851.48/261: Telegram

The Ambassador in France ( Leahy ) to the Secretary of State

322. Department’s telegram 238, March 18, 8 p.m. The Foreign Office has informed the Embassy that the offer in question is acceptable to the French Government and that it is willing to undertake transportation of the grain supplies on the two French vessels in question. The Foreign Office likewise volunteered the statement that it will give assurances that these two ships shall return to the United States.

Leahy