Foreign Relations of the United States: Diplomatic Papers, 1944, The Near East, South Asia, and Africa, The Far East, Volume V

845.515/539a

The Under Secretary of State ( Stettinius ) to the British Ambassador ( Halifax )

Washington , January 19, 1944.

My Dear Mr. Ambassador: Following your letter to me of November 9, 1943⁴⁰ relative to the proposed lend-lease silver arrangement for India, officials of the Department have had many conversations on the question with our Treasury. I am now informed and am happy to tell you that the Treasury has made a favorable recommendation on the proposal to the Foreign Economic Administration. I believe, therefore, that only certain details which can probably be easily worked out are all that remain before the plan can be put into effect.

With best wishes,

Sincerely yours,

E. R. Stettinius, Jr.

40. Foreign Relations, 1943, vol. iv, p. 280.