550.S1/1075: Telegram
The Chairman of the American Delegation (Hull) to the Acting Secretary of State
[Received July 2—10 p.m.]
92. Your 65, June 24, 1 p.m. I approve the proposal to institute negotiations along the lines indicated. It is difficult at this distance to make any useful suggestions as to the countries with which negotiations should first be undertaken. This is a matter which can best be decided on the basis of data available in Washington. However, I judge from the list of countries set forth in your telegram that you have in mind postponing negotiations with countries which discriminate against the United States. This seems advisable for reasons indicated in Culbertson’s memorandum of June 16,9 a copy of which has been sent informally to a member of the delegation. In selecting countries with which negotiations would be instituted you also have in mind the nature of the products on which concessions would be granted. In this connection it seems advisable to consider not only section 3 (e) of the Industrial Recovery Act but also to avoid in the early stages at least the submission to Congress of proposals of a too highly controversial character.
So far as I am able to judge the list of countries mentioned in your telegram is a satisfactory one.
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