UNITED STATES DELEGATION PAPERS



  In early July Mr. Matthews under instructions of the Secretary
informed the Mexican Ambassador that the Secretary would be glad
to sponsor a motion at the Conference for Mexico to be heard.
  In subsequent talks I have had with the Mexican Ambassador and
members of his staff I recommended that the Mexican desire to be
heard be made known to the International Secretariat, it being antici-
pated that the rules of procedure eventually adopted by the Confer-
ence would make provision for hearing third countries. I am informed
that the Mexican Ambassador has now in fact addressed the Interna-
tional Secretariat.
b) Cuba
  Cuba did not reply to the Department, but the Cuban Minister under
instructions wrote the Secretary in Paris on July 31 citing the reasons
why "Cuba aspires to take part in the work of preparing the Peace
treaties". The Cuban Minister has it is understood consulted the Inter-
national Secretariat; and presumably we would be glad to lend support
to a Cuban initiative to be heard."8
  With the Cuban note came a note from the Minister of State express-
ing the Cuban Government's views on the draft treaties as follows, and
asking that "the peace conventions neither be discussed nor signed with-
out the participation and approval of all the United Nations which
declared war on the members of the tripartite pact".
  The Cuban views are that the treaties should be based on
    1. equity and justice.
    2. self determination and geographic unity.
    3. non-recognition of conquests, without prejudice to means of
        avoiding renewed aggressions.
    4. reparations by aggressors.
    5. like conditions of work in home country and colonies.
    6. consideration in the Italian treaty of Italian contributions to
        the Allied cause and of its democratic reforms so as to permit
        reconstruction of the country.
2D. GOVERNMENTS WHICH ASK THAT THEIR VIEws BE CONVEYED,
                WITHOUrr PROTEST AT EXCLtrSION 19
a) Costa Rica
  Costa Rica conveyed its views to the Council at London in Sep-

  18 In a note dated August 9, Secretary Byrnes informed Hector de Ayala,
Cuban
Minister in France, of his willingness to transmit the Cuban note of July
31 to
the Conference Secretariat and "to support any proper measure designed
to
afford an opportunity for the Conference to hear the Cuban views". (CFM
Files)
  19 On August 20, the United States Delegation presented statements by the
six
nations, the views of which are described here, to the Secretary General
of the
Conference. The views of the six governments were circulated as C.P. (Plen)
Doc.
13, not printed.



831