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Fe he aL oie QS PBSERE AS wee, ee, vei 2 an cee ay Son mate OA ES RAR Xe wie ats a cth oP , weer ; - . = _— 7 . . _ ay . . . " YEO 100-6022 ; “alts Sit Pee re : ee een ere , - : . « _ . at ae . ADMINISTRATIVE . My tet + SET hee putting enough pressure on Vestern Suropeans for furthering -~-" economic intercration. I exclained to him treat unless there was adecuste Amorisan proscurs tra vi?) mover see cro tess toward Surcpean intecration ernu the -grester part of cur Marshal) Re ort oar ry ai7% tas Te tata that the ehened Flzn will de wester. Ne told me that he shared this viewpo ant @WPIerely und thet he alweys has to fight the ECA tendenc “to consider thelr operation as if it were relief. He did not believe in relief and was convinced thet without economic — intesrsticn Durope would fsrever remain a burden on our shoulders. Re told m that already at the Fotsdam Conference he advocated @ great European roternsey from the Niel Cansi along the Danute thet woel@ Lint the t2ltie and the Bleck seas. Ke warted to see a Tenubien economic Federation that would seal the vacuum ~ le? - ke =k a Auscris aa wot on =roire ema h- niene hava rat 21% tp aes Ga & ws a ren hws wes ee ed bp be et a oe atv & hd eid eww PAD nays been trecked b> the Soviets. ‘For the British cnd she French were argaing ebout the Ruhr. ‘hile discussing their, ‘security in — Germany doth Englisn and French were » trying to pull the Ruhr © economically tc treir side. . "I Gon't rant either of them to have the Ruhr. TI want the Ruhr to be of use to the entire Vestern Surozean community". I then raised the question of Point IV, calling Trucen's attention to the creat misunderstanding end false hopes which ere caused by Point IV. Too many Testern Europeans believe that Foint IV would bring them nev barriers for the development of their colonial possessions. Trumesn etronsly emphesiced that this was not whet he intended. He thougnt only of contributing American Imow-honx for the development of the yet undsveloved countries in South Aserica, Africa and fsie, but primarily for those countries and not Burope'ts colonies, “I. wish you vould make | 4{t clear both in your Writings and when you a scus s it in Europe > ir. wwe concluded . The discussion of Point IV oust eP ane increasing finenciel burden on the A; nericsn tax> eye> I told bim of the senersl feelings that we vere eRe roaching the Linit ef spending and of taxstion. I renarzec that J was not an economist but frou the reaction of my own I felt that we were on the drink of a rebeliion. Ee assured me tnat he was uneasy over the tense situation in spending and taxation. "Hus", hs plesded, "donts you think thar it is better to spend 17 billion & yerr now than to have to spend hundreds of billions of dollars in another war, God forbiag®. . are i+] - 32 - . | ;