740.00119 (Potsdam)/7–1845: Telegram

No. 1039
The Assistant Secretary of State ( Clayton ) and the Adviser on German Economic Affairs ( Despres ) to the Deputy to the Assistant Secretary of State for Economic Affairs ( Thorp )1

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Victory 56. For Thorp from Clayton and Despres.

Please advise us whether Soviet [Union] has been informed of U. S. proposal for directive on German coal production and exports.2

  1. Sent to the Acting Secretary of State over the signature of Byrnes.
  2. See vol. i, document No. 420.