Hopkins Papers

The Presidents Special Assistant (Hopkins) to the President 1

Mr. President The Russians have given in so much at this conference that I don’t think we should let them down. Let the British disagree if they want to—and continue their disagreement at Moscow. Simply say it is all referred to the Reparations Commission with the minutes to show the British disagree about any mention of the 10 billion.

Harry
  1. The relationship of this note to the Seventh Plenary Meeting appears from internal evidence and from Sherwood, pp. 860, 861-862. See ante, p. 902.