Office of the Historian

500.CC/6–2645

The Secretary of the Interior (Ickes) to the Chairman of the United States Delegation (Stettinius)

Washington, June 26, 1945.

My Dear Mr. Secretary: I have received a letter from Acting Secretary Grew, dated June 22, transmitting the text of a telegram for me which you sent to the Acting Secretary.17

On the basis of the language of the Trusteeship chapter which you quote, and on the basis of the information which Under Secretary Fortas has given me, it seems to me that you have indeed been able to take a very significant step forward.

Sincerely yours,

Harold L. Ickes
  1. Message of June 22 from Secretary Stettinius to Secretary Ickes informed him of the latest developments with respect to a declaration of general policy respecting dependent territories and indicated that the Committee on Trusteeship had approved a revised section A which covered the points Secretary Ickes had raised (800.014/6–1245). For text of Secretary Ickes’ message of June 8, see minutes of meeting of the United States delegation, June 8, 9:02 a.m., p. 1197.↩