KF26 .F6 19496 COMMITTEE ON FOREIGN RELATIONS TOM CONNALLY, Texas, Chairman CONTENTS Page Martin, Hon. William McChesney, Assistant Secretary of the Treasury- McCloy, Hon. John J., High Commissioner to Germany.. Merchant, Livingston, Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for the Far May 19, 1949: Consultation Prior to the Foreign Ministers' Conference_ June 22, 1949: Results of the Foreign Ministers' Conference. - September 20, 1949: Consultation on Trade Arrangements with Great (III) PREFACE June 1974. This is one of a historical series of Senate Committee on Foreign Relations hearings held in executive session and relating to important historical topics during the early post-World War II period. The transcripts of these hearings, along with related material from committee files, are published in their complete form. In executive session on February 6, 1973, the committee decided to publish this series. The transcript regulations of the committee read in relevant part as follows: Executive transcripts and other executive records of the committee shall be released to the National Archives and Records Service for unclassified use in accordance with the policies of that Agency: Provided, That no such transcripts or other executive records shall be declassified within a period of 12 years except by majority vote of the committee and with the permission of surviving members of the committee at the time such transcripts or records were made and with the permission of the executive department, if any, concerned; and Provided further, That after 12 years from the date such transcripts or records were made, they shall be declassified unless the committee by majority vote shall decide otherwise. In accordance with the committee's regulations, former Members have given their permission for this publication and the Department of State has indicated that it has no foreign policy objection to the publication of these hearings. The hearings which are printed herewith have not been corrected for minor mistakes made by verbatim reporters. (V) J. W. FULBRIGHT, Chairman. |