860F.01/535

The Department of State to the British Embassy

Memorandum

The Department of State has noted with interest the British Embassy’s memorandum of April 15, 1944 relative to the draft received from the Czechoslovak Government entitled “Scheme of Arrangements to Operate When the Allied Armies Enter Czechoslovakian Territory.”

The Czechoslovak Government is being advised that, in the light of geographic factors and in view of other practical considerations, it is the opinion of the United States Government that no civil affairs agreement need be negotiated at the present time between the Governments of the United States and Czechoslovakia.

The Czechoslovak Government is being further advised that the United States Government has no criticism to offer concerning the agreement made or to be made between the Czechoslovak and Soviet Governments.