Foreign Relations of the United States: Diplomatic Papers, 1945, European Advisory Commission, Austria, Germany, Volume III

740.00119 EW/11–845: Telegram

The Secretary of State to the Ambassador in France (Caffery)

Washington, November 15, 1945—6 p.m.

5326. For Angell Number 28. Dept not satisfied with preliminary percentage shares proposed urtel 6487 of Nov 8 (from Angell Number 36).²⁶ Dept does not approve allocation to France of entire 5 percent which statistical computations would credit to US and which would entitle France to receive as reparation practically as much as 14 other claimants. Further, Dept would prefer to see further 7 percent of US shares ceded to other claimants. Thus Dept prepared to approve division as follows: UK 27, US 20, France 18, all other 35.

Further comment follows.

Byrnes

26. Not printed; in this telegram Mr. Angell reported on tentative informal understandings reached by him with Messrs. Waley and Rueff concerning reparations shares. The percentages suggested were: United States 27%, United Kingdom 27%, France 21%, other countries 25%. (740.00119 EW/11–845)