611.41D31/17
Memorandum by the Under Secretary of State (Phillips) to the Assistant Secretary of State (Sayre)
Mr. Sayre: The Irish Minister called, under instructions, to remind me that his Government was ready to discuss trade matters and would very much like to have information as to the necessary procedure. He asked me whether, in my opinion, it would be desirable to put his request in the form of a note, to which I replied that, in my opinion, there would be no advantage in doing so, that I would make of record the purpose of his call this afternoon, which would be sufficient. I enumerated the countries with which we are about to negotiate and said that I did not believe we would be able to get to his Government for some little time, that for the present, at least, our negotiators would seem to have a very full slate.
The Minister said he understood, but made his request under instructions.