Hon. JOHN FOSTER DULLES, EXHIBIT No. 43 FEBRUARY 20, 1954. Secretary of State, Washington, D. C. MY DEAR MR. SECRETARY: Please supply me with lists of State Department personnel other than clerical, but including consultants and advisers receiving travel expenses or per diem from the Federal Government, who participated in the following: 1. Preparation of the document Proposals for Expansion of World Trade and Employment, published by the United States Government in November 1945, and transmitted to other governments. I would particularly like to have listed the members of the technical staff which developed these proposals, and their official capacities. 2. Preparation of Department of State Publication 2439 (Commercial Policy Series 80, 1945). 3. Preparation of Suggested Charter for an International Trade Organization of the United Nations. 4. Preparatory committee appointed to arrange for International Conference on Trade and Employment, set up in 1946, and convening in London in October 1946. 5. Preparation of Suggested Charter for an International Trade Organization of the United Nations, a document issued by the Department of State in October 1946. 6. Drafting committee for draft charter which functioned in New York during January and February 1947. 7. Second session of the preparatory committee, which met in Geneva, Switzerland, in April 1947. 8. Tariff negotiations at Geneva conducted April through October 1947. 9. Preparation of draft at Geneva for submission to the United Nations Conference on Trade and Employment at Habana, Cuba. 10. Conference on Trade and Employment at Habana, Cuba, November 21, 1947, through March 24, 1948. 11. Preparations for third session of contracting parties to the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade. 12. Third session held at Annecy, France, April through August 1949. 13. Working committee named at above to study conducting a third round of multilateral tariff negotiations. 14. Fourth session of contracting parties to GATT, held at Geneva, Switzerland, February-April 1950. 15. Preparations for Conference at Torquay, England. 16. Tariff negotiations meeting at Torquay, England, September 28, 1950, through April 21, 1951. 17. Preparation for sixth session of the contracting parties. 18. Sixth session, held at Geneva, September 17 through October 26, 1951. 19. Participation on Intersessional Committee established at above. 20. Preparations for seventh session, and session held at Geneva, Switzerland, in 1952. 21. Work of Ad Hoc Committee for Agenda and Intersectional Business prior to or subsequent to seventh session of contracting parties. 22. Treaty constituting the European Coal and Steel Community. 23. Waiver of provisions of about treaty agreed to at seventh session of contracting parties. 24. Preparations for eighth session, and session itself, held at Geneva, Switzerland, September 17, to October 24, 1953. 25. Preparations currently being made, if any, for future sessions of the contracting parties to the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade. I would appreciate this information as early as possible. Much of it is probably available in past State Department press releases. Sincerely yours, GEORGE W. MALONE, United States Senator. Hon. GEORGE W. MALONE, United States Senate. DEPARTMENT OF STATE, Washington, March 13, 1954. MY DEAR SENATOR MALONE: Reference is made to your letter of February 20, 1954, acknowledged on February 26, in which you requested lists of Department of State personnel other than clerical who participated in certain activities enumerated in your letter. There is enclosed a memorandum containing information on each of those activities, including the names and official capacities of officers from the Department of State and Foreign Service of the United States who participated substantively in the respective conferences of consultants and advisers and of the congressional and nongovernmental members of the delegations. The memorandum also indicates which other agencies were represented on such delegations. Sincerely yours, Enclosure: Memorandum. THRUSTON B. MORTON, Assistant Secretary (For the Acting Secretary of State). RESPONSES TO INFORMATION REQUESTED BY SENATOR GEORGE W. MALONE IN HIS LETTER OF FEBRUARY 20, 1954 The preparatory work leading to the several projects and conferences referred to hereinafter was the product of extensive interagency cooperation. The activities of the several delegations were carried out within the framework of authorized instructions based upon interagency consultation, developed in advance of the respective conferences and approved by the President. The instructions were subject to subsequent modification by the Secretary or Acting Secretary of State, also based upon interagency consultation in appropriate cases as the conferences proceeded. Any significant departure from the original instructions required approval of the President. (The text immediately following the numbered items is from Senator Malone's letter.) 1. Preparation of the document Proposals for Expansion of World Trade and Employment, published by the United States Government in November 1945 and transmitted to other governments. The proposals were the product of the work of specialists in many agencies of the executive branch of the Government, performed under the general chairmanship of William L. Clayton, then Assistant Secretary of State for Economic Affairs. The technical staff within the Department of State primarily responsible for the work leading to the proposals had been under the general supervision of Harry C. Hawkins prior to September 1944; of Bernard F. Haley from September 1944 through June 1945; and of Clair Wilcox from July 1945 to November 1, 1945, the date of their submission to the then Secretary of State, James F. Byrnes. The responsibilities of Messrs. Hawkins and Haley were incident to their duties as successive Directors of the Office of Economic Affairs, and those of Mr. Wilcox as Director of the Office of International Trade Policy, successor to the former office. Within the Department of State the work leading to the proposals was primarily concentrated in the then Division of Commercial Policy, of which William A. Fowler was then Chief. By virtue of the comprehensive subject matter of the proposals, however, the work cut across organizational lines and involved continuing participation by the staffs of other units of the Department, particularly other economic offices concerned with such matters as commodity prob lems and financial and monetary affairs, and the geographic offices having principal responsibility for United States relations with specific countries. Over a period of time many members of the staffs in other agencies concerned with the foreign economic aspects of their respective agency's responsibilities also participated in this work. The other agencies primarily concerned were the Departments of Treasury, Commerce, Agriculture, War, Navy, and Labor, and the Tariff Commission. 