800.796–1244
The Assistant Secretary of State (Berle) to the Delegate of the French Committee of National Liberation (Hoppenot)
My Dear Mr. Hoppenot: I have received your letter of September 12, 1944,81 replying to our invitation to the French Delegation to hold exploratory talks on the subject of post-war civil aviation and note that for reasons which are quite understandable, it has been impossible for the Delegation to enter upon these discussions up to this time.
In the meantime, as you no doubt are aware, on September 11, 1944, the United States Government issued an invitation to a large number of nations to attend a Conference on International Civil Aviation to be held in the United States beginning November 1st next. Such an invitation was extended to the French Delegation and we sincerely hope that France will be represented at that Conference. In the light of these developments, it is probably of less importance that the preliminary exploratory talks be held. However, if you are able to assemble in Washington, in advance of the Conference, the people whom you would like to have explore informally some of these questions with us, we shall be glad to confer with them along the lines of our original suggestion.
Sincerely yours,
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