800.515/1045: Telegram
The Ambassador in the United Kingdom (Winant) to the Secretary of State
[Received 6:33 p.m.]
3640. Personal to the Secretary and for transmission to Secretary Morgenthau. Department’s 3545, May 3. Thank you for forwarding me Secretary Morgenthau’s message and for the supporting statement you added thereto. This reached me this morning and I have since talked with Mr. Eden, Sir John Anderson, Lord Catto and Lord Keynes. I also believe we have already made progress. The Dominion Prime Ministers and the Cabinet have this question up for discussion tomorrow and a debate in the Commons is scheduled for next Wednesday. The discussion in the House will be on the following resolution: “Monetary policy. That this House considers that the statement of principles contained in Command Paper 651936 provides a suitable foundation for further international consultation with a view to improved monetary cooperation after the war.”
No announcement of this scheduling is being made here and, therefore, I must ask that you treat it as confidential information.
- British Cmd. 6519: Joint Statement by Experts on the Establishment of an International Monetary Fund, April 1944.↩