462.11L5232/893
The German Ambassador (Dieckhoff) to the Counselor of the Department of State (Moore)
My Dear Judge Moore: I have the honor to recall the interview with you last Thursday,52 in which you informed me, with reference to the agreement concluded on May 19th between the American award holders and the sabotage claimants, that these two groups of interested American parties are not prepared, in case of the relinquishment of the German special deposit account, to abandon their claims to the remaining balances, but are only disposed to reduce them by 50 percent.
In the name of my Government, I have the honor to advise you that it cannot consider the assumption of the great sacrifices which the settlement of the sabotage claims on the basis proposed by the sabotage claimants would require, without a full waiver by the award holders and the sabotage claimants of their claims to the remaining balances.
Please accept [etc.]
- June 17.↩