740.00112 European War 1939/7–844: Telegram
The Secretary of State to the Ambassador in the United Kingdom (Winant)
5418. Paragraph 7, your 5414, July 8, 9 p.m. Department is glad that you recalled letter from mail room. Department had not authorized you to accept demands contained in Bern’s 4228, July 3, 5 p.m.69 to Department which repeated Bern’s 1146, July 3, 5 p.m. to London.
We do not understand significance of demand c to effect that revised Annex I be regarded as part of the general agreement which would include a revision of existing schedules of Swiss-British War Trade Agreement of 1940.70 Please cable further information as to what this demand involves. We cannot authorize carrying forward of unused balances and quotas under Annex I from first to second half of 1944 until we have studied this matter further.
Meanwhile you are not authorized to proceed along the lines advocated in your July 8 cable.