Joint Statement by President Roosevelt and the British Prime Minister (MacDonald)52
April 22, 1933
A preliminary discussion was held this forenoon between the President and the Prime Minister at which the following were present:
- President Roosevelt
- The Secretary of State
- Assistant Secretary of State, Raymond Moley
- Senator Key Pittman, of Nevada
- Mr. Herbert Feis, Economic Advisor of the State Department
- William C. Bullitt, Special Assistant to the Secretary of State
- The Prime Minister
- The British Ambassador53
- Sir Robert Vansittart54
- Sir Frederick Leith-Ross55
- Mr. James Barlow56
- Mr. Arnold E. Overton57
The main problems of the World Economic Conference were reviewed and a decision was reached that these should be allocated in the first instance to the experts who would commence their discussions this afternoon and continue them tomorrow.
- Issued by the White House as a press release, April 22, 1933; reprinted from Department of State, Press Releases, April 22, 1933, p. 259.↩
- Sir Ronald Charles Lindsay.↩
- Permanent Undersecretary of State for Foreign Affairs.↩
- Chief Economic Adviser to the British Government.↩
- Principal Private Secretary to the Prime Minister.↩
- Assistant Secretary, Board of Trade.↩