Office of the Historian

840.70/12–3144: Telegram

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

London, December 31, 1944—3 p.m.
[Received December 31—10:20 a.m.]

11580. To Plakias.41 Replying to your telegram of December 28,42 I feel that the situation with respect to EITO has now developed to a point where the negotiations will soon be over, but if Clay would like to come we would be glad to have him.43 The interim commission has not, as you know, materialized. The agreement, we now understand, is acceptable to the Soviets on the technical side, and the remaining work is largely limited to political questions as they affect procedure. The establishment of EITO should be completed when this is accomplished.

Winant
  1. John N. Plakias, special assistant, Office of Transportation and Communications.↩
  2. Telegram 10779, not printed.↩
  3. Clay had left London on December 22 to return to the United States for personal reasons. In a letter dated February 1, 1945, he was informed that the work of the Conference had been temporarily suspended and that the Department did not believe it would be necessary for him to return to London.↩