Office of the Historian

800.85/7–1944: Telegram

The Ambassador in the United Kingdom (Winant) to the Secretary of State

London, July 19, 1944—7 p.m.
[Received July 19—3 p.m.]

5702. For Berle and Land, WSA, from Delegation to Shipping Conference. First meeting of Conference was held this afternoon at Foreign Office attended by representatives of all countries invited including Canada. General agreement was reached on the following points:

(1)
That continued control over all tonnage at the disposal of the United Nations is necessary;
(2)
That the “Memorandum of Principles” submitted provides an acceptable basis for discussion.

Discussion of this memorandum begins tomorrow morning at office of Ministry of War Transport and will continue until agreement is reached.

Winant