Foreign Relations of the United States: Diplomatic Papers, The Conference of Berlin (The Potsdam Conference), 1945, Volume I

Pauley Files

No. 217
The Representative on the Allied Commission on Reparations ( Pauley ) to the Chairman of the Allied Commission on Reparations ( Maisky )¹

[ Moscow ,] July 14, 1945.

Dear Mr. Maisky : You mentioned yesterday at the Steering Committee Meeting² that I used the word “may” in notifying you that at the forthcoming meeting of the Big Three the President would desire to take up the subject of reparations, and more particularly, the questions raised in my letter of July 3rd.³

I wish to confirm in writing my verbal assurance already given that the subject of reparations will definitely be brought up by the President at the meeting of the Big Three.

Sincerely yours,

Edwin W. Pauley

1. Printed from a carbon copy on which there is an uncertified typed signature.
2. i. e., at a meeting of the Steering Committee of the Allied Commission on Reparations.
3. Document No. 364.