AMT                                London
This telegram must be
closely paraphrased be-            Dated December 19, l941
fore being communicated
to anyone. (SC)                    Rec'd 8 p.m.
 
 
Secretary of State, 
     Washington.
 
     TRIPLE PRIORITY
     6147, December 19, 11 p.m., (SECTION ONE).
     PERSONAL AND SECRET FOR THE SECRETARY
     Your 6885 deeply appreciated. Eden's cables which I am
forwarding in a summary statement confirm your judgment. The
following is a summary of a four hour conversation that Eden had
with Stalin:
     It began with a full survey of the political situation when
Stalin produced draft projects of two treaties, one to cover
mutual military assistance irrespective of the war and the other
political collaboration now and after the war. The terms do not
greatly differ from those which Eden had foreshadowed and the
latter gave Stalin a draft prepared on the approved basis. A
further meeting was to take place on the following day to evolve
an agreed text which Eden thought would not present any
insuperable difficulty.
     Stalin then suggested the signature of a secret
                                             protocol