File No. 868.51 War Credits /20
The French Ambassador ( Jusserand) to the Secretary of State
[Received November 12.]
Mr. Secretary of State: I am instructed to tell Your Excellency that the Government of the French Republic, like that of Great Britain, would be glad if the United States would join in the oversight of the advances made to Greece by designating a delegate to represent it on the commission that is to sit at Athens.
My Government adds that Mr. Sergent, a manager of the Bank of France who was on a mission at Athens studying the Greek financial conditions, has just returned to France with an exhaustive report. The French Government thinks it would be expedient to convene at the earliest possible date, in Paris, a conference which would finally establish the principles upon which financial aid is to be given to Greece. My Government, which is submitting a similar proposition to the British Government, would be glad if the Government of the United States would designate a delegate to that conference with the requisite powers to join in its labors and the decisions it may render.
Be pleased to accept [etc.]