868.51 Refugee Loan, 1924/19: Telegram
The Secretary of State to the Ambassador in Great Britain (Harvey)
278. Your 401, September 19, 3 p.m.
Please reply to Foreign Office note textually as follows:
“I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of Your Excellency’s note of September 18, 1923, in which you indicate that His Majesty’s Government has received an inquiry from Greece with reference to the assignment of further Greek security in connection with the proposed refugee loan. You were good enough to inform me of the proposed reply of His Majesty’s Government, and to inquire whether the Government of the United States has received a similar application from the Greek Government and if so what reply the Government of the United States intends to return.
I am instructed by my Government to inform you that on July 24 last a representative of the present Greek regime submitted an informal note to the Department of State inquiring in regard to the attitude of the Government of the United States in this matter. On August 7 an informal reply was made, conveying the assurance that my Government desires to see the exigency as to the work of relief in the Near East properly met and that the question raised has received and will continue to receive the most careful and sympathetic consideration.
I am also authorized to say for the information of His Majesty’s Government that the Government of the United States would not be disposed to offer any objection to the pledging of security by Greece in connection with a loan at the present time for the purpose of dealing with the refugee situation, provided the Governments of Great Britain and France should likewise agree to raise no objection.”