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Negotiations on the EDC
The Pleven Plan
Conference for the organisation of an EDC
Circular from the Belgian Ministry of Foreign Affairs (5 March 1951)
TextCircular from Baron Hervé de Gruben, Secretary-General in the Belgian Foreign Ministry, setting out the stance taken by Belgium on the French plan for a European army.
'The conference for a European army has reached an agreement of principle' from Le Figaro (26 July 1951)
TextOn 26 July 1951, the French daily newspaper Le Figaro announces that, after four months of discussions, European negotiators have at last found common ground on the issue of a European army.
Memorandum from the German Federal Government on the establishment of the EDC (25 August 1951)
TextOn 25 August 1951, the German Federal Government drafts a memorandum emphasising the urgent need to make progress on the fundamental issues associated with the establishment of the European Defence Community (EDC) and setting out the points on which an agreement in principle has been secured.
Summary report by Walter Hallstein on the negotiations for the establishment of the EDC (17 December 1951)
TextOn 17 December 1951, following the Strasbourg Conference attended by the Foreign Ministers of Belgium, the Federal Republic of Germany, France, Italy, Luxembourg and the Netherlands, Walter Hallstein, German State Secretary, outlines the various points for negotiation with regard to the establishment of a European Defence Community (EDC).
Note from Robert Silvercruys to Paul van Zeeland (6 December 1951)
TextIn this confidential note addressed to Paul van Zeeland, Belgian Foreign Minister, Robert Silvercruys, Belgian Ambassador in Washington, describes the impatience of US senior officials at the delay in implementing the French plan for a European army.
Telegram from David Bruce to the US Department of State (Paris, 3 January 1952)
TextOn 3 January 1952, David Bruce, US Ambassador to Paris, sends a telegram to the US Department of State in Washington outlining the progress of European negotiations on the establishment of a common army.
Report of the Paris Conference on the draft EDC (Paris, 4 February 1952)
TextOn 4 February 1952, a report of the Paris Conference on the European Defence Community (EDC) project details the general objectives and principles of the future EDC and reviews the proposed solutions in the military, institutional and financial fields.
Note from the Luxembourg Legation to the Conference on the Organisation of a European Defence Community (Paris, 30 April 1952)
TextOn 30 April 1952, the Luxembourg legation to the Conference on the Organisation of a European Defence Community drafts a note on the particular situation of Luxembourg with regard to the provision of its military forces within the EDC.