„Bevin: Erstmal sehen, was ihr braut!“ Am 30. Mai 1950 illustriert der deutsche Karikaturist Beuth die vorsichtige Haltung des Vereinigten Königreichs zum Vorschlag Robert Schumans zur Zusammenlegung der europäischen Kohle- und Stahlproduktion. Von links nach rechts: Ernest Bevin, britischer Außenminister, Bundeskanzler Konrad Adenauer und Robert Schuman, französischer Außenminister.
On 14 June 1950, René Massigli, French Ambassador to London, writes to Robert Schuman, French Foreign Minister, to outline the exact position of British Prime Minister Clement Attlee on the plan for a coal and steel pool.
On 19 May 1950, Oliver Harvey, British Ambassador to Paris, writes to Ernest Bevin, British Foreign Secretary, to outline the possible political consequences of an acceptance or rejection of the Schuman Plan by the United Kingdom.
In July 1950, the British periodical The Banker outlines the scope of the Schuman Plan and describes the likely impact of the plan on the UK’s industrial sector.
On 30 May 1950, in an article in the British daily newspaper The Manchester Guardian, philosopher Raymond Aron considers the origins of the Schuman Plan and speculates on the chances of success of the French initiative.
Am 11. Mai 1950 schildert der britische Premierminister Clement Attlee vor dem britischen Unterhaus seine Eindrücke vom Schumanplan und sagt Frankreich seine Unterstützung zu.
On 10 and 11 May, 1970, in an interview granted to journalist Georges Suffert, Jean Monnet, former Commissioner-General at the French National Planning Board, describes the United Kingdom’s reaction to the Schuman Plan.
On 11 May 1950, two days after the Schuman Declaration, British Foreign Secretary Ernest Bevin, French Foreign Minister Robert Schuman and US Secretary of State Dean Acheson meet in London, where Ernest Bevin, unhappy at having been presented with a fait accompli, expresses his grievances to his French counterpart.
