840.70/9–2544: Telegram
The Ambassador in the United Kingdom (Winant) to the Secretary of State
[Received 10 p.m.]
7966. For Berle and Hooker from Allison and Moats. British are impressed with urgent need for an Interim Commission. Certain matters are pressing for action. For instance, SHAEF is urgently asking for liaison arrangements and UNRRA is posing questions with respect to the movement of displaced persons. Meanwhile it is feared that a delay of at least a few weeks may occur before EITO is in a position to act. The Foreign Office now suggest that the initiation of the originally convened Tripartite Interim Commission virtually simultaneously with the convening of the EITO Conference might be confusing. They wonder if it might not be better for the Conference itself to set up an interim body which could take immediate action. They suggest they try to work out with United States and the Soviet representatives in advance of the Conference a proposal to this effect to be submitted to the Conference at the outset.
The Department’s views would be appreciated. [Allison and Moats.]