File No. 868.51 War Credits /17
The Commercial Adviser of the British Embassy ( Crawford) to the Counselor for the Department of State ( Polk)
[Received October 30.]
Dear Mr. Polk: In confirmation of our conversation this morning, I beg to inform you that we are in receipt of a telegram from London to the following effect:
The British Government consider that a co-ordination of financial policy appears to be the first essential for any co-operative action in Greece. They further feel that a joint enquiry should be instituted at the earliest possible moment, and they are suggesting to the French Government that the committee which was recently sanctioned at a conference in Paris, in order to control the purchase and distribution of supplies, should in the first instance undertake a joint enquiry into the facts of the Greek financial situation, and into the financial policy generally that the Allies should adopt. The British Government feel that it would be in the highest degree advantageous were the United States Government to be represented on this committee, which would then consist of three members. I am accordingly instructed to enquire whether your Government would agree to this proposal, and whether they would designate a representative on the committee, which it is hoped would convene in Athens in the immediate future. The United States Ambassador in London has been furnished with a copy of the general instructions which will be issued to the British delegate.
Yours very truly,