840.48 Refugees/3924
The Department of State to the British Embassy
Aide-Mémoire
With reference to the Aide-Mémoire dated June 29, 1943, handed by Mr. Hayter of the British Embassy to Mr. Reams of the State [Page 192] Department,60 concerning the Intergovernmental Committee on Refugees, the United States Government concurs in the views of His Majesty’s Government as outlined therein, with the following qualifications:
Paragraph III. The United States Government would prefer that the Chairman of the Executive Committee continue to be the British representative.
The United States Government agrees with His Majesty’s Government in the proposal that invitations be extended by telegram to the Brazilian, Netherlands and Argentine Governments at once.
The United States Government suggests that should it be found expedient to invite a representative of the French Committee for National Liberation to attend the meeting of the Executive Committee, that this invitation be extended by the Executive Committee after it meets in London.
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