自从一九五○年十一月三日苏联建议召开四国外长会议以后,经过了美、英、法三国整整四个月的阻挠和拖延,四国外长助理会议终於在三月五日在巴黎召开。虽然四国外长助理会议的任务不过是决定四外长会议的议程,但是助理会议召开的本身,就已经表现出了爱好和平的世界人民的力量。美国对於四国外长助理会议召开的態度,起初是坚决反对,其后是极端勉强。美国惟恐四国会议将妨碍它控制欧洲、積极準備侵略战争的计划。法新社巴黎三月五日电报道构:“此间某些人士,特别是美国人士,警告大家要防止自由世界与论对於四国外长助理会议过於乐观的危险。这样的危 Since the Soviet Union proposed the convening of a meeting of foreign ministers of the four countries on November 3, 1950, after four full months of obstruction and delay by the United States, Britain and France, the assistant foreign ministers’ meeting of the four foreign nations finally took place in Paris on March 5 . Although the task of the Assistant Foreign Ministers ’Meeting of the four countries is nothing more than the agenda for the four foreign ministers’ meetings, the convening of the Assistant Meeting itself has demonstrated the power of the peace-loving people of the world. The United States held an attitude toward the Assistant Foreign Ministers’ Meeting of the four countries at first, resolutely opposed it and then it was extremely reluctant. The United States feared that the Quad Symposium would prevent it from controlling Europe and actively preparing its plan for a war of aggression. AFP Paris March 5: “Some people here, especially the U.S. people, warn everyone of the dangers of being overly optimistic about the foreign ministers’ meeting of the four foreign ministers.”