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Memorandum of Conversation, by the Assistant Secretary of State (Berle)
The Icelandic Minister77a came in to see me at his request and wanted some background on the proposed air conference. I gave him a copy of the press release which includes the text of the invitation and generally indicated the problems to be discussed.
The Minister asked whether the Conference would be decisive or whether it would be consultative taking decisions which had to be referred to the Government. I told him in respect of provisional arrangements I hoped it would be as decisive as possible to better present transitional air arrangements. As to all other matters, of course, it could only be consultative.
I told him we were interested in making more precise the arrangements presently in effect for most favored nation and national treatment for fields such as the airfield at Keflavik and that I hoped he would discuss the details with Mr. Stokeley Morgan.
- Thor Thors.↩