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840.48 Refugees/4476: Telegram

The Ambassador in the United Kingdom (Winant) to the Secretary of State

London, September 14, 1943.
[Received September 14—4:05 p.m.]

6097. Reference Embassy’s airmail despatch 11174, September 13, 1943,77 I have received the following communication from the Director of the Intergovernmental Committee on Refugees:

“13th September 1943. There will be a meeting of the Executive Committee of the Intergovernmental Committee at 3 p.m. on Thursday 30th September at the office of the Committee, 11D Regent Street, London. The agenda is as follows:

1.
Appointment of the Secretary
2.
Estimate of staff requirements
3.
The relations of the Intergovernmental Committee with voluntary organizations
4.
Proposals to include private individuals in the Intergovernmental Committee
5.
The administrative expenses of the Executive Committee
6.
Any other business.

Memoranda on items 2, 3, 4 and 5 have already been circulated. A memorandum on item 1, and a further memorandum on item 3 will be circulated before the meeting.”

Winant
  1. Not printed; it transmitted copy of a letter of September 9 from the Director of the Intergovernmental Committee on Refugees, and three memoranda received therewith. The Director stated that the subjects discussed in the memoranda would be included in the agenda of the next meeting of the Executive Committee. (840.48 Refugees/4483)↩