Paris Peace Conf. 184.01502/83: Telegram
Lieutenant Colonel E. J. Dawley to the Commission to Negotiate Peace
[Received July 30—10:30 a.m.]
The following letter was presented today to Esthonian Prime Minister:
“Representatives of the Allied and Associated Governments view with apprehension and concern the Esthonian agrarian project as [Page 223] submitted by the Constituent Assembly committee, and particularly those elements which:
- (1)
- Offer no security or protection to foreign owned property or realty;
- (2)
- Provide for confiscation of privately owned property and realty;
- (3)
- Appropriate any property without full and just compensation in conformity with the recognized principle and practice of Allied democratic Governments whose aid and support the Esthonians are seeking.;
The representatives of the Allied and Associated Governments therefore suggest before action on any such momentous problem as the agrarian project is consummating [sic] the attitude of the Allied and Associated Governments be obtained thereon. (Signed) Gough, Boset, Dawley.”
Please acknowledge.