2. Preparation of Department of State Publication 2439, Commercial Policy Series 80, 1945. This publication is entitled "Anglo-American Financial and Commercial Agreements." The work leading to these agreements was also the product of extensive interagency cooperation within the executive branch under the general supervision of Mr. Clayton. In addition to officials of the Department of State, negotiations with the United Kingdom included, among others, the Secretaries of the Departments of Treasury and of Commerce, the Chairman of the Federal Reserve Board, and the Administrator of Surplus Property. Those from the Department of State included: James F. Byrnes, Secretary Dean Acheson, Assistant Secretary William L. Clayton, Assistant Secretary Thomas B. McCabe, Foreign Liquidation Commissioner Emilio G. Collado, Director, Office of Financial and Development Policy The work preparatory to the joint statement Settlement for Lend-Lease and Reciprocal Aid, Surplus War Property and Claims within the Department of State was performed in the Office of the Foreign Liquidation Commissioner, under Commissioner Thomas B. McCabe, and in the Office of Financial and Development Policy under Emilio G. Collado, Director. Within the latter Office, the work tended to be concentrated in the Division of Lend-Lease and Surplus War Property Affairs of which Frank W. Fetter and Hubert F. Havlik were successively acting chiefs during this period. While much of the work preparatory to the Financial Agreement was done in the Treasury Department, Mr. Collado, as Director of the Office of Financial and Development Policy, was primarily responsible for the State Department's interest and contribution to this phase of the work, and drew upon the staff of that Office and other units of the Department as occasion required. 3. Preparation of Suggested Charter for an International Trade Organization of the United Nations. The preparation of the Suggested Charter was an integral part of the work in process within the executive branch of the Government in the general field of postwar commercial policy. It represented further development of the work which had led to the proposals (item 1 above) in preparation for the then forthcoming United Nations Conference on Trade and Employment. As in the case of the proposals the work involved wide interagency participation and was performed under the general chairmanship of Mr. Clayton as Assistant Secretary of State until August 16, 1946, and thereafter as Under Secretary of State for Economic Affairs. Similarly, while the work within the Department involved the participation of many units, it was concentrated in the Office of International Trade Policy under the direction of Clair Wilcox. 4. Preparatory committee appointed to arrange for International Conference on Trade and Employment, set up in 1946, and convening in London in October 1946. The delegation included representatives of the Departments of Treasury, Agriculture, Commerce and Labor, and of the Tariff Commission. The members of the Department of State and of the Foreign Service were: Chairman: Clair Wilcox, Director, Office of International Trade Policy Advisers: Willis C. Armstrong, adviser on state trading, Commercial Policy Division John M. Leddy, adviser on general commercial policy, Division of Commer- Robert P. Terill, Associate Chief, International Resources Division Technical Secretary: J. Robert Schaetzel, special assistant to the Director, Office of International Trade Policy 5. Preparation of Suggested Charter for an International Trade Organization of the United Nations, a document issued by the Department of State in October 1946. This is the same document as that referred to in item 3 above. 6. Drafting committee for draft charter which functioned in New York during January and February 1947. The Treasury Deparment was also represented on this project. Department of State members of the drafting committee were— United States representative: John M. Leddy, adviser, Division of Commercial Policy Members: Honore M. Catudal, consultant, Division of Commercial Policy Robert P. Terrill, Associate Chief, Division of International Resources Edmund H. Kellogg, specialist on international organization affairs, Division 7. Second session of the preparatory committee, which met in Geneva, Switzerland in April 1947. 8. Tariff negotiations at Geneva conducted April through October 1947. 9. Preparation of draft at Geneva for submission to the United Nations Conference on Trade and Employment at Habana, Cuba. The three foregoing items are aspects of a single project. At the second session of the Preparatory Committee (item 7), which was convened in Geneva during the period April 10-October 30, 1947, the tariff negotiations (item 8) were conducted and negotiation was concluded of the draft Geneva Charter for the International Trade Organization (item 9) for submission to the United Nations Conference on Trade and Employment. The delegation included representatives of the Departments of Treasury, Agriculture, Commerce, Labor and War, and of the Army and Navy Munitions Board and of the insular government of Puerto Rico. The Department of State and Foreign Service members of the United States delegation, excluding administrative and clerical staff, were- Chairman: William L. Clayton, Under Secretary of State for Economic Affairs Vice Chairman: Clair Wilcox, Director, Office of International Trade Policy Delegates: Winthrop G. Brown, Chief, Division of Commercial Policy Harry C. Hawkins, counselor of Embassy for economic affairs, American Advisers: Honore M. Catudal, adviser, Division of Commercial Policy Einar Jensen, Edmund H. Kellogg, Division of International Organization Affairs John M. Leddy, adviser on general commercial policy, Division of Com- Robert P. Terrill, Associate Chief, International Resources Division Tariff negotiating teams: United Kingdom: Wilson T. M. Beale (head), Assistant Chief, Division of Commercial Don C. Bliss, commercial attaché, American Embassy, London Joe Adams Robinson, Division of Commercial Policy Canada: Homer S. Fox (head), commercial attaché, American Embassy, Ottawa Southern Dominions: Robert M. Carr (head), adviser, Division of Commercial Policy India: Edwin G. Moline (head), Division of Commercial Policy Joseph S. Sparks, vice consul, American consulate, Karachi, India 39888-54-pt. 4—75 |