Office of the Historian

Problems relating to the Mutual Aid Program; concern of the United States over British gold and dollar balances; discussions regarding Phase II of Lend-Lease 61

61. Continued from Foreign Relations, 1943, vol. iii, pp. 48 ff.; for related correspondence, see ibid., vol. i, pp. 1054 ff. and pp. 1099 ff.

The Department of State was only one of the Government agencies concerned with the mutual aid program. Any comprehensive treatment of the subject would involve extensive publication of records from the Foreign Economic Administration, the Department of the Treasury, the War Department, and the Department of the Navy. Aside from some supplementary papers, the editors have selected only those papers from the files of the Department of State needed to document the part played by that Department in connection with its responsibilities in the making of policy decisions in this field.

[3] Memorandum by the Secretary of State to President Roosevelt

Washington, December 31, 1943.

841.5151/2009a

[4] Memorandum to President Roosevelt

Washington, January 4, 1944.

Copy obtained from the Franklin D. Roosevelt Library, Hyde Park, N.Y. Although indicated as coming from the Secretary of State as well as the Secretary of the Treasury and the Foreign Economic Administrator, this document was signed only by Messrs. Morgenthau and Crowley. For Secretary Hull’s separate memorandum, see supra.

[5] Memorandum by President Roosevelt

Washington, January 5, 1944.

Copy obtained from the Franklin D. Roosevelt Library, Hyde Park, N.Y. Addressed to the Secretary of State, the Secretary of the Treasury, and the Foreign Economic Administrator.

[9] Memorandum by the Acting Secretary of State

[Washington,] February 19, 1944.

841.5151/2015

[11] President Roosevelt to the British Prime Minister (Churchill)

[Washington,] 22 February, 1944.

Copy of telegram obtained from the Franklin D. Roosevelt Library, Hyde Park, N.Y.

[12] The British Prime Minister (Churchill) to President Roosevelt

London, 9 March, 1944.

Copy of telegram obtained from the Franklin D. Roosevelt Library, Hyde Park, N.Y.

[13] The British Prime Minister (Churchill) to President Roosevelt

London, 9 March, 1944.

Copy of telegram obtained from the Franklin D. Roosevelt Library, Hyde Park, N.Y.

[14] President Roosevelt to the British Prime Minister (Churchill)

[Washington,] 24 March, 1944.

Copy of telegram obtained from the Franklin D. Roosevelt Library, Hyde Park, N.Y. The copy of this telegram retained in the White House files was signed on the lower margin by the Secretary of State, the Secretary of the Treasury, and the Foreign Economic Administrator.

[17] Memorandum of Conversation, by the Secretary of State

[Washington,] July 20, 1944.

841.24/7–1444

[19] Memorandum by the Secretary of State to President Roosevelt

Washington, September 8, 1944.

Copy obtained from the Franklin D. Roosevelt Library, Hyde Park, N.Y.

[20] Memorandum by Mr. Harry L. Hopkins, Special Assistant to the President, to President Roosevelt

[Washington,] September 8, 1944.

Copy obtained from the Franklin D. Roosevelt Library, Hyde Park, N.Y.

[21] President Roosevelt to the Secretary of State

[Washington,] September 9, 1944.

Copy obtained from the Franklin D. Roosevelt Library, Hyde Park, N.Y.

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

Washington, September 19, 1944—12:40 p.m.

841.24/9–1644: Airgram

[23] Memorandum by the Secretary of State to President Roosevelt

Washington, September 30, 1944.

840.50/9–3044

[27] The Acting Secretary of State to the Ambassador in the United Kingdom (Winant)

Washington, October 27, 1944—3 p.m.

841.24/10–2344: Telegram

[28] The Chargé in the United Kingdom (Gallman) to the Secretary of State

London, October 31, 1944—6 p.m.
[Received 8:30 p.m.]

841.24/10–3144: Telegram

[30] The Financial Adviser to the British Government (Keynes) to the Secretary of the Treasury (Morgenthau)

Washington, 16 November, 1944.

Copied from the History of Lend Lease, Part II, Chapter II, Box 64, Document 61, pp. 104–105.