462.00R296/4111: Telegram

The Secretary of State to the Ambassador in France (Edge)

287. You may inform the Foreign Minister as follows:

The American Government appreciates the cordiality of the French Government’s response to the President’s proposal. It hopes the French Government will take advantage of the presence of the Secretary of the Treasury in Paris and discuss with the Ambassador and with him all of the problems arising from the original proposal of the President and the French answer. The Ambassador and Mr. Mellon are fully advised as to the views of our Government.

Stimson