851.515/190
The Under Secretary of State ( Stettinius ) to the Acting Secretary of the Treasury ( Bell )
Washington
, October 23,
1943.
My Dear Mr. Bell: The receipt is acknowledged of Mr. Gaston’s letter of October 22 to Dr. Feis concerning the conversations which officers of the Treasury Department have had with Sir David Waley of the British Treasury concerning the supplemental currency to be used in France.
[Page 1047]In reply to your specific inquiry may I say that in the opinion of this Department, use by the Allied Commander-in-Chief of any overprinted French currency, or new issue of French currency, would not be acceptable.
Sincerely yours,
Edward R. Stettinius,
Jr.