868.76/13: Telegram
The Acting Secretary of State to the Chargé in Greece (Goold)
23. The Department understands that a committee elected by the Technical Board of Trade late on May 3 rendered a decision favoring Durham and Company. The decision having been kept confidential, it is said an attempt will be made, by referring the matter to other commissions of the Government, to nullify the effect of the decision.
You should renew at once the representations authorized in the Department’s No. 20, April 29, 6 p.m., and should urgently request both the Prime Minister and the Minister of Communications not to render any decision until the competent authorities at Athens have accorded a hearing to Mr. Durham. He sails May 8 on the Aquitania with the fullest possible technical data.