611.6831/45: Telegram
The Minister in Greece (Laughlin) to the Secretary of State
[Received 6:15 p.m.]
104. When I carried out the instructions contained in your number 81 November 10, 6 p.m.19 Snipesos [Roussos] said that the Greek Government had decided to apply minimum tariff rates for three months after December 10 pending conclusion of new treaty and that this time might be extended if negotiations were not then concluded. He said he had already telegraphed Greek Legation to communicate this to you.
On looking over your proposed draft he added that it seemed to him to follow the lines acceptable to his Government and that he would hasten the consultations necessary for acting upon it.
- “81. Department’s 80, November 8, 3 P.M. Please informally give to the Foreign Office a copy of the text of Department’s note to the Charge d’Affaires of Greece, replying to his note No. 934 of September 10, as well as the text of the draft note proposed for exchange. Hughes.” (File no. 611.6831/43.)↩