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800.796/7–2744

The Secretary of State to the Belgian Ambassador (Straten)

The Secretary of State presents his compliments to His Excellency the Belgian Ambassador and has the honor to refer to recent correspondence between the Department and the Belgian Embassy with respect to proposed bilateral exploratory discussions on the subject of post-war civil aviation.

With reference to the Belgian Embassy’s letter of July 21, 1944, D. 8443/8 No. 3516, the United States Government will be pleased to enter into these conversations with the Belgian Government as soon as possible. In this connection, there is enclosed a proposed agenda55 which has served as a basis for discussions between the United States and several other countries, and which might also be acceptable to the Belgian Government.

Mr. Hull would be pleased to learn of the approximate date convenient to the representatives of the Belgian Government for beginning these exploratory conversations.56

Washington , July 27, 1944.
  1. Ante, p. 378.↩
  2. On July 28 the Belgian Embassy telephoned to say that it expected to receive instructions from London on this subject, but not before the third week in August.↩