Foreign Relations of the United States: Diplomatic Papers, 1945, The Near East and Africa, Volume VIII

868.51/7–2845

Memorandum of Conversation, by the Assistant Chief of the Division of Near Eastern Affairs (Kohler)⁵⁷

[Washington,] July 28, 1945.

Participants:	Greek Ambassador
	Mr. Merriam (NE)
	Mr. Kohler

The Greek Ambassador called on Mr. Merriam this morning to discuss various matters.

He told us that the members of the Greek Supply Mission had had a meeting with FEA officials and that FEA had arranged to extend short-term credits to enable the Greek Government to proceed with its urgent purchase in this country on a 120-day renewable basis and up to a maximum of 20 million dollars. The Ambassador seemed very pleased with this specific development.

57. Marginal notation by the Director of the Office of Near Eastern and African Affairs: “Please note Ambassador’s statements on page 2 of attached memo. They seem to us to make sense.” The memorandum is not attached to file copy. The reference is presumably to the latter part of the second paragraph of the memorandum of July 25, supra.