851.248/55
Baron Amaury de La Grange to the Chief of the Office of Arms and Munitions Control (Green)
[Received April 2.]
Dear Mr. Green: Since my return to France, I have been pursuing the plan which I told you of in the conversation I had the pleasure of having with you in Washington.
[Page 305]I have studied the document which you gave me, and I wonder if I understood correctly wha you explained to me.
On page 2, section “g”, it is said:
“Whenever the President … shall cease to grant authority to export arms, etc.…”.
Does this mean that no agent for the French Government could, under those circumstances, buy war material in the United States, take delivery on American territory, and export such war material on foreign ships?
Or, does this provision merely prohibit export of war material, by American citizens on American ships?
I would be so grateful to you if you would be kind enough to give me your opinion on this subject.
Believe me [etc.]
Sénateur