611.5531/773c: Telegram
The Secretary of State to the Ambassador in Belgium ( Davies )
40. The Department wishes to know whether the Belgian Government is interested, in principle, in negotiating a revised trade agreement [Page 425] as proposed in the memorandum handed to the Belgian Ambassador here on May 19, 1939. While we realize, of course, that further time for study may be required before the Belgians can give us a definitive reply, we would be glad to know if the Belgian Government is sufficiently interested in our proposal to justify our continuing the statistical studies on which the two preliminary lists attached to our memorandum of May 19 are based. Please reply by cable.