868.48/2089: Telegram

The Minister in Sweden (Johnson) to the Secretary of State

840. My 755, April 7, 4 p.m. Foreign Office has just informed me Italian reply received to proposals for Greek food relief. Reply is in some detail and imposes conditions, but Foreign Office feels it is on whole favorable and that there is now open prospect of immediate progress. It was intimated in Italian reply that German reply would be identical. Foreign Office will ask Mallet and me to meet appropriate official tomorrow when details will be communicated.

Johnson