European Defence Community (JMDS-218)

European Defence Community

Documents from [08/1950] to [03/1952]

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Identity Statement

Created By

Duchêne, François

HAEU Reference Code

JMDS-218

Original Reference Code

AMI/1,4,7

Extent and Medium

23

Physical Medium

Paper

Reference Archivists

Carr, Mary

Context

Immediate Source of Acquisition

FONDATION JEAN MONNET POUR L'EUROPE

Content and Structure

Abstract

File documenting Jean Monnet's involvement and support for the process in creation of a European Defence Community, includes, extract of letter from Jean Monnet to René Pleven on German participation in European defence, feels force of alliance depends not on number of divisions but on the communal solidarity of a united Europe. Extract of memo from Jean Monnet to Robert Schuman on rearmament of West Germany within a Federal organisation. - Notes on René Pleven's speech that lead to the French government proposing the creation of a defence community attached to the political institutions of a united Europe. - Letter from jean Monnet to Lord Brand, declaring support for Pleven's idea of an European army.

Conditions of Access and Use

Languages

English, French

Type of Archival Materials

Textual

Allied Materials

Location of Originals

The originals are held in various Archives in Europe and in the USA

Existence of Copies

Historical Archives of the European Union

Publication Notes

CEM/JMAS