740.00119 E.W./4–345: Telegram
The Secretary of State to the Ambassador in the United Kingdom (Winant)
2547. (SCOFM) In our opinion the French should now be informed of the addition made to Article 12 of the Instrument of Surrender as agreed to at Yalta (your Special German Series 2) and arrangements completed for their formal adherence to the Instrument.
It was likewise agreed at Yalta that the Committee on German dismemberment should give consideration to the desirability of associating with you a French representative. In our opinion you should give active support to the proposal of French participation regardless of the status of the discussions concerning the Reparations Committee in Moscow.
Sent to London as 2547, repeated to Paris as 1308.