800.51W89 Belgium/190: Telegram
The Chargé in Belgium (Mayer) to the Secretary of State
[Received May 26—9:50 a.m.]
43. My 42, May 24, 6 p.m. Foreign Office has just informed me that they have telephoned Ambassador May instructions to the effect that full powers are going forward to him by mail to sign the President’s 1-year debt postponement agreement.
The Foreign Office added that they are suggesting through Mr. May a slight rectification of detail as to the amount to be paid under this agreement the latter being a small saving to the Belgian Government by semi-annual rather than annual payments. The Foreign Office believes that the British Government are making the same suggestion to us.
Repeated to Paris.