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740.00112 European War 1939/75293/6

Memorandum of Conversation, by the Assistant Secretary of State (Berle)

[Washington,] October 22, 1942.

I went to see the Vice President this morning regarding the difficulties which the Department has been having with the Board of Economic Warfare in connection with the North African Agreement for supplying N. Africa. Mr. Wallace said he understood the situation perfectly. There was certain information available to him and probably available to the Department which had not been, and could not be, divulged either to Milo Perkins4 or to the men lower down. He had already spoken to Milo Perkins and suggested I follow up with him. He concluded by saying he thought there would be no further difficulty.

A. A. B[erle], Jr.
  1. Executive Director, Board of Economic Warfare.↩