Holdings
Abstract:
CCEE_AFSO-508
CCEE_AFSO.14-508
CCEE-AFSO-BAC-1-1970-510
Description Level:
Dossier
Dates:
1958 to 1958
HAEU Reference Code:
CCEE_AFSO-508
Original Reference Code:
CCEE-AFSO-BAC-1-1970-510
Title:
China
Abstract:
In November 1932 the Chinese Minister of Finance, T.V. Soong invited Jean Monnet to act as Chairman of a Committee in China for securing co-operation of both Chinese and foreign interests for the practical realisation of a programme of economic development in China in an effort to re-establish her credit, this Committee once established was to be both international and non-political. Monnet went to China in 1933, with David Drummond (Lord Perth) as his assistant, there they met and formed a work
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Description Level:
Sub-Series
Dates:
1933 to 1939
Fonds:
JMDS
Title:
War Years
Abstract:
At the beginning of 1938, Monnet like many other observers, was beginning to look with apprehension at the rapid growth of the German airforce. Particularly in France which had European superiority in the air during the inter-war years, there was considerable discomfort. Edouard Daladier, the French Defence Minister and William Bullitt, US Ambassador were trying to raise the alarm bells about German activities. The Munich crisis of September 1938, re-affirmed their suspicions about Hitler's aims
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Description Level:
Series
Dates:
1939 to 1963
Fonds:
JMDS
Title:
France
Abstract:
When Edouard Daladier, French Defence Minister was looking for a representative to hold secret negotiations with President Roosevelt, on the supply of airplanes, American Ambassador to France William Bullitt suggested Monnet, because of his profound knowledge of America. Daladier had realised that if full scale war broke out, mastery in the skies was necessary. The negotiations between Roosevelt and Monnet were secret because of the prevailing US sentiment for isolationism, and the existence of
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Description Level:
Sub-Series
Dates:
1938 to 1940
Fonds:
JMDS
Title:
Britain
Abstract:
After a series of discussions between France and Britain, Monnet was appointed Chairman of the Anglo-French Co-ordinating Committee (AFCC) in November 1939, now Monnet was in the position to push the US towards further aid to the Allies. This task was made difficult because of the distrust in which he was held by a number of British officials, but in fact his position in the AFCC was short-lived. With the defeat of the French and the ensuing armistice agreement between Phillipe Petain and the Ge
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Description Level:
Sub-Series
Dates:
1938 to 1944
Fonds:
JMDS
Title:
United States
Abstract:
By 1941 the Roosevelt Administration was shifting slowly to a full commitment to Britain's survival and to the defeat of Hitler. The Lend-Lease Act was introduced whereby arms would be lent to the allies for the duration of the war, this got over the hurdle created by the Johnson Act. Monnet gave himself the task while in the British Supply Council (BSC) of determining what Britain needed and how America could supply it. In his position, Monnet got to know many of the key officals and advisers t
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Description Level:
Sub-Series
Dates:
1939 to 1945
Fonds:
JMDS
Title:
North Africa
Abstract:
Once the supply and production levels for military equipment and planes had reached the required level, Monnet found that his work with the British Supply Council had become routine, so he turned his thoughts to the problem of France and particularly on the means for preventing North Africa coming under German control. He knew he would have to awaken the American administration's attention to this issue, in this he was lucky to have the support of key US officials, Felix Frankfurter, Supreme Jus
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Description Level:
Series
Dates:
1942 to 1943
Fonds:
JMDS
Title:
Liberation of France
Abstract:
Although the war was by no means over, cracks were beginning to appear in the Axis tactics, which led the French Committee of National Liberation (CFNL), in Algiers, including Monnet to turn their heads towards dealing with a devastated Europe after Liberation. Monnet had been appointed Commissariat for Armaments, Supply and Reconstruction which meant he had responsibility for military issues, liberation of France and organising imports into France. The main hurdle Monnet had to surpass was Roos
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Description Level:
Series
Dates:
1942 to 1945
Fonds:
JMDS
Abstract:
The main problem for Monnet in negotiating lend-lease for France was the lack of recognition for the FCNL, the US when granting the terms for lend-lease inserted more restrictive measures for France than for any other country, this caused a lot of problems. The reason for such restrictions were probably based on Roosevelt's dislike of de Gaulle, and the possibility that the CFNL if it became the de facto Government of France, could lead to a dictatorship evolving in France. In September 1943 a m
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Description Level:
Sub-Series
Dates:
1942 to 1945
Fonds:
JMDS
Title:
Monnet Plan
Abstract:
The abrupt end to lend-lease which came into effect September 1945 created a real dilemma for France regarding the procurement of supplies. Monnet's task now was to organise the French Supply Council in Washinton to deal with private businesses and investors in order to get money into France for reconstruction. Léon Kaplan was put in charge of the Council with George Ball as legal adviser. Monnet's ambition was the modernisation of France, as being the only means of returning her international s
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Description Level:
Series
Dates:
1943 to 1951
Fonds:
JMDS
Abstract:
Talks were initiated in the US in 1946, on the basis of the Monnet Plan, the US were aware of the Communist threat in France and Italy and the economic devastation that prevailed in Europe. Virtually all allied debts run up under lend-lease had been cancelled. There was the realisation that something would have to be done to alleviate situation and initiate recovery. Even so when Monnet returned from US in June 1946 he came back with less than half the money he had hoped to borrow in order to ca
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Description Level:
Sub-Series
Dates:
1945 to 1946
Fonds:
JMDS
Description Level:
Dossier
Dates:
1970
HAEU Reference Code:
AEDE-43
Abstract:
CCEE_AFSO-509
CCEE_AFSO.14-509
CCEE-AFSO-BAC-1-1970-511
Description Level:
Dossier
Dates:
1958 to 1961
HAEU Reference Code:
CCEE_AFSO-509
Original Reference Code:
CCEE-AFSO-BAC-1-1970-511
Title:
Marshall Plan
Abstract:
At the end of 1945 President Truman on the advise of Leo Crowley made the decision, against vigorous oppositon, to end lend-lease, as there was the feeling that it was being exploited as many countries had started stockpiling. Such a move showed a clear lack of understanding in the face of the problems facing post-War Europe. It was relaunched shortly after in order to make a loan available to Britain for reconstruction. By this stage, the realisation had dawned on the American administration th
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Description Level:
Series
Dates:
1947 to 1953
Fonds:
JMDS
Abstract:
While the idea of a massive aid programme for Europe was germinating within the American administration, Jean Monnet was taking the initiative to tackle inflation in France. To achieve this end he formulated a plan for the modernisation and requipment of France, which became more commonly known as the Monnet Plan. Once Marshall Aid legislation had been enacted by Congress, it was distributed in France through the mechanisms established by the Monnet Plan. Marshall aid provided the foreign exchan
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Description Level:
Sub-Series
Dates:
1948 to 1953
Fonds:
JMDS
Title:
Schuman Plan
Abstract:
In May 1950 the issue of the future of Germany was due to be raised at a Western's Foreign Minister's meeting in London. Due to the newly created divisions in Europe as a result of the Communist take over of Eastern Europe, the position of the newly created Federal Republic of German was crucial in the minds of policy makers in the US but also in Western Europe. The US in particular wanted to integrate FRG into western Europe politically, economically and militarily, seeing this as the only meth
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Description Level:
Series
Dates:
1939 to 1960
Fonds:
JMDS
Title:
Prelude
Abstract:
Particularly in the Post-War period there was a marked trend toward the idea of some sort of unity in Europe and while there was not at yet any common approach made, pressure was being exerted from the US to formulate some sort of policy. Ideas at this early stage concerned in the main some form of customs union with multilateralising of credit margins.
JMDS.A-07.01
JMDS.A-07.01
Description Level:
Sub-Series
Dates:
1939 to 1950
Fonds:
JMDS
Title:
Proposal and Launch of Plan
Abstract:
American official policy particularly with regard to the Marshall Plan and getting Europe back on her feet, was to encourage free trade in Western Europe. Such thinking led to the development of schemes for the freeing of trade such as Fritalux and Finebel, neither of which were a success. The Western hemispheres fear of the spread of communism led to the signing of the Treaty of Brussels in March 1948, which set up a Western European Union with Britain, France and the Benelux as members. A cong
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Description Level:
Sub-Series
Dates:
1949 to 1951
Fonds:
JMDS
Title:
Schuman Plan Negotiations
Abstract:
When the Schuman Plan was declared in May 1950, there was an initial feeling of mistrust, particularly in Germany, where it was considered incredible that France could be offering equality. But Adenauer was convinced within a short space of time, of the integrity of what the Schuman declaration stood for, to the extent that he asked Monnet to vet the German representative, Walter Hallstein, for the negotiations. It was Monnet himself who led the French delegation at the talks which began in June
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Description Level:
Sub-Series
Dates:
1950 to 1960
Fonds:
JMDS
Abstract:
Fourteen months elapsed between the signing of the Treaty institutionalising the ECSC and the last ratifying vote in June 1952. Only then did the International Ruhr Authority and ceilings on steel production disappear. The High Authority's head quarters were established in Luxembourg with Jean Monnet as President, 10 August 1952. One of Monnet's first tasks as President was to solicit financial assistance for the CSC, which was duly forthcoming, due to the interest of the US Government in seeing
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Description Level:
Sub-Series
Dates:
1952 to 1954
Fonds:
JMDS
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