The international conference season was in full swing: ¶Barely 48 hours after signing the Japanese Peace Treaty in San Francisco, the U.S.'s Dean Acheson, Britain's Foreign Secretary Herbert Morrison, and France's Robert Schuman sat down in Washington for a new round of talks. Stated agenda: "The world." Highest priority item: a postwar settlement with West Germany. The Western Big Three want to end the last occupation controls, substantially restore West German sovereignty. The U.S. hopes for a finished plan by late fall, France and Britain are in less of a hurry. ¶Also in Washington met U.S. Treasury Secretary John Snyder,...
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