Eden had a talk with М.М. [Litvinov] in Geneva. First, Eden showed М.М. the statement he was going to make at the Council session and then asked M.M. what statement he would make. M.M. replied half in jest that he had reckoned on finding everything ready, since it followed from my report from London that Eden was planning a joint statement. Eden got very embarrassed and tried to assure him that there was some kind of misunderstanding. Apparently, he hadn’t spoken to me about a joint statement. I must have meant the possibility of Council adopting a resolution. Such a resolution would turn out to be rather bland and thin, however, so it would be better to forgo it. Eden then began fervently trying to convince M.M. that he must say something because it was important, through individual statements, to demonstrate the solidarity of the permanent members of the Council. M.M. gathered from Eden’s behaviour that he had really spoken to me about a joint statement, but, for whatever reason, was now beating a retreat…