462.00 R 296/741
The Ambassador in Great Britain (Kellogg) to the Secretary of State
[Received December 4.]
Sir: I have the honor to say that I have received Logan’s L–260, contained in Paris Embassy’s No. 523, November 22nd, 2 p.m.,82 to the Department, embodying the form of Memorandum which Logan proposed to submit to the Committee of Experts, and asking my comments. I wired you today, stating that I approved it; that it is substantially the same as the one I presented to Chamberlain (copies of which are enclosed herewith), except that I quoted Section 2 of the Resolution of Congress, and Articles I and II of the Berlin Treaty, so that Chamberlain would have them before him; and except that in my Memorandum, page eight, I said in substance that I did not believe any technical objection could be made on the ground that under the Versailles Treaty the reparations were to be collected solely by and through the Reparations Commission. Sir Eyre Crowe had suggested this as an objection. I said that part of the Allied and Associated Powers could not provide for an exclusive remedy.
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As soon as I finished my Memorandum last week, I furnished a copy to Mr. Logan and asked his views. I have already told him I could see no reason why he should not present it to the Experts Committee with any additions he saw fit. There are some minor changes, but in substance you will see the two memoranda present the same points.
I have [etc.]
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