868.48/3251: Telegram
The Acting Secretary of State to the Chargé in Sweden (Greene)
847. Your 2420, September 7, 8 p.m., final paragraph. In a memorandum handed to the British Embassy on July 28, the Department suggested a concerted British and American approach to the Swedish Government regarding our expectation that the Control [Page 787] Commission would take measures to secure Axis observation of the fourth condition of the relief scheme, particularly as respects native olive oil which we were reliably informed the Germans were continuing to withhold. A reply to this memorandum has only now been received, confirming the report in your 1997, July 31, 5 p.m.56 that the British Minister had already received instructions to take this matter up with the Swedish Foreign Office. Since he appeared to have done so in consultation with you, a separate démarche has seemed unnecessary. You may, however, upon appropriate occasion make it clear to the Swedish authorities that this Government fully associates itself with the British aide-mémoire reported in your telegrams under reference.
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