500.CC/3–1345: Telegram

The Acting Secretary of State to the Ambassador in the Soviet Union (Harriman)

677. The British and Chinese Governments have indicated their general approval3 of the procedure proposed in the Department’s no. 5.82, March 13, 10 p.m.,4 with respect to the convening of a committee of jurists at or near Washington prior to the San Francisco [Page 147] Conference. The British Government has suggested that in the event that the Committee should not complete its work prior to the opening of the Conference its deliberation should be continued at San Francisco.

Please bring this to the attention of the Foreign Office and emphasize the urgency of the matter. In view of the short time remaining before the opening of the Conference, it is essential that invitations be issued soon to enable representatives of governments at a distance from Washington to arrive in time for the meeting.

Grew
  1. Telegrams 2972, March 22, 7 p.m., from London, and 443, March 15, 10 a.m., from Chungking, neither printed.
  2. See footnote 40, p. 119.