On 8 November 1950, the United States Administration drafts an aide-memoire in which it reaffirms its support for the French initiative of 9 May 1950 and welcomes the progress made during the negotiations between the Six on the Schuman Plan.

On 10 August 1950, Robert Schuman, French Foreign Minister, outlines to the Consultative Assembly of the Council of Europe the implications and scope of the European coal and steel pool.

In this memorandum, Jean Monnet considers the possibility of building interinstitutional relations between the Council of Europe and the institutions provided for under the Schuman Plan for the European Coal and Steel Community (ECSC).

On 10 June 1950, Count Carlo Sforza, Italian Foreign Minister, together with Paolo Emilio Taviani, Head of the Italian delegation in the negotiations on the Schuman Plan, determines Italy’s position in future negotiations of the Six.

On 22 January 1951, Jean Monnet sends a letter to Robert Schuman, French Foreign Minister, in which he raises the problem of the break up of the Ruhr iron and steel industries in connection with the European coal and steel pool.

On 15 August 1950, Jean Monnet forwards to Robert Schuman a memorandum on relations between the institutions of the Council of Europe and those provided for by the Schuman Plan. The Consultative Assembly of the Council of Europe is a source of inspiration for the Common Assembly.

On 30 November 1950, Jean Monnet gives the French Foreign Minister, Robert Schuman, a progress report on the negotiations on the Schuman Plan.

On 30 June 1950, Konrad Adenauer sends a letter to Robert Schuman in which he thanks the French Foreign Minister and assures him of his support in the forthcoming negotiations on the implementation of a coal and steel pool in Western Europe.

List of the members of the delegations of the Six which are taking part in the negotiations for the preparation of the Treaty establishing the European Coal and Steel Community (ECSC), due to start on 20 June 1950 at the Quai d’Orsay.

On 12 April 1951, the Foreign Ministers — Konrad Adenauer, Carlo Sforza, Paul van Zeeland, Dirk Stikker, Joseph Bech and Robert Schuman — of the six countries participating in the Schuman Plan meet in the French Ministry for Foreign Affairs in order to put the finishing touches to the Treaty of Paris establishing the European Coal and Steel Community (ECSC), signed on 18 April.