800.51W89 Belgium/232
Memorandum by the Acting Secretary of State
The Belgian Ambassador came in to ask certain questions regarding our reply to his note indicating that the Belgian Government was unable to pay the June 15th instalment. He could not understand certain points of the note, which Mr. Moley and I explained to him. He asked whether there was any possibility of conversations with Belgium on the debt question during the summer months. He was told that, as far as we know, he was entirely free this summer and that [Page 850] there was no plan as yet to discuss the debt problem with those countries which had not paid anything on their instalments due. The Ambassador seemed quite happy because he felt free to go home and take his summer holiday as planned.