Correspondence between François Duchêne and Jacques Van Helmont a former colleague of Jean Monnet at the High Authority of the European Coal and Steel Community (ECSC) concerning the interviews which Duchêne carried out with personalities involved in European integration for the preparation of his book on Jean Monnet. Duchêne requested clarification from Van Helmont on various episodes on the road to European integration from the deconcentration of the Ruhr, US/European relations in post-war Europe, the Schuman Plan, US/French relations, the EDC, EPC, ECSC and Euratom. Includes, mainly outgoing letters from Van Helmont responding to Duchêne's questions, providing corrections to Duchêne's texts, filling in gaps. Letter from Monnet to Van Helmont, stating that the latter's reminiscences were the most complete of all his acquaintances.

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