868.48/3270a: Telegram
The Secretary of State to the Minister in Sweden (Johnson)
772. The Greek Legation has submitted a request to the Office of Lend-Lease Administration for a monthly quantity of 2,000 tons of dried vegetables and beans to be supplied to the population in occupied Greece (presumably on the Swedish vessels from Montreal) and distributed through the existing distributing arrangements in Greece.
The interested authorities of this Government share the reluctance expressed by the British authorities to consider extending the blockade concessions already made in connection with Greek relief, particularly pending the receipt of the views of the Swedish members of the Control Commission requested through the Swedish Foreign Office by the British Minister at Stockholm on July 31. We should be glad to receive these views as soon as possible, however, as well as the views of the British Government in this matter, and are meanwhile requesting the Lend-Lease Administration to defer action on the Greek Legation’s requisition.
Repeated to London as no. 4462.