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The Consul General at Capetown (Linnell) to the Secretary of State
[Received January 19—10:07 a.m.]
24. Following from Groth:2 Reuter news despatch published this morning here states “the Washington conference on postwar international currency stabilization is expected to begin within a few days as the Russian financial experts have now arrived in Washington. The delegates from the other United Nations are due shortly including the chief of the Russian Mission. As soon as they arrive the formal conference will begin.”
The Union Finance Secretary3 has expressed surprise to me that his Government has received no official intimation of the impending Washington conference referred to above and asks for information on this subject.
I would appreciate also information as to the Treasury’s plans with respect to the proposed conference. [Groth.]