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Memorandum of Telephone Conversation, by the Assistant Secretary of State (Berle)
Mr. Wright telephoned me to ask whether there was any news in respect to aviation. In answering his call, I told him that the President and the Secretary had now okayed a quiet trip to London, presumably by myself and possibly with one man from the Civil Aeronautics Board, stopping to talk to the Canadians en route. I said, however, that we were instructed to keep the Soviets informed and generally be as receptive to their desires as might be necessary in the situation.
Mr. Wright said that he was entirely sure that this would be all right with his Government; he wished, however, to cable them about the Soviet angle and he hoped to have an answer in twenty-four hours. He did not expect that this would raise any difficulties. He did suggest, however, that we might await their answer before notifying the Soviet Government, which I said I would do.