateral economic problems. At 3:30 p.m., he met with Prime Minister Harold Macmillan at 10 Downing Street. For a report on both discussions, see Document 82.
On the morning of December 10, Dillon flew to Brussels. After a luncheon meeting with King Baudouin during which a variety of bilateral issues were discussed, Dillon met with officials of the EEC at 3:30 p.m.; see Document 83. This meeting was followed by discussions with the Belgian Foreign Minister.
On December 11, Dillon flew to Bonn for discussions with Chancellor Adenauer. The two met privately for approximately 30 minutes; see Document 84. After their private talk, Dillon and Adenauer were joined by senior U.S. and German officials for 2 hours of talks which included lengthy discussions of the problems of European integration; see Document 85. Dillon flew to Paris that afternoon.
On December 12 at 3 p.m., Dillon met with representatives of the EFTA; see Document 86. At 5 p.m., he met with representatives of the OEEC; see Document 87.
[Page 175]On Sunday, December 13, at 4 p.m., Dillon met with Secretary of State Herter who had arrived in Paris for the NATO Heads of Government meeting (December 16–18). He presented Herter with a memorandum which is printed as Document 88. At 6:30 p.m., Dillon met with French Foreign Minister Couve de Murville; see Document 89. On December 14 at 10:30 a.m., he met with French Prime Minister Michel Debré; see Document 90. A meeting with French Finance Minister Antoine Pinay took place at 11:45 a.m.; no record of this conversation has been found. The following documents are arranged in the order in which the meetings took place.
Dillon left Paris at 2 p.m. on December 14 and returned to the United States. Documentation on his trip is in Department of State, Conference Files: Lot 64 D 560, CF 1546–1548.