740.0011 E. W./7–345
No. 180
The Under Secretary of State (
Grew
) to the President
Memorandum for the President
You will recall that on May 30 the Department transmitted a memorandum submitting Prime Minister Churchill’s suggested list of subjects for discussion at the next meeting of Heads of Governments1 and that on June 14 in a subsequent memorandum the Department’s comments thereon were likewise forwarded to you.2 The [Page 210] British Embassy has now handed to the Department a “Revised List of Suggested Topics” and certain comments thereon. Copies of both the list and comments3 are enclosed for your information. The British Embassy states that the attached list “has been drawn up in a form considered suitable for possible communication to the Soviet Government”.
Many of the problems presented in the original British list have, as the Department indicated would probably be the case, subsequently been solved. The present list is in most respects parallel to the items suggested for discussion in the Department’s draft agenda. The principal difference is the omission of any topic therein on the situation in the Far East. This omission was drawn to the British Embassy’s attention.