462.00R296/2852: Telegram
The Chargé in France (Armour) to the Secretary of State
[Received April 19—4:10 p.m.]
163. Reparation 218. The following is a confidential message from Mr. Owen Young to the Secretary of State:
“I have received your message of April 1544 and send this to acknowledge it and to express my appreciation for your sending me the complete statement of your views.
The developments which took place here yesterday may or may not result in a final break of the negotiations. Therefore I shall not today trouble you with an expression of my views regarding the questions which your message raises further than to express the hope that my message of reply, when it is received, may be regarded as justifying the President, the Secretary of the Treasury, and yourself in giving further consideration to the attitude and position of the United States Government towards the efforts which are being made here to settle the serious problems before the Committee of Experts. As soon as the present critical situation here has crystallized sufficiently to permit a forecast as to whether it is possible to hold further conferences with any hope of reaching an agreement, I will send you my full reply.”