840.48 Refugees/4805: Telegram
The Ambassador in the United Kingdom (Winant) to the Secretary of State
[Received November 24—4:11 p.m.]
8211. Algiers repeated to us its telegram 1977, November 11, 10 p.m., and we communicated its substance to the Foreign Office from which we now have the following reply dated today and signed by Randall:
“We have confirmation of the French terms as set out in your letter and in the interests of swift action are prepared to agree generally. If your Government approve, Mr. Murphy and Mr. Macmillan might consult and, when the appropriate moment arrives, tell our respective Embassies in Madrid to put the necessary machinery there in motion. Please let me have your views.”
Please instruct.