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Memorandum of Conversation, by the Chief of the Division of Eastern European Affairs (Durbrow)
The Latvian Minister80a called on September 16, 1944, at his request and, among other questions he raised, he asked whether I was familiar with the invitation which had recently been extended to some fifty nations to attend an aviation conference.
The Minister stated that he had no official information on the subject, but had noted in the paper and heard on the radio that all countries in the world except for the three Baltic states and Argentina had been invited to attend this conference.
He asked me to look into the matter and explained that, under the full powers granted to the Latvian Minister in London, he, the Latvian Minister here, is authorized to attend international conferences as the representative of his country. He therefore expressed the hope that, if it would not be possible to have a Latvian delegate present at the conference, at least authorization might be given to have a Latvian observer there.
I explained to the Minister that I had just returned from leave and therefore did not know any details regarding the proposed conference. I said I would look into the matter.
- Alfred Bilmanis.↩