840.50/2056a: Telegram
The Secretary of State to the Consul General at Algiers (Wiley)
1123. For Murphy. Your 1083, June 11. You should not present the note until the organization of the Committee has progressed to a more definitive stage and we have established formal relations with it. The Department sees no objection, however, to your making available to the appropriate French officials, on a purely informal basis, copies of the draft agreement and explanatory memorandum and to your communicating to them orally the gist of the circular note which has been transmitted to the interested governments. They may then be in a position to present their views on the proposal as soon as the organization of the Committee has reached a point at which we can deal with it officially.
The documents have already been transmitted to the representatives of the Committee in Washington, appropriate minor modifications having been made in the text of the note. These representatives are now being informed of the procedure which you are being requested to follow in Algiers.