851.4061 Motion Pictures/92: Telegram

The Chargé in France ( Armour ) to the Secretary of State

[Paraphrase]

274. Embassy’s telegram No. 266, June 7, 8 p.m. I was told today by Mr. Harold Smith that in the course of a friendly informal conversation he and several other representatives of American film companies were having with the Under Secretary on June 7, François-Poncet had made definite statement that the French Cabinet could not possibly come to decision on the film question until the matter of the debt agreements34 was out of the way. François-Poncet added that although the debt agreements debate would begin on June 25, he did not think that a decisive vote could be reached before end of the month.

Armour