Office of the Historian

800.85/889

The British Ambassador (Halifax) to the Secretary of State

Ref: 1374/65/44
No. 368
Washington, 21 June, 1944.

Sir: I have the honour to acknowledge receipt of your note of June 16th in which you enclosed two counterparts of the Memorandum of Principles to be proposed jointly and forthwith by the United States Government and by His Majesty’s Government in the United Kingdom to the Governments of the maritime nations having reference to the continuance of co-ordinated control of merchant shipping. I note that these counterparts were signed by Representatives of the War Shipping Administration and the British Ministry of War Transport on May 31st last.

2. I have the honour to confirm that His Majesty’s Government in the United Kingdom concur in the terms of this document.

I have [etc.]

Halifax