462.00 R 296/47: Telegram
The Ambassador in Belgium (Fletcher) to the Secretary of State
[Received 6:45 p.m.]
130. I am informed by the Minister for Foreign Affairs that Belgium on October 31 informed Great Britain that it accepts the text of the joint invitation proposed by Great Britain to be sent to the United States regarding expert commission. He said that this action was taken without consultation with France. Poincaré, he said, was not satisfied with the text, and wished to limit the inquiry to Germany’s present capacity to pay, etc. … Jaspar says he intends to stand firm because he thinks the limited inquiry which Poincaré desires is useless.