September 3, 1952
With regard to the message from Mr. Eden to Mr. Acheson concerning Anzus, which Sir Oliver Franks handed to the Secretary yesterday afternoon, and which I have forwarded under cover of another memorandum, the Secretary told me this morning that in handing the message to the Secretary Sir Oliver remarked that Mr. Eden felt very strongly in this matter and that Sir Oliver had nothing to add himself. The Secretary explained the various reasons why all three of the Anzus countries had reached the decision not to invite the U.K. to participate in Anzus and pointed out that in practice the British would be very well informed from the standpoint of military planning because of: (l) the forthcoming joint talks regarding the defense of Southeast Asia, and (2) U.K. participation in the Defense Council at Melbourne.
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