841.24/1489
Memorandum of Conversation, by the Assistant Secretary of State (Acheson)
| Participants: | Sir Frederick Phillips |
| Mr. Kenneth Bewley29 | |
| Mr. Acheson |
Sir Frederick asked what he might say in London, when he was questioned regarding the proposed visit of American economists to discuss informally the agenda for conversations under Article VII of the Lend-Lease Agreement. I told Sir Frederick that I had no further information than I had already given to Mr. Opie.30 Mr. Opie had been told that in view of the proposed visit of Messrs. Law and Ronald it had been decided to defer consideration of such a visit and to take up instead procedural questions as to when, where, and with what participation such discussions could best go forward. I understood that the visit of Messrs. Law and Ronald had been deferred, but I did not know for how long or what bearing the deferment had on our prior decision. I said further that Sir Frederick, through his conversations with Dr. Pasvolsky, had a good idea of the course of our thinking and suggested that he might bring back with him some indication of the direction and progress which had been made on the British side.