840.48 Refugees/1074: Telegram
The Ambassador in the United Kingdom (Kennedy) to the Secretary of State
[Received December 9—1:40 p.m.]
1416. From Rublee. Your 753, December 5, 8 p.m. Pell discussed with Anthony de Rothschild today the British Guiana project and the relationship of the new Emigration Committee, of which Rothschild is chairman, with the President’s Advisory Committee. Rothschild believes that the two Committees should work in the closest collaboration because as he stated frankly a substantial part of the money will have to come from the 4,000,000 Jews in the United States. He believes that it would be advisable for Warren88 to enter into correspondence with Finlayson, who served on the League of Nations [Page 866] Financial Committee and has been appointed Executive Secretary of the Emigration Committee.
Specifically with regard to the British Guiana project, Rothschild is of the opinion that immediate contact and preliminary investigation should be made by representatives of the Advisory Committee for the reason that the United States is geographically nearer Guiana. He says that he will do everything to facilitate the contract between the Advisory Committee’s representative and the local authorities at Georgetown, and would welcome an immediate response by telegraph as to whom the Advisory Committee plans to send and the approximate time of his arrival Georgetown.
Rothschild expressed keen interest in the possibilities of settlement in Ecuador. It appears that he is in intimate relationship with the Ecuador Land Company and is convinced that if we can come to terms with the Ecuadoran Government there are possibilities of settlement in the country on a large scale. He wishes to be kept informed on developments in this connection. [Rublee.]
- George L. Warren, Executive Secretary of the President’s Advisory Committee on Political Refugees.↩