462.00 R 294/176: Telegram

The Ambassador in France (Herrick) to the Secretary of State

[Extract—Paraphrase]

190. W–26. … The Department is correct in its assumption that current European army costs have priority in each year under the proposed paragraph 8, section 2.7 From the beginning it has been the position of the Allies that before the United States priority should be applied their current army costs must be met. …

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  • [Wadsworth]
  • Herrick
  1. Art. 2, par. viii, of agreement signed on May 25, p. 180.