862.51 Bondholders/487: Telegram

The Secretary of State to the Ambassador in Germany (Wilson)

107 Your 335. When discussing this subject with German authorities Department believes it advisable that it be understood that its statement “that it is not prepared to link in any way such debt discussions with trade matters” be understood in the broad sense and [Page 422] not merely in connection with a trade agreement. It is to be anticipated that what the German representatives would broach first of all is a reinstatement of Germany to most-favored-nation privileges, even though her removal from the qualifying list rests on the basis of law, and her present trade practices constitute definite discrimination.

